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MS Code § 79-1-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Corporations|§ 79-1-15. Franchise redeemable within six months

 Those persons who were stockholders at the time of the sale of the franchise of a corporation may redeem the franchise which has been sold under execution at any time within six (6) months from the date of sale, by paying or tendering to the purchaser the amount paid by him, with ten per centum thereon; but shall not be entitled to any allowance for the profits received by the purchaser in the meantime.
MS Code § 79-1-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Corporations|§ 79-1-17. On dissolution, assets vested in stockholders

 On the dissolution of any corporation, either by judgment or otherwise, all its real and personal estate shall be vested in the stockholders therein, in their respective proportions, who shall hold the same as tenants in common; but this section shall not extend to any property except that which the corporation might lawfully have held without forfeiting the same to the state. Debts due to and from the corporation shall not be extinguished by its dissolution, but debts due from the corporation shall be a charge upon its property.
MS Code § 79-1-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Corporations|§ 79-1-31. Extent of the chapter

 The provisions of this chapter, when not limited by their terms, shall apply to all corporations whatever, where the subject matter is not elsewhere prescribed.
MS Code § 79-3-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Corporations|§ 79-3-25.

 §§79-3-27 through79-3-35. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-31 through 5309-35; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 14-18]
MS Code § 79-3-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Corporations|§ 79-3-43.

 §§79-3-45 through79-3-53. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-40, 5309-51 through 5309-54; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 23-27]
MS Code § 79-3-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Corporations|§ 79-3-57.

 §§79-3-59 through79-3-65. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-57 through 5309-60; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 30-33]
MS Code § 79-3-67 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Corporations|§ 79-3-67.

 §§79-3-69 through79-3-81. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-72 through 5309-78; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 35-41]   §§79-3-83 through79-3-87. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-81 through 5309-83; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 42-4]   §§79-3-89 through79-3-105. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-91 through 5309-93, 5309-111, 5309-112, 5309-121, 5309-122; Laws, 1967, ch. 235, §§ 45-53]   § 79-3-107. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-123; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 54; Laws, 1962, 2d Ex Sess, ch. 17; Laws, 1983, ch. 403, § 2]    §§79-3-109 through79-3-113. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-124 through 5309-126; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 55-57]   §§79-3-115 through79-3-121. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-131 through 5309-134; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 58-61]   § 79-3-123. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-135; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 62; Laws, 1962, 2d Ex Sess. ch. 14; Laws, 1983, ch. 403, § 3]    §§79-3-125 through79-3-139. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-136 through 5309-145; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 63-70]   § 79-3-141. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-151; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 71; Laws, 1981, ch. 334, § 1]    § 79-3-142. [Laws, 1984, ch. 337]    §§79-3-143 and79-3-145. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-152, 5309-153; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 72, 73]   §§79-3-147 through79-3-149. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-154, 5309-155; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 74, 75; Laws, 1962, 2d Ex Sess. chs. 15, 16; Laws, 1983, ch. 403, §§ 4 and 5]   §§79-3-151 through79-3-157. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-156, 5309-157, 5309-161, 5309-162; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 76-79]   § 79-3-159. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-171; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 80; Laws, 1985, ch. 449, § 3]    § 79-3-161. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-172; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 81]    § 79-3-163. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-181; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 82; Laws, 1962, 2d Ex Sess. ch. 13; Laws, 1983, ch. 403, § 6]    §§79-3-165 through79-3-247. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-182 through 5309-192, 5309-201 through 5309-239; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 83-124]   § 79-3-249. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-251; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 125; Laws, 1971, ch. 365, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 467, § 9]    § 79-3-253. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-261; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 127; Laws, 1975, ch. 467, § 11]    § 79-3-255. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-262; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 128; Laws, 1963, 1st Ex Sess. ch. 14; Laws, 1981, ch. 431, § 2; Laws, 1985, ch. 381, § 13]    § 79-3-257. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-263; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 129; Laws, 1970, ch. 307, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 431, § 6; Laws, 1985, ch. 381, § 14]    § 79-3-259. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-271; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 130; Laws, 1975, ch. 467, § 12]    § 79-3-261. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-272; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 131]    § 79-3-263. [Codes, 1942, § 5309-273; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, § 132; Laws, 1985, ch. 381, § 15]    §§79-3-265 through79-3-293. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5309-281 through 5309-287, 5309-301 through 5309-304, 5309-311 through 5309-314; Laws, 1962, ch. 235, §§ 133-147]
MS Code § 79-7-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 7 - Small Business Investment Companies|§ 79-7-1. Incorporation

 Small business investment companies organized under the provisions of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, Public Law 699, 85th Congress, may be incorporated in this state under the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 79, Mississippi Code of 1972, except that the charter of any such corporation may include a statement of such powers and limitations as is acceptable to the Small Business Administration and not contrary to law and need not include a statement that the rights and powers that may be exercised by said corporation in addition thereto are those conferred by said Chapter 4, Title 79, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 79-7-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 7 - Small Business Investment Companies|§ 79-7-3. Powers

