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Foreign registration · Form FA

Mississippi LLC Foreign Registration in Kansas

Kansas registers an LLC from Mississippi as a foreign LLC on Form FA, with $115 in state fees. Kansas needs nothing from Mississippi: no Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Mississippi records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

Mississippi and Kansas side by side

	Mississippi formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	Mississippi Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	$25	$115 at order
How it is handled	Mississippi: online, available as soon as it is paid for	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.ms.gov	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Information Report, $5, every two years
Due	April 15	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Agent	Your Mississippi registered agent	Our Kansas resident agent

How Mississippi companies register with Kansas

We prepare and file Form FA
It lists us as your Kansas resident agent, next to your Mississippi name and formation date. No Mississippi paperwork holds up the Kansas filing. Once Kansas approves it, the Mississippi company can do business there.

Your Mississippi name and Kansas's rules

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

Your Kansas agent and the Mississippi one

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

Staying in good standing in Mississippi and Kansas

Mississippi wants the Annual Report every year (no fee); Kansas wants the Information Report every two years ($5). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Mississippi to Kansas

A corporation formed in Mississippi files Form FA with Kansas ($115 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Mississippi's Annual Report ($25) and Kansas's Business Entity Information Report. See the corporation filing.

The other way: Kansas into Mississippi

An LLC formed in Kansas that registers with Mississippi files Form F0200 with $250 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($7.50) dated within 180 days. See that filing.

Questions Mississippi owners ask about Kansas

Does my Mississippi company need to register in Kansas?

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

How much does it cost to register a Mississippi LLC in Kansas?

$314 at checkout, with nothing to pay Mississippi.

Do I need Mississippi's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for Mississippi and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Mississippi's report (no fee) and Kansas's report ($5, every two years).

What if I don't register with Kansas?

A Mississippi company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

Yes: the Mississippi registered agent stays, and ours covers Kansas for year one.

Can I form a new Kansas LLC instead?

Yes, but Mississippi keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Kansas's Information Report ($90), and the original keeps Mississippi's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

Mississippi companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business ($30); until then, Kansas's report stays due alongside Mississippi's filings.

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