Bill Text: MI SB0719 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Courts; records; use of electronic seals on court documents; allow. Amends sec. 2 of 1895 PA 198 (MCL 565.232).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-04 - Assigned Pa 0056'10 With Immediate Effect [SB0719 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0719-Chaptered.html

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Act No. 56

Public Acts of 2010

Approved by the Governor

April 29, 2010

Filed with the Secretary of State

April 29, 2010

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 29, 2010

STATE OF MICHIGAN

95TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

Introduced by Senators Allen, Pappageorge and Hardiman

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 719

AN ACT to amend 1895 PA 198, entitled “An act to establish a law uniform with the laws of other states relating to the sealing of deeds and other written instruments,” by amending section 2 (MCL 565.232).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 2. (1) A seal of a court, public officer, or corporation may be affixed in any of the following ways:

(a) Impressed directly upon the instrument or writing to be sealed.

(b) Impressed upon wafer, wax, or other adhesive substance affixed to the instrument or writing or upon paper or other similar substance affixed to the instrument or writing by an adhesive substance.

(c) Affixed electronically upon the instrument or writing to be sealed, or affixed electronically upon an electronic document.

(2) An instrument or writing duly executed in the corporate name of a corporation that has not adopted a corporate seal, if executed by the proper officers of the corporation under any seal, shall be considered to have been executed under the corporate seal.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor