Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Commission" means the electronic recording commission created in section 5.
(b) "Document" 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, and that is eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the county register of deeds.
(c) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(d) "Electronic document" means a document that is received by the county register of deeds in an electronic form.
(e) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.
(f) "Paper document" means a document that is received by the county register of deeds in a form that is not electronic.
(g) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
History: 2010,Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2010
Last modified: October 10, 2016