I discovered that our DBA filing had expired and looked into
the process of bringing the filing up to date with the
county as in Michigan the county is the location of such
filings.

The county clerk informed me that all signatures needed to
be notarized and that there was only one place for a notary
to sign so all had to be present at the same time.

They sent me the form and after reading it it I noted that
it only requires one club member to certify the names are
correct and that only that one signature needed to be
notarized.

When I called back the clerk said well if you want to be
responsible I guess you can do it that way. I then asked
what if someone joins or leaves the partnership during the
next five years and was told we expect it to be kept up to
date.

What is the experience of others? This seems like a
bureaucratic nightmare which must be repeated every five
years.

Is there anyone from Michigan that can shed some light on
this process?

Bob