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MI Comp L § 700.6101 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VI - Nonprobate Transfers on Death (700.6101...700.6310)|386-1998-VI-1 - Part 1 Effect of Death (700.6101...700.6101)|Section 700.6101 - Effect of Death.

700.6101 Effect of death.Sec. 6101.  (1) A provision for a nonprobate transfer on death in an insurance policy, contract of employment, bond, mortgage, promissory note, certificated or uncertificated security, account agreement, custodial agreement, deposit agreement, compensation plan, pension plan, individual retirement plan, employee benefit plan, trust, conveyance, deed of gift, marital property agreement, or other written instrument of similar nature is nontestamentary. This subsection includes a written provision in the instrument that is intended to result in 1 or more of the following:  (a) Money or another benefit due to, controlled by, or owned by a decedent before death is paid after the decedent's death to a person, including a trustee of a trust created by will, whom the decedent designates either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will, executed either before, at the same time as, or after the instrument.  (b) Money due or to become due under the instrument ceases to be payable in the event of death of the promisee or the promisor before payment or demand.  (c) Property the decedent controls or owns before death that is the subject of the instrument passes to a person the decedent designates either in the instrument or in a separate writing, including a will, executed either before, at the same time as, or after the instrument.  (2) This section does not limit creditors' rights under another law of this state or another state or under federal law. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.6301 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VI - Nonprobate Transfers on Death (700.6101...700.6310)|386-1998-VI-3 - Part 3 Uniform TOD Security Registration (700.6301...700.6310)|Section 700.6301 - Definitions.

700.6301 Definitions. Sec. 6301.  As used in this part:  (a) "Beneficiary form" means a registration of a security that indicates the present owner of the security and the owner's intention regarding the person who will become the security's owner upon the owner's death.  (b) "Register" means to issue a certificate showing the ownership of a certificated security or, in the case of an uncertificated security, to initiate or transfer an account showing ownership of securities.  (c) "Registering entity" means a person who originates or transfers a security title by registration, and includes a broker maintaining security accounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities.  (d) "Security" means a share, participation, or other interest in property, in a business, or in an obligation of an enterprise or other issuer, and includes a certificated security, uncertificated security, and security account.  (e) "Security account" includes all of the following:  (i) A reinvestment account associated with a security.  (ii) a securities account with a broker, financial institution, or subsidiary or affiliate of a financial institution.  (iii) A cash balance in an account with a broker, financial institution, or subsidiary or affiliate of a financial institution, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.  (iv) Cash, interest, earnings, or dividends earned or declared on a security in an account, reinvestment account, or account with a broker, financial institution, or subsidiary or affiliate of a financial institution, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.  (v) A cash balance or other property held for or due to the owner of a security as a replacement for or product of an account security, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Compiler's Notes: At the beginning of subdivision (e)(ii), the lowercase "a" evidently should be an uppercase "A".Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.6302 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VI - Nonprobate Transfers on Death (700.6101...700.6310)|386-1998-VI-3 - Part 3 Uniform TOD Security Registration (700.6301...700.6310)|Section 700.6302 - Registration in Beneficiary Form; Sole or Joint Tenancy Ownership.

700.6302 Registration in beneficiary form; sole or joint tenancy ownership. Sec. 6302.  Only an individual whose registration of a security shows sole ownership by 1 individual or multiple ownership by 2 or more with right of survivorship, rather than as tenants in common, may obtain registration in beneficiary form. Multiple owners of a security registered in beneficiary form hold as joint tenants with right of survivorship or as tenants by the entireties, and not as tenants in common. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 54, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.6303 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VI - Nonprobate Transfers on Death (700.6101...700.6310)|386-1998-VI-3 - Part 3 Uniform TOD Security Registration (700.6301...700.6310)|Section 700.6303 - Registration in Beneficiary Form; Applicable Law.

