SB-0997, As Passed House, November 27, 2018

SB-0997, As Passed Senate, June 6, 2018

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 997

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

by amending section 2102 (MCL 600.2102), as amended by 2012 PA 361.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 2102. (1) If by law the affidavit of a person residing in

another state of the United States or in a foreign country is

required or may be received in an action or judicial proceeding in

this state, to entitle the affidavit to be read, it must be

authenticated under the uniform recognition of acknowledgments act,

1969 PA 57, MCL 565.261 to 565.270, section 25a of the Michigan law

on notarial acts, 2003 PA 238, MCL 55.285a, or be an unsworn

declaration executed under chapter 21A.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are

enacted into law:

     (a) Senate Bill No. 664.

     (b) Senate Bill No. 996.

     (c) Senate Bill No. 998.