Authority to transact business

1. Law
2. Mississippi Code
3. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
4. Mississippi Professional Corporation Act
5. Foreign Professional Corporations
6. Authority to transact business

1. A foreign professional corporation may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the Secretary of State.
2. A foreign professional corporation may not obtain a certificate of authority unless:
   1. Its corporate name satisfies the requirements of Section 79-10-21;
   2. It is incorporated for one or more of the purposes described in Section 79-10-13; and
   3. All of its shareholders would be qualified persons if the foreign professional corporation were a domestic professional corporation.

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