700.6303 Registration in beneficiary form; applicable law. Sec. 6303.  A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the form is authorized by this or a similar statute of the state of organization of the issuer or registering entity, the location of the registering entity's principal office, or the office of its transfer agent or its office making the registration or by this or a similar statute of the law of the state listed as the owner's address at the time of registration. A registration governed by the law of a jurisdiction in which this or similar legislation is not in force or was not in force when a registration in beneficiary form was made is nevertheless presumed to be valid and authorized as a matter of contract law. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.6304 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VI - Nonprobate Transfers on Death (700.6101...700.6310)|386-1998-VI-3 - Part 3 Uniform TOD Security Registration (700.6301...700.6310)|Section 700.6304 - Origination of Registration in Beneficiary Form.

700.6304 Origination of registration in beneficiary form. Sec. 6304.  Whether evidenced by certificate or account, a security is registered in beneficiary form when the registration includes a designation of a beneficiary to take the ownership at the death of the owner or the deaths of all multiple owners. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.6305 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VI - Nonprobate Transfers on Death (700.6101...700.6310)|386-1998-VI-3 - Part 3 Uniform TOD Security Registration (700.6301...700.6310)|Section 700.6305 - Form of Registration in Beneficiary Form.

700.6305 Form of registration in beneficiary form. Sec. 6305.  Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words "transfer on death" or the abbreviation "TOD", or by the words "pay on death" or the abbreviation "POD", after the name of the registered owner and before the name of a beneficiary. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.6306 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VI - Nonprobate Transfers on Death (700.6101...700.6310)|386-1998-VI-3 - Part 3 Uniform TOD Security Registration (700.6301...700.6310)|Section 700.6306 - Effect of Registration in Beneficiary Form.

700.6306 Effect of registration in beneficiary form. Sec. 6306.  The designation of a TOD beneficiary on a registration in beneficiary form does not affect ownership until the owner's death. A registration of a security in beneficiary form may be canceled or changed at any time by the sole owner or all the surviving owners without the consent of the beneficiary. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 54, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.6307 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VI - Nonprobate Transfers on Death (700.6101...700.6310)|386-1998-VI-3 - Part 3 Uniform TOD Security Registration (700.6301...700.6310)|Section 700.6307 - Ownership on Death of Owner.

700.6307 Ownership on death of owner. Sec. 6307.  On death of a sole owner or the last to die of all multiple owners, ownership of securities registered in beneficiary form passes to the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survived all owners. On proof of death of all owners and compliance with any applicable requirements of the registering entity, a security registered in beneficiary form may be reregistered in the name of the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survived the death of all owners. Until division of the security after the death of all owners, multiple beneficiaries surviving the death of all owners hold their interests as tenants in common. If no beneficiary survives the death of all owners, the security belongs to the estate of the deceased sole owner or the estate of the last to die of all multiple owners. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.6308 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VI - Nonprobate Transfers on Death (700.6101...700.6310)|386-1998-VI-3 - Part 3 Uniform TOD Security Registration (700.6301...700.6310)|Section 700.6308 - Protection of Registering Entity.

700.6308 Protection of registering entity. Sec. 6308.  (1) A registering entity is not required to offer or to accept a request for security registration in beneficiary form. If a registration in beneficiary form is offered by a registering entity, the owner requesting registration in beneficiary form assents to the protections given to the registering entity by this part.  (2) By accepting a request for registration of a security in beneficiary form, the registering entity agrees that the registration will be implemented on the deceased owner's death as provided in this part.  (3) A registering entity is discharged from all claims to a security by a deceased owner's estate, creditors, heirs, or devisees if the entity registers a transfer of the security in accordance with section 6307 and does so in good-faith reliance on all of the following:  (a) The registration.  (b) This part.  (c) Information provided to it by a sworn statement of the deceased owner's personal representative, or by the surviving beneficiary or by the surviving beneficiary's representatives, or other information available to the registering entity.  (4) This part's protections do not extend to a reregistration or payment made after a registering entity receives written notice from a claimant to an interest in the security objecting to implementation of a registration in beneficiary form. No other notice or other information available to the registering entity affects its right to protection under this part.  (5) The protection provided by this part to the registering entity of a security does not affect the rights of beneficiaries in disputes between themselves and other claimants to ownership of the security transferred or its value or proceeds. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.6309 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VI - Nonprobate Transfers on Death (700.6101...700.6310)|386-1998-VI-3 - Part 3 Uniform TOD Security Registration (700.6301...700.6310)|Section 700.6309 - Nontestamentary Transfer on Death.

