2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 79 - CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 29 - Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act.
79-29-1002 - Registration; application to registered foreign limited liability companies.

§ 79-29-1002. Registration; application to registered foreign limited liability companies.
 

(1)  Before transacting business in this state, a foreign limited liability company, including a foreign limited liability company formed to render professional services, shall register with the Secretary of State. In order to register, a foreign limited liability company shall deliver to the office of the Secretary of State for filing one (1) original application for registration as a foreign limited liability company, signed by a person with authority to do so under the laws of the state or other jurisdiction of its formation and setting forth: 

(a) The name of the foreign limited liability company and, if different, the name under which it proposes to transact business in this state; 

(b) The state or other jurisdiction and date of its formation; 

(c) The name and street and mailing address of the registered agent for service of process on the foreign limited liability company which the foreign limited liability company has elected to appoint and who meets the requirements of subsection (1)(b) of Section 79-29-106; 

(d) A statement that the Secretary of State is appointed the registered agent of the foreign limited liability company for service of process if the registered agent's authority has been revoked or if the registered agent cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence; 

(e) The address of the office required to be maintained in the state or other jurisdiction of its organization by the laws of that state or other jurisdiction or, if not so required, the address of the principal office of the foreign limited liability company; and 

(f) If the limited liability company is to have a specific date of dissolution, the latest date upon which the foreign limited liability company is to dissolve; and 

(g) If management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers, a statement to that effect; and 

(h) Any other matters the manager or members determine to include therein. 

(2)  A foreign limited liability company properly registered as such with the Secretary of State before July 1, 1994, shall not be required to submit a new application for registration, nor to pay any related application fee, in order to continue to transact business in this state, but shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to Section 79-29-1005. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1994, ch. 402, § 68; Laws, 1995, ch. 362, § 12; Laws,  1997, ch. 418, § 38, eff from and after July 1, 1997.