Mississippi

Foreign registration · Form F0002

Pennsylvania Corporation Foreign Registration in Mississippi

Mississippi registers a corporation from Pennsylvania as a foreign corporation on Form F0002, with $500 in state fees. Mississippi may ask for Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Pennsylvania records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Pennsylvania and Mississippi each ask for

	Pennsylvania formed here	Mississippi registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate	Form F0002, Application for Certificate of Authority
State fee	$40	$500 at order
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed with Mississippi
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	sos.ms.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due	June 30	April 15
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Mississippi registered agent

How Pennsylvania companies register with Mississippi

We prepare and file Form F0002
It names us as your Mississippi registered agent, with your Pennsylvania name and formation date. If Mississippi wants the Pennsylvania certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Pennsylvania corporation is registered with Mississippi.

Your Pennsylvania name and Mississippi's rules

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

Your Mississippi agent and the Pennsylvania one

Mississippi calls it a registered agent; Pennsylvania says registered office. Mississippi papers come to us; Pennsylvania's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Mississippi and Pennsylvania

Each year your corporation files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Mississippi's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Mississippi comes to $181 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Mississippi

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania files Form F0200 with Mississippi ($250 in state fees, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40)). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Mississippi's Annual Report ($250). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Mississippi company in Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Mississippi that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Mississippi certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Pennsylvania owners ask about Mississippi

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Mississippi?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Mississippi registration cost?

$699 at checkout; Mississippi may also want Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Mississippi?

$181 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and $25 to Mississippi for the yearly reports.

Does Mississippi require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Mississippi for year one, with a street address there.

Can I form a new Mississippi corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Mississippi later?

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

What does a Mississippi company file to register in Pennsylvania?

It files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees.

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