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

Miss. Code Ann. § 79-29-908: Corporate name.

(1) The name of a domestic professional limited liability company and of a foreign professional limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state, in addition to satisfying the requirements of Sections 79-29-109 and 79-29-1007:
(a) Must contain the words “professional limited liability company” or the abbreviations “P.L.L.C.” or “PLLC”;
(b) May not contain language stating or implying that it is formed for a purpose other than that authorized by Section 79-29-904 and its certificate of formation; and
(c) Must conform with any rule promulgated by the licensing authority having jurisdiction over a professional service described in the limited liability company’s certificate of formation.
(2) Sections 79-29-109 and 79-29-1007 do not prevent the use of a name otherwise prohibited by those sections if it is the personal name of a member or former member of the domestic or foreign professional limited liability company or the name of an individual who was associated with a predecessor of the limited liability company.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 79. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 29. Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act
Article 9. Professional Limited Liability Companies.

(a) Must contain the words “professional limited liability company” or the abbreviations “P.L.L.C.” or “PLLC”;

(b) May not contain language stating or implying that it is formed for a purpose other than that authorized by Section 79-29-904 and its certificate of formation; and

(c) Must conform with any rule promulgated by the licensing authority having jurisdiction over a professional service described in the limited liability company’s certificate of formation.

(2) Sections 79-29-109 and 79-29-1007 do not prevent the use of a name otherwise prohibited by those sections if it is the personal name of a member or former member of the domestic or foreign professional limited liability company or the name of an individual who was associated with a predecessor of the limited liability company.

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