Mississippi registered agent requirements
Check Mississippi’s rules for receiving legal notices and keeping the public contact record current. The local role may be called a registered agent, resident agent, statutory agent, or agent for service of process.
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Any individual, corporation, or LLC may serve as a Mississippi registered agent if it maintains a physical Mississippi address. The agent and office are public. A P.O. box alone is insufficient. Commercial agents can file a listing statement and must remain available for process and notices.
Mississippi agent changes: forms and fees
Mississippi registered-agent/office change is generally $10.00 per company and is handled as an amendment rather than a separate agent form. Use https://www.sos.ms.gov/business-services/registered-agents and the online filing portal. The replacement must qualify and consent.
Resignation, notice, and effective dates
Mississippi Statement of Resignation of Registered Agent has no filing fee for the listed entity types. The agent must follow the statutory notice/effective-date process and does not appoint a successor. The entity must promptly name a qualified Mississippi agent or risk service failure and dissolution.
Consequences of a missing agent or address
An entity without a Mississippi registered agent can miss process, suffer default judgments, lose good standing, and face administrative dissolution or revocation. The Secretary may be used for limited substitute service, but that does not cure the continuing registered-agent duty.
Confirm the change reached the public record
Keep the accepted filing and confirm the agent or service address shown for the business. Arrange forwarding of legal notices during the change, and check which contact information will be public before supplying a home address.
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