Terms Used In Michigan Laws 446.211

  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Pawnbroker: means a person, corporation, or member, or members of a copartnership or firm, who loans money on deposit, or pledge of personal property, or other valuable thing, other than securities or printed evidence of indebtedness, or who deals in the purchasing of personal property or other valuable thing on condition of selling the same back again at a stipulated price. See Michigan Laws 446.203
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  (1) If at any time before the sale of the item pledged or pawned the borrower pays or tenders to the pawnbroker the debt and interest and charges on the item, that payment or tender reinvests the pawner with the title and right of possession to the property pledged.
  (2) A pawnbroker may agree in writing, after pledged or pawned unencumbered personal property has been deposited with the pawnbroker, to allow the pawner to maintain possession and use of the pledged or pawned unencumbered personal property during the term of the pawn or pledge transaction. A pawnbroker may take possession of the pledged or pawned property pursuant to section 9609 of the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.9609.