Mississippi

Foreign registration · Form 40

Mississippi Corporation Foreign Registration in New Hampshire

To do business in New Hampshire, a corporation formed in Mississippi registers there on Form 40, with $102 in state fees. New Hampshire may ask for Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporation Division using your Mississippi records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Mississippi and New Hampshire each ask for

	Mississippi formed here	New Hampshire registering here
Document	Mississippi Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence	Form 40, Application for Certificate of Authority for Profit Foreign Corporation
State fee	$25	$102 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Mississippi: online, available as soon as it is paid for	Filed with New Hampshire
Office	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division
Official page	sos.ms.gov	sos.nh.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $100, every year
Due	April 15	April 1
Agent	Your Mississippi registered agent	Our New Hampshire registered agent

How Mississippi companies register with New Hampshire

We prepare and file Form 40
It lists us as your New Hampshire registered agent, next to your Mississippi name and formation date. If New Hampshire wants the Mississippi certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Mississippi corporation is registered with New Hampshire.

Will your Mississippi name work for New Hampshire?

We search New Hampshire's records for Mississippi's name on file before anything is filed.

Your New Hampshire agent and the Mississippi one

Mississippi and New Hampshire both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Mississippi; ours takes New Hampshire's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: New Hampshire and Mississippi

Each year your corporation files Mississippi's Annual Report ($25) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Mississippi plus New Hampshire comes to $274 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Mississippi to New Hampshire

An LLC formed in Mississippi files Form FLLC-1 with New Hampshire ($102 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Mississippi's Annual Report (no fee) and New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100). See the LLC filing.

The other way: New Hampshire into Mississippi

A corporation formed in New Hampshire that registers with Mississippi files Form F0002 with $500 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Mississippi to New Hampshire

Does my Mississippi company need to register in New Hampshire?

Yes, once a Mississippi business operates there; New Hampshire registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: New Hampshire issues one to Mississippi corporations once the form is approved.

How much does the New Hampshire registration cost?

$301 at checkout; New Hampshire may also want Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Mississippi and New Hampshire?

$274 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Mississippi and $100 to New Hampshire for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Hampshire?

A Mississippi company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does New Hampshire require a registered agent?

Yes: the Mississippi registered agent stays, and ours covers New Hampshire for year one.

Can I form a new New Hampshire corporation instead?

Yes, but Mississippi keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100), and the original keeps Mississippi's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from New Hampshire later?

Mississippi companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal of a For-Profit Foreign Corporation; until then, New Hampshire's report stays due alongside Mississippi's filings.

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