A registrant who deposits funds with an escrow agent under this act shall have in effect at all times an agreement under which the escrow agent has, under the following circumstances, agreed to allow inspection and copying of records maintained by it pertaining to funds held or managed by it:
  (a) Upon the request by the department, to inspect or copy records pertaining to any or all funds held or managed by the escrow agent.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 328.217

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract buyer: means an individual, including a contract beneficiary, who purchases merchandise or funeral or cemetery services pursuant to a prepaid contract. See Michigan Laws 328.213
  • Department: means the department of labor and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 328.213
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Escrow agent: means a person who holds, invests, and disburses principal and income from the funds received under a prepaid contract. See Michigan Laws 328.214
  • Funds: means all money or other consideration actually received from a contract buyer by a contract seller or provider or an assignee from the contract buyer in connection with any aspect of the sale of a prepaid contract, including finance charges, but does not include late payment penalties, payments required to be made to a governmental agency at the time the contract is entered into, or a commission authorized by section 12(1). See Michigan Laws 328.214
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Prepaid contract: means a contract requiring payment in advance for funeral or cemetery services or merchandise, physical delivery and retention of which would occur after death under a guaranteed price contract or a nonguaranteed price contract. See Michigan Laws 328.215
  • Registrant: means a person who has registered with the department pursuant to section 6. See Michigan Laws 328.215
  (b) Upon the request of the registrant or its agent, to inspect or copy records pertaining to any or all funds deposited by the registrant with the escrow agent.
  (c) Upon the request of a contract buyer or a contract beneficiary to inspect or copy records pertaining to funds held or managed by the escrow agent pursuant to a prepaid contract to which the contract buyer is a party or for whose benefit it was entered into.
  (d) Upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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