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

Miss. Code Ann. § 79-29-219: Certificate of existence.

(1) The Secretary of State, upon request and payment of the requisite fee, shall furnish to any person a certificate of existence for a limited liability company if the records filed in the Office of the Secretary of State show that the limited liability company has been formed under Section 79-29-201 and a certificate of dissolution or certificate of administrative dissolution pertaining to the limited liability company has not been filed that has become effective. A certificate of existence must state:
(a) The name of the limited liability company;
(b) That the limited liability company was duly formed under the laws of this state and the date of formation;
(c) Whether all fees due under this chapter to the Secretary of State have been paid;
(d) Whether the limited liability company’s most recent annual report required by Section 79-29-215 has been filed with the Secretary of State;
(e) Whether a certificate of administrative dissolution has been filed;
(f) Whether a certificate of dissolution has been filed; and
(g) Other facts of record in the Office of the Secretary of State which are specified by the person requesting the certificate.
(2) Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence issued by the Secretary of State is conclusive evidence that the limited liability company is in existence.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 79. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 29. Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act
Article 2. Formation, Certificate of Formation.

(a) The name of the limited liability company;

(b) That the limited liability company was duly formed under the laws of this state and the date of formation;

(d) Whether the limited liability company’s most recent annual report required by Section 79-29-215 has been filed with the Secretary of State;

(e) Whether a certificate of administrative dissolution has been filed;

(f) Whether a certificate of dissolution has been filed; and

(g) Other facts of record in the Office of the Secretary of State which are specified by the person requesting the certificate.

(2) Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence issued by the Secretary of State is conclusive evidence that the limited liability company is in existence.

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