Mississippi Code
Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships

§ 79-14-805. Liability after dissolution of general partner and person dissociated as general partner - If a general partner having knowledge of the dissolution causes...

§ 79-14-806. Known claims against dissolved limited partnership - Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a dissolved limited...

§ 79-14-807. Other claims against dissolved limited partnership - A dissolved limited partnership may publish notice of its dissolution...

§ 79-14-808. Court proceedings - A dissolved limited partnership that has published a notice under...

§ 79-14-809. Liability of general partner and person dissociated as general partner when claim against limited partnership barred - If a claim against a dissolved limited partnership is barred...

§ 79-14-810. Disposition of assets in winding up; when contributions required - In winding up its activities and affairs, a limited partnership...

§ 79-14-811. Administrative dissolution - The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under subsection...

§ 79-14-812. Reinstatement - A limited partnership that is administratively dissolved under Section 79-14-811...

§ 79-14-813. Judicial review of denial of reinstatement - If the Secretary of State denies a limited partnership's application...

Article 9 - Actions By Partners

§ 79-14-901. Direct action by partner - Subject to subsection (b), a partner may maintain a direct...

§ 79-14-902. Derivative action - A partner may maintain a derivative action to enforce a...

§ 79-14-903. Proper plaintiff - A derivative action to enforce a right of a limited...

§ 79-14-904. Pleading - In a derivative action, the complaint must state with particularity:

§ 79-14-905. Special litigation committee - If a limited partnership is named as or made a...

§ 79-14-906. Proceeds and expenses - Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b): If a derivative...

Article 10 - Foreign Limited Partnerships

§ 79-14-1001. Governing law - The law of the jurisdiction of formation of a foreign...

§ 79-14-1002. Registration to do business in this state - A foreign limited partnership may not do business in this...

§ 79-14-1003. Foreign registration statement - To register to do business in this state, a foreign...

§ 79-14-1004. Amendment of foreign registration statement - A registered foreign limited partnership shall deliver to the Secretary...

§ 79-14-1005. Activities not constituting doing business - Activities of a foreign limited partnership which do not constitute...

§ 79-14-1006. Noncomplying name of foreign limited partnership - A foreign limited partnership whose name does not comply with...

§ 79-14-1007. Withdrawal deemed on conversion to domestic filing entity or domestic limited liability partnership - A registered foreign limited partnership that converts to a domestic...

§ 79-14-1008. Withdrawal on dissolution or conversion to nonfiling entity other than limited liability partnership - A registered foreign limited partnership that has dissolved and completed...

§ 79-14-1009. Transfer of registration - When a registered foreign limited partnership has merged into a...

§ 79-14-1010. Termination of registration - The Secretary of State may terminate the registration of a...

§ 79-14-1011. Withdrawal of registration of registered foreign limited partnership - A registered foreign limited partnership may withdraw its registration by...

§ 79-14-1012. Action by Attorney General - The Attorney General may maintain an action to enjoin a...

Article 11 - Merger

§ 79-14-1101. Definitions - In this article: For a domestic or foreign general partnership,...

§ 79-14-1106. Merger - A limited partnership may merge with one or more other...

§ 79-14-1107. Action on plan of merger by constituent limited partnership - Subject to Section 79-14-1110, a plan of merger must be...

§ 79-14-1108. Filings required for merger; effective date - After each constituent organization has approved a merger, articles of...

§ 79-14-1109. Effect of merger - When a merger becomes effective: If it is a limited...

§ 79-14-1110. Restrictions on approval of mergers and on relinquishing LLLP status - If a partner of a constituent limited partnership will have...

§ 79-14-1111. Liability of general partner after merger - A merger under this article does not discharge any liability...

§ 79-14-1112. Power of general partners and persons dissociated as general partners to bind organization after merger - An act of a person that immediately before a merger...

§ 79-14-1113. Article not exclusive - This article does not preclude an entity from being converted...

Article 12 - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 79-14-1201. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...

§ 79-14-1202. Relation to electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in...

§ 79-14-1203. Savings clause - This chapter does not affect an action commenced, proceeding brought,...

