Michigan LLC annual statement

February 15 arrives very early in the calendar year—six weeks ahead of Georgia April 1 deadline and two and a half months ahead of Florida May 1 deadline. Without a fourth-quarter relief rule, an LLC formed in late November or December would face an Annual Statement barely six to ten weeks after paying its initial Articles of Organization fee.

Michigan solved that in MCL 450.4207(3): any domestic LLC formed (or foreign LLC issued a Certificate of Authority) between January 1 and September 30 files its first Annual Statement by February 15 of the next year; any LLC formed or authorized between October 1 and December 31 skips that immediate February 15 and files its first Annual Statement one year later.

After that first statement is behind you, every active Michigan LLC shares the exact same February 15 deadline each year. LARA typically generates pre-populated Annual Statement records roughly ninety days before February 15 (around mid-November) on the MiBusiness Registry Portal.

Michigan distinguishes sharply between a standard commercial LLC and a Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC, formed by licensed professionals such as physicians, dentists, attorneys, architects, or CPAs). Be sure you read the rule for your exact entity structure!

For a standard Michigan LLC, the Annual Statement fee is $25, and Michigan does not assess an immediate dollar late penalty if you file on February 16. However, if a standard LLC fails to file its Annual Statement for two consecutive years, LARA sends a notice and 60 days later the LLC ceases to be in good standing—meaning it cannot obtain a Certificate of Good Standing, its name becomes available to other filers, and restoring good standing requires filing a Certificate of Restoration of Good Standing ($50 fee) plus all delinquent Annual Statements and $25 fees.

For a Michigan Professional LLC (PLLC), both the content and the fee differ: a PLLC files an Annual Report (certifying that all members and managers are properly licensed) accompanied by a $75 filing fee by February 15, and missing February 15 triggers a mandatory $50 statutory late penalty.

Michigan retired its older legacy CID/PIN lookup screen in favor of the modern MiBusiness Registry Portal (mibusinessregistry.lara.state.mi.us). Every Michigan LLC has a 9-character LARA Identification Number (often beginning with 80 followed by seven digits, or a legacy alphanumeric ID mapped in MiBusiness).

A standard Michigan LLC Annual Statement is intentionally minimal: it states the name of the resident agent and the address of the registered office in Michigan. Unless your resident agent or registered office changed, confirming and paying the $25 fee online takes only a few minutes.

Note that Michigan uses the statutory phrase "Resident Agent" rather than "Registered Agent" on LARA forms—they mean the exact same legal role: the person or company at a physical Michigan street address designated to accept service of process.

First, search your LLC on mibusinessregistry.lara.state.mi.us Business Entity Search to confirm your 9-digit LARA ID, your exact Organization/Qualification Date (to verify whether the post-September-30 rule applies in year one), and whether your entity is a standard LLC or a PLLC.

Second, verify the Resident Agent name and Registered Office street address in Michigan currently shown on public LARA records.

Third, check whether any prior-year Annual Statement is still open—remember that letting two consecutive February 15 cycles go unfiled drops a standard LLC out of good standing and puts its Michigan business name at risk!

Fourth, pay the $25 fee directly on mibusinessregistry.lara.state.mi.us by Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or electronic payment and save the LARA confirmation receipt.

The $25 Annual Statement goes to LARA (Licensing and Regulatory Affairs), NOT to the Michigan Department of Treasury (Michigan Treasury Online / MTO). Filing Michigan Corporate Income Tax (for C-corp-elected LLCs), Michigan Flow-Through Entity (FTE) tax elections, sales and use tax, or individual MI-1040 returns with Treasury does not file your LARA Annual Statement.

Conversely, a Michigan real-estate or IP holding LLC with zero gross receipts and zero Michigan Treasury tax liability must still file its $25 Annual Statement with LARA by February 15 each year to preserve good standing and protect its LLC name.

Keep your LARA MiBusiness confirmation separate from your CPA tax folder so you can verify entity good standing in ten seconds whenever a bank, title company, or municipal inspector asks.

Because most business owners associate compliance deadlines with spring tax season (April or May), Michigan February 15 deadline catches thousands of owners off guard in the middle of winter—especially owners who formed an LLC in October 2025, skipped February 2026 lawfully under MCL 450.4207(3), and then completely forgot about February 15, 2027 sixteen months after formation!

Watch out every December and January for official-looking paper letters from Lansing-area mail drops charging $145 to $225 to prepare a "Resident Agent Annual Statement." The official LARA fee for a standard LLC is $25 online at mibusinessregistry.lara.state.mi.us.

Our paid PDF checklist prints the February 15 rule, the MCL 450.4207(3) post-September-30 calculation, the $25 standard LLC fee (and PLLC distinction), the two-year good-standing restoration rule, your LARA ID, and the explicit line confirming you pay Michigan LARA directly. Our $39 yearly plan sends alerts on January 16 (30 days out), February 8 (7 days out), and February 14 (1 day out).

An out-of-state LLC holding a Certificate of Authority to transact business in Michigan files the exact same $25 Annual Statement by February 15 each year, and receives the exact same post-September-30 exemption on its first February 15 if LARA issued its Certificate of Authority after September 30.

Note that Michigan domestic and foreign profit corporations file Annual Reports by May 15 (a totally different date from LLCs!), and nonprofit corporations file by October 1. Never apply a May 15 Michigan corporation calendar to a Michigan LLC.

Similarly, if your Michigan LLC operates under a DBA via a Certificate of Assumed Name filed with LARA, Michigan Assumed Name certificates expire on December 31 of the fifth full calendar year after filing—completely separate from your annual February 15 Resident Agent Annual Statement. Checking your full filing history on mibusinessregistry.lara.state.mi.us once every winter keeps both your Annual Statement and any five-year Assumed Name certificates aligned without last-minute restoration fees.

After LARA processes your $25 online payment on MiBusiness, verify on the public entity profile that your status remains Active and in Good Standing, and download the filed statement PDF for your records. Banks, title insurers, and municipal licensing clerks in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, and across Michigan verify LARA Good Standing directly against that public portal.

LLC Deadline never collects Michigan $25 state fee, never logs into your MiBusiness Registry account, and never acts as your Michigan resident agent or tax preparer. Our price covers only the one-page printable PDF checklist and, on the yearly plan, 30/7/1-day reminder emails sent from support@llcdeadline.com. We are not a law firm; a registered agent; a Secretary of State; a tax preparer.

Open michigan.gov/lara and mibusinessregistry.lara.state.mi.us directly before paying to verify current statutory rules and fees in effect after our 2026-11-14 read date.