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Register Your Wyoming LLC in Mississippi
Step-by-step foreign qualification requirements, fees, and filing instructions for Wyoming LLCs expanding into Mississippi.
Cost Summary
- Mississippi filing fee
- $250
- Wyoming Certificate of Good Standing
- Free
- Annual obligation in Mississippi
- $250/year
- Estimated year 1 total
- $500
Note: Year 1 total covers Mississippi state fees only. You will also need a Certificate of Good Standing from Wyoming, which the state issues at no charge. Registered agent fees are not included.
Wyoming data last reviewed Aug 15, 2026 · sos.wyo.gov
Mississippi data last reviewed Aug 15, 2026 · sos.ms.gov
How to register your Wyoming 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 Wyoming
Mississippi requires a Certificate of Good Standing from Wyoming to prove your LLC is in good standing. Wyoming issues it at no charge. Available to order online. No state-imposed expiration; third parties typically require certificate dated within 30-60 days.
Order from Wyoming ↗
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 5-10 business days. Expedited processing available for $50. 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
- 5-10 business days
- Expedite
- $50
Important to know about Mississippi
- Foreign LLCs pay $250 for the annual report while domestic Mississippi LLCs pay nothing.
Already operating in Mississippi without registering? Our guide to what Mississippi charges unregistered LLCs covers fines, back fees, and court access.
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.