2011 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 450 — CORPORATIONS
Act 284 of 1972 — BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (450.1101 - 450.2099)
284-1972-10 — CHAPTER 10 FOREIGN CORPORATIONS (450.2001...450.2099)
Section 450.2056 — Registration of corporate name by foreign corporation not authorized to transact business in state; filing; duration; notice; renewal.

Sec. 1056.

(1) Any foreign corporation not authorized to transact business in this state and not required to be authorized to transact business in this state may register its corporate name under this act, if permissible under section 212.

(2) Registration shall be made by filing all of the following in the office of the administrator:

(a) An application for registration executed on behalf of the corporation, setting forth the name and the mailing address of the corporation, the jurisdiction of its incorporation, the date of its incorporation, a statement that it is carrying on or doing business, and a brief statement of the business in which it is engaged.

(b) A certificate dated not earlier than 30 days before filing of the application, setting forth that the corporation is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, executed by the office of the jurisdiction which has custody of the records pertaining to corporations.

(3) Unless sooner terminated by the filing of a certificate of termination, the registration shall be effective until the close of the calendar year in which the application for registration is filed. However, registrations filed after September 30 of a year shall expire at the end of the following calendar year. The administrator shall notify the corporation of the impending expiration not later than 90 days before the expiration of the registration. A foreign corporation which has in effect a registration of its corporate name may renew the registration from year to year by filing annually an application for renewal and a certificate of good standing as required for the original registration. A renewal application may be filed between October 1 and December 31 in each year, and shall extend the registration for the following calendar year.

History: Add. 1982, Act 407, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983