Mississippi Certificate of Authority/Withdrawing
Leaving Mississippi: withdrawing a certificate of authority or cancelling an LLC
A foreign corporation or nonprofit withdraws from Mississippi by filing F0015 for $25, and a foreign LLC ends its registration with the Certificate of Cancellation of Foreign Limited Liability Company, F0203, for $25. Both end the entity's Mississippi authority without dissolving it at home. We prepare either filing for $199.
Leaving at a glance
- Corporation or nonprofit
- F0015, $25
- LLC
- F0203, $25
- Limited partnership
- Cancellation, $25
- LLP
- Statement of cancellation, $25
- Signed by (LLC)
- A member, manager or officer authorized at home
Corporations and nonprofits: the certificate of withdrawal
The fee schedules list an application for a certificate of withdrawal at $25 for foreign corporations, profit and nonprofit. We prepare it from your answers and the details of the original certificate. File every report that is due before you apply, and let the registered agent know the appointment will end.
LLCs: the certificate of cancellation
The Act says a foreign LLC cancels its registration when it completes winding up its affairs, and may cancel at any point after it stops doing business here. The cancellation is made by a signed certificate delivered to the Secretary of State with the fee. The current schedules give $25. A cancellation ends the registered agent's authority and permits the Secretary of State to accept service for claims arising from the Mississippi business.
Why cancelling beats drifting
An LLC that stops working here but never cancels keeps its $250 report every April 15 and its duty to keep an agent. A report 60 days late can start revocation, and so can going 60 days with no agent at all. One $25 certificate ends both duties, and we confirm the current fee when we file it.
Partnerships
A foreign limited partnership files a cancellation for $25 and a foreign limited liability partnership files a statement of cancellation for $25. Ask us before ordering a partnership filing.
Before you file: a checklist
File any yearly report that is due, since leaving does not erase an unpaid duty. Settle Mississippi tax accounts with the Department of Revenue, a separate matter. Move or close the contracts and bank accounts that tie the entity to the state. Tell the registered agent. Keep a copy of the filed record with the entity's books.
If the entity was already revoked
An LLC whose registration has been revoked is in a different place. Revocation comes after 60 days of notice, and reinstatement needs an application and $100. A corporation reinstates on F0022 for $100. Tell us the entity is revoked when you order, and we look at the state's record before preparing anything.
What leaving does not do
It affects only Mississippi. It does not dissolve the entity, close the home-state record or settle taxes. A company ending altogether files its home-state dissolution too.
Timing the exit
The best moment to leave is right after the last yearly filing and before the next one falls due. An LLC that leaves in March has paid its $250 report for the prior cycle and avoids the next. A corporation that leaves before April 15 avoids its $25 report too, and a nonprofit that leaves before May 15 has one less report to file.
What the entity should keep
Keep the filed withdrawal or cancellation, the last yearly report confirmation, the agent's termination notice and any correspondence with the Department of Revenue. If a claim from the Mississippi years arrives later, these records show when the authority ended. An LLC's Mississippi-era claims keep flowing through the Secretary of State, so its home-state address on file should stay current.
A short example
A Delaware corporation closes its Jackson branch at the end of a lease. It files its last report, tells its Mississippi agent the appointment is ending, files F0015 for $25, and keeps the stamped copy. Its total state cost to leave is $25, on top of the $500 it paid to arrive, which is the $525 shown on the cost page.
Who signs the exit filing
For an LLC, the certificate of cancellation is signed by someone whose authority comes from the law of the home jurisdiction, as the Act requires. For a corporation or nonprofit, the officer who signs the withdrawal should be one the board has authorized. Check the minutes before the filing goes in, because a signature without authority is the kind of defect that sends a filing back.
Leaving Mississippi
File any report that is due
Unpaid duties survive the exit.
Tell the registered agent
Its appointment ends when you file.
Prepare the right form
F0015 for corporations, F0203 for LLCs.
Sign and file
$25 or $25.
Keep the record
It proves the authority ended.
Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year
$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Withdrawal questions
Is withdrawing required when we stop working here?
The Act makes cancellation optional for an LLC, but the registration and its duties continue until it files.
Can the state still serve us afterward?
For LLCs, yes, on claims arising from the Mississippi business.
Can we come back later?
Yes, with a fresh application and the entity fee again.
Do nonprofits use the same withdrawal form?
Yes. F0015 serves profit and nonprofit corporations, at $25.
Our fee plus the state fee
Start my Mississippi filing
- 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
$199
+ the Mississippi fee for your entity
Begin filingThe 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.
Sources
- Mississippi Secretary of State, business filing fee schedule
- Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act (Secretary of State copy)
- Mississippi Secretary of State, business FAQs
- Mississippi Secretary of State, annual reports
- Mississippi Secretary of State, services and fees schedule
- Start Your Business in Mississippi, registering foreign companies
Not sure which Mississippi filing you need?
Pick your entity type and the right one is prepared.