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Mississippi · Snapshot Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17

Miss. Code Ann. § 79-10-91: Authority to transact business.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 79. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
  2. Chapter 10. Mississippi Professional Corporation Act
  3. Article 6. Foreign Professional Corporations.

(1) A foreign professional corporation may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the Secretary of State.

(2) A foreign professional corporation may not obtain a certificate of authority unless:

(a) Its corporate name satisfies the requirements of Section 79-10-21;

(b) It is incorporated for one or more of the purposes described in Section 79-10-13; and

(c) All of its shareholders would be qualified persons if the foreign professional corporation were a domestic professional corporation.

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