What is a registered agent and why does my Mississippi LLC need one?

A registered agent is the person or business that accepts lawsuits and official notices for your LLC. Mississippi requires your Certificate of Formation to name one, under the Mississippi Registered Agents Act: either a commercial registered agent, or a noncommercial agent with its name and an actual street address in Mississippi. The Secretary of State says any individual, corporation or LLC may act as a registered agent for a Mississippi company if the agent has a physical address in Mississippi. Naming the agent counts as your LLC's statement that the agent has agreed to serve.

What happens if my Mississippi LLC doesn't have a registered agent?

Mississippi may administratively dissolve an LLC that has been without a registered agent in the state for 60 days or more, or that does not tell the Secretary of State within 60 days that its agent has changed or resigned. The Secretary of State serves a written notice first, and the LLC is dissolved if it does not fix the problem within 60 days after that notice. A dissolved Mississippi LLC can apply for reinstatement; the fee schedule lists it at $50 for a domestic LLC, and some LLCs must attach a tax clearance letter from the Department of Revenue. Without an agent you can also miss a lawsuit and face a default judgment without knowing you were sued.

How much does a registered agent cost in Mississippi?

Serving as your own registered agent costs nothing if you have a physical address in Mississippi where you can accept legal papers. A professional registered agent service charges its own annual fee, which varies by provider. Among the national services we compare, Northwest charges $125 a year for registered agent service (a year is included when you form a new LLC with its paid package, $39 plus your state's filing fee), and LegalZoom charges $249 a year and does not include the service in any formation plan. Changing your agent later costs $10 with the Secretary of State.

Will using a registered agent protect my privacy in Mississippi?

Yes. Your registered agent's name and address go on your Certificate of Formation (Form F0100) and filed forms appear on the Secretary of State's website; the Secretary of State says it redacts only your company's FEIN and telephone number from them. If you are your own agent, that is your Mississippi address. A professional agent puts its own name and address there instead. It does not hide everything: other filings for your LLC can still show names and addresses, so check what each form asks for before you file.

Can I change my Mississippi LLC's registered agent later?

Yes. To change your Mississippi registered agent, file a statement of change with the Mississippi Secretary of State. The Secretary of State says there is no longer a separate form: the change is filed online as an amendment, and the fee schedule lists the Registered Agent/Office Statement of Change at $10. The new agent does not sign: Mississippi law treats naming the agent as your LLC's statement that it has notified the agent and the agent has agreed to serve. The change takes effect when it is filed.

Mississippi Registered Agent: Requirements, Costs and How to Choose One

Understand Mississippi's registered agent rules, explore your options, and choose the best solution for your LLC's compliance needs.

By Edmond Hui · Last updated: October 2026

Mississippi requires every LLC to name a registered agent in the Certificate of Formation it files to form. Hiring a paid service is optional: in most states the LLC's owner, or another individual who qualifies, may serve as its registered agent, and the rules below set out who qualifies in Mississippi. See the rules below.

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Get registered agent service from Northwest$125/yr, or included for year one when you form your LLC with them ($39 plus your state's filing fee). Registered agent customers are enrolled by default in annual report filing at $100 plus state fees, charged automatically to your saved payment method and cancellable any time.

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Mississippi Registered Agent Rules at a Glance

Can an individual serve?	Yes, any individual with a physical address in Mississippi
Can a company serve?	Yes, a corporation or LLC with a physical address in Mississippi, or a commercial registered agent
Can you be your own agent?	Yes, if you have a physical address in Mississippi

How Mississippi's rules compare: registered agent requirements in all 50 states.

Best Registered Agent Services for Mississippi LLCs (2026)

Affiliate disclosure: Northwest Registered Agent, Bizee, ZenBusiness and LegalZoom pay us a commission if you sign up through our link, at no extra cost to you. We list only the registered agent services we have an affiliate relationship with, so this is not a survey of the whole market.

This table is not scored. The four are listed cheapest annual renewal first, and the rows below it say which one fits which situation. The scored ranking, and the formula behind it, is on the formation services review, which orders them on three-year cost, BBB rating and Trustpilot score.

