Michigan · statute · 164 of 1913, Mich. Comp. Laws · 10 active provisions
No 2 or more persons shall hereafter be engaged in carrying on any business as copartners unless such persons shall first make and file with the county clerk of the county in which such copartnership business is or shall be located, a certificate in writing, to be signed by each, and verified by the affidavit of 1 of t…
(1) The certificate when acknowledged and filed as required in section 1 shall authorize the persons signing it to conduct their business as partners for 5 years. Within 90 days before the expiration date, a renewal certificate may be filed with the county clerk upon payment of a fee of $10.00 on forms to be provided b…
Persons now carrying on business as copartners under the provisions of this act shall file a renewal certificate as is herein prescribed within 5 years after this act shall take effect, and after notice from the county clerk as is herein provided, which notice shall be given within 90 to 30 days prior to the expiration…
In case there shall be at any time after the making and filing of said certificate, any change in the name or style of said firm, or in the time of its existence, then a new certificate, verified as before specified, shall in like manner be filed as required by section 1 of this act, before such change shall take effec…
A certified copy of the said certificate, or renewal certificate, on file in the county clerk's office, signed by the county clerk, and attested by the seal of the circuit court of the county, shall be held to be good and sufficient evidence of any or all the facts in said certificate, or renewal certificate stated and…
Persons now owning or conducting any such business as copartners shall file such certificate as hereinbefore prescribed within 90 days after this act shall take effect, and persons hereafter owning, conducting or transacting business as aforesaid shall, before commencing said business, file such certificate in the mann…
Whenever a copartnership operating under an assumed name has changed or changes its place of business, it shall be the duty of 1 of the members of such copartnership to file with the county clerk with whom the certificate required under the provisions of section 1 of this act was filed, a certificate stating the change…
Whenever a copartnership operating under an assumed name shall go out of business, it shall be the duty of 1 of the members of such copartnership to file a certificate with the clerk of the county or counties in which such copartnership transacted business, of the discontinuance of such copartnership in such county or…
The county clerk shall keep an alphabetical index of all certificates and renewal certificates, provided for in this act, and for the indexing and filing of the certificates and renewal certificates shall receive a fee of $10.00, to be paid by the party filing the same. Upon the payment of the $10.00, the payer shall b…
Any 2 or more persons owning, carrying on or conducting or transacting business as aforesaid, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, shall each be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00 or by imprisonment in the co…