Michigan Compiled Laws
236-1961-21A - Chapter 21a Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act (600.2181...600.2190)
Section 600.2182 - Definitions.

Sec. 2182.
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Boundaries of the United States" means the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(b) "Law" includes the federal or a state constitution, a federal or state statute, a judicial decision or order, a court rule, an executive order, and an administrative rule, regulation, or order.
(c) "Record" 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.
(d) "Sign" means to do either of the following with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
(i) Execute or adopt a tangible symbol.
(ii) Attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process.
(e) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(f) "Sworn declaration" means a declaration in a signed record given under oath. Sworn declaration includes a sworn statement, verification, certificate, and affidavit.
(g) "Unsworn declaration" means a declaration or other affirmation of truth in a signed record that is not given under oath, but is given under penalty of perjury.
History: Add. 2012, Act 361, Eff. Apr. 1, 2013

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