MI registered agent
Registered agent service in Michigan. $24 a year. Yes.
Every Michigan company must appoint a registered agent at a street address in the state. What follows is the statute, quoted where it matters, and our position on it, which is brief.
The statutory requirement in Michigan
Requirement
The Michigan code provides:
... following: (a) A registered office, which may be the same as its place of business. (b) A resident agent. A resident agent may be an individual resident of this state; a domestic corporation or ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1241; see also MCL 450.4207(1)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... service of process, or the agent for service of process cannot be found or served ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.4207(4)
Enforcement in Michigan
The state's remedies against a company whose agent does not perform. Quoted without paraphrase.
Revocation of foreign authority
... in this state on any of the following grounds: (a) The corporation fails to maintain a resident agent in this state as required under this act. (b) The corporation, after ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.2041(a)-(b); procedure MCL 450.2042
Administrative dissolution by the state
... annual filing fee or a penalty added to the fee required by law, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1922(1)
Pecuniary penalty
... or pay a fee required by this act within the time specified, ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1921(1)
Further
... of a certificate of good standing described in subsection (1), the name of the company is available for use by another entity filing with the administrator, and the administrator shall not accept for ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.4207a(3)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... 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)
The Michigan annual report, which you may also decline
Michigan levies an annual charge to keep a company in good standing. The amount is below. Declining it is consistent with everything else on this page.
Annual report, limited liability company
$25 per annum.
... of resident agent and registered office, $15.00 if paid after September 30, 2027. Through September 30, 2027, the fee ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.5101(1)(g) (Am. 2023, Act 133)
Annual report, corporation
$25 per annum.
... under section 911, $15.00 if paid after September 30, 2027. Before October ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.2060(1)(u) (Am. 2023, Act 135)
Our position
We decline. At this price you may have expected otherwise.
Statutory text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, verified against the code on 2026-08-10. Statutes are amended. This page is not.