Hire a Registered Agent in Mississippi

A registered agent is the person or company named to receive legal papers and official state mail for a Mississippi entity, at an actual Mississippi street address. It is required by the Mississippi Registered Agents Act, Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-5.

Yes. Every Mississippi LLC, corporation and limited partnership must appoint and continuously maintain a registered agent under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-5, from the day it files its Certificate of Formation.

Yes, as long as you keep an actual Mississippi street address on file where the entity's filings say you can be reached (Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-4). Many owners hire a service instead to keep that address off the public record.

No. Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-4 requires an actual street address in Mississippi, plus a Mississippi mailing address if it differs; a P.O. box alone does not qualify.

LLC Register charges $99 a year. Commercial registered agent services generally range from about $99 to $249 a year, based on published pricing checked 9/30/2026.

File a Statement of Change online with the Mississippi Secretary of State under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-8, for a $10 fee. Mississippi does not accept this filing by mail.

Service of process on the entity defaults to the Secretary of State under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-13. A missing or inaccurate registered agent on the Annual Report can also lead to administrative dissolution under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-29-215 if it is not corrected.

Yes. Since the Mississippi Registered Agents Act took effect January 1, 2013, appointing a registered agent is an affirmation that the entity notified the agent and the agent consented, under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-5(b). A person named without consent has no duties as agent under § 79-35-14(b).

Yes, as long as they keep an actual Mississippi street address on file and consent to serve, under Miss. Code Ann. §§ 79-35-4 and 79-35-5.

Only if that company maintains a Mississippi address for service, either as a noncommercial registered agent or by registering as a commercial registered agent with the Secretary of State under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-6.

A registered agent must forward any process, notice or demand to the entity's most recently supplied address under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-14; LLC Register scans and emails it to you the same day we receive it.

Yes. The registered agent's name and address are part of the entity's public filing with the Mississippi Secretary of State and appear on the entity's Annual Report.

Yes. After giving the entity at least 30 days' written notice, the agent files a statement of resignation with the Secretary of State under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-11; it takes effect on the 31st day after filing or when a new agent is appointed, whichever comes first.

Yes. The Annual Report, due April 15 each year and free to file for a domestic Mississippi LLC, must list the entity's current registered agent name and address under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-29-215.

Yes, for every entity filing with the Mississippi Secretary of State: LLCs, corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships must each appoint one under the Mississippi Registered Agents Act.

Yes. A foreign LLC applies for registration through the Secretary of State's Y'all Business portal and must designate a Mississippi registered agent under the same Mississippi Registered Agents Act, Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-5, that applies to domestic entities, attaching a Certificate of Good Standing from its home state.

No. The Mississippi Revised LLC Act, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 79-29-101 et seq., has no series LLC provisions, so an owner who wants separate liability shields must form multiple standalone LLCs, each with its own registered agent.

Yes. PLLCs are formed under Article 9 of the Mississippi LLC Act, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 79-29-901 et seq., which applies the Act's general registered agent requirement under § 79-35-5 to professional LLCs the same as any other LLC.

It files a Commercial Registered Agent Termination Statement (Form 11CR300) with the Secretary of State for a $50 fee, listing every entity it represents; the termination takes effect 31 days after filing, and the agent must notify each entity so it can name a replacement, under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-6.

Mississippi law first treats the entity's governors — its managers or officers — as its agent for service, using the address on the entity's most recent Annual Report; only if they also can't reasonably be served does service on the Secretary of State under the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure apply, under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-13(b).

Yes. Nonprofit corporations, formed the same way as business corporations under Miss. Code Ann. Title 79, Chapter 11, are "filing entities" under the Mississippi Registered Agents Act and must appoint a registered agent the same as any for-profit corporation or LLC.

Yes. Limited partnerships formed under the Mississippi Uniform Limited Partnership Act, Miss. Code Ann. Title 79, Chapter 14, must appoint a registered agent under the same Registered Agents Act that applies to LLCs and corporations, separate from the general partner who runs the business.

Search the Secretary of State's Y'all Business portal (yallbusiness.sos.ms.gov) by entity name; the current registered agent's name and address appear on the entity's business detail page at no charge.

Not necessarily. A conversion document filed under the Mississippi LLC Act can name the converted entity's registered agent directly, so a separate registered agent change filing is only needed if you are also switching to a new agent.

Yes. The Secretary of State's online filing system updates a registered agent's address change automatically across every entity profile that lists that agent, without a separate form or new appointment for each entity.

Yes. Commercial registered agents routinely represent many entities at once and must file an alphabetical list of every entity they represent under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-6; a noncommercial agent may likewise serve more than one entity as long as each appoints it separately.

Yes. The IRS treats an annual registered agent fee as an ordinary and necessary business expense, deductible in the year you pay it.

Yes, as long as the attorney or law firm maintains an actual Mississippi street address and consents to serve — the same eligibility rule under Miss. Code Ann. §§ 79-35-4 and 79-35-5 that applies to anyone else.

No. Mississippi's Registered Agents Act, Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-1 et seq., uses the term "registered agent" exclusively; "resident agent" is simply the term a handful of other states, such as Massachusetts and Michigan, use for the identical role.

It can put the entity's filings at risk. If the Annual Report — due April 15 for LLCs and business corporations, May 15 for nonprofits — can't reach the entity because its agent information is outdated, the entity risks administrative dissolution under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-29-215 until the registered agent record is corrected.

You must name one upfront. The initial registered agent filing is submitted together with, not after, the Certificate of Formation under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-5(b), which affirms the agent already consented before the entity's formation document is accepted.

Your registered agent's address is specifically the actual Mississippi street address where legal papers are accepted, required by Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-4; your principal place of business is wherever you actually run the company day to day and doesn't have to be in Mississippi at all.

No. Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-4 requires "an actual street address" where the agent can be reached, not a mail-forwarding or drop-box location, so a commercial mail-receiving service does not meet that standard.

It can be. Unlike most states, Mississippi's registered agent filing for a noncommercial registered agent must include the agent's email address under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-5(b), and that filing becomes part of the entity's public record with the Secretary of State.

Yes. Nonprofit corporations file their Annual Report by May 15 each year — a month after the April 15 deadline for LLCs and business corporations — and it must show the organization's current registered agent.

Yes. Nothing in the Mississippi Registered Agents Act bars an owner, member or manager from also serving as the entity's registered agent, as long as they meet the Mississippi address and consent requirements under §§ 79-35-4 and 79-35-5.

Only if they want to serve as a commercial registered agent for unrelated entities under one listing — that requires filing a Commercial Registered Agent Listing Statement (Form 11CR100) with a $100 fee under Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-6. A noncommercial registered agent serving one or a few related entities has no separate licensing requirement beyond the Mississippi address and consent rules.

It's difficult in practice. Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-4 requires an actual Mississippi street address where the agent can be reached, so an owner who lives and works outside Mississippi generally cannot personally satisfy that availability requirement without maintaining a real Mississippi location.

No. Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-14(a) limits a registered agent's statutory duty to forwarding process, notices and demands to the entity; it gives the agent no authority to sign contracts or otherwise act on the entity's behalf.

Yes. Nothing in the Mississippi Registered Agents Act requires the two to differ — a small business commonly uses one Mississippi street address for both, as long as it meets the actual-street-address and availability requirements of § 79-35-4.