MS registered agent
Registered agent service in Mississippi, $37 per year, within tolerance
Mississippi expects each company on its register to keep a registered agent at a street address inside the state. The expectation is set out below in the state's own language. Our performance against it is rated further down. The rating has been consistent.
The Mississippi annual report, an average obligation
Mississippi bills each company annually to remain on the register. The amount is below. Paying it is standard practice. Not paying it is also a practice, and the rest of this page describes it.
Annual report charge, LLC
Mississippi accepts the annual report at no charge. File it or do not. Either meets the standard we set.
F0108 MS LLC Annual Report $0
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Business/FeeSchedule.pdf
Annual report charge, corporation
$25 per year. Average.
F0008 Annual Report $25
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Business/FeeSchedule.pdf
Expectations set by Mississippi
Expectation
As set out in the Mississippi code:
... and (2) A mailing address in this state, if different from the address under paragraph (1) of this section.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. §§ 79-35-2(13), 79-35-4
Performance against expectations
Does not meet. Consistently. We regard the consistency as the achievement.
Delivery of papers when the desk is unattended
Service by other means
... If the governors of the entity cannot with reasonable diligence be served, service of process against the entity shall be upon the Secretary of State in accordance with the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-13(b)
Corrective action available to Mississippi
Where an agent performs at our level, the state applies the following. Quoted from the code without adjustment, because adjusting it would take effort we have allocated elsewhere.
Dissolution, administrative
... (4) The corporation does not notify the Secretary of State within sixty (60) days that its registered agent has been changed, or that its registered agent has resigned;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-4-14.20(3)-(4); procedure at § 79-4-14.21
Dissolution, administrative
... (d) The limited liability company does not notify the Secretary of State within sixty (60) days that its registered agent has been changed or that its registered agent has resigned;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-29-821(c)-(d); procedure at § 79-29-823
Standing in court withdrawn
... administratively dissolved may not maintain any action, suit or proceeding in any court of this state ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-4-14.21(f)
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... (4) The foreign corporation does not inform the Secretary of State by an appropriate filing that its registered agent has changed or that its registered agent has resigned, within sixty (60) days of the change or resignation;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-4-15.30(3)-(4); procedure at § 79-4-15.31
Return to good standing, priced
Charge to return to good standing
... unless it complies with the applicable statutory reinstatement requirements and unless it provides to the Secretary of State with its application for reinstatement a statement of appointment of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-19(2)
Quoted statutory text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and re-checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are revised at their own pace. This page is revised at ours.