§ 79-14-1204. Severability clause - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...

Article 13 - Fees

§ 79-14-1301. Fees - Pursuant to this chapter, the Secretary of State shall charge...

Chapter 15 - Investment Trusts

General Provisions

§ 79-15-1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as "The Mississippi Investment Trust...

§ 79-15-7. What declaration shall contain - The declaration of trust of an investment trust shall contain:...

§ 79-15-13. Liability of holders of certificates of beneficial interest - No holder of a fully paid certificate of beneficial interest...

§ 79-15-15. The election and removal of trustees - The declaration of trust shall provide for the annual election...

§ 79-15-19. Recording - The declaration of trust shall be signed and acknowledged by...

§ 79-15-25. How investment trust taxed - The income of an investment trust shall be taxed as...

§ 79-15-27. Effect of chapter on prior rights, duties, penalties and proceedings - This chapter shall not affect rights and duties that matured,...

§ 79-15-29. Applicability of other laws; repeals - The provisions of the Investment Securities chapter and other appropriate...

Foreign Investment Trusts

§ 79-15-101. Certificate of authority; necessity of; what constitutes not transacting business - No foreign investment trust shall have the right to transact...

§ 79-15-103. Rights and responsibilities similar to domestic trusts - A foreign investment trust which shall have received a certificate...

§ 79-15-105. Name of foreign investment trust - No certificate of authority shall be issued to a foreign...

§ 79-15-107. Prohibited change of name; penalties - Whenever a foreign investment trust which is authorized to transact...

§ 79-15-109. Certificate of authority; application - A foreign investment trust, in order to procure a certificate...

§ 79-15-111. Certificate of authority; issuance - Duplicate originals of the application of the foreign investment trust...

§ 79-15-113. Certificate of authority; right to transact business upon issuance; right of state to revoke or suspend - Upon the issuance of a certificate of authority by the...

§ 79-15-121. Declaration of trust; filing of amendment - Whenever the declaration of trust of a foreign investment trust...

§ 79-15-123. Certificate of authority; amendments - A foreign investment trust authorized to transact business in this...

§ 79-15-125. Certificate of withdrawal; application and filing - A foreign investment trust authorized to transact business in this...

§ 79-15-127. Certificate of withdrawal; issuance - Duplicate originals of such application for withdrawal shall be delivered...

§ 79-15-129. Certificate of authority; revocation; causes - The certificate of authority of a foreign investment trust to...

§ 79-15-131. Certificate of authority; revocation; procedure - Upon revoking any such certificate of authority, the Secretary of...

§ 79-15-133. Certificate of authority; failure to obtain; ability to sue and be sued - No foreign investment trust transacting business in this state without...

§ 79-15-135. Fees - The Secretary of State shall charge and collect from foreign...

§ 79-15-137. Disbursement of collected funds - All fees and charges to be collected by the secretary...

§ 79-15-139. Law applicable to foreign investment trusts previously transacting business in state - Foreign investment trusts which are transacting business in this state...

Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act

§ 79-16-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 79-16-3. Reservation of power to amend or repeal - The Mississippi Legislature has the power to amend or repeal...

§ 79-16-9. Prohibited change of name; penalties - Whenever a foreign business trust which is authorized to transact...

§ 79-16-13. Issuance of certificate of authority - If the Secretary of State finds that the application for...

§ 79-16-15. Changes and amendments - If any statement in the application for certificate of authority...

§ 79-16-17. - Repealed by Laws, 2012, ch. 382, § 140, effective January...

§ 79-16-19. - Repealed by Laws, 2012, ch. 382, § 141, effective January...

§ 79-16-21. - Repealed by Laws, 2012, ch. 382, § 142, effective January...

§ 79-16-33. Fees - The Secretary of State shall charge and collect from foreign...

Chapter 17 - Agricultural Associations; Conversion to Corporate Form

§ 79-17-1. Agriculture classified as primary industry - Agriculture is the primary industry in the State of Mississippi,...

§ 79-17-3. A supplementary law - This chapter is supplementary of and not amendatory or in...

