Terms Used In Michigan Laws 451.2467

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Michigan investment market: means a person that is a broker-dealer, is exempt from federal registration under section 15(a)(1) of the securities exchange act of 1934, 15 USC 78o, and provides a market or exchange at which transactions in securities that are sold or offered for sale in this state under an intrastate offering exemption take place. See Michigan Laws 451.2451
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, joint venture, or government; a governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; a public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 451.2102b
  • Resident of this state: means 1 of the following, as applicable:
  (i) If a person is an individual, his or her principal residence is located in this state. See Michigan Laws 451.2451
  • Security: means a note; stock; treasury stock; security future; bond; debenture; evidence of indebtedness; certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement; collateral trust certificate; preorganization certificate or subscription; transferable share; investment contract; voting trust certificate; certificate of deposit for a security; fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights; put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on a security, certificate of deposit, or group or index of securities, including an interest in or based on the value of that put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on that security, certificate of deposit, or group or index of securities; put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency; an investment in a viatical or life settlement agreement; or, in general, an interest or instrument commonly known as a "security"; or a certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing. See Michigan Laws 451.2102c
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 451.2102c
  •   (1) An individual’s participation in a Michigan investment market in this state is considered a representation that he or she is a resident of this state. If it is subsequently shown that an individual was not a resident of this state at the time of his or her participation in a Michigan investment market, any transaction conducted by that individual while he or she was not a resident is void.
      (2) A person that is not a resident of this state shall not secondarily purchase an intrastate security within 9 months of the completion of the offering through which the security was sold originally. For purposes of this section, each of the following is prima facie evidence that an individual is a resident of this state:
      (a) A valid operator’s license, chauffeur’s license, or official personal identification card issued by this state.
      (b) A current Michigan voter registration.
      (c) A signed affidavit as described in section 7cc(2) of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.7cc, that indicates that the individual owns and occupies property in this state as his or her principal residence.