Reference · Mississippi
Mississippi LLC requirements
Every requirement we've verified for a domestic LLC in Mississippi, with the source for each. For the plain-English cost answer, use the cost calculator.
| Filing agency | Mississippi Secretary of State, Business Services Division |
|---|---|
| Formation filing fee | $50 |
| Filing fee notes | Certificate of Formation $50 per the official Services & Fees schedule (revised October 2024, still current). |
| Standard processing | Not confirmed; filings via the SOS online portal. |
| Expedited options | Not confirmed. |
| Periodic report | Annual Report |
| Report frequency | annual |
| Report fee | No fee |
| Report deadline | Must be filed online each year between January 1 and April 15. NO FEE for LLCs. |
| Late penalty | Failure to file may result in administrative dissolution; no monetary late fee since the report is free. |
| Administrative dissolution | Failure to file the Annual Report may result in administrative dissolution. |
| State tax | Mississippi's corporate franchise tax (applicable to corporations with capital used/employed in the state) has been in a multi-year statutory phase-out; generally does not apply to a default pass-through LLC. Not verified against a DOR page (fetch failed). |
| Minimum state tax | None |
| Newspaper publication | Not required |
| Registered agent required | Yes |
| First-year minimum | $50 |
Confidence
What we're less sure about
Verified against the official state page
- QUIRK: annual report REQUIRED but NO FEE.
- Franchise tax phase-out status unconfirmed (MS DOR fetch returned 404).
Provenance
Sources
Every figure above traces to one of these. If a state changes a fee and we haven't caught it, tell us — we log corrections publicly.
Keep reading
More on Mississippi, and the states most like it
This page is the raw record. These are the places that record gets used — and the states whose rules work the same way.
- Mississippi filing deadlinesWhen the annual report is due, and what late costs
- What an LLC costs in MississippiThe whole first year — $50
- What an LLC costs in TennesseeNext door, $650 more
- What an LLC costs in AlabamaNext door, $150 more
- What an LLC costs in ArkansasNext door, $145 more
- What an LLC costs in LouisianaNext door, $50 more
- What an LLC costs in ArizonaCosts about the same — $50
- What an LLC costs in NevadaThe "cheap incorporation state" that costs $350 a year to keep
- What an LLC costs in MassachusettsThe most expensive state in the country — $1,000
- How we verify every figureOur sourcing standard