Completion or alteration of security certificate.
MCL 440.8206
in effect440.8206. Completion or alteration of security certificate.
Sec. 8206.
(1) If a security certificate contains the signatures necessary to its issue or transfer but is incomplete in any other respect, it may be completed as follows:
(a) Any person may complete it by filling in the blanks as authorized.
(b) Even though the blanks are incorrectly filled in, the security as completed is enforceable by a purchaser who took it for value and without notice of the incorrectness.
(2) A complete security certificate that has been improperly altered, even if fraudulently, remains enforceable, but only according to its original terms.
1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1987, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Apr. 24, 1987; Am. 1998, Act 278, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1998
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-440-8206Fetched: 10/20/2026
