Hire a Registered Agent in Michigan

Michigan law calls this a resident agent: the person or company named to receive legal papers and official state mail for a Michigan entity, at a physical Michigan street address called the registered office. It is required by the Michigan Limited Liability Company Act, MCL 450.4207.

Yes. Every Michigan LLC must appoint and continuously maintain a resident agent and registered office under MCL 450.4207, from the day it files its Articles of Organization.

Yes, if you are a Michigan resident whose business office or residence is the registered office address, where you can accept deliveries during normal business hours (MCL 450.4207(1)). Many owners hire a service instead to keep that address off the public record.

No. MCL 450.4207(1) requires the registered office to be a Michigan street address; a P.O. box alone does not satisfy the requirement.

LLC Register charges $99 a year. Commercial registered agent services generally range from about $99 to $249 a year, based on published pricing checked 9/30/2026.

File Form CSCL/CD-520, the Certificate of Change of Registered Office and/or Resident Agent, with LARA for a $5 fee. It can be filed online through the MiBusiness Registry Portal or by mail.

If an LLC's Annual Statement goes unfiled for 2 consecutive years, LARA mails written notice, and the entity has 60 days to file all delinquent statements and fees or it loses good standing under MCL 450.4207a; the LLC's name then becomes available for another entity to use.

No. Unlike some states, Michigan's LLC Act does not require a resident agent's written consent to be filed with LARA (MCL 450.4207; 450.4208). LLC Register still confirms each agent's agreement to serve before listing them.

Yes, as long as they are a Michigan resident, their business office or residence is the registered office address, and they are available during business hours, under MCL 450.4207(1).

Only if that company is itself a corporation or LLC authorized to do business in Michigan and maintains a business office at the registered office address; an unregistered out-of-state entity cannot serve as agent under MCL 450.4207(2).

MCL 450.4207 designates the resident agent to receive process, notices and demands for the company; LLC Register scans and emails it to you the same day we receive it.

Yes. The resident agent's name and registered office address are part of the entity's public filing with LARA, viewable through the MiBusiness Registry Portal's business entity search.

Yes. Under MCL 450.4208, a resident agent can file written notice of resignation with LARA and a member or manager of the company; the appointment ends 30 days after that filing or when a successor is appointed, whichever is first.

Yes. The Annual Statement, Form CSCL/CD-2700, due February 15 each year to LARA, must show your current resident agent and registered office.

Yes, for every domestic and foreign LLC and corporation registered with LARA, a resident agent and registered office are required, under MCL 450.4207 for LLCs.

Yes. A foreign LLC files Form 760, the Application for Certificate of Authority to Transact Business, with LARA for a $50 fee, naming a Michigan resident agent and registered office under the same rule that applies to a domestic LLC.

No. Michigan's Limited Liability Company Act has no series LLC provisions, unlike states such as Texas or Delaware, so an owner who wants separate liability shields for different lines of business must form multiple standalone Michigan LLCs.

Yes. PLLCs are formed under Article 9 of Michigan's LLC Act, MCL 450.4901 et seq., which applies the Act's general resident agent and registered office requirement to professional LLCs the same as any other LLC.

If the address isn't corrected, Michigan's LLC Act gives the Attorney General the power to seek dissolution of the LLC under MCL 450.4803 — a separate risk from the Annual Statement delinquency process, since it's tied specifically to a stale or inaccurate resident agent address.

Unlike some states, Michigan has no routine process for serving LARA itself in place of a missing agent; a plaintiff who can't complete service risks the court instead entering a default judgment against the LLC under Michigan Court Rule 2.603, so keeping your resident agent reachable matters more in Michigan than in states with a state-agency fallback.

Yes. Nonprofit corporations formed under the Michigan Nonprofit Corporation Act must maintain a resident agent with a Michigan street address, the same baseline requirement that applies to LLCs and business corporations.

Yes. Limited partnerships formed under Michigan's Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act must maintain a resident agent and registered office, separate from the general partner who runs the business.

Search LARA's MiBusiness Registry Portal (formerly the Corporations Online Filing System) by entity name; the current resident agent's name and registered office address appear on the entity's business detail page at no charge.

Not if you're keeping the same agent. The converted entity's own formation document names its resident agent directly, so a separate change filing with LARA is only needed if you're also switching to a new agent.

Yes. A resident agent that moves its own business address can update that address on behalf of every Michigan LLC it represents by filing a single change with LARA, rather than each LLC filing its own Form CSCL/CD-520.

Yes. MCL 450.4207 places no limit on how many LLCs a single individual or resident agent company may represent, as long as each appointment meets the residency/authorization and business-office rules.

Yes. The IRS treats an annual registered agent fee as an ordinary and necessary business expense, deductible in the year you pay it.

Yes, as long as your attorney is a Michigan resident (or a firm authorized to do business in Michigan) whose business office is the registered office address — the same eligibility rule under MCL 450.4207(1) that applies to anyone else.

No. Michigan's LLC Act uses the term "resident agent," while most other states, and Michigan's own corporations, call the identical role a "registered agent" — the two terms describe the same function.

Returned mail usually means the registered office address is no longer accurate, which exposes the LLC to the Attorney General's dissolution power under MCL 450.4803 and can also cause the LLC to miss its Annual Statement notice, compounding the 60-day cure problem under MCL 450.4207a.

You have to name one upfront. Michigan's Articles of Organization require the resident agent's name and registered office address before LARA will file them — you cannot leave it blank and add an agent afterward.

Your registered office is specifically where your resident agent accepts legal mail under MCL 450.4207; your principal place of business is wherever you actually run the company and doesn't have to be in Michigan at all.

No. MCL 450.4207(1) requires a Michigan business office or residence address where the agent can actually be reached, the same way it excludes a bare P.O. box — a commercial mail-receiving service or mailbox rental doesn't meet that standard either.

No. Michigan's business filings require only the resident agent's name and registered office address; no phone number or email address is collected or published.

Yes. Nothing in MCL 450.4207 prevents an owner, manager or officer from also serving as the entity's resident agent, as long as the residency and business-office requirements are met.

No. Michigan has no license or bond specific to acting as a resident agent — a commercial service only needs to itself be a corporation or LLC already authorized to do business in Michigan, under the same eligibility rule in MCL 450.4207(2) that covers any out-of-state entity.

No. MCL 450.4207(1) requires an individual resident agent's business office or residence to be the registered office; owning Michigan real estate does not satisfy that requirement if you personally live and work elsewhere.

No. MCL 450.4207 designates the resident agent only to receive process, notices and demands for the company; it gives the agent no authority to sign contracts or otherwise act on the entity's behalf.

Yes. Nothing in MCL 450.4207 requires the two to be different — a small business commonly uses one Michigan address for both, as long as it meets the registered office's business-office and availability rule.

Yes. A domestic nonprofit corporation files an Annual Report with LARA by October 1 each year, starting the year after incorporation, for a $20 fee; missing it for two consecutive years risks automatic administrative dissolution.