LLC reinstatement · Michigan

How to Reinstate a Michigan LLC

The short answer. Michigan does not dissolve an LLC for missed annual statements: an LLC that is not in good standing remains in existence and may continue to transact business. If your Michigan LLC has been marked not in good standing, you restore it by filing a certificate of restoration of good standing with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Corporations Division.

Michigan LLC Reinstatement at a Glance

What Michigan calls the statusMarked not in good standing
What you fileCertificate of Restoration of Good Standing
Filed withMichigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Corporations Division
How to fileNot confirmed
Reinstatement fee$50
Time limit to reinstateNot confirmed
Tax clearanceNot confirmed
RetroactiveNot confirmed

Read from the government sources listed at the foot of this page, last checked September 29, 2026. See the sources.

Why Michigan Would Mark an LLC Not in Good Standing

Michigan places an LLC out of good standing when it has failed to file its annual statement for two consecutive years and then does not file the missing statements and fees within 60 days after the state's notice.

The LLC has 60 days to fix the problem before it can be marked not in good standing. The 60 days are counted after the state sends its notice, which it sends once the LLC has missed two consecutive annual statements.

How Long You Have to Reinstate

We have not confirmed whether Michigan sets a deadline for reinstatement, so do not assume there is time to wait; check with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Corporations Division as soon as you can.

How to File

You file a certificate of restoration of good standing with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Corporations Division. Go to Michigan's filing page.

What It Costs

The reinstatement fee is $50.

Every missed annual statement must be filed with the certificate, with its fee, and the LARA page says the current year's statement is also required when the restoration is received on or after February 15.

We have not confirmed whether Michigan requires a tax clearance to reinstate; check with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Corporations Division.

Registered Agent Options

If your LLC's registered agent has changed, resigned or lapsed, ask the filing office named above whether Michiganwants that updated as part of reinstatement. You do not have to buy a service for it: in most states the LLC's owner, or another individual who qualifies, may serve as its registered agent themselves, generally subject to that state's rules on keeping a street address in the state and being available there during normal business hours. A paid service is one option and not the only one. The Michigan registered agent requirements set out what Michigan itself asks.

Registered agent services for Michigan LLCs

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What Reinstatement Does

We have not confirmed whether reinstatement in Michigan reaches back to the date the LLC was marked not in good standing. Ask the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Corporations Division or a lawyer before relying on it for anything done in the meantime.

If another business has taken the LLC's name in the meantime, the LLC needs a name that is still available to reinstate.

Worth Knowing in Michigan

While it is out of good standing, the state will not accept any other filing from it and another business may take its name.

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Frequently Asked Questions

This guide is general information, not legal or tax advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It reports what each state's law and filing office say about bringing back an LLC the state has dissolved, with the sources this page cites. It cannot tell you where your own LLC stands: that turns on why and when it was dissolved, what it still owes, and whether anyone has since taken its name, and fees and deadlines change between our reviews. Confirm your LLC's status and the current requirements with the filing office or tax agency named on this page, and ask a lawyer about anything the LLC did while it was dissolved. In many states a missed deadline ends the right to reinstate, so do not wait.

Related guides

LLC late fees by stateWhat a late annual report costs before it comes to dissolution →Annual report complianceDeadlines and fees for all 50 states, so it does not happen again →Annual report deadline finderEnter your formation date for your next due date →Certificate of good standingProve the LLC is active again once it is reinstated →Dissolving an LLCIf you would rather close the LLC properly than bring it back →
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Sources

Each entry below is a document recorded in our verified Michigan sources, and each entry says what the document is. Some statutory text is read from an accurate mirror rather than from the state's own host, and those say so.

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Edmond Hui

Edmond Hui · Founder, MyStateLLC

Edmond Hui is a software engineer and serial entrepreneur based in New York who has founded multiple online businesses across e-commerce, media, and information publishing. Before transitioning into tech, he spent years as a commercial real estate professional closing deals totaling over 100,000 square feet, giving him firsthand experience with business formation and entity structuring. He built MyStateLLC to provide the free, state-specific LLC guidance he wished existed when forming his own companies.