Michigan Certificate of Authority: Form CSCL/CD 560

Michigan corporation certificate of authority at a glance

Filing

Form CSCL/CD 560, Application for Certificate of Authority to Transact Business or Conduct Affairs in Michigan (Foreign Corporations)

State fee

$60 filing fee

Total with us

$259, first year of Michigan resident agent service included

Home-state certificate

Set by the state

Michigan yearly filing

Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500, $25, every year

Filed with

Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations Division

What Form CSCL/CD 560 asks for

Form CSCL/CD 560 has 7 numbered items. In practice, Michigan needs:

• The exact name of your corporation as formed
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A Michigan resident agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address

Corporation into Michigan, by home state

Every home state pays the same $259 at checkout for Michigan.

If you do business in Michigan without registering

An unregistered corporation doing business there cannot start a lawsuit in Michigan courts until it registers. Its contracts stay valid, and it can still defend a case brought against it.

Michigan resident agent rule

Michigan requires every registered foreign corporation to keep a resident agent there. Switching agents later costs $5. Our $199 includes the first year of Michigan resident agent service, then $149 a year.

Michigan yearly filings

Once registered, your corporation files the Michigan Annual Report, Form CSCL/CD-2500 every year, at $25, due May 15. The Michigan filing window opens Approximately February 15 and closes May 15. Filing it late adds $10. From year two, keeping the Michigan registration costs $174 a year with our resident agent service.

How long Michigan takes

We file Form CSCL/CD 560 with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). Paid speed-ups: 24-hour $50, same-day $100, 2-hour $500, 1-hour $1,000; they are optional and not in the total.

Leaving Michigan later

If your corporation stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal. Until that is filed, Michigan's yearly filing stays due.