As used in this part:
  (a) “Bank or storage facility” means a facility licensed, accredited, or approved under the laws of any state for storage of human bodies or physical parts of human bodies.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.10201

  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  (b) “Next of kin” means the spouse of a deceased individual or a person related to a deceased individual within the third degree of consanguinity as determined by the civil law method.