MS registered agent
Registered agent service in Mississippi. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Mississippi company must appoint a registered agent at a street address in the state. What follows is the statute, quoted where it matters, and our position on it, which is brief.
The statutory requirement in Mississippi
Requirement
The Mississippi code provides:
... Whenever a provision of this chapter requires that a filing state an address, the filing must state: (1) An actual street address in this state; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. §§ 79-35-2(13), 79-35-4
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
If an entity that previously filed a registered agent filing with the Secretary of State no longer has a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the governors of the entity will be treated as the entity's agent for service of process who may be served pursuant to the provisions of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-13(b)
Enforcement in Mississippi
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Administrative dissolution by the state
The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under Section 79-4-14.21 to administratively dissolve a corporation if: ... (3) The corporation is without a registered agent in this state for sixty (60) days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-4-14.20(3)-(4); procedure at § 79-4-14.21
Administrative dissolution by the state
The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under Section 79-29-823 to administratively dissolve a limited liability company if: ... (c) The limited liability company is without a registered agent in this state for sixty (60) days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-29-821(c)-(d); procedure at § 79-29-823
Loss of standing to sue
... not maintain any action, suit or proceeding in any court of this state until the corporation is reinstated.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-4-14.21(f)
Revocation of foreign authority
The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under Section 79-4-15.31 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if: ... (3) The foreign corporation is without a registered agent in this state for sixty (60) days or more; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-4-15.30(3)-(4); procedure at § 79-4-15.31
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... of registered agent signed by its appointed registered agent and an additional reinstatement fee of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), in addition to the applicable statutory reinstatement fee.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Miss. Code Ann. § 79-35-19(2)
The Mississippi annual report, which you may also decline
Mississippi levies an annual charge to keep a company in good standing. The amount is below. Declining it is consistent with everything else on this page.
Annual report, limited liability company
Mississippi files the annual report without charge. Decline it regardless.
F0108 MS LLC Annual Report $0
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Business/FeeSchedule.pdf
Annual report, corporation
$25 per annum.
F0008 Annual Report $25
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Business/FeeSchedule.pdf
Our position
We decline. At this price you may have expected otherwise.
Statutory text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, verified against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are amended. This page is not.