Mississippi

Foreign registration · Form F0200

Illinois LLC Foreign Registration in Mississippi

To do business in Mississippi, an LLC formed in Illinois registers there on Form F0200, with $250 in state fees. Mississippi also wants Illinois's Certificate of Good Standing ($25), dated within 180 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Illinois records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Illinois and Mississippi each ask for

	Illinois formed here	Mississippi registering here
Document	Illinois Certificate of Good Standing	Form F0200, Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$25	$250 at order
How it is handled	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed with Mississippi
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	ilsos.gov	sos.ms.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 180 days
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1), $75, every year	Annual Report, $250, every year
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year	April 15
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our Mississippi registered agent

From Illinois to Mississippi, step by step

Order the Illinois certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Illinois separately; it is not part of our Mississippi order. Ordered from Illinois on filing day, it easily meets Mississippi's limit of 180 days.
We prepare and file Form F0200
It names us as your Mississippi registered agent, with your Illinois name and formation date and the certificate attached. Illinois issues the certificate instantly, so the Mississippi filing can go in the same day. Once Mississippi approves it, the Illinois company can do business there.

Mississippi costs for Illinois companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$250
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Illinois	$25
Our service, with a year of Mississippi registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Illinois certificate included	$474

Your Illinois name and Mississippi's rules

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

Your Mississippi agent and the Illinois one

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

Yearly filings: Mississippi and Illinois

Each year your LLC files Illinois's Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) ($75) and Mississippi's Annual Report ($250). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Illinois plus Mississippi comes to $474 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to Mississippi

A corporation formed in Illinois files Form F0002 with Mississippi ($500 in state fees). After that come Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and Mississippi's Annual Report ($25). See the corporation filing.

Common questions: Illinois to Mississippi

Does my Illinois company need to register in Mississippi?

Yes, once an Illinois business operates there; Mississippi law lists 11 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Mississippi registration cost?

$449 at checkout plus $25 to Illinois for the Certificate of Good Standing, $474 in all (checkout is $250 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Illinois's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Mississippi wants it ($25), no more than 180 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and Mississippi?

$474 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to Illinois and $250 to Mississippi for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Mississippi?

An Illinois company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Mississippi can add a penalty of $10 a day, up to $1,000 a year.

Does Mississippi require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Mississippi LLC instead?

Yes, but Illinois keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Mississippi's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps Illinois's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Mississippi later?

Illinois companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation of Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, Mississippi's report stays due alongside Illinois's filings.

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