{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-487.2053","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.2053","heading":"License required to engage in business activity; exceptions.","body":"Sec. 3.\n\nA person shall not engage in a business activity unless the person is licensed under the appropriate financial licensing act, or by this act.\n\nThis act applies to a person who engages in any business activity if the person is not licensed or, as applicable, registered under the applicable financial licensing act or licensed under this act and is not otherwise exempt from applicable licensing or registration requirements. If a person engages in 1 or more business activities without the applicable licenses or registrations, it shall be discretionary with the commissioner to enforce the applicable licensing or registration requirements under either 1 or more of the financial licensing acts or this act, but not both.\n\nThis act does not apply to a depository financial institution.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 487","Act Act-161-of-1988"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-487-2053","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"a8d63e78b39492d8abf1f23f2fe80059fc80fa98b200cab5ab20babc17864954","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-487.2052","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-487.2054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}