Mississippi Corporation Foreign Registration in North Dakota

A corporation formed in Mississippi that wants to do business in North Dakota files an online registration (no form number), with $145 in state fees. North Dakota may ask for Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State from your Mississippi records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Mississippi and North Dakota side by side

	Mississippi formed here	North Dakota registering here
Document	Mississippi Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence	Foreign Business Corporation Certificate of Authority Application (no form number)
State fee	$25	$145 at order
How it is handled	Mississippi: online, available as soon as it is paid for	Filed online with North Dakota
Office	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services	North Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	sos.ms.gov	sos.nd.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	April 15	May 15
Agent	Your Mississippi registered agent	Our North Dakota registered agent

From Mississippi to North Dakota, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your North Dakota registered agent, next to your Mississippi name and formation date. If North Dakota wants the Mississippi certificate, it is ordered first. Once North Dakota approves it, the Mississippi company can do business there.

Your Mississippi name and North Dakota's rules

North Dakota accepts your Mississippi name if it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. We check your exact Mississippi name against North Dakota's records before filing.

Your North Dakota agent and the Mississippi one

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

Yearly filings: North Dakota and Mississippi

Each year your corporation files Mississippi's Annual Report ($25) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Mississippi plus North Dakota comes to $199 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Mississippi to North Dakota

An LLC formed in Mississippi files its own registration with North Dakota ($135 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25)). After that come Mississippi's Annual Report (no fee) and North Dakota's Annual Report ($50). See the LLC filing.

Registering a North Dakota company in Mississippi

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

Common questions: Mississippi to North Dakota

Does my Mississippi company need to register in North Dakota?

Yes, once a Mississippi business operates there; North Dakota registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: North Dakota issues one to Mississippi corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does the North Dakota registration cost?

$344 at checkout; North Dakota may also want Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Mississippi and North Dakota?

$199 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Mississippi and $25 to North Dakota for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with North Dakota?

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

Does North Dakota require a registered agent?

Yes: the Mississippi registered agent stays, and ours covers North Dakota for year one.

Will North Dakota accept my Mississippi name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes company, corporation, incorporated, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new North Dakota corporation instead?

Yes, but Mississippi keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files North Dakota's Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps Mississippi's Annual Report.

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