BCS/CD-517
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Business telephone number
INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
1. The Certificate of Abandonment of amendment cannot be filed until this form, or a comparable document, is submitted.
2. Submit one original of this document. Upon filing, the document will be added to the records of the Bureau of Commercial
Services. The original will be returned to your registered office address, unless you enter a different address in the box on
the front of this document.
Since this document will be maintained on optical disk media, it is important that the filing be legible. Documents with
poor black and white contrast, or otherwise illegible, will be rejected.
3. This Certificate is to be used pursuant to section 651 of Act 284, P.A. 1972 or Act 162, P.A. 1982, to abandon an
amendment to the Articles of Incorporation before the effective date of the amendment in accordance with provisions for
abandonment stated in the resolution approving the amendment. The amendment must have been approved by its
shareholders, if it is a profit corporation, or by its shareholders, by its members, or by its directors if it is a nonprofit
corporation.
4. Item 2 - Enter the identification number assigned by the Bureau. If this number is unknown, leave it blank.
5. If a Certificate of Amendment has been filed by the corporation which specifies a later effective date, this Certificate of
Abandonment can be filed within 10 days after the abandonment but not later than the specified effective date.
6. This Certificate must be signed by:
Profit Corporations - Signature by an authorized officer or agent.
Nonprofit Corporations - Signature of the president, vice-president, chairperson, or vice-chairperson of the corporation.
7. NONREFUNDABLE FEE. Make remittance payable to the State of Michigan. Include corporation name and identification
number on check or money order. ...................................................................................................................... $10.00
To submit by mail:
To submit in person:
Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth
2501 Woodlake Circle
Bureau of Commercial Service
Okemos, MI
Corporation Division
Telephone: (517) 241-6470
P.O. Box 30054
Fees may be paid by VISA or Mastercard when
Lansing, MI 48909
delivered in person to our office.
MICH-ELF (Michigan Electronic Filing System):
First TIme Users: Call (517) 241-6470, or visit our website at
Customer with MICH-ELF Filer Account: Send document to (517)636-6437