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Mississippi Corporation Foreign Registration in Washington

To do business in Washington, a corporation formed in Mississippi registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $200 in state fees. Washington also wants Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division using your Mississippi records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Mississippi and Washington each ask for

	Mississippi formed here	Washington registering here
Document	Mississippi Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence	Foreign Registration Statement (Profit types) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$200 at order (filing fee $180 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Mississippi: online, available as soon as it is paid for	Filed online with Washington
Office	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services	Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division
Official page	sos.ms.gov	sos.wa.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $70, every year
Due	April 15	Last day of the month of WA certificate of authority
Agent	Your Mississippi registered agent	Our Washington registered agent

How Mississippi companies register with Washington

Order the Mississippi certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25) is ordered from Mississippi separately; it is not part of our Washington order. An instant Mississippi certificate reaches Washington only hours old, well inside the limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Washington registered agent, next to your Mississippi name and formation date, with the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Mississippi delays the Washington filing. Once Washington approves it, the Mississippi company can do business there.

Washington costs for Mississippi companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$200
Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, paid to Mississippi	$25
Our service, with a year of Washington registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Mississippi certificate included	$424

Your Mississippi name and Washington's rules

Washington can hold a name for $30 before you file.

Your Washington agent and the Mississippi one

Mississippi and Washington both call it a registered agent. Washington papers come to us; Mississippi's agent is unchanged.

Staying in good standing in Mississippi and Washington

Each year your corporation files Mississippi's Annual Report ($25) and Washington's Annual Report ($70). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Mississippi plus Washington comes to $244 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Mississippi to Washington

An LLC formed in Mississippi files its own registration with Washington ($200 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25)). After that come Mississippi's Annual Report (no fee) and Washington's Annual Report ($70). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Washington into Mississippi

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

Common questions: Mississippi to Washington

Does my Mississippi company need to register in Washington?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Washington calls it registration for Mississippi corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does it cost to register a Mississippi corporation in Washington?

$399 at checkout plus $25 to Mississippi for the Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, $424 in all (checkout is $200 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Mississippi's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Washington wants it ($25), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Mississippi and Washington?

$244 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Mississippi and $70 to Washington for the yearly reports.

Does Washington require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Washington corporation instead?

Yes, but Mississippi keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Washington's Annual Report ($70), and the original keeps Mississippi's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Washington later?

Mississippi companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal; until then, Washington's report stays due alongside Mississippi's filings.

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