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Form a Business

Foreign corporation; certificate of authority required; extent of authorization to conduct affairs in state.

MCL 450.3011
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450.3011. Foreign corporation; certificate of authority required; extent of authorization to conduct affairs in state. Sec. 1011. A foreign corporation shall not conduct affairs in this state until it has procured a certificate of authority so to do from the administrator. A foreign corporation may be authorized to conduct affairs in this state which may be conducted lawfully in this state by a domestic corporation, to the extent that it is authorized to conduct such affairs in the jurisdiction where it is organized, but no other affairs. 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-450-3011Fetched: 10/20/2026

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