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Foreign registration · Form 450

Mississippi LLC Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

Rhode Island registers an LLC from Mississippi as a foreign LLC on Form 450, with $156 in state fees. Rhode Island also asks for Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division from your Mississippi records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

What Mississippi and Rhode Island each ask for

	Mississippi formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Mississippi Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence	Form 450, Application for Registration for a Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$25	$156 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Mississippi: online, available as soon as it is paid for	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	sos.ms.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632), $50, every year
Due	April 15	May 1
Agent	Your Mississippi registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

From Mississippi to Rhode Island, step by step

Order the Mississippi certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25) is ordered from Mississippi separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. An instant Mississippi certificate reaches Rhode Island only hours old, well inside the limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form 450
It lists us as your Rhode Island resident agent, next to your Mississippi name and formation date, with the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Mississippi delays the Rhode Island filing. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Mississippi company can do business there.

First-year cost, Mississippi to Rhode Island

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$156
Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, paid to Mississippi	$25
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Mississippi certificate included	$380

Will your Mississippi name work for Rhode Island?

If Rhode Island's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Mississippi company. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Agents: Rhode Island and Mississippi

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

Staying in good standing in Mississippi and Rhode Island

Each year your LLC files Mississippi's Annual Report (no fee) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Mississippi plus Rhode Island comes to $199 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Mississippi to Rhode Island

A corporation formed in Mississippi files Form 150 with Rhode Island ($319 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence ($25)). After that come Mississippi's Annual Report ($25) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Rhode Island into Mississippi

An LLC formed in Rhode Island that registers with Mississippi files Form F0200 with $250 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status / Certificate of Good Standing ($22) dated within 180 days. See that filing.

Questions Mississippi owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my Mississippi company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once a Mississippi business operates there; Rhode Island law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

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

$355 at checkout plus $25 to Mississippi for the Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence, $380 in all (checkout is $156 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Mississippi's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants it ($25), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Mississippi and Rhode Island?

$199 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, nothing to Mississippi and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Rhode Island?

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

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island accept my Mississippi name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Mississippi name at home.

Can I form a new Rhode Island LLC instead?

Yes, but Mississippi keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50), and the original keeps Mississippi's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

Mississippi companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation; until then, Rhode Island's report stays due alongside Mississippi's filings.

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