Michigan Laws 331.209 – Gifts, devises, bequests and donations
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 331.209
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Any person or persons, firm, organization, corporation or society may make donations of money, personal property or real estate for the benefit of such hospital, and shall have the right to vest title of the property so donated in the county. Such gifts, when accepted, shall be used in accordance with the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such property, if any; otherwise, the same shall be used in such manner as the board of supervisors shall direct for the benefit of said hospital or institution.