2013 Mississippi Code
Title 79 - CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 11 - NONPROFIT, NONSHARE CORPORATIONS AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES
MISSISSIPPI NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT
§ 79-11-161 - Registration of foreign corporation's corporate name; renewal of registration of corporate name; transfer of corporate name

(1) A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by Section 79-11-373, if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from:

(a) The corporate name of a nonprofit or business corporation incorporated or authorized to do business in this state; and

(b) A corporate name reserved under Section 79-11-159 or pursuant to the provisions of the Mississippi Business Corporation Act, or registered under this section.

(2) A foreign corporation registers its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by Section 79-11-373, by delivering to the Secretary of State an application:

(a) Setting forth its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by Section 79-11-373, the state or country and date of its incorporation and a brief description of the nature of the activities in which it is engaged; and

(b) Accompanied by a certificate of existence (or a document of similar import) from the state or country of incorporation.

(3) The name is registered for the applicant's exclusive use upon the effective date of the application.

(4) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may renew it for successive years by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a renewal application, which complies with the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, between October 1 and December 31 of the preceding year. The renewal application renews the registration for the following calendar year.

(5) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may thereafter qualify as a foreign corporation under that name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a corporation thereafter incorporated under Section 79-11-101 et seq. or by another foreign corporation thereafter authorized to transact business in this state. The registration terminates when the domestic corporation is incorporated or the foreign corporation qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign corporation under the registered name.