§ 79-17-5. How may be cited - This chapter shall be known as the "Agricultural Association Law,"...

§ 79-17-7. Purposes - The purposes of this chapter are to promote the general...

§ 79-17-9. Name of associations incorporated hereunder - Any such incorporated association shall have a distinctive name, the...

§ 79-17-13. How associations may be formed - Three (3) or more producers of agricultural products in the...

§ 79-17-15. Organization, officers, bylaws - A majority of the organizing members named in the articles,...

§ 79-17-17. Board of directors to control affairs - The affairs of such incorporated association shall be conducted, controlled...

§ 79-17-19. Voting by mail, dues and fees - The bylaws may provide among other things for voting of...

§ 79-17-21. Membership nontransferable - All memberships shall be personal to the member and equal...

§ 79-17-23. Associations with capital stock, etc. - Such incorporated association may be organized with capital stock at...

§ 79-17-25. Powers of association - Such incorporated association shall have the power to contract and...

§ 79-17-27. Charges for expenses and creating reserve - Such incorporated association may make charges to its members and...

§ 79-17-29. Certain suits authorized - Such incorporated association may sue and be sued; and may...

§ 79-17-31. Associations may federate - Such associations incorporated hereunder may, in carrying out their purposes,...

§ 79-17-33. How federation managed - Five (5) or more associations or corporations organized under this...

§ 79-17-35. "Producers" defined - Producers of agricultural products herein mentioned shall include individual persons,...

§ 79-17-37. Powers of federation - Any such federation incorporated hereunder for the purpose of carrying...

§ 79-17-39. "Agricultural products" defined - Agricultural products as herein defined shall include the products of...

§ 79-17-41. - Repealed by Laws of 2013, Ch. 419, § 6, effective...

Chapter 19 - Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations

§ 79-19-1. Declaration of policy - It is the purpose of this chapter to promote, foster...

§ 79-19-3. Definitions; nature of associations; short title - As used in this chapter: The term "agricultural product" shall...

§ 79-19-5. Who may organize - Twenty (20) or more persons, a majority of whom are...

§ 79-19-7. Purposes - An association may be organized to engage in any activity...

§ 79-19-9. Powers - Each association incorporated hereunder shall have the following powers: To...

§ 79-19-13. Articles of association - Each association formed under this chapter must prepare and file...

§ 79-19-17. Bylaws - Each association incorporated hereunder must, within thirty (30) days after...

§ 79-19-19. General and special meetings, how called - In its bylaws each association shall provide for one or...

§ 79-19-21. Directors; election - The affairs of the association shall be managed by a...

§ 79-19-23. Election of officers - The directors shall elect from their number a chairman or...

§ 79-19-25. Stock, membership certificates, when issued; voting; liability; limitations on transfer and ownership - When a member of an association established without capital stock...

§ 79-19-27. Removal of officer or director - Any member may bring charges against an officer or director...

§ 79-19-29. Referendum may be had in certain cases - Upon demand of one third (1/3) of the entire board...

§ 79-19-31. Marketing contract - The association and its members may make and execute marketing...

§ 79-19-35. Purchasing business of other associations, persons, firms or corporations; payment; stock issued - Whenever an association organized or existing hereunder with preferred capital...

§ 79-19-37. Conflicting laws not to apply - Any provisions of law which otherwise would be in conflict...

§ 79-19-39. Limitation of the use of term "cooperative." - No person, firm, corporation, or association hereafter organized or doing...

§ 79-19-41. Interest in other corporations or associations - An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an...

§ 79-19-43. Contracts and agreements with other associations - Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of...

§ 79-19-45. Association heretofore organized may adopt the provisions of this chapter - Any corporation or association organized under previously existing statutes, or...

§ 79-19-47. How associations organized in another state may carry on business in this state - Any cooperative marketing association, organized under appropriate laws of any...

§ 79-19-49. Misdemeanor; breach of marketing contract of cooperative association; spreading false reports about the finances or management thereof - Any person or persons or any corporation whose officers or...

§ 79-19-51. Associations not in restraint of trade - No association organized hereunder shall be deemed to be in...