 Such corporations shall have the authority to exercise all the rights and powers set forth in the said Small Business Investment Act of 1958 as the same may be now or hereafter amended, subject to the limitations of the applicable statutes of this state and the limitations contained in the charter of any such corporation.
MS Code § 79-7-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 7 - Small Business Investment Companies|§ 79-7-5. Notes, etc., exempted from ad valorem taxes

 All notes or other evidences of indebtedness held by any small business investment company incorporated in this state bearing a rate of interest which is not usurious under the laws of this state shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxes.
MS Code § 79-7-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 7 - Small Business Investment Companies|§ 79-7-7. Fees and charges for loans

 In addition to such interest charges as may be now or hereafter permitted by law, any small business investment company chartered under the laws of this state may charge to any person, corporation or association who may apply for any loan of money or extension of credit such reasonable fees or charges as may be necessary to cover the actual cost of handling, processing and investigating such applications and such fees or charges shall be exempt from the provisions of the statutes on usury. Provided, however, such fees or charges shall not exceed one percent (1%) of the principal amount of any such loan or credit up to and including the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and one half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of such principal amount in excess thereof; and no such charge shall exceed the sum of Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00) for any one transaction.
MS Code § 79-16-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act."
MS Code § 79-16-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-3. Reservation of power to amend or repeal

 The Mississippi Legislature has the power to amend or repeal all or part of this chapter at any time and all foreign business trusts subject to this chapter are governed by the amendment or repeal.
MS Code § 79-16-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-5. Certificate of authority; necessity of; what constitutes not transacting business

  No foreign business trust shall have the right to transact business in this state until it shall have procured a certificate of authority from the Secretary of State. No foreign business trust shall be entitled to procure a certificate of authority under this chapter to transact in this state any business which a foreign business trust is not permitted to transact in the state or country in which it was created.   The following activities, among others, do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of subsection (1):   Maintaining or defending any action or suit or any administrative or arbitration proceeding, or effecting the settlement thereof or the settlement of claims or disputes;   Maintaining bank accounts;   Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange and registration of its securities, or appointing and maintaining trustees or depositaries with relation to its securities;   Soliciting or procuring orders, whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, where such orders require acceptance without this state before becoming binding contracts;   Transacting any business in interstate commerce;   Holding meetings of the board of trustees or holders of beneficial interest or carrying on other activities concerning internal affairs;   Selling through independent contractors;   Creating or procuring indebtedness, mortgages and security interests in real and personal property;   Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within a period of thirty (30) days and not in the course of a number of repeated transactions of a like nature.   Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts; or   Owning without more, real or personal property.     The list of activities in subsection (2) is not exhaustive.
MS Code § 79-16-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-7. Name of foreign business trust

  The name of each foreign business trust as set forth in its certificate of trust must be such as to distinguish it upon the records of the Office of the Secretary of State from the name of any corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, investment trust or limited liability partnership reserved, registered, formed or organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi or qualified to do business or registered as a foreign corporation, foreign limited partnership, foreign limited liability company, foreign investment trust or foreign limited liability partnership in the State of Mississippi; provided, however, that a foreign business trust may register under any name which is not such as to distinguish it upon the records of the Office of the Secretary of State from the name of any domestic or foreign corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, investment trust or limited liability partnership reserved, registered, formed or organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi with the written consent of the other corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, investment trust or limited liability partnership which written consent shall be filed with the Secretary of State.   The name of each foreign business trust as set forth in its certificate of trust may contain the name of a beneficial owner, a trustee or any other person.   The name of each foreign business trust as set forth in its certificate of trust may contain the following words: "company," "association," "club," "foundation," "fund," "institute," "society," "union," "syndicate," "limited," or "trust" or abbreviations of like import.   The exclusive right to the use of a name may be reserved by a foreign business trust in accordance with the Mississippi Business Corporation Act.
MS Code § 79-16-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-9. Prohibited change of name; penalties

 Whenever a foreign business trust which is authorized to transact business in this state shall change its name to one under which a certificate of authority would not be granted to it on application therefor, the certificate of authority of such foreign business trust shall be suspended and it shall not thereafter transact any business in this state until it has changed its name to a name which is available to it under the laws of this state and obtains a certificate of correction or amendment.
MS Code § 79-16-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-11. Application for certificate of authority

  A foreign business trust, in order to procure a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, shall make application therefor to the Secretary of State, which application shall set forth:   The name of the foreign business trust and the state or country under the laws of which it is organized;   The date of declaration of trust and the period of duration of the trust;   The address of the principal office of the foreign business trust in the state or country under the laws of which it is organized;   The information required by Section 79-35-5(a);   The purpose or purposes of the foreign business trust which it proposes to pursue in the transaction of business in this state;   The names and respective addresses of the trustees of the foreign business trust; and   A statement of the aggregate number of shares of beneficial interest which the foreign business trust has authority to issue and the unit value in dollars to be received by the trust for the issuance of each of such shares.     Such application shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of State and shall be executed by at least one (1) of the trustees.   A business trust shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, duly authenticated by the Secretary of State or other official having custody of trust records in the state or country under whose law it is created.
MS Code § 79-16-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-13. Issuance of certificate of authority

