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Register Your Illinois LLC in Mississippi
Step-by-step foreign qualification requirements, fees, and filing instructions for Illinois LLCs expanding into Mississippi.
Cost Summary
- Mississippi filing fee
- $250
- Illinois Certificate of Good Standing
- $25
- Annual obligation in Mississippi
- $250/year
- Estimated year 1 total
- $525
Note: Year 1 total includes the $250 filing fee in Mississippi, the $25 Certificate of Good Standing fee from Illinois, and $250 in first-year Mississippi state charges. Registered agent fees (typically $100-$200/year) are not included.
Illinois data last reviewed Aug 22, 2026 · ilsos.gov
Mississippi data last reviewed Aug 22, 2026 · sos.ms.gov
How to register your Illinois LLC in Mississippi
1
Check name availability in Mississippi
Before filing, verify that your LLC name (or a distinguishable variation) is available in Mississippi. If your exact name is already taken, you may need to register under a fictitious or assumed name.
Search the business name register on the Mississippi Secretary of State website before you file.
2
Get a Certificate of Good Standing from Illinois
Mississippi requires a Certificate of Good Standing from Illinois to prove your LLC is in good standing. The fee is $25. Available to order online. No state-imposed expiration; third parties typically require certificate dated within 30-60 days.
Order from Illinois ↗
3
File the Application for Registration of Foreign LLC in Mississippi
Submit your application along with the Certificate of Good Standing and the $250 filing fee. Processing time is Mississippi publishes 24 hours for an online filing: the Secretary of State says a submitted document "will be returned filed, or with an explanation of issues preventing filing" and that "this should occur within 24 hours of submission". Most business filings and all annual reports are online only. Mississippi sells no expedited service and has set no expedite fee.. Online filing is available.
Mississippi filing portal ↗
4
Appoint a registered agent in Mississippi
You must designate a registered agent with a physical address in Mississippi to accept legal documents on behalf of your LLC. This is required as part of the foreign qualification application.
Ongoing compliance in Mississippi
- Annual report
- $250/year
- Report due
- April 15
- Processing time
- Mississippi publishes 24 hours for an online filing: the Secretary of State says a submitted document "will be returned filed, or with an explanation of issues preventing filing" and that "this should occur within 24 hours of submission". Most business filings and all annual reports are online only. Mississippi sells no expedited service and has set no expedite fee.
Important to know about Mississippi
- Foreign LLCs pay $250 for the annual report while domestic Mississippi LLCs pay nothing.
Registering after you already started doing business in Mississippi? See the Mississippi late-registration penalties for the back fees and fines that can apply.
Activities that do NOT require registration in Mississippi
- Maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding
- Holding meetings of members or managers, or carrying on other activities concerning internal affairs
- Maintaining bank accounts
- Maintaining offices or agencies for transfer, exchange, and registration of its own securities or interests, or trustees or depositories for them
- Selling through independent contractors
- Soliciting or obtaining orders, if the orders require acceptance outside Mississippi to become contracts
- Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, and security interests in real or personal property
- Securing or collecting debts, enforcing mortgages and security interests securing them, and holding, protecting, and maintaining property so acquired
- Owning real or personal property, and nothing more
- Conducting an isolated transaction completed within 30 days that is not one of repeated transactions of a like nature
- Transacting business in interstate commerce
- Being a shareholder in a corporation or foreign corporation that transacts business in Mississippi
- Being a limited partner of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership that transacts business in Mississippi
- Being a member or manager of an LLC or foreign LLC that transacts business in Mississippi
Under Miss. Code Ann. Section 79-29-1015, fourteen items across two subsections. Note subsection (4): a foreign LLC that is a general partner of a partnership transacting business in Mississippi IS declared to be transacting business.
Need a registered agent in Mississippi?
A registered agent is required for foreign qualification. These services operate in all 50 states.
Get Northwest Registered Agent ↗
Recommended · $125/year · Privacy included
Registered Agents Inc
$200/year · Report filing included, state fees extra
Harbor Compliance
$99 first year, then $149/year · Full-service compliance option
Not sure which service fits? Our full Northwest Registered Agent review and Harbor Compliance review cover pricing, renewal terms, and where each one fits.
Need a business address in Mississippi?
A virtual mailbox gives your LLC a professional address in Mississippi for mail forwarding, public filings, and banking, without leasing office space.
Independent mailbox providers
This page provides general information based on publicly available state requirements. It is not legal advice. Verify all fees and requirements with the Mississippi Secretary of State before filing.