Michigan Foreign Registration · Form 760
Michigan Form 760, item by item
Form CSCL/CD 760 is the Application for Certificate of Authority to Transact Business in Michigan for foreign LLCs, and it costs $50. It has seven numbered items, a signature block and an instruction page, and it goes with a good standing certificate dated no earlier than 30 days before the Division receives it. We prepare it for $199.
Form 760 at a glance
| Title | Application for Certificate of Authority to Transact Business in Michigan |
|---|---|
| Edition | Rev. 07/25 |
| Statute | MCL 450.5002 |
| Fee | $50 |
| Attached | Good standing certificate, no earlier than 30 days before receipt |
| Mail to | Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Corporations Division, P.O. Box 30054, Lansing, MI 48909 |
| In person | 2407 N Grand River Ave, Lansing, MI 48906 |
Item 1: the name
Give the LLC's exact name, as it appears on the good standing certificate. The statute asks for the name and, if different, the name the LLC proposes to use in Michigan. If the name is available in Michigan, this item is all you need.
Item 2: an assumed name, only if the first fails
Complete this item only if the name in item 1 is not available for use in Michigan. The assumed name then becomes the LLC's name in Michigan, used in all dealings with the Bureau and in transacting business. The LLC may also use other assumed names later by filing separate certificates for $25 each.
Item 3: where and when it was organized
The form asks for the state of organization, the organization date, and the duration when it is something other than perpetual. The statute puts it as the jurisdiction and date of its organization. Copy all of it from the good standing certificate.
Item 4: the home office
The form asks for the address of the office required to be maintained in the jurisdiction of organization or, if none is required, of the principal office. If the home state requires no office, give the principal office.
Item 5: the Michigan registered office and agent
Item 5 has three parts. Part a asks for the street location of the registered office in Michigan, part b for a mailing address if it differs, which may be a post office box, and part c for the name of the resident agent at that office. The agent must qualify under the statute, as the agent page explains.
Item 6: the Department as agent, and a process contact
This item prints the statement that the Department is appointed agent for service of process when no agent is appointed, the appointment is revoked, the agent resigns, or the agent proves unreachable despite reasonable diligence. It also asks for the name and address of a member, manager or other person to whom the administrator sends copies of any process served on it. That person must differ from the agent in item 5c.
Item 7: the specific business
Item 7 states the specific business the LLC will transact in Michigan, together with a statement that the LLC is authorized to transact that business where it is organized. The form turns away a catch-all purpose clause. Write it as a plain description, such as retail sale of outdoor equipment from a leased showroom, and make sure the home-state formation documents allow it.
The signature
The application is signed by a person with authority to sign under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization. The signature block carries the signing date, the signature, the name in print and the title.
The certificate and the instruction page
The last page tells the filer to attach a certificate from the official of the jurisdiction having custody of limited liability company records, stating that the LLC is in good standing under its home-state law, dated no earlier than 30 days before receipt. It also asks for one original in legible print and notes that a stated later effective date may run up to 90 days after delivery. A change in anything the form states calls for the amended application, Form 762, within 30 days.
Fee, payment and speed
The fee is $50, nonrefundable, payable to the State of Michigan with the LLC's name and identification number on the payment. By mail the payment is a check or money order. In person the Division takes check, money order, VISA, MasterCard, American Express or Discover. Expedited tiers are separate: $50, $100, $500 and $1,000, each on form CSCL/CD-272.
Online or not?
The foot of the form says it may be completed and submitted online, while the Division's fee list says no in the online column for Form 760. We confirm the filing route when we prepare your order.
How we prepare Form 760
You supply the facts
Name, organization state and date, offices, agent and the Michigan business.
We complete items 1 through 7
From your answers and the good standing certificate.
The signer signs
A person with authority under the home state's law.
We attach the certificate and payment
The certificate is no more than 30 days old on receipt.
We send it
LARA receives the package and the $50 fee.
Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year
$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Form 760 questions
Does Form 760 need a notary?
The signer gives a name and title and must have authority to sign.
Does a corporation file Form 760?
No. A foreign corporation files Form 560 instead.
What if my LLC name is taken?
Use item 2 to give an available assumed name.
How many originals do I send?
One, and it must be legible.
Our fee and LARA's
Get my Michigan certificate
+ $50 LARA fee
- Form CSCL/CD 760 completed from your answers, in the order the form uses
- Your home-state good standing certificate checked against Michigan's 30-day limit
- A Michigan resident agent and registered office, either ours or the one you name
- The package delivered to the Corporations Division and the certificate returned to you
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
$199
Michigan
Get my Michigan certificateLARA's $50 and any expedite fee are itemized separately at checkout. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Sources
- Michigan LARA filing fees, limited liability companies
- Michigan LARA limited liability company filing information
- Michigan Form CSCL/CD 760, application for certificate of authority (foreign LLC)
- Michigan LARA filing fees, foreign profit and nonprofit corporations
- Michigan LARA, limited liability company forms
- Michigan Limited Liability Company Act, MCL 450.5002
- MCL 450.4204, name of a limited liability company
- MCL 450.4103, signing documents
Doing business in Michigan?
Tell us about the LLC and Form 760 is ours to prepare.