Section 500.5260 - Stock certificates; substitutions.
THE INSURANCE CODE OF 1956 (EXCERPT)
Act 218 of 1956
500.5260 Stock certificates; substitutions.
Sec. 5260.
(1) In case a certificate for shares of a corporation is lost, stolen or destroyed, a new certificate may be secured as provided for lost or destroyed certificates in section 17 of Act No. 106 of the Public Acts of 1913, which is known as the uniform stock transfer act.
(2) A corporation which voluntarily and in good faith issues a new certificate in lieu of one believed to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, or issues a new certificate in compliance with an order of a court of competent jurisdiction may recognize the person in whose name the new certificate or any certificate thereafter issued in exchange or substitution therefor, is issued, as the owner of the shares described therein for all purposes, including the right to vote and the right to receive payment of dividends, distribution or redemption price, until the owner of the original certificate or a transferee thereof without notice and for value shall enjoin the corporation and the holder of any new certificate or any certificate issued in exchange or substitution therefor from so acting.
History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Compiler's Notes: Act 106 of 1913, referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 174 of 1962.
Popular Name: Act 218