700.6309 Nontestamentary transfer on death. Sec. 6309.  (1) A transfer on death resulting from a registration in beneficiary form is effective by reason of the contract regarding the registration between the owner and the registering entity and this part, and is not testamentary.  (2) This part does not limit the rights of creditors of security owners against beneficiaries and other transferees under other laws of this state. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.6310 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VI - Nonprobate Transfers on Death (700.6101...700.6310)|386-1998-VI-3 - Part 3 Uniform TOD Security Registration (700.6301...700.6310)|Section 700.6310 - Terms, Conditions, and Forms for Registration.

700.6310 Terms, conditions, and forms for registration. Sec. 6310.  (1) A registering entity offering to accept registrations in beneficiary form may establish the terms and conditions under which it will receive requests for registrations in beneficiary form or for implementation of registrations in beneficiary form, including requests for cancellation of previously registered TOD beneficiary designations and requests for reregistration to effect a change of beneficiary. The terms and conditions so established may provide for proving death, avoiding or resolving a problem concerning fractional shares, designating primary and contingent beneficiaries, and substituting a named beneficiary's descendants to take in the place of the named beneficiary in the event of the beneficiary's death.  (2) Substitution may be indicated by appending to the name of the primary beneficiary the letters LDPS, standing for "lineal descendants per stirpes". This designation substitutes a deceased beneficiary's descendants who survive the owner for a beneficiary who fails to survive, the descendants to be identified and to share in accordance with the law of the beneficiary's domicile at the owner's death governing inheritance by an intestate's descendants. Other forms of identifying beneficiaries who are to take on 1 or more contingencies, and rules for providing proofs and assurances needed to satisfy reasonable concerns by registering entities regarding conditions and identities relevant to accurate implementation or registrations in beneficiary form, may be contained in a registering entity's terms and conditions.  (3) The following are illustrations of registrations in beneficiary form that a registering entity may authorize:  (a) Sole owner-sole beneficiary:  "John S. Brown TOD or POD John S. Brown Jr."  (b) Multiple owners-sole beneficiary:  "John S. Brown and Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown Jr."  (c) Multiple owners-primary and secondary substituted beneficiaries:  "John S. Brown and Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown Jr. SUB BENE Peter Q. Brown" or "John S. Brown, Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown Jr. LDPS." History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.7101 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VII - Michigan Trust Code (700.7101...700.7913)|386-1998-VII-1 - Part 1 General Provisions and Definitions (700.7101...700.7114)|Section 700.7101 - Short Title of Article.

700.7101 Short title of article.Sec. 7101.  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan trust code". History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.7102 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VII - Michigan Trust Code (700.7101...700.7913)|386-1998-VII-1 - Part 1 General Provisions and Definitions (700.7101...700.7114)|Section 700.7102 - Scope.

700.7102 Scope.Sec. 7102.  This article applies to trusts as defined in section 1107. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.7104 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VII - Michigan Trust Code (700.7101...700.7913)|386-1998-VII-1 - Part 1 General Provisions and Definitions (700.7101...700.7114)|Section 700.7104 - Notice or Knowledge of Fact.

700.7104 Notice or knowledge of fact.Sec. 7104.  (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person has knowledge of a fact if 1 or more of the following apply:  (a) The person has actual knowledge of it.  (b) The person has received a notice or notification of it.  (c) From all the facts and circumstances known to the person at the time in question, the person has reason to know it.  (2) An organization that conducts activities through employees has notice or knowledge of a fact involving a trust only from the time the information was received by an employee having responsibility to act for the trust or from the time the information would have been brought to the employee's attention if the organization had exercised reasonable diligence. An organization exercises reasonable diligence if it maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the employee having responsibility to act for the trust and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Reasonable diligence does not require an employee of the organization to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual's regular duties or the individual knows a matter involving the trust would be materially affected by the information. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.7107 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VII - Michigan Trust Code (700.7101...700.7913)|386-1998-VII-1 - Part 1 General Provisions and Definitions (700.7101...700.7114)|Section 700.7107 - Governing Law.

