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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 450.2242

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
    (1) A domestic corporation or a foreign corporation authorized to conduct affairs in this state may change its registered office or change its resident agent, or both, by filing a statement with the department. The statement may be executed by any of the individuals described in section 132 or by the secretary or assistant secretary of the corporation. The statement shall provide all of the following information:
    (a) The corporate name.
    (b) The street address of the corporation’s registered office at the time of filing, and its mailing address if different from its street address.
    (c) If the address of the corporation’s registered office is changed, the street address and the mailing address, if different from the street address, to which the registered office is to be changed.
    (d) The name of the corporation’s resident agent at the time of filing.
    (e) If the corporation’s resident agent is changed, the name of its successor resident agent.
    (f) That the address of the corporation’s registered office and the address of its resident agent, as changed, will be identical.
    (g) That the change was authorized by resolution duly adopted by the corporation’s board, or, if no board has been appointed, by the incorporators.
    (2) If a resident agent changes its business or residence address to another place within this state, the resident agent may change the address of the registered office of any domestic or foreign corporation of which the person is a resident agent by filing the statement required under subsection (1), except that the statement need only be signed by the resident agent, need not be responsive to subsection (1)(e) or (g), and shall recite that a copy of the statement has been mailed to the corporation.