HOUSE BILL No. 4025 January 8, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Ciaramitaro and referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection. A bill to amend 1846 RS 14, entitled "Of county officers," (MCL 55.107 to 55.117) by adding section 112a. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 SEC. 112A. (1) A NOTARY PUBLIC MAY USE A NOTARY FORM SET 2 FORTH IN THIS SECTION. A NOTARY FORM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 3 SHALL BE KNOWN AS PLAIN ENGLISH NOTARY FORM AND MAY BE REFERRED 4 TO BY THAT NAME. A NOTARY FORM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION THAT IS 5 PROPERLY EXECUTED IS SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMPLISH ITS STATED PURPOSE 6 UNDER THE LAW OF THIS STATE. THIS SECTION DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE 7 USE OF OTHER NOTARY FORMS. 8 (2) AN AFFIDAVIT OR SWORN STATEMENT MAY BE SUBSTANTIALLY IN 9 THE FOLLOWING FORM: 00755'97 TLG 2 1 SWORN STATEMENT OF MARY DOE 2 I, MARY DOE, (EXPLANATION OF WHO MARY DOE IS, FOLLOWED BY STATE- 3 MENTS OF FACT MADE BY MARY DOE.) 4 SIGNATURE OF MARY DOE 5 MARY DOE 6 SIGNED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME IN ____________ COUNTY, MICHIGAN, 7 ON _______________, _____(YEAR). 8 NOTARY'S NOTARY'S 9 STAMP ____________________ SIGNATURE __________________ 10 (NOTARY'S NAME, COUNTY, AND 11 DATE COMMISSION EXPIRES) 12 13 (3) AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL ACTING IN HIS OR 14 HER OWN BEHALF MAY BE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FOLLOWING FORM: 15 ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE ME IN __________ COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ON 16 __________, _____(YEAR) BY MARY DOE. 17 NOTARY'S NOTARY'S 18 STAMP ____________________ SIGNATURE __________________ 19 (NOTARY'S NAME, COUNTY, AND 20 DATE COMMISSION EXPIRES) 21 22 (4) AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR A CO-PARTNERSHIP MAY BE SUBSTAN- 23 TIALLY IN THE FOLLOWING FORM: 24 ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE ME IN __________ COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ON 25 __________, _____(YEAR) BY MARY DOE, PARTNER OF X PARTNERSHIP, A 26 MICHIGAN CO-PARTNERSHIP, FOR THE CO-PARTNERSHIP. 27 NOTARY'S NOTARY'S 28 STAMP ____________________ SIGNATURE __________________ 29 (NOTARY'S NAME, COUNTY, AND 30 DATE COMMISSION EXPIRES) 31 32 (5) AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP MAY BE 33 SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FOLLOWING FORM: 00755'97 3 1 ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE ME IN __________ COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ON 2 __________, _____(YEAR) BY MARY DOE, GENERAL PARTNER OF X 3 PARTNERSHIP, A MICHIGAN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, FOR THE LIMITED 4 PARTNERSHIP. 5 NOTARY'S NOTARY'S 6 STAMP ____________________ SIGNATURE __________________ 7 (NOTARY'S NAME, COUNTY, AND 8 DATE COMMISSION EXPIRES) 9 10 (6) AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR A CORPORATION MAY BE SUBSTAN- 11 TIALLY IN THE FOLLOWING FORM: 12 ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE ME IN __________ COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ON 13 __________, _____(YEAR) BY MARY DOE, PRESIDENT OF X COMPANY, A 14 MICHIGAN CORPORATION, FOR THE CORPORATION. 15 NOTARY'S NOTARY'S 16 STAMP ____________________ SIGNATURE __________________ 17 (NOTARY'S NAME, COUNTY, AND 18 DATE COMMISSION EXPIRES) 19 20 (7) AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY MAY 21 BE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FOLLOWING FORM: 22 ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE ME IN __________ COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ON 23 __________, _____(YEAR) BY MARY DOE, MEMBER OF X COMPANY, A 24 MICHIGAN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, FOR THE COMPANY. 25 NOTARY'S NOTARY'S 26 STAMP ____________________ SIGNATURE __________________ 27 (NOTARY'S NAME, COUNTY, AND 28 DATE COMMISSION EXPIRES) 29 30 (8) AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR A PUBLIC OFFICER MAY BE SUBSTAN- 31 TIALLY IN THE FOLLOWING FORM: 32 ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE ME IN __________ COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ON 33 __________, _____(YEAR) BY MARY DOE, DIRECTOR OF THE MICHIGAN 34 DEPARTMENT OF X. 00755'97 4 1 NOTARY'S NOTARY'S 2 STAMP ____________________ SIGNATURE __________________ 3 (NOTARY'S NAME, COUNTY, AND 4 DATE COMMISSION EXPIRES) 5 6 (9) AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR A TRUSTEE MAY BE SUBSTANTIALLY IN 7 THE FOLLOWING FORM: 8 ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE ME IN __________ COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ON 9 __________, _____(YEAR) BY MARY DOE, TRUSTEE OF THE X TRUST. 10 NOTARY'S NOTARY'S 11 STAMP ____________________ SIGNATURE __________________ 12 (NOTARY'S NAME, COUNTY, AND 13 DATE COMMISSION EXPIRES) 14 15 (10) AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE MAY BE 16 SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FOLLOWING FORM: 17 ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE ME IN __________ COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ON 18 __________, _____(YEAR) BY MARY DOE, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF 19 THE ESTATE OF JOHN DOE. 20 NOTARY'S NOTARY'S 21 STAMP ____________________ SIGNATURE __________________ 22 (NOTARY'S NAME, COUNTY, AND 23 DATE COMMISSION EXPIRES) 00755'97 Final page. TLG