§ 79-19-53. Exemptions - Each association organized hereunder shall be exempt from the payment...

§ 79-19-55. Filing fees - For filing articles of association and amendments to the articles,...

§ 79-19-57. Cooperative marketing associations may maintain replevin - All cooperative marketing associations organized or doing business under the...

§ 79-19-59. Liquidated damages may be recovered - If such cooperative marketing association recover judgment as plaintiff in...

§ 79-19-61. Loan limited to 50 percent of capital and surplus - The total liability to any association organized or doing business...

§ 79-19-63. Stock in bank for cooperatives - All cooperative agricultural associations of any kind or character whatsoever,...

§ 79-19-65. Applicability of general nonprofit corporation laws to associations organized under this chapter - The general nonprofit corporation laws and all powers and rights...

Chapter 21 - Aquatic Products Marketing Association

General provisions

§ 79-21-1. Title - This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Co-operative...

§ 79-21-3. Declaration of policy - In order to promote, foster and encourage the intelligent and...

§ 79-21-5. Definitions - As used in this chapter: The term "member" shall include...

§ 79-21-7. A supplementary law - This chapter shall not be construed to permit the catching...

§ 79-21-9. Who may organize - Ten (10) or more persons who are residents of the...

§ 79-21-11. Purposes - An association may be organized to engage in any activity...

§ 79-21-13. Powers - Each and every association organized hereunder shall have the following...

§ 79-21-17. Articles of association - Each association formed under this chapter must prepare and file...

§ 79-21-19. General cooperative marketing association laws apply - The general co-operative marketing association laws of this state shall...

Statewide Fresh and Salt Water Co-Operatives

§ 79-21-51. Declaration of policy - In order to promote, foster and encourage the intelligent and...

§ 79-21-53. Definitions - As used in Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67, Mississippi Code of...

§ 79-21-57. Who may organize - Ten (10) or more persons who are residents of the...

§ 79-21-59. Purposes - An association may be organized to engage in any activity...

§ 79-21-61. Powers - Each and every association organized hereunder shall have the following...

§ 79-21-65. Articles of association - Each association formed under Sections 79-21-51 through 79-21-67 must prepare...

§ 79-21-67. General cooperative marketing association laws apply - The general cooperative marketing association laws of this state shall...

Chapter 22 - Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988

§ 79-22-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 79-22-3. Legislative purpose - The Legislature recognizes that aquaculture is the fastest growing segment...

§ 79-22-5. Definitions - For the purpose of this chapter unless the context clearly...

§ 79-22-7. Marketing permit, generally - All currently recognized native aquatic plants, animals and nongame fish...

§ 79-22-11. Withholding permit - By withholding a culture and/or marketing permit, the department may...

§ 79-22-13. Nonrenewal of permit - Failure by an aquaculturist to provide any information required by...

§ 79-22-17. Building requirements - The department shall issue a cultivation permit for any aquaculture...

§ 79-22-21. - Former § 79-22-19 related to one-stop permitting for aquaculture activities....

§ 79-22-25. Management plan to be developed; Aquatic Ventures Center - The department may, as funds are made available by the...

§ 79-22-27. Order to stop sale or distribution of product found in violation of chapter - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is authorized, in his...

§ 79-22-29. Penalties - Any person violating this chapter or any regulation of the...

§ 79-22-31. Application to state educational institutions - State educational institutions shall be subject to the above regulations...

§ 79-22-33. Application to catfish farming industry - This chapter shall not apply to the catfish farming industry...

Chapter 23 - Commercial and Proprietary Information -

Chapter 25 - Mississippi Shareholder Protection Act

§ 79-25-1. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Mississippi Shareholder Protection...

§ 79-25-3. Definitions - In Sections 79-25-3 through 79-25-9, the following terms have the...

§ 79-25-5. Voting requirements - In addition to any vote otherwise required by law, by...

§ 79-25-7. Exceptions to voting requirements - The provisions of Section 79-25-5 shall not apply to a...

§ 79-25-9. Severability - In the event that any portion or provision of the...

