2013 Mississippi Code
Title 79 - CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 11 - NONPROFIT, NONSHARE CORPORATIONS AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES
MISSISSIPPI NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT
§ 79-11-109 - Filing fees; fee for serving process upon Secretary of State; fees for copying and certifying copy of filed document


MS Code § 79-11-109 (2013) What's This?

[Effective until January 1, 2013, this section will read:]

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered for filing:

Document

Fee

(a) Articles of incorporation.....................................$ 50.00

(b) Application for use of indistinguishable name...................25.00

(c) Application for reserved name...................................25.00

(d) Notice of transfer of reserved name.............................25.00

(e) Application for registered name.................................50.00

(f) Application for renewal of registered name......................50.00

(g) Corporation's statement of change of registered agent or registered

office or both............................................................10.00

(h) Agent's statement of change of registered office for each affected

corporation...............................................................10.00

not to exceed a total of......................................1,000.00

(i) Agent's statement of resignation...............................No Fee

(j) Amendment of articles of incorporation..........................50.00

(k) Restatement of articles of incorporation with amendments........50.00

(l) Articles of merger............................................50.00

(m) Articles of dissolution.........................................25.00

(n) Articles of revocation of dissolution...........................25.00

(o) Certificate of administrative dissolution......................No Fee

(p) Application for reinstatement following administrative

dissolution.........................................................50.00

(q) Certificate of reinstatement...................................No Fee

(r) Certificate of judicial dissolution............................No Fee

(s) Application for certificate of authority.......................100.00

(t) Application for amended certificate of authority................50.00

(u) Application for certificate of withdrawal.......................25.00

(v) Certificate of revocation of authority to transact business....No Fee

(w) Status report...................................................25.00

(x) Articles of correction..........................................50.00

(y) Application for certificate of existence or authorization.......25.00

(z) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by Section

79-11-101 et seq..........................................................25.00

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the Secretary of State shall collect a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($ 25.00) upon being served with process under Section 79-11-101 et seq. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover the fee paid the Secretary of State as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a domestic or foreign corporation:

(a) One Dollar ($ 1.00) a page for copying; and

(b) Ten Dollars ($ 10.00) for the certificate.

(4) The Secretary of State may collect a filing fee greater than the fee set forth in subsections (1), (2) and (3) in an amount not to exceed twice the fee set forth in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of processing the filing, if the form prescribed by the Secretary of State for such filing has not been used.

[Effective from and after January 1, 2013, this section will read:]

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered for filing:

Document

Fee

(a) Articles of incorporation.....................................$ 50.00

(b) Application for use of indistinguishable name...................25.00

(c) Application for reserved name...................................25.00

(d) Notice of transfer of reserved name.............................25.00

(e) Application for registered name.................................50.00

(f) Application for renewal of registered name......................50.00

(g) [Reserved]

(h) [Reserved]

(i) [Reserved]

(j) Amendment of articles of incorporation..........................50.00

(k) Restatement of articles of incorporation with amendments........50.00

(l) Articles of merger............................................50.00

(m) Articles of dissolution.........................................25.00

(n) Articles of revocation of dissolution...........................25.00

(o) Certificate of administrative dissolution......................No Fee

(p) Application for reinstatement following administrative

dissolution.........................................................50.00

(q) Certificate of reinstatement...................................No Fee

(r) Certificate of judicial dissolution............................No Fee

(s) Application for certificate of authority.......................100.00

(t) Application for amended certificate of authority................50.00

(u) Application for certificate of withdrawal.......................25.00

(v) Certificate of revocation of authority to transact business....No Fee

(w) Status report...................................................25.00

(x) Articles of correction..........................................50.00

(y) Application for certificate of existence or authorization.......25.00

(z) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by Section

79-11-101 et seq..........................................................25.00

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the Secretary of State shall collect a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($ 25.00) upon being served with process under Section 79-11-101 et seq. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover the fee paid the Secretary of State as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a domestic or foreign corporation:

(a) One Dollar ($ 1.00) a page for copying; and

(b) Ten Dollars ($ 10.00) for the certificate.

(4) The Secretary of State may collect a filing fee greater than the fee set forth in subsections (1), (2) and (3) in an amount not to exceed twice the fee set forth in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of processing the filing, if the form prescribed by the Secretary of State for such filing has not been used.

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