Service	With formation, year 1	Annual renewal	BBB	Trustpilot	Privacy
Northwest Registered Agent	Included with $39 formation	$125/yr	A	4.1/5 (297)	Says it does not sell your information; runs its own servers
Bizee	Free year one (some visitors are being shown shorter free periods, so confirm at checkout)	$149/yr	C (unaccredited)	4.8/5 (26,100+)	No data-sharing commitment
ZenBusiness	$99, not included in any plan	$199/yr	A	4.8/5 (32,500+)	Partial
LegalZoom	Not included, $249 extra	$249/yr	A+	4.6/5 (32,900+)	Partial

Note: Bizee holds a C rating from the BBB and is not accredited. BBB's profile carries a live alert describing a pattern of complaints about unexpected charges, difficulty canceling and filing delays, and Bizee has posted a response to it. We flag this so you can make an informed choice.

Prices are each provider's standard published rates; year-one pricing applies when you form your LLC through the same service. BBB and Trustpilot figures as recorded September 15, 2026, not re-checked since, and both sources update continuously. These are the dates the figures were last written to our dataset, which is the most we can show: they are not verification dates. See how we evaluate these companies in our full formation services review →

Which Registered Agent Is Best for Your Mississippi LLC?

You're forming a new LLC and want phone, email and chat support

Our pick: ZenBusiness

A $0 Starter formation plan, backed by an A from the BBB and a 4.8/5 Trustpilot score. Registered agent is not included in any plan: it is $99 for the first year when you form with them, then $199/yr.

Your LLC already exists and you just need an agent

Our pick: Northwest Registered Agent

A flat $125/yr for registered agent service, the lowest renewal of the services listed here, and a privacy policy that says it does not sell your information. Registered agent customers are enrolled by default in Northwest's report filing service, which charges your saved payment method $100 plus state fees each time it files for you and which you can cancel.

You want year one free and the cheaper renewal after it

Our pick: Bizee

Registered agent is free for year one on every Bizee plan and renews at $149/yr, $50/yr less than ZenBusiness. Northwest renews lower still at $125/yr, but its first year comes inside a paid $39 formation package rather than free. Tradeoff: a C rating from the BBB, which cites a pattern of complaints about charges and cancellation, so read every auto-renewal term.

Complex legal needs alongside your filing

Our pick: LegalZoom

The only one of the services listed here with attorney consultations, which come with LegalZoom's $299 formation plan (and in one version of its plans its $249 plan) for 30 days and then cost $49 or $99 a month until you cancel, depending on the version. Also the most expensive registered agent listed here at $249/yr, which is never included in their plans.

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Your Registered Agent Options

Self / owner

Pros

No additional cost
Direct control over legal documents
No outside party handles your LLC's legal papers

Cons

Personal address becomes public record
Must be available during business hours
Responsibility for tracking compliance deadlines

Best for: Small LLC owners who work from a fixed Mississippi location and don't mind their address being public

Friend or family member

Pros

Low cost option
Personal relationship provides trust
Your home address is not the one listed for the registered agent

Cons

Relies on someone else's availability
Potential strain on personal relationships
No professional compliance tracking

Best for: LLCs with trusted Mississippi residents willing to accept legal documents and handle the responsibility

Professional service

Pros

Staffed to accept documents during business hours
Your home address is not the one listed for the registered agent
Professional compliance management and reminders

Cons

An annual fee set by the provider
Less direct control over document receipt
Ongoing business expense

Best for: Most LLCs, especially those with owners living outside Mississippi or wanting professional compliance support

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It reports what each state publishes about filing deadlines, fees, and the consequences of missing them, with the sources this page cites. It cannot tell you what your own company owes: the date turns on when and where you formed, states change these rules between our reviews, and in several states an entity-level tax falls due in a year when no report does. Confirm your own dates with the filing office named on this page before you rely on one here, because missing a deadline can cost the company its good standing or, in many states, its existence.