Chapter 27 - Mississippi Control Share Act

§ 79-27-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 79-27-5. Definitions - As used in this chapter: "Acquiring person" means a person...

Chapter 29 - Revised Mississippi Limited Liability Company Act

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 79-29-101. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 79-29-103. Reservation of power to amend or repeal - Any provision of this chapter may be altered from time...

§ 79-29-105. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 79-29-119. Governing law - The law of this state governs: The internal affairs of...

§ 79-29-121. Business transactions of member or manager with the limited liability company - A member or manager may lend money to and transact...

§ 79-29-123. General standards of conduct and construction and application of certificate of formation and operating agreement; scope, function, and limitations - 1. In good faith and with fair dealing; 2. With...

§ 79-29-127. Taxation - Domestic limited liability companies and foreign limited liability companies shall...

Article 2 - Formation, Certificate of Formation

§ 79-29-209. Amendment or dissolution by judicial act - If a person required by this Article 2 to sign...

§ 79-29-213. Correction of filings made with the Secretary of State - In the event that a manager or member becomes aware...

§ 79-29-217. Notice - Certificates of formation and all other documents properly filed and...

§ 79-29-223. Action on an agreement of merger - In the case of a limited liability company that is...

§ 79-29-225. Certificate of merger - After an agreement of merger has been adopted and approved...

§ 79-29-231. Appraisal rights - 1. Where the form must be sent and where certificates...

§ 79-29-233. Action on an agreement to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of assets - In the case of a limited liability company that is...

Article 3 - Members

§ 79-29-303. Withdrawal of member and expulsion of member - A member may withdraw from a limited liability company only...

§ 79-29-305. Management of limited liability company - The management of a limited liability company shall be vested...

Article 4 - Management

§ 79-29-403. Reliance on reports and information - A member, manager, officer or liquidating trustee of a limited...

§ 79-29-407. Resignation of manager - An operating agreement may provide that a manager may resign...

Article 5 - Finance

§ 79-29-501. Form of contribution - The contribution of a member may be in cash, property,...

§ 79-29-505. Sharing of profits and losses - The profits and losses of a limited liability company shall...

§ 79-29-507. Sharing of distributions - Distributions of cash or other assets of a limited liability...

§ 79-29-509. Defense of usury not available - No obligation of a member, manager or officer of a...

Article 6 - Distributions

§ 79-29-601. Distributions generally and interim distributions - For purposes of this article, except for Section 79-29-611(1) which...

§ 79-29-603. Distribution upon withdrawal of member - Except as provided in this article, upon withdrawal any withdrawing...

§ 79-29-605. Distribution in kind - A member, regardless of the nature of the person's contribution,...

§ 79-29-607. Right to distribution - Subject to Sections 79-29-609 and 79-29-813, at the time a...

§ 79-29-609. Limitations on distribution - For purposes of this section, the term "distribution" shall not...

Article 7 - Assignment of Financial Interests

§ 79-29-701. Nature of financial interest in a limited liability company - A financial interest in a limited liability company is intangible...

§ 79-29-711. Enforceability of limitations on assignments of financial interests - Sections 75-9-406 and 75-9-408 do not apply to a member's...

Article 8 - Dissolution

§ 79-29-803. Judicial dissolution - The court shall describe the powers and duties of the...

§ 79-29-807. Safekeeping by State Treasurer - Assets of a dissolved limited liability company that should be...

§ 79-29-813. Distribution of assets - If there are sufficient assets, such claims and obligations shall...

§ 79-29-815. Trustees or receivers for limited liability companies; appointment; powers; duties - When the certificate of formation of any limited liability company...

§ 79-29-821. Grounds for administrative dissolution - The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under Section...

§ 79-29-829. Revocation of dissolution - Notwithstanding the occurrence of an event set forth in Section...

Article 9 - Professional Limited Liability Companies

§ 79-29-901. Applicability of remaining articles of chapter - The other provisions of this chapter apply to professional limited...

§ 79-29-902. Article definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:...

§ 79-29-915. Cancellation of disqualified membership interests - If the membership interest of a disqualified person is not...

