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Corporate name; required words and abbreviations.

MCL 450.1211
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450.1211. Corporate name; required words and abbreviations. Sec. 211. Except as provided in chapter 2A for a professional corporation, the corporate name of a domestic corporation shall contain the word "corporation", "company", "incorporated", or "limited" or shall contain 1 of the following abbreviations: corp., co., inc., or ltd., with or without periods. 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 2008, Act 402, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009; Am. 2012, Act 569, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-450-1211Fetched: 10/20/2026

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