A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign corporation to which it is issued to transact business in this state subject, however, to the right of the state to revoke the certificate as provided in Sections 79-4-1.01 et seq.
A foreign corporation with a valid certificate of authority has the same but no greater rights and has the same but no greater privileges as, and except as otherwise provided by Sections 79-4-1.01 et seq. is subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties and liabilities now or later imposed on, a domestic corporation of like character.
Sections 79-4-1.01 et seq. do not authorize this state to regulate the organization or internal affairs of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act
Article 15 - Foreign Corporations
§ 79-4-15.01. Authority to transact business required
§ 79-4-15.02. Consequences of transacting business without authority
§ 79-4-15.03. Application for certificate of authority
§ 79-4-15.04. Amended certificate of authority
§ 79-4-15.05. Effect of certificate of authority
§ 79-4-15.06. Corporate name of foreign corporation
§ 79-4-15.10. Service of process, demand or notice on foreign corporation