445.1 Certificate required to carry on business under assumed name; filing; form; contents; fee; execution and acknowledgment; exceptions; certification and return of duplicate; “person” and “address” defined; imposition of fee by certain charter counties. Sec. 1. (1) A person shall not carry on, conduct, or transact business in this state under an assumed name, or […]
445.1a Certificate; use of assumed name authorized for 5 years; renewal certificate; filing, form, fee, and duration; notice; abandonment of assumed name; destruction of certificate. Sec. 1a. The certificate when acknowledged and filed as required in section 1 shall authorize use of the assumed name for 5 years. If before the expiration date a renewal […]
445.1b Repealed. 1968, Act 165, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed section pertained to carrying on business under assumed name; additional certificate.
445.2 Assumed name certificates; filing period; rejection by county clerk. Sec. 2. Persons now owning or conducting such business under an assumed name, or under such designation referred to in section 1, shall file such certificate or renewal certificate as hereinbefore prescribed, within 90 days after this act shall take effect and after 30 days’ […]
445.2a Assumed name; change of business location certificate, filing. Sec. 2-a. Whenever an assumed name concern has changed or changes its place of business, it shall be the duty of the person or persons conducting such business to file with the county clerk, with whom the certificate or renewal certificate required under the provisions of […]
445.2b Assumed name; discontinuance of operation certificate, filing. Sec. 2-b. Whenever an assumed name concern shall go out of business, it shall be the duty of the person or persons, who have conducted such business, to file a certificate with the clerk of the county or counties in which such concern transacted business, of the […]
445.2c Certified copies of original or renewal certificates; request ; fee. Sec. 2c. Upon request and payment of $2.00 per copy, the clerk shall supply certified copies of the original or renewal certificates. History: Add. 1949, Act 151, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;– Am. 1977, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 1977 ;– Am. 1990, […]
445.3 Certificates; alphabetical index; indexing and filing fee; certified copy as evidence; cost of certified copies; certificate as evidence of partnership; service of process; extension of time; jurisdiction. Sec. 3. (1) The county clerk shall keep an alphabetical index of all persons filing certificates, provided for in this act, and for the indexing and filing […]
445.4 Contents of certificate; applicability of act to corporation or limited partnership. Sec. 4. (1) The certificate referred to in section 1, for any person that is named in the certificate and is not an individual, shall state the nature of the entity; the statutory law, if any, under which it was organized; the place […]
445.5 Violation of act; penalty; violation of contracts, effect. Sec. 5. Any person or persons owning, carrying on or conducting or transacting business as aforesaid, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less […]
