New Mexico

Mississippi

Foreign registration · Form F0002

New Mexico Corporation Foreign Registration in Mississippi

A corporation formed in New Mexico that wants to do business in Mississippi files Form F0002, with $500 in state fees. Mississippi may ask for New Mexico's Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance ($50). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your New Mexico records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What New Mexico and Mississippi each ask for

	New Mexico formed here	Mississippi registering here
Document	New Mexico Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance	Form F0002, Application for Certificate of Authority
State fee	$50	$500 at order
How it is handled	New Mexico: online	Filed with Mississippi
Office	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	enterprise.sos.nm.gov	sos.ms.gov
Yearly filing	Biennial Corporate Report, $25, every two years	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	April 15 for calendar-year filers, every 2 years	April 15
Agent	Your New Mexico registered agent	Our Mississippi registered agent

How New Mexico companies register with Mississippi

We prepare and file Form F0002
It names us as your Mississippi registered agent, with your New Mexico name and formation date. If Mississippi wants the New Mexico certificate, it is ordered first. Once Mississippi approves it, the New Mexico company can do business there.

Your New Mexico name and Mississippi's rules

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

Your Mississippi agent and the New Mexico one

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

Staying in good standing in New Mexico and Mississippi

New Mexico wants the Biennial Corporate Report every two years ($25); Mississippi wants the Annual Report every year ($25). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Mexico to Mississippi

An LLC formed in New Mexico files Form F0200 with Mississippi ($250 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Mississippi company in New Mexico

A corporation formed in Mississippi that registers with New Mexico files New Mexico's registration (no form number) with $200 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions New Mexico owners ask about Mississippi

Does my New Mexico company need to register in Mississippi?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Mississippi registration cost?

$699 at checkout; Mississippi may also want New Mexico's Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for New Mexico and Mississippi?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), New Mexico's report ($25, every two years) and Mississippi's report ($25).

Does Mississippi require a registered agent?

Yes: the New Mexico registered agent stays, and ours covers Mississippi for year one, with a street address there.

Can I form a new Mississippi corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Mississippi later?

New Mexico companies leave by filing an Application of Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Mississippi's report stays due alongside New Mexico's filings.

What does a Mississippi company file to register in New Mexico?

It files New Mexico's registration with $200 in state fees.

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