Application of Registration of Corporate Name (Michigan)
This form registers a Foreign Profit Corporation name in Michigan. The form provided here is simply a sample of what the actual Form 545 looks like.
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER & INDUSTRY SERVICES
BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL SERVICES
This document is effective on the date filed, unless a subsequent effective date within 90 days after received date is stated in the document.
Name: __________________________
Address: __________________________
City: ___________________________
State: __________________________
Zip Code: ______________________
Document will be returned to the name and address you enter above.
If left blank document will be mailed to the registered office.
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF CORPORATE NAME
For use by Foreign Profit Corporations
Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972, the undersigned corporation executes the following Certificate:
1. The name of the foreign profit corporation is: _____________________
2. The mailing address of the corporation is: _______________________
3. The jurisdiction of its incorporation is: ___________________
The date it was incorporated in that jurisdiction is: __________________
4. The corporation is currently carrying on or doing business. The business the corporation is engaged in is: _________________________
Signed this___________________ day of __________________, __________
By ______________________________ (Signature of an authorized officer or agent)
_________________________________ (Type or Print Name)
Preparer's Name ______________________________
Business Telephone Number ______________________________
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THIS FORM
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1. Application for the Registration of a Corporate Name cannot be filed until this form, or a comparable document, is submitted.
2. Submit one original of this document. Upon filing, the document will be added to the records of the Bureau of Commercial Services. The original will be returned to your registered office address, unless you enter a different address in the box on the front of this document.
Since this document will be maintained on electronic format, it is important that the filing be legible. Documents with poor black and white contrast, or otherwise illegible, will be rejected.
3. This Application is to be used pursuant to section 1056 of Act 284, P.A. of 1972, by a foreign profit corporation that desires to register its corporate name in this State. This Application can only be granted to those foreign profit corporations that are not authorized to transact business in this State and are not required to be authorized to transact business in this State.
If granted, the registration is effective until the close of the calendar year in which the application for registration was filed, unless filed after September 30, in which case the registration shall expire at the end of the following calendar year. The corporation shall be notified of the impending expiration no later than ninety days before its expiration. The registration may be renewed by filing an application for renewal between October 1 and December 31 in the year in which the registration expires. Such a filing shall extend the registration for the following calendar year.
4. This Application must be accompanied by a certificate dated no earlier than thirty days before the filing of the Application which states that the corporation is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. That certificate must be executed by the official of the jurisdiction who has custody of the records pertaining to the corporation.
5. This Application must be signed by an authorized officer or agent of the corporation.
6. NONREFUNDABLE FEE: Make remittance payable to the State of Michigan. Include corporation name and identification number on check or money order ................................................$50.00
To submit by mail:
Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services
Bureau of Commercial Services
Corporation Division
7150 Harris Drive
P.O. Box 30054
Lansing, MI 48909
To submit in person:
6546 Mercantile Way
Lansing, MI
Telephone: (517) 241-6400
Fees may be paid by VISA or Mastercard when delivered in person to our office.
MICH-ELF (Michigan Electronic Filing System):
First time users: Call (517) 241-6420 or visit our website at https://www.cis.state.mi.us/bcs/corp/
Customer with MICH-ELF Filer Account: Send document to (517) 241-9845.