‹ Mississippi Filing Guide · All Good-Standing Guides

How to Get a Certificate of Good Standing in Mississippi

Mississippi calls it the Certificate of Good Standing and charges $25. Here is how to order it and what must be current first.

At a glance

Document name
Certificate of Good Standing
State fee
$25Checked Sep 28, 2026 · sos.ms.gov
Online ordering
Yes
Typical turnaround
Online: most certificates are available as soon as you pay
Issuing office
Mississippi SOS ↗

How to order it

  1. Clear any past-due filings first. Check your entity status with the Mississippi SOS and resolve the requirements below. Tax clearance may be a separate document.
  2. Order it online. Search your LLC in the Mississippi portal, request the certificate, and download it. Link in the table above.
  3. Pay the $25 fee. Confirm payment methods and the total in the official portal; extra fees may apply.
  4. Use it inside the recipient's window. The certificate has no state expiration, but banks and other states usually want one dated within the last 30 to 90 days. Order it close to when you need it.

Would rather not deal with the agency yourself?

CorpNet orders the certificate for you
$69 service fee, plus the Mississippi state fee shown above · A filing service, not a registered agent. Ordering it yourself is cheaper and the steps above are the whole process.
Visit site ↗
Full ordering details for Mississippi

Mississippi's Certificate of Good Standing, also called a Certificate of Existence, is ordered online for $25 and issued immediately.

Important to know about Mississippi

  • Mississippi domestic LLC Annual Reports are FREE ($0 fee), due April 15 each year. But they are still mandatory. Watch for third-party solicitations invoicing fees for "annual report preparation" - these are not from the state. File directly on the SOS site.
  • Foreign LLC annual reports do have a fee ($250) and are due by April 15 each year, like domestic reports.
  • Some LLCs need a tax clearance letter from the Department of Revenue to reinstate after an administrative dissolution, and must attach it to the reinstatement filing. Allow extra time for it.

Ordering this to register in another state?

A certificate of good standing from Mississippi is what the new state asks for when your Mississippi LLC registers to do business there. Pick the state you are expanding into to see its exact filing, fee, and process.

Find your state-to-state guide · Registering an out-of-state LLC into Mississippi instead?

Related guides

Sources 6 pages

The official pages behind the figures on this page, with the date we last read each one. How we check.

Fees and costs

Deadlines and processing

Forms and filing

This page provides general information based on publicly available Mississippi Secretary of State requirements. It is not legal advice. Names, fees, and procedures can change. Verify with the Mississippi SOS before ordering.