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Chapter 55 - Notaries Public
Act 238 of 2003 MICHIGAN NOTARY PUBLIC ACT (55.261 - 55.315)
AN ACT to provide for the qualification, appointment, and regulation of notaries; to provide for the levy, assessment, and collection of certain service charges and fees and to provide for their disposition; to create certain funds for certain purposes; to provide for liability for certain persons; to provide for the admissibility of certain evidence; to prescribe powers and duties of certain state agencies and local officers; to provide for remedies and penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
History: 2003, Act 238, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004
- Section 55.261 Short title.
- Section 55.263 Definitions; A to I.
- Section 55.265 Definitions; J to R.
- Section 55.267 Definitions; S to V.
- Section 55.269 Notary public; appointment.
- Section 55.271 Notary public; qualifications.
- Section 55.273 Filing; oath; bond; fee.
- Section 55.275 Application; format; fee; use of L.E.I.N. provided in C.J.I.S. policy council act; certificate of appointment.
- Section 55.277 Notary education and training fund.
- Section 55.279 Reappointment; licensed attorney as notary public; cause for cancellation of appointment.
- Section 55.281 Corrected notary public commission.
- Section 55.283 Obtaining and reading state statutes.
- Section 55.285 Performance of notarial acts; scope; verification.
- Section 55.287 Signature of notary public; statements; stamp, seal, or electronic process; effect of illegible statement.
- Section 55.289 Repealed. 2006, Act 155, Imd. Eff. May 26, 2006.
- Section 55.291 Notary public; prohibited conduct.
- Section 55.293 Person with physical limitations; signature by notary public.
- Section 55.295 Request by secretary of state; failure to respond.
- Section 55.297 Misconduct; civil liability; conditions.
- Section 55.299 Violations of notary public laws.
- Section 55.300 Investigation by secretary of state; complaint.
- Section 55.300a Penalties; evidence; notice and hearing; revocation of commission; fine.
- Section 55.301 Automatic revocation; violation as felony; notification of conviction.
- Section 55.303 Reapplication after revocation; unpaid fine.
- Section 55.305 Injunction or restraining order.
- Section 55.307 Presumption.
- Section 55.309 Violation as misdemeanor or felony; jurisdiction; penalties and remedies as cumulative.
- Section 55.311 Notary fees fund.
- Section 55.313 Maintenance of records.
- Section 55.315 Rules.
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