Michigan Form 560 for foreign corporations

The statute lists six things: the corporation's name and home jurisdiction; its date of incorporation and duration; the street and mailing address of its main business or headquarters office; the street address of its Michigan registered office, with the resident agent's name and a statement that the agent is an agent for service of process; the character of the Michigan business and a statement that it is authorized to conduct that business at home; and any further information the administrator requires. The Division's page adds the number of authorized shares among the items to include.

A profit corporation pays $10 non-refundable plus $50 as an initial franchise fee, $60 in all. A nonprofit pays $10 plus $10, $20 in all. Expedited review adds $50 for 24 hours or $100 the same day on applications for a certificate of authority.

An amended application costs $10, a certificate of correction $10, and a change of registered office or resident agent $5. Withdrawal is by Form 561, the Application for Certificate of Withdrawal, for $10. A certificate of assumed name for a foreign corporation costs $10. A nonprofit's $20 is $10 non-refundable plus $10 as an initial franchise fee. In the first year a profit corporation pays $85: the $60 admission and the $25 first annual report.

A foreign limited partnership registers on Form 411 for $10, and a limited liability partnership on Form 800 for $100. Neither files an annual report with the Division. We check those forms when we prepare an order.

The test matches the one for an LLC. A corporation that only keeps a bank account, holds meetings, sells through independent contractors, takes orders accepted elsewhere, holds property without more, finishes an isolated deal inside 30 days or engages in interstate commerce is not transacting business by that alone. A corporation with a Michigan office, store or staff is.