Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1211 (2026)
Corporate name; required words and abbreviations.
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BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT
Act 284 of 1972
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.
History: 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
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1973–2018 · leading case: Allied Supermarkets, Inc. v. Grocer's Dairy Co., 206 N.W.2d 490 (Mich. Ct. App. 1973).
Allied Supermarkets, Inc. v. Grocer's Dairy Co., 206 N.W.2d 490 (Mich. Ct. App. 1973). “MCLA 450.1211; MSA 21.200(211). Whether or not the failure of the Company’s articles of incorporation to accurately designate the Company as a cooperative renders the incorporation defective is not an issue we need decide.”
Lewis Coll. of Bus. v. Anthony T Harbin (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “LCB asserts that MCL 450.1211 provides that “use of the word company indicates the existence of a corporation.”
Lewis Coll. of Bus. v. Anthony T Harbin (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “LCB asserts that MCL 450.1211 provides that “use of the word company indicates the existence of a corporation.”
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