 If the Secretary of State finds that the application for certificate of authority meets the requirements of this chapter and requisite fees as provided in Section 79-16-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, have been paid, he shall:   Endorse on the original the word "filed" and the month, day and year of the filing thereof;   File in his office the original of the application; and   Issue a certificate of authority to transact business in this state to which he shall affix a copy of the application.   The certificate of authority, together with a copy of the application affixed thereto by the Secretary of State, shall be returned to the business trust or its representative.
MS Code § 79-16-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-15. Changes and amendments

 If any statement in the application for certificate of authority of a foreign business trust was false when made or any arrangements or other facts described have changed, making the application inaccurate in any respect, the foreign business trust shall promptly file in the Office of the Secretary of State a certificate, signed by a trustee, correcting such statement, together with a fee as set forth in Section 79-16-33, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 79-16-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-17.

 Repealed by Laws, 2012, ch. 382, § 140, effective January 1, 2013.
MS Code § 79-16-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-19.

 Repealed by Laws, 2012, ch. 382, § 141, effective January 1, 2013.
MS Code § 79-16-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-21.

 Repealed by Laws, 2012, ch. 382, § 142, effective January 1, 2013.
MS Code § 79-16-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-23. Certificate of withdrawal; application and filing

  A foreign business trust authorized to transact business in this state may withdraw from this state upon procuring from the Secretary of State a certificate of withdrawal. In order to procure such certificate of withdrawal, such foreign business trust shall deliver to the Secretary of State an application for withdrawal, which shall set forth:   The name of the foreign business and the state or country under the laws of which it is organized;   That the foreign business trust is not transacting business in this state;   That the foreign business trust surrenders its authority to transact business in this state;   That the foreign business trust revokes the authority of its registered agent in this state to accept service of process and consents that service of process in any action, suit or proceeding based on a cause of action arising in this state during the time the foreign business trust was authorized to transact business in this state may thereafter be made on such foreign business trust by service thereof on the Secretary of State;   A post office address to which the Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process against the foreign business trust that may be served on him;   A commitment to notify the Secretary of State in the future of any change in its mailing address; and   Such additional information as may be necessary or appropriate in order to enable the Secretary of State to determine and assess any unpaid fees payable by such foreign business trust, and a certificate of the State Tax Commission that the foreign business trust owes no taxes.     The application for withdrawal shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of State and shall be executed by the trust by at least one (1) of its trustees, or if the foreign business trust is in the hands of a receiver or trustee, shall be executed on behalf of the foreign business trust by such receiver or trustee.
MS Code § 79-16-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-25. Certificate of withdrawal; issuance

  Application for withdrawal shall be delivered to the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State finds that such application meets the requirements of this chapter, when all fees and taxes have been paid as by law prescribed, he shall:   Endorse on such application the word "filed," and the month, day and year of the filing thereof;   File the application in his office; and   Issue a certificate of withdrawal.     The certificate of withdrawal, together with a copy of the application for withdrawal affixed thereto by the Secretary of State, shall be returned to the foreign business trust or its representative. Upon the issuance of such certificate of withdrawal, the authority of the foreign business trust to transact business in this state shall cease.
MS Code § 79-16-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-27. Certificate of authority; revocation; causes

  The certificate of authority of a foreign business trust to transact business in this state may be revoked by the Secretary of State upon the condition prescribed in this section when:   The foreign business trust has failed to pay any fees prescribed by law when they become due and payable;   The foreign business trust has failed to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this state;   The foreign business trust has failed, after change of its registered office or registered agent, to file in the Office of Secretary of State an appropriate filing as required by the Mississippi Registered Agents Act, Chapter 35, Title 79, Mississippi Code of 1972; or   A misrepresentation has been made of any material matter in an application, report, affidavit or other document submitted by such foreign business trust pursuant to law.     No certificate of authority of a foreign business trust shall be revoked by the Secretary of State unless:   He shall have given the foreign business trust not less than sixty (60) days' notice thereof by mail addressed to its registered office in this state; and   The foreign business trust shall fail prior to revocation to pay such fees, any taxes owed or file the required appropriate filing as required by the Mississippi Registered Agents Act, Chapter 35, Title 39, Mississippi Code of 1972, to report a change of registered agent or address of registered agent, or file such amendment or correct such misrepresentation.
MS Code § 79-16-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships|Chapter 16 - Mississippi Registration of Foreign Business Trusts Act|§ 79-16-29. Certificate of authority; revocation procedure

  Upon revoking such certificate of authority, the Secretary of State shall:   Issue a certificate of revocation;   File one (1) of such certificates in his office; and   Mail to such foreign business trust to its registered agent as provided in Section 79-35-13 a notice of such revocation accompanied by one (1) of such certificates.     Upon issuance of such certificate of revocation, the authority of the foreign business trust to transact business in this state shall cease.