Certificate of authority as prerequisite to transacting business; scope of authority.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2011, under BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2011

Sec. 1011. A foreign corporation shall not transact business in this state until it has procured a certificate of authority to transact business from the administrator. A foreign corporation may be authorized to transact business in this state that may be transacted lawfully in this state by a domestic corporation, to the extent that it is authorized to transact that business in the jurisdiction where it is organized, but no other business.