Terms Used In Michigan Laws 339.5409

  • Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
  • License: includes the whole or part of a governmental permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of permission required under a specific article of this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
  • Person: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or common law trust or a combination of those legal entities. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 411, the department shall not issue a license to a person that has completed the requirements for a license or that seeks to renew a license until the person has paid the license fee.
  (2) The department shall establish license fees on a per year basis. If licenses are established by rules promulgated by the department under section 207 as biennial or triennial renewals, the fee required shall be 2 or 3 times, as appropriate, the per year amount.
  (3) Unless otherwise provided under this act or rules promulgated under this act, an applicant must complete all requirements for licensure within 1 year after the department received the license application or the department mails a notice of an incomplete application to the applicant at the applicant’s last known physical or electronic address on file with the department, whichever is later. If the requirements for licensure are not completed within that period, the fees paid are forfeited to the department and the application is void. To obtain a license under this act, a person whose application is void under this subsection must submit a new application and fees and meet the standards in effect on the date the department receives the new application.