Authority to transact business.

Miss. Code Ann. § 79-10-91
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A foreign professional corporation may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the Secretary of State. A foreign professional corporation may not obtain a certificate of authority unless: Its corporate name satisfies the requirements of Section 79-10-21; It is incorporated for one or more of the purposes described in Section 79-10-13; and All of its shareholders would be qualified persons if the foreign professional corporation were a domestic professional corporation.
Source: Public.Resource.Org MS CodeURL: https://unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ms/transforms/ms/ocms/r78/gov.ms.code.title.79.htmlFetched: 10/18/2026

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