§ 79-29-919. Privileged communications - A privilege applicable to communications between an individual rendering professional...

§ 79-29-922. Termination of professional activities - If a professional limited liability company ceases to render professional...

§ 79-29-923. Judicial dissolution - The Attorney General may commence a proceeding under Section 79-29-803...

§ 79-29-925. Application for certificate of authority - The application of a foreign professional limited liability company for...

§ 79-29-926. Revocation of certificate of authority - The Secretary of State may administratively revoke the certificate of...

§ 79-29-930. Rulemaking by licensing authority - Each licensing authority is empowered to promulgate rules expressly authorized...

§ 79-29-931. Licensing authority's regulatory jurisdiction - This article does not restrict the jurisdiction of a licensing...

Article 10 - Foreign Limited Liability Companies

§ 79-29-1003. Registrations; application to register foreign limited liability companies - The person signing the application shall state the person's name,...

§ 79-29-1005. Issuance of registration - If the Secretary of State finds that an application for...

§ 79-29-1007. Name - A foreign limited liability company shall register with the Secretary...

§ 79-29-1009. Changes and amendments - If any statement, arrangements or other facts described in the...

§ 79-29-1017. Action by Attorney General - The Attorney General may bring an action to restrain a...

§ 79-29-1019. Execution; liability - Section 79-29-207(4) shall be applicable to foreign limited liability companies...

Article 11 - Derivative Actions

§ 79-29-1101. Right to bring action - A member or an owner of a financial interest may...

§ 79-29-1103. Proper plaintiff - In a derivative action, the plaintiff must be a member...

§ 79-29-1105. Complaint - In a derivative action, the complaint shall set forth with...

§ 79-29-1107. Stay of proceedings - If the limited liability company commences an inquiry into the...

§ 79-29-1111. Discontinuance or settlement - A derivative proceeding may not be discontinued or settled without...

§ 79-29-1115. Applicability to foreign limited liability companies - In any derivative proceeding brought in the courts of this...

Article 12 - Miscellaneous

§ 79-29-1205. Severability - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...

§ 79-29-1207. Powers of the Secretary of State - The Secretary of State shall have the powers reasonably necessary...

§ 79-29-1209. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures...

§ 79-29-1211. Enforceability of written agreements to choose forum, authorize arbitration and to choose prescribed manner of service of process - In a written operating agreement or other writing, a manager,...

Article 13 - Transition Provisions

§ 79-29-1301. Applicability upon effective date - On or after January 1, 2011, this chapter applies to:...

§ 79-29-1305. Early adoption of this chapter by existing limited liability company - A domestic limited liability company formed before January 1, 2011,...

§ 79-29-1307. Early adoption of chapter by registered foreign limited liability company - A foreign limited liability company registered with the Secretary of...

§ 79-29-1309. Applicability to existing limited liability companies - On or after January 1, 2012, such date referred to...

§ 79-29-1311. Applicability to certain acts, contracts, and transactions - All of the provisions of this chapter govern the acts,...

§ 79-29-1313. Indemnification - Section 79-29-123 governs any proposed indemnification by a limited liability...

§ 79-29-1317. Maintenance of prior action - Except as expressly provided by this article, this chapter does...

Chapter 33 - Corporate Successor Asbestos-Related Liability in Connection with Mergers or Consolidations

§ 79-33-1. Definitions - The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed...

§ 79-33-11. Choice of law - The courts in this state shall apply, to the fullest...

Chapter 35 - The Mississippi Registered Agents Act

§ 79-35-1. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 79-35-2. Definitions - As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 79-35-3. Fees - The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when...

§ 79-35-4. Addresses in filings - Whenever a provision of this chapter requires that a filing...

§ 79-35-5. Appointment of registered agent - A registered agent filing must state: The appointment of a...

§ 79-35-6. Listing of commercial registered agent - An individual or a domestic or foreign entity may become...

§ 79-35-7. Termination of listing of commercial registered agent - A commercial registered agent may terminate its listing as a...

§ 79-35-8. Change of registered agent by entity - A represented entity may change the information currently on file...

