Bill Text: MI SB0719 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
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-Engrossed.html
SB-0719, As Passed House, April 15, 2010
SENATE BILL No. 719
August 5, 2009, Introduced by Senators ALLEN, PAPPAGEORGE and HARDIMAN and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill 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 impressed affixed in
any of the following ways:
(a) Impressed directly upon the instrument or writing to be
sealed. ,
or
(b) Impressed upon wafer, wax, or other adhesive substance
affixed
thereto, to the instrument
or writing or upon paper or
other
similar substance affixed thereto to the instrument or
writing
by mucilage or other 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 , which shall that has not have adopted
a
corporate seal, if executed by the proper officers of the
corporation
under any seal, shall be deemed considered
to have been
executed under the corporate seal.