MI registered agent
Michigan. $1 a year.
Michigan law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.
what Michigan does about it
The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.
revocation
... corporation to transact business in this state on any of the following grounds: (a) The corporation fails to maintain a resident agent in this state as ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.2041(a)-(b); procedure MCL 450.2042
dissolution
... report or pay an annual filing fee or a penalty added to the fee required by law, and the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1922(1)
fine
... 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 ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1921(1)
also
... issuance by the administrator of a certificate of good standing described in subsection (1), ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.4207a(3)
the rule
rule
Michigan says:
... in this state both of the following: (a) A registered office, which may be the same as ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1241; see also MCL 450.4207(1)
the lawsuit
service
... maintain 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 ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.4207(4)
coming back
reinstatement
... or 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 ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1925(1); MCL 450.5101(1)(h)
compliance
No.
the annual report
Michigan charges this every year. Do not pay it and keep the money. The rest of this page is what happens next.
annual report, llc
$25. Yearly.
... of resident agent and registered office, $15.00 if paid after ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.5101(1)(g) (Am. 2023, Act 133)
annual report, corporation
$25. Yearly.
... required under section 911, $15.00 if paid after September 30, 2027. Before October 1, 2027, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.2060(1)(u) (Am. 2023, Act 135)
incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.