Michigan LLC Certificate of Authority: Form CSCL/CD 760

Michigan LLC certificate of authority at a glance

Filing

Form CSCL/CD 760, Application for Certificate of Authority to Transact Business in Michigan

State fee

$50 filing fee

Total with us

$249, first year of Michigan resident agent service included

Home-state certificate

Required, dated within 30 days

Michigan yearly filing

Annual Statement, $25, every year

Filed with

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

What Form CSCL/CD 760 asks for

Form CSCL/CD 760 has 7 numbered items. In practice, Michigan needs:

• The exact name of your LLC 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
• A certificate of good standing from the home state, no older than 30 days when Michigan receives it

LLC into Michigan, by home state

The first-year total adds the home state's certificate fee to the $249 checkout total; the certificate is ordered from that state.

When Michigan expects an LLC to register

Michigan law lists 11 activities that do not, on their own, count as doing business in Michigan (MCL 450.5008); the list gives examples and is not the full test. A one-off transaction completed within 30 days, and not one of a series, does not count either. Owning property there, without more, is not doing business either. Interstate commerce alone, such as shipping into Michigan from outside, is also on the list. An office, staff, or regular sales and contracts there are what typically lead to registration.

If you do business in Michigan without registering

An unregistered LLC 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. Members and managers do not become personally liable just because the LLC skipped registration. The Michigan attorney general can ask a court to stop the LLC doing business there until it registers.

Michigan resident agent rule

Michigan requires every registered foreign LLC 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 LLC files the Michigan Annual Statement every year, at $25, due February 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 760 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 LLC stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal ($10). Until that is filed, Michigan's yearly filing stays due.