Section 440.9526 - Filing-office rules.
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 174 of 1962
440.9526 Filing-office rules.
Sec. 9526.
(1) The secretary of state shall adopt and publish rules to implement this article. The filing-office rules must be consistent with this article and adopted and published in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
(2) To keep the filing-office rules and practices of the filing office in harmony with the rules and practices of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part, and to keep the technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology used by filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part, the secretary of state, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this article, in adopting, amending, and repealing filing-office rules, shall do all of the following:
(a) Consult with filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part.
(b) Consult the most recent version of the model rules promulgated by the international association of corporate administrators or any successor organization.
(c) Take into consideration the rules and practices of, and the technology used by, filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part.
History: Add. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001
Admin Rule: R 440.101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.