§ 79-35-9. Change of name or address by noncommercial registered agent - If a noncommercial registered agent changes its name or its...

§ 79-35-10. Change of name, address, or type of organization by commercial registered agent - If a commercial registered agent changes its name, its address...

§ 79-35-11. Resignation of registered agent - A registered agent may resign at any time with respect...

§ 79-35-12. Appointment of agent by nonfiling or nonqualified foreign entity - A domestic entity that is not a filing entity or...

§ 79-35-13. Service of process on entities - A registered agent is an agent of the represented entity...

§ 79-35-14. Duties of registered agent - The only duties under this chapter of a registered agent...

§ 79-35-15. Jurisdiction and venue - The appointment or maintenance in this state of a registered...

§ 79-35-16. Consistency of application - In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given...

§ 79-35-17. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures...

§ 79-35-18. Savings clause - This chapter does not affect an action or proceeding commenced...

§ 79-35-19. Designation of registered agent without consent; penalties and liablilties - In addition to other penalties, a person commits an offense...

Chapter 37 - Mississippi Entity Conversion and Domestication Act

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 79-37-101. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 79-37-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 79-37-103. Relationship of chapter to other laws - Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles...

§ 79-37-104. Required notice or approval - A domestic or foreign entity that is required to give...

§ 79-37-105. Status of filings - A filing under this chapter signed by a domestic entity...

§ 79-37-106. Nonexclusivity - The fact that a transactionunder this chapter produces a certain...

§ 79-37-107. Reference to external facts - A plan may refer to facts ascertainable outside the plan...

§ 79-37-108. Alternative means of approval of transactions - Except as otherwise provided in the organic law or organic...

§ 79-37-109. Appraisal rights - An interest holder of a domestic converting or domesticating entity...

§ 79-37-111. Requirements for documents - To be entitled to filing by the Secretary of State,...

§ 79-37-112. Filing, service, and copying fees - The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of Twenty-five...

§ 79-37-113. Effective time and date of document - Except as provided in Section 79-37-114, a document accepted for...

§ 79-37-114. Correcting filed document - A domestic or foreign entity may correct a document filed...

§ 79-37-115. Filing duty of Secretary of State - A document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of...

§ 79-37-116. Appeal from refusal to file a document - If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document...

§ 79-37-117. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document - A filed-stamped copy from the Secretary of State conclusively establishes...

§ 79-37-118. Penalty for signing false document - A person commits an offense if he signs a document...

§ 79-37-119. Powers of Secretary of State - The Secretary of State has the power reasonably necessary to...

Article 4 - Conversion

§ 79-37-401. Conversion authorized - A charitable organization as defined in Section 79-11-501 may not...

§ 79-37-402. Plan of conversion - A domestic entity may convert to a different type of...

§ 79-37-403. Approval of conversion - A plan of conversion is not effective unless it has...

§ 79-37-404. Amendment or abandonment of plan of conversion - A plan of conversion of a domestic converting entity may...

§ 79-37-405. Statement of conversion; effective date - A statement of conversion must be signed on behalf of...

§ 79-37-406. Effect of conversion - When a conversion becomes effective: Organized under and subject to...

Article 5 - Domestication

§ 79-37-501. Domestication authorized - Except as otherwise provided in this section, by complying with...

§ 79-37-502. Plan of domestication - A domestic entity may become a foreign entity in a...

§ 79-37-503. Approval of domestication - A plan of domestication is not effective unless it has...

§ 79-37-504. Amendment or abandonment of plan of domestication - A plan of domestication of a domestic domesticating entity may...

§ 79-37-505. Statement of domestication; effective date - A statement of domestication must be signed by the domesticating...

§ 79-37-506. Effect of domestication - When a domestication becomes effective: Organized under and subject to...

Article 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 79-37-601. Consistency of application - In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given...

§ 79-37-602. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in...

§ 79-37-603. Savings clause - This chapter does not affect an action commenced, proceeding brought,...

§ 79-37-604. Severability clause - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...

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Mississippi Code Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships

Mississippi Code
Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships