State website: www.mscode.com
State law reference for partnership regulation:
Mississippi Code Annotated, Sections 79-12-1+.
(Please see Uniform Partnership Act).
Partnership Authority registration fee: $25.00
State law reference for name registration: Mississippi
Code Annotated, Sections 75-25-3+.
Registration of business name requirements:
Registration is optional. Mississippi does not have
a fictitious name statute, but the name of a business
is registerable as a service mark or trademark. The
applicant must register with the Secretary of State.
(Sections 75-25-3, 75-25-5).
Business Name Registration fee: Not available.
Term of registration: None stated in statute.
Name requirements: The statute is exhaustive, stating
that the trade name cannot be immoral, deceptive,
or scandalous. Please refer directly to the statute. (Section
75-25-3).
Registration application requirements: The signed
and verified application must include the name of the
owner(s), business address of the owner(s), a description
of the type of business the person intends to
conduct, the date when the name was first used, and a
statement that the owner(s) is the only person with the
right to use that name. The applicant must provide three
examples of the name in use. (Section 75-25-5).
Publication requirements: None stated.
Office for registration:
Mississippi Secretary of State
P O Box 136
Jackson, MS 39205-0136
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