Michigan Laws 55.267 – Definitions; S to V
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 55.267
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Electronic: means relating to technology that has electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Michigan Laws 55.263
- 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.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- oath: shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed". See Michigan Laws 8.3k
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Michigan Laws 55.265
- Secretary: means the secretary of state or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 55.267
- Signature: means an individual's written or printed name, electronic signature, or mark, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed, adopted, or made by the individual with the intent to sign the record. See Michigan Laws 55.267
- 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 55.267
- Suspension: means the temporary withdrawal of the notary public's commission to perform notarial acts during the period of the suspension. See Michigan Laws 55.267
- United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
As used in this act:
(a) “Secretary” means the secretary of state or his or her designee.
(b) “Signature” means an individual’s written or printed name, electronic signature, or mark, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed, adopted, or made by the individual with the intent to sign the record.
(c) “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.
(d) “Suspension” means the temporary withdrawal of the notary public’s commission to perform notarial acts during the period of the suspension.
(e) “Verification upon oath or affirmation” means a declaration, made by an individual on oath or affirmation before a notary public, that a statement in a record is true.