At least once a year, property managers, attorneys or the association itself files corporate documents with the State of Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (“LARA”) on behalf of the association. In a Michigan condominium association or homeowners association, certain documents such as Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or a Change in Resident Agent may be filed infrequently. However, each condominium association and homeowners association in Michigan is required to file Annual Reports with LARA on a yearly basis and therefore each association should be interacting with LARA at least once each year.  For those property managers, attorneys or associations who previously used the MICH-ELF filing system, that system is being terminated and the new Corporations Online Filing System (COFS) will be available on October 30, 2017.    Read the article………………