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2020 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 55 - Notaries Public
Act 238 of 2003 Michigan Law on Notarial Acts (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 funds; to provide for liability for certain persons; to provide for the admissibility of evidence; to establish the recognition to be given in this state to acknowledgments and other notarial acts performed outside of this state; to prescribe powers and duties of 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 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 361, Eff. Mar. 12, 2019
- 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; Extension of Expiration Date for 2020.
- Section 55.271 Notary Public; Qualifications.
- Section 55.273 Filing; Oath; Bond; Fee.
- Section 55.275 Application; Format; Fee; Use of Lein or Ichat; Certificate of Appointment; Electronic Application and Payment Process.
- 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 55.285a Notarial Acts Performed in Another State; in Federally Recognized Indian Tribe; Under Federal Law; in Foreign Country; Applicability; Definition of "Foreign Country".
- Section 55.286 Electronic Notarization Systems; Notification Required.
- Section 55.286a Approval of Electronic Notarization Systems; Minimum Requirements; Certification by Government-Sponsored Enterprise.
- Section 55.286b Remote Electronic Notarization Platforms; Requirements; Approval; Review Standards; Recording Limitations; Journal; Requirements; Custodian.
- Section 55.286c Use of 2-Way Real-Time Audiovisual Technology; Requirements; Signing in Counterparts; Applicability of Section; Presumed Compliance.
- Section 55.286d Use of Electronic Records and Signatures; Use of 2-Way Real-Time Audiovisual Technology; Applicability of Section.
- 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 55.314 Application of Act.
- Section 55.315 Rules.
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