Michigan assumed name filing guide

Michigan’s verified terminology is “assumed name.”

The cited Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs guidance addresses a limited liability company that will operate under one or more names other than its true name.

For that situation, the state says a Certificate of Assumed Name must also be filed with the LARA Corporations Division.

Michigan identifies the original certificate as form CSCL/CD 541, allowing a filer to distinguish it from the separately numbered renewal document.

The present data models that supported LLC statement as required; it should not be read as newly researched guidance for a sole proprietorship or another entity type not described by the cited wording.

The expiration formula is unusually specific.

Rather than ending exactly five years after submission, the certificate expires on December 31 of the fifth full calendar year following the filing year.

Preserving that formulation avoids replacing Michigan’s year-end rule with an inaccurate anniversary shorthand.

An LLC using a name other than its true company name should begin with Michigan’s Certificate of Assumed Name, CSCL/CD 541.

The verified filing fee is $10.00, and the receiving authority is the Michigan LARA Corporations Division.

Obtain them from the live LARA form and naming guidance instead of copying an address from an unofficial source.

Confirm the form number as well as the title: 541 is the original Certificate of Assumed Name, whereas the supported renewal record points to form 542.

The state language permits one or more names other than the LLC’s true name, but this page does not calculate whether separate submissions or fees would apply to multiple names; the verified facts do not answer that question.

DBA Filing Guide accepts neither documents nor the ten-dollar payment.

It also does not collect the LLC’s name, proposed assumed name, address, or any other filing information.

Michigan calculates expiration by calendar years.

A Certificate of Assumed Name ends on December 31 of the fifth full calendar year following the year it was filed.

A certificate filed during one year therefore uses that filing year as the reference point, followed by five full calendar years, with expiration at the final year’s end; the official wording should control any actual date calculation.

Continuation uses the Certificate of Renewal of Assumed Name, form 542, for which the verified fee is $10.00.

The available record does not state how early renewal may be submitted, so no advance window is promised here.

It also contains no verified amendment or abandonment text, and this guide does not invent a form or procedure for either event.

Consequently there is no supported publication start date, frequency, duration, or proof deadline to display.

Those nulls are intentional: the December 31 expiration date concerns the life of the certificate and cannot serve as a newspaper deadline.

Match the Michigan guidance to the existing entity before acting.

The verified requirement here concerns a limited liability company operating under one or more names other than its true name.

If that describes the business and this is a first filing, open LARA’s official naming page, locate Certificate of Assumed Name CSCL/CD 541, verify the current $10.00 fee, and follow the submission directions supplied with the current state document.

Record the filing year after acceptance because Michigan’s expiration language depends on it and reaches December 31 of the fifth full calendar year that follows.

For continuation, look for Certificate of Renewal of Assumed Name form 542 and recheck its recorded ten-dollar fee with LARA.

An entity outside the LLC situation described by the evidence should confirm its correct filing layer and form directly with the appropriate authority.

This site supplies the official link and normalized facts but does not submit a certificate or retain visitor information.