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Frequently Asked Questions

: A registered agent is the person or business that accepts lawsuits and official notices for your LLC. Mississippi requires your Certificate of Formation to name one, under the Mississippi Registered Agents Act: either a commercial registered agent, or a noncommercial agent with its name and an actual street address in Mississippi. The Secretary of State says any individual, corporation or LLC may act as a registered agent for a Mississippi company if the agent has a physical address in Mississippi. Naming the agent counts as your LLC's statement that the agent has agreed to serve.
: Mississippi may administratively dissolve an LLC that has been without a registered agent in the state for 60 days or more, or that does not tell the Secretary of State within 60 days that its agent has changed or resigned. The Secretary of State serves a written notice first, and the LLC is dissolved if it does not fix the problem within 60 days after that notice. A dissolved Mississippi LLC can apply for reinstatement; the fee schedule lists it at $50 for a domestic LLC, and some LLCs must attach a tax clearance letter from the Department of Revenue. Without an agent you can also miss a lawsuit and face a default judgment without knowing you were sued.
: Serving as your own registered agent costs nothing if you have a physical address in Mississippi where you can accept legal papers. A professional registered agent service charges its own annual fee, which varies by provider. Among the national services we compare, Northwest charges $125 a year for registered agent service (a year is included when you form a new LLC with its paid package, $39 plus your state's filing fee), and LegalZoom charges $249 a year and does not include the service in any formation plan. Changing your agent later costs $10 with the Secretary of State.
: Yes. Your registered agent's name and address go on your Certificate of Formation (Form F0100) and filed forms appear on the Secretary of State's website; the Secretary of State says it redacts only your company's FEIN and telephone number from them. If you are your own agent, that is your Mississippi address. A professional agent puts its own name and address there instead. It does not hide everything: other filings for your LLC can still show names and addresses, so check what each form asks for before you file.
: Yes. To change your Mississippi registered agent, file a statement of change with the Mississippi Secretary of State. The Secretary of State says there is no longer a separate form: the change is filed online as an amendment, and the fee schedule lists the Registered Agent/Office Statement of Change at $10. The new agent does not sign: Mississippi law treats naming the agent as your LLC's statement that it has notified the agent and the agent has agreed to serve. The change takes effect when it is filed.

Sources

7 documents

Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Mississippi sources, and each entry says what the document is. Some statutory text is read from an accurate mirror rather than from the state's own host, and those say so. Where we hold the citation but no stable public link, the citation is printed on its own rather than pointed at a guessed address.

Miss. Code 79-35-4, 79-35-5 and 79-35-8, Mississippi Registered Agents Act: address, registered agent filing and statement of change
Miss. Code 79-35-3, registered agent filing fees ($10 statement of change)
Miss. Code 79-29-821 and 79-29-823, grounds and procedure for administrative dissolution
sos.ms.gov/business-services/business-faqsMississippi Secretary of State, Business FAQs (registered agent changes are filed as an amendment)
sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Business/Services%20%26%20Fees%20Document.pdfMississippi Secretary of State, Services and Fees Schedule
sos.ms.gov/business-servicesMississippi Secretary of State: business entity filings
sos.ms.gov/business-services/annual-reportsMississippi agency guidance: Annual Report

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Edmond Hui · Founder, MyStateLLC

Edmond Hui is a software engineer and serial entrepreneur based in New York who has founded multiple online businesses across e-commerce, media, and information publishing. Before transitioning into tech, he spent years as a commercial real estate professional closing deals totaling over 100,000 square feet, giving him firsthand experience with business formation and entity structuring. He built MyStateLLC to provide the free, state-specific LLC guidance he wished existed when forming his own companies.

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Which Registered Agent Is Best for Your Mississippi LLC?

You're forming a new LLC and want phone, email and chat support

Your LLC already exists and you just need an agent

You want year one free and the cheaper renewal after it

Complex legal needs alongside your filing

Your Registered Agent Options

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Friend or family member

Professional service

Frequently Asked Questions

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