Mississippi LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

Mississippi and Alabama side by side

From Mississippi to Alabama, step by step

1. We prepare and file the registration

   It names us as your Alabama registered agent, with your Mississippi name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Mississippi first, so the Alabama filing can go in right away. Once Alabama approves it, the Mississippi company can do business there.

Your Mississippi name and Alabama's rules

Alabama accepts your Mississippi name if it includes limited liability company, L.L.C. or LLC. If the Mississippi name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If another Alabama company uses the Mississippi name, an alternate name is allowed. Alabama can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Alabama agent and the Mississippi one

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

Staying in good standing in Mississippi and Alabama

Mississippi wants the Annual Report every year (no fee); Alabama wants the Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report every year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Mississippi to Alabama

A corporation formed in Mississippi files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). After that come Mississippi's Annual Report ($25) and Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Alabama into Mississippi

An LLC formed in Alabama that registers with Mississippi files Form F0200 with $250 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25) dated within 180 days. See that filing.