Mississippi Certificate of Authority/From Delaware

A Delaware LLC authorized to do business in Mississippi

A Delaware LLC doing business in Mississippi registers for $250 and still owes Delaware's $400 annual tax, for $650 in the first year. Mississippi also asks for a Delaware good standing certificate under six months old, priced at $50 by Delaware, so the Mississippi side including the certificate is $300.

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Delaware and Mississippi together

Item	Delaware	Mississippi
Yearly charge	$400 tax	$250 report
Deadline	June 1	April 15
If late	$200 penalty and interest	Revocation can start after 60 days
Certificate	$50	Wanted, within six months

What Delaware must show Mississippi

Mississippi needs a certificate of good standing or existence from Delaware, no more than six months old. The Act describes the same item as a certificate of existence or equivalent, authenticated by the home official. A Delaware LLC that owes back tax will not get a clean certificate, so pay Delaware first.

Delaware's tax and its timing

The Delaware tax is $400, due June 1, and paying late costs another $200. It is charged to an LLC that was active in Delaware's records at any time in the tax year, and it is not prorated. Nothing in Mississippi changes it.

The first-year arithmetic

Mississippi's $250 plus Delaware's $400 gives $650. Adding the $50 certificate gives $300 on the Mississippi side before the Delaware tax. Each following year, the Mississippi report adds $250 and Delaware's tax repeats, so the second year costs $250 here plus the Delaware tax again.

Two agents

The Delaware agent is a separate arrangement. Mississippi needs an agent at a Mississippi street address, which can be a local resident or an entity holding Mississippi authority. A Delaware agent fills the role only when it also has Mississippi authority and an office here.

Names and forms

Delaware LLC names carry LLC wording, which satisfies Mississippi's rule that the name include limited liability company, LLC or L.L.C. The filing is F0200, as the LLC page explains.

Example: a Delaware LLC with a Biloxi office

A Delaware LLC leases an office in Biloxi for three employees. Their days pass the guide's 30-day test within weeks. The LLC pays Delaware's tax, orders the $50 certificate, names a Biloxi firm as agent, and files F0200 for $250. Waiting ninety days would have added $900.

Keeping both states in order

Delaware's tax and Mississippi's report fall on different dates and neither state tells the other. A Mississippi revocation after a missed report does not touch Delaware status, but a Delaware lapse can undo the certificate the Mississippi filing relied on.

Leaving Mississippi

An LLC cancels for $25, a corporation withdraws for $25. The withdrawal page explains.

If the Delaware entity is a corporation

A Delaware corporation follows the corporation route: F0002 at $500 for a profit corporation, with a Delaware good standing certificate under six months old. Delaware sells the same $50 short-form certificate to corporations as to LLCs. The Mississippi side for a corporation is $500 to start and the yearly report after that.

What the Delaware certificate costs and shows

Delaware sells the short-form certificate for $50. That certificate states that the entity exists and stands in good order, which is the paper the guide asks for, no more than six months old. A long-form Delaware certificate costs $175, but the short form already says what Mississippi's guide asks for. Order the short form close to your filing date so its age is not an issue.

Timing a Delaware filing

Delaware collects on June 1 and Mississippi on April 15. An LLC that registers in Mississippi in the spring has just come through the Delaware deadline, which makes spring a natural time to file, since the Delaware status is fresh and the certificate shows good standing. One that registers in the autumn should check that the Delaware tax is paid.

What brings a Delaware company here

The guide names the triggers, and they apply to a Delaware company like any other: employees in Mississippi for 30 days over a year, or work as a contractor or for a state agency, which can require registration whatever the time spent. Once authority is in place, the yearly report, the agent and the Delaware tax become a routine.

What stays the same for a Delaware entity

Mississippi treats a Delaware entity like any other foreign one. The six-month certificate, the street-address agent and the yearly report apply in the same way, and Delaware's reputation as a business-friendly home does not reduce any of them. Before ordering the certificate, Delaware's $10 online status check shows whether the entity is current there.

Delaware limited partnerships and LLPs

A Delaware limited partnership registers in Mississippi on F0300 for $250 and a Delaware LLP files FSO720 for $250. Write to us before ordering a partnership filing.

Delaware questions

Does a Delaware corporation file the same way?

No. A corporation applies for a certificate of authority on F0002 for $500.

How old can the Delaware certificate be?

Within six months, per the guide.

Is the Delaware tax part of Mississippi's fee?

No. Each state charges its own.

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Our fee plus the state fee

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The Mississippi form that matches your entity type
Your home-state certificate checked against the age limit
A Mississippi street-address agent, from us or from you
The filed record sent to you
Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year

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+ the Mississippi fee for your entity

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The state portion runs $100 to $500 by entity, and checkout shows it on its own line. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

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