Registered Agent Requirements in Mississippi, Rule by Rule

Every entity on file with the Mississippi Secretary of State needs a registered agent. No exceptions, no grace period. Here is what the law actually requires, who qualifies, and why most owners eventually hand the job to a professional.

The Job Description

One duty, zero flexibility: be present at a physical Mississippi address during business hours to accept documents for your company. The stream includes:

• Service of process, meaning lawsuit papers delivered formally
• Mail from the Mississippi Secretary of State
• State tax notices
• Compliance notices, including annual report reminders
• Anything else that legally requires formal delivery to the entity

When something arrives, the agent's job is to get it to you fast. Our version of fast: scanned and emailed the same business day.

The Statute: MoRAA Plus the LLC Act

Two citations do the work here. The Mississippi Registered Agents Act, Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-1 et seq., took effect January 1, 2013 and is the state's version of the Model Registered Agents Act. On the LLC side, § 79-29-113 requires a registered office and a registered agent whose business office is "identical with the registered office."

Practical translation: the address on file has to be a real Mississippi street address where the agent actually operates. A PO box by itself does not satisfy the statute.

Who Qualifies

Straight from the statute's eligibility list:

• An individual who resides in Mississippi
• A domestic corporation, nonprofit, or LLC
• A foreign corporation, nonprofit, or LLC authorized to transact business in Mississippi

Whichever it is, the agent's business office and the registered office must be one and the same address.

Commercial vs. Noncommercial Agents

MoRAA splits agents into two classes. A commercial registered agent serves many entities as a business and registers with the Secretary of State, paying a $100 listing fee (the line is on the state's fee schedule). A noncommercial agent serves one entity or a handful of related ones. Mississippi Registered Agent.co operates as a commercial agent.

Doing the Job Yourself

An individual who lives in Mississippi can take the role personally. Before you do, price out what comes with it:

Your address goes public. The state's entity database is searchable by anyone, and the agent address is in it.

You are chained to business hours. A process server who finds nobody at the address at 2 PM on a Wednesday is a legal problem, not an inconvenience.

Data scrapers love state filings. Expect junk mail and cold calls at whatever address you list.

Moving means a filing. Relocate and you owe the state a $10 amendment to update the record. Forget, and documents go to an address you left behind.

What $99/year Buys Instead

• Our Mississippi street address on your filings, not yours
• Same-business-day scanning and email delivery of everything we receive
• A searchable online portal holding your documents
• Reminders ahead of the April 15 annual report
• An agent address that never changes, no matter how often you move

Who Needs This Service?

• Mississippi LLCs and PLLCs
• Mississippi corporations, for-profit and nonprofit
• Foreign entities authorized to do business in Mississippi
• Limited partnerships and LLPs on file with the state

On the Secretary of State's books means an agent on file. Simple as that.

Getting Started

Forming now: list Mississippi Registered Agent.co as the registered agent on your Certificate of Formation (LLCs) or Articles of Incorporation (corporations).

Already formed: the switch is a $10 amendment filed through the SOS portal. Details on our change of agent page.

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