2011 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 450 — CORPORATIONS
Act 284 of 1972 — BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (450.1101 - 450.2099)
284-1972-2 — CHAPTER 2 FORMATION; PURPOSES AND POWERS (450.1201...450.1275)
Section 450.1246 — Service of process.

Sec. 246.

(1) The resident agent appointed by a corporation is an agent of the corporation upon whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the corporation may be served.

(2) A person, whether a resident or nonresident of this state, who accepts election, appointment, or employment as a director or officer of a corporation organized under this act or in existence on the effective date of this act, by the acceptance, is held to have appointed the resident agent of the corporation as his or her agent upon whom process may be served while the person is a director or officer, in any action commenced in a court of general jurisdiction in this state, arising out of or founded upon any action of the domestic corporation or of a person as a director or officer of the domestic corporation. Upon accepting service of process, the resident agent shall promptly forward it to the director or officer at his or her last known address.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989