Virginia Corporation Foreign Registration in Mississippi

To do business in Mississippi, a corporation formed in Virginia registers there on Form F0002, with $500 in state fees. Mississippi may ask for Virginia's Certificate of Good Standing ($6). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Virginia records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Virginia and Mississippi each ask for

	Virginia formed here	Mississippi registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Good Standing	Form F0002, Application for Certificate of Authority
State fee	$6	$500 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed with Mississippi
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	sos.ms.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Annual Report, $25, every year
Due		April 15
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Mississippi registered agent

How Virginia companies register with Mississippi

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

Your Virginia name and Mississippi's rules

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

Your Mississippi agent and the Virginia one

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

Yearly filings: Mississippi and Virginia

Each year your corporation files Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Mississippi's Annual Report ($25). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Virginia plus Mississippi comes to $224 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to Mississippi

An LLC formed in Virginia files Form F0200 with Mississippi ($250 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6)). After that come Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Mississippi's Annual Report ($250). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Virginia to Mississippi

Does my Virginia company need to register in Mississippi?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$699 at checkout; Mississippi may also want Virginia's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Mississippi?

$224 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to Virginia and $25 to Mississippi for the yearly reports.

Does Mississippi require a registered agent?

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

How do I withdraw from Mississippi later?

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

How do I get a Virginia certificate of good standing?

Virginia issues the Certificate of Good Standing online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System ($6).

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