MI registered agent
Registered agent service in Michigan, $37 per year, within tolerance
Michigan expects each company on its register to keep a registered agent at a street address inside the state. The expectation is set out below in the state's own language. Our performance against it is rated further down. The rating has been consistent.
The Michigan annual report, an average obligation
Michigan bills each company annually to remain on the register. The amount is below. Paying it is standard practice. Not paying it is also a practice, and the rest of this page describes it.
Annual report charge, LLC
$25 per year. Average.
... Through September 30, 2027, the fee is $25.00.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.5101(1)(g) (Am. 2023, Act 133)
Annual report charge, corporation
$25 per year. Average.
... Before October 1, 2027, the fee is $25.00.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.2060(1)(u) (Am. 2023, Act 135)
Expectations set by Michigan
Expectation
As set out in the Michigan code:
(1) Each domestic corporation and each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall have and continuously maintain in this state both of the following: (a) A registered office, which may be the same as its place of business. (b) A resident agent. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1241; see also MCL 450.4207(1)
Performance against expectations
Does not meet. Consistently. We regard the consistency as the achievement.
Delivery of papers when the desk is unattended
Service by other means
... an agent for service of process, or the agent for service of process cannot be found or served through the exercise of reasonable diligence, service of process may be made by delivering or ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.4207(4)
Corrective action available to Michigan
Where an agent performs at our level, the state applies the following. Quoted from the code without adjustment, because adjusting it would take effort we have allocated elsewhere.
Authority revoked, foreign entities
... (b) The corporation, after changing its registered office or resident agent, fails to file a statement of the change as required under this act.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.2041(a)-(b); procedure MCL 450.2042
Dissolution, administrative
... or pay an annual filing fee or a penalty added to the fee required by law, and the neglect or refusal continues for a period of 2 years from the date on which the annual report or filing fee was ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1922(1)
Penalty, civil
... to file a report or pay a fee required by this act within the time specified, the corporation, in addition to its liability for the fee, is subject to a penalty of $10.00 for each month or ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1921(1)
Additionally
... a certificate of good standing described in subsection (1), the name of the company is available for use by another entity filing with the administrator, and the administrator shall not accept for ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.4207a(3)
Return to good standing, priced
Charge to return to good standing
... its certificate of authority by filing the reports and paying the fees for the years for which they were not filed and paid, and for every subsequent intervening year, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1925(1); MCL 450.5101(1)(h)
Quoted statutory text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and re-checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are revised at their own pace. This page is revised at ours.