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:
... (2) The address of the business office or residence of a resident agent must be the same as the address of the registered office.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1241; see also MCL 450.4207(1)
Service of process in our absence
Substituted service
... be found or served through the exercise of reasonable diligence, service of process may be made by delivering or mailing by registered mail to the administrator a summons and copy of the complaint.
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
the administrator may revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign 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 required under this act. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.2041(a)-(b); procedure MCL 450.2042
Administrative dissolution by the state
... refusal continues for a period of 2 years from the date on which the annual report or filing fee was due, the corporation is automatically dissolved 60 days after the expiration of the 2-year period.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1922(1)
Pecuniary penalty
... specified, the corporation, in addition to its liability for the fee, is subject to a penalty of $10.00 for each month or part of a month that the corporation is delinquent, not to exceed $50.00.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.1921(1)
Further
... and the administrator shall not accept for filing any document submitted by the limited liability company other than a certificate of restoration of good standing provided for in subsection (4).
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.4207a(3)
Restoration
Fee upon restoration
... and paying the fees for the years for which they were not filed and paid, and for every subsequent intervening year, together with the penalties provided by section 921.
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.
Annual statement of resident agent and registered office, $15.00 if paid after September 30, 2027. Through September 30, 2027, the fee is $25.00.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: MCL 450.5101(1)(g) (Am. 2023, Act 133)
Annual report, corporation
$25 per annum.
Report required under section 911, $15.00 if paid after September 30, 2027. Before October 1, 2027, the fee is $25.00.
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.