Michigan § 456.251 Articles of agreement; execution, acknowledgment, and filing; signers of articles and associates as body politic and corporate.

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§ 456.251 — Articles of agreement; execution, acknowledgment, and filing; signers of articles and associates as body politic and corporate.

Michigan § 456.251

Ch. 456CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS

Act 13 of 1882 (Ex. Sess.)VAULT ASSOCIATIONS (456.251-456.253)

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.251 (2026).

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VAULT ASSOCIATIONS (EXCERPT) Act 13 of 1882 (Ex. Sess.) 456.251 Articles of agreement; execution, acknowledgment, and filing; signers of articles and associates as body politic and corporate. Sec.

1.That any 5 or more persons desirous to organize an association for the purpose of preserving and protecting bodies of deceased persons before burial, may execute under their hands and acknowledge before some person authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, the duplicate articles of agreement, as hereinafter specified, 1 copy whereof shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and upon the execution and acknowledgment of such articles and the filing thereof, the signers thereof, and those who may hereafter become associated with them, shall bec

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VAULT ASSOCIATIONS (EXCERPT) Act 13 of 1882 (Ex. Sess.) 456.251 Articles of agreement; execution, acknowledgment, and filing; signers of articles and associates as body politic and corporate. Sec. 1. That any 5 or more persons desirous to organize an association for the purpose of preserving and protecting bodies of deceased persons before burial, may execute under their hands and acknowledge before some person authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, the duplicate articles of agreement, as hereinafter specified, 1 copy whereof shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and upon the execution and acknowledgment of such articles and the filing thereof, the signers thereof, and those who may hereafter become associated with them, shall become a body politic and corporate for the purpose set forth in said articles.

Legislative History

1882, Ex. Sess., Act 13, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1882 ;-- How. 4789a ;-- CL 1897, 8413 ;-- CL 1915, 11200 ;-- CL 1929, 10475 ;-- CL 1948, 456.251 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 112, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982