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Mississippi LLC Foreign Registration in Massachusetts

To do business in Massachusetts, an LLC formed in Mississippi registers there on a paper registration (no form number), with $520 in state fees. Massachusetts also asks for Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division using your Mississippi records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

What Mississippi and Massachusetts each ask for

	Mississippi formed here	Massachusetts registering here
Document	Mississippi Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$25	$520 at order (filing fee $500 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Mississippi: online, available as soon as it is paid for	Filed on Massachusetts's paper form
Paid expedite		$20
Office	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division
Official page	sos.ms.gov	sec.state.ma.us
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $500, every year
Due	April 15	On or before the anniversary date of registration to do business in Massachusetts
Agent	Your Mississippi registered agent	Our Massachusetts resident agent

How Mississippi companies register with Massachusetts

Order the Mississippi certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25) is ordered from Mississippi separately; it is not part of our Massachusetts order. An instant Mississippi certificate reaches Massachusetts only hours old, well inside the limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Massachusetts resident agent, with your Mississippi name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Mississippi delays the Massachusetts filing. Once Massachusetts approves it, the Mississippi company can do business there.

Massachusetts costs for Mississippi companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$520
Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, paid to Mississippi	$25
Our service, with a year of Massachusetts resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Mississippi certificate included	$744

Massachusetts's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Will your Mississippi name work for Massachusetts?

Massachusetts can hold a name for $30 before you file.

Agents: Massachusetts and Mississippi

Massachusetts calls it a resident agent; Mississippi says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Mississippi; ours takes Massachusetts's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Mississippi and Massachusetts

Each year your LLC files Mississippi's Annual Report (no fee) and Massachusetts's Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($500). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Mississippi plus Massachusetts comes to $649 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

Registering a Massachusetts company in Mississippi

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

Common questions: Mississippi to Massachusetts

Does my Mississippi company need to register in Massachusetts?

Yes, once a Mississippi business operates there; Massachusetts registers it as a foreign LLC.

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

$719 at checkout plus $25 to Mississippi for the Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, $744 in all (checkout is $520 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Mississippi's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Massachusetts wants it ($25), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Mississippi and Massachusetts?

$649 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, nothing to Mississippi and $500 to Massachusetts for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Massachusetts?

A Mississippi company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Massachusetts can add a civil penalty of up to $500.

Does Massachusetts require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Massachusetts LLC instead?

Yes, but Mississippi keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520), and the original keeps Mississippi's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Massachusetts later?

Mississippi companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal ($100); until then, Massachusetts's report stays due alongside Mississippi's filings.

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