Mississippi Engineering Industry Licensing

Mississippi Code § 73-13-43

• Business Corporations
• Professional Corporations
• Limited Liability Companies
• Professional Limited Liability Companies
• Partnerships
• Limited Liability Partnerships
• Professional Associations

Business Corporations:

• At least one officer or individual who has management responsibility for the practice and who makes significant technical and/or contractual judgments on behalf of the firm must be an engineer licensed in Mississippi.

Professional Corporations:

• At least one officer or individual who has management responsibility for the practice and who makes significant technical and/or contractual judgments on behalf of the firm must be an engineer licensed in Mississippi.
• Ownership shares can only be issued to:
  • Individuals who are authorized by law in Mississippi or another state to render a professional service described in the corporation’s articles of incorporation;
  • Professional corporations, domestic or foreign, authorized by law in Mississippi to render a professional service described in the corporation’s articles of incorporation;
  • Any other individual or entity if expressly authorized by the licensing authority having jurisdiction over the professional services described in the articles of incorporation of the professional corporation;
  • General partnerships in which all the partners are individuals or entities otherwise authorized by any of the above points to be shareholders of a professional corporation.

Limited Liability Companies:

• At least one member or individual who has management responsibility for the practice and who makes significant technical and/or contractual judgments on behalf of the firm must be an engineer licensed in Mississippi.

Professional Limited Liability Companies:

• At least one member or individual who has management responsibility for the practice and who makes significant technical and/or contractual judgments on behalf of the firm must be an engineer licensed in Mississippi.
• Membership is limited to:
  • Individuals who are authorized by law in Mississippi or another state to render a professional service described in the limited liability company’s certificate of formation;
  •  A professional limited liability company, domestic or foreign, authorized by law in Mississippi to render a professional service described in the limited liability company’s certificate of formation;
  • A professional limited liability partnership, domestic or foreign, authorized by law in Mississippi to render a professional service described in the limited liability partnership’s certificate of registration;
  • Any other individual or entity if expressly authorized by the licensing authority having jurisdiction over the professional services described in the certificate of formation of the professional limited liability company;
  • General partnerships in which all the partners are individuals or entities otherwise authorized by any of the above points to be members of a professional limited liability company.

Partnerships:

• At least one partner or individual who has management responsibility for the practice and who makes significant technical and/or contractual judgments on behalf of the firm must be an engineer licensed in Mississippi.

Mississippi Code 73-13-3

Mississippi allows surveying firms to practice under most entity types, including corporations, professional corporations, LLCs, professional LLCs, partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships.