Submit with check or money order by mail:
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau
Corporation
s Division
P.O. Box 30054
Lansing, MI 48909
To submit in person:
2407 N Grand River Ave
Lansing, MI 48906
Telephone: (517) 241-6470
Fees may be paid by check, money order, VISA, MasterCard, American
Express or Discover when delivered in person to our office.
COFS (Corporations Online Filings System):
This document may be completed and submitted online at www.michigan.gov/corpfileonline.
Fees may be paid by VISA, MasterCard, American Express or Discover.
LARA is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids, services and other reasonable accommodations are
available
upon request to individuals with disabilities.
INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
1.
This form may be used to draft your 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 fil
eable 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 this 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.
11. FEES: Make remittance payable to the State of Michigan. Include corporation name on check or money order.
FILING AND FRANCHISE FEE.........................................................................................................................$20.00
Preparer's Name
Business Telephone Number ( )
10. The Articles must be signed in ink by each incorporator listed in Article V. However, if there are 3 or more incorporators,
they may, by resolution adopted at the organizational meeting by a written instrument, designate one of them to sign the Articles of
Incorporation on behalf of all of them. In such event, these Articles of Incorporation must be accompanied by a
copy of the resolution
duly certified by the acting secretary at the organizational meeting and a statement must be placed in the articles incorporating that
resolution into them.
9. 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.
Article V - The Act requires one or more incorporators. Educational corporations are required to have at least three (3) incorporators.
The address(es) should include a street number and name (or other designation), city and state.
7. Article IV - A post office box may not be designated as the address of the registered office.
6. A domestic nonprofit corporation may be formed on either a membership or directorship basis. A membership corporation
entitles the members to vote in determining corporate action. If formed on a directorship basis, the corporation may have
members but they may not vote and corporate action is determined by the Board of Directors.
5. Article III - The corporation must be formed on a stock or nonstock basis. Complete Article III(2) or III(3) as appropriate, but not both.
Real pr
operty assets are items such as land and buildings. Personal property assets are items such as cash, equipment, fixtures, etc.
The dollar value and description must be included. If there is no real and/or
personal property, write in "none"
.
4 . Article II - The purpose for which the corporation is formed must be included. It is not sufficient to state that the
corporation may engage in any activity within the purpose for which corporations may be formed under the Act.
3. This document is to be used pursuant to the provisions of Act 162, P.A. of 1982, by one or
more persons for the purpose of
forming a domestic nonprofit corporation.
Veterans: Pursuant to MCL 450.3060(5), if a majority of the initial members of a membership corporation, initial directors of a
directorship corporation, or initial shareholders of a stock corporation, as applicable, are, or if applicable the initial members, initial
directors, or initial shareholders will be, individuals who served in the armed forces and were separated from that s
ervice with an
honorable character of service or under honorable conditions (general) character of service, you may contact the Corporations Division
regarding a fee waiver.
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.
