MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 79-11-109. Filing fees; fee for serving process upon Secretary of State; fees for copying and certifying copy of filed document.


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

Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) upon being served with process under Sections 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.

SOURCES: Laws, 1987, ch. 485, Sec. 5; 1988, ch. 417, Sec. 1; 1995, ch. 323, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1995


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