INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
CSCL/CD-515 (Rev. 07/19)
Preparer's Name
Business Telephone Number
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Submit with check or money order by mail:
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau
Corporations Division
P.O. Box 30054
Lansing, MI 48909
To submit in person:
2501 Woodlake Circle
Okemos, MI
Telephone: (517) 241-6470
Fees may be paid by check, money order, VISA, MasterCard,
or Discover when delivered in person to our office.
COFS (Corporations Online Filing System):
This document may be completed and submitted online at www.michigan.gov/corpfileonline.
Fees may be paid by VISA, MasterCard, or Discover.
1. This form may be used to draft your Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation. A document required or permitted to be filed under the act
cannot be filed unless it contains the minimum information required by the act. The format provided contains only the minimal information required to
make the document fileable and may not meet your needs. This is a legal document and agency staff cannot provide legal advice.
2. Submit one original of this document. Upon filing, the document will be added to the records of the Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing
Bureau. The original will be returned to your registered office address, unless you enter a different address in the box on the front of this document. Since
the document will be maintained on electronic format, it is important that the filing be legible. Documents with poor black and white contrast, or otherwise
illegible, will be rejected.
3. This Certificate is to be used pursuant to the provisions of Section 631 of Act 284, P.A. of 1972, or Act 162, P.A. of 1982, for the purpose of amending the
Articles of Incorporation of a domestic profit corporation or nonprofit corporation. Do not use this form for restated articles.
4. Item 2 - Enter the identification number previously assigned by the Bureau. If this number is unknown, leave it blank.
5. Item 3 - The article(s) being amended must be set forth in its entirety. However, if the article being amended is divided into separately identifiable
sections, only the sections being amended need be included.
6. If the amendment changes the term of existence to a specific date, then consent to the amendment or a written statement that the consent is not required
must be obtained from the Charitable Trust Section, Licensing and Regulation Division, Michigan Attorney General, P.O. Box 30214, 525 W. Ottawa,
Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 335-7571 and submitted with this document for all nonprofit charitable purpose corporations, unless organized for religious
purposes. Application for the consent should be made at least 120 days before the desired effective date of the amendment. This certificate cannot be
filed unless it is accompanied by either: the written consent of the Attorney General, an order of a Circuit Court dissolving the corporation, or an affidavid
attesting to the submission of a written request to the attorney general for consent to the filing and the failure of the attorney general to respond within 120
days.
7. This document is effective on the date endorsed "filed" by the Bureau. A later effective date, no more than 90 days after the date of delivery, may be
stated as an additional article.
8. Signatures:
Profit Corporations: (Complete either Item 4 or Item 5)
1) Item 4 must be signed by at least a majority of the Incorporators listed in the Articles of Incorporation.
2) Item 5 must be signed by an authorized officer or agent of the corporation.
Nonprofit Corporations: (Complete either Item 4 or Item 6)
1) Item 4 must be signed by at least a majority of incorporators listed in the Articles of Incorporation.
2) Item 6 must be signed by an officer of the corporation.
9. FEES: Make remittance payable to the State of Michigan. Include corporation name and identification number on check or money order.
NONREFUNDABLE FEE: $10.00
ADDITIONAL FEES DUE FOR INCREASED AUTHORIZED SHARES OF PROFIT CORPORATIONS ARE:
Amount of Increase
1-60,000
60,001-1,000,000
1,000,001-5,000,000
5,000,001-10,000,000
More than 10,000,000
Fee
$50.00
$100.00
$300.00
$500.00
$500.00 for first 10,000,000 plus $1000.00 for each additional 10,000,000, or portion thereof
Documents that are endorsed filed are available at www.michigan.gov/corpentitysearch. If the submitted document is not fileable, the
notice of refusal to file and document will be available at the Rejected Filings Search website at www.michigan.gov/corprejectedsearch.
LARA is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids, servies and other reasonable accomodations are available upon
request to individuals with disabilities.