700.7107 Governing law.Sec. 7107.  The meaning and effect of the terms of a trust are determined by the following:  (a) The law of the jurisdiction designated in the terms of the trust unless the designation of that jurisdiction's law is contrary to a strong public policy of the jurisdiction having the most significant relationship to the matter at issue.  (b) In the absence of a controlling designation in the terms of the trust, the law of the jurisdiction having the most significant relationship to the matter at issue. History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.7108 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VII - Michigan Trust Code (700.7101...700.7913)|386-1998-VII-1 - Part 1 General Provisions and Definitions (700.7101...700.7114)|Section 700.7108 - Principal Place of Administration.

700.7108 Principal place of administration.Sec. 7108.  (1) Without precluding other means for establishing a sufficient connection with the designated jurisdiction, terms of a trust designating the principal place of administration are valid and controlling if any of the following apply:  (a) A trustee's principal place of business is located in or a trustee is a resident of the designated jurisdiction.  (b) A trust director's principal place of business is located in, or a trust director is a resident of, the designated jurisdiction.  (c) All or part of the administration occurs in the designated jurisdiction.  (2) A trustee is under a continuing duty to administer the trust at a place appropriate to its purposes, its administration, and the interests of the qualified trust beneficiaries.  (3) Without precluding the right of the court to order, approve, or disapprove a transfer, the trustee, in furtherance of the duty prescribed by subsection (2), may transfer the trust's principal place of administration to another state or to a jurisdiction outside of the United States.  (4) The trustee shall notify the qualified trust beneficiaries in writing of a proposed transfer of a trust's principal place of administration not less than 63 days before initiating the transfer. The notice of proposed transfer must include all of the following:  (a) The name of the jurisdiction to which the principal place of administration is to be transferred.  (b) The address and telephone number at the new location at which the trustee can be contacted.  (c) An explanation of the reasons for the proposed transfer.  (d) The date on which the proposed transfer is anticipated to occur.  (e) In a conspicuous manner, the date, not less than 63 days after the giving of the notice, by which a qualified trust beneficiary must notify the trustee in writing of an objection to the proposed transfer.  (5) The authority of a trustee under this section to transfer a trust's principal place of administration without the approval of the court terminates if a qualified trust beneficiary notifies the trustee in writing of an objection to the proposed transfer on or before the date specified in the notice.  (6) In connection with a transfer of the trust's principal place of administration, the trustee may transfer some or all of the trust property to a successor trustee designated in the terms of the trust or appointed under section 7704.  (7) The view of an adult beneficiary must be given weight in determining the suitability of the trustee and the place of administration. History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 664, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.7109 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article VII - Michigan Trust Code (700.7101...700.7913)|386-1998-VII-1 - Part 1 General Provisions and Definitions (700.7101...700.7114)|Section 700.7109 - Notice; Methods; Waiver.

700.7109 Notice; methods; waiver.Sec. 7109.  (1) Notice to a person under this article or the sending of a document to a person under this article shall be accomplished in a manner reasonably suitable under the circumstances and likely to result in receipt of the notice or document. Permissible methods of notice or for sending a document include first-class mail, personal delivery, delivery to the person's last known place of residence or place of business, or a properly directed and identified facsimile or electronic message.  (2) Notice otherwise required under this article or a document otherwise required to be sent under this article need not be provided to a person whose identity or location is unknown to and not reasonably ascertainable by the trustee.  (3) Notice under this article or the sending of a document under this article may be waived in writing by the person to be notified or sent the document.  (4) Notice of a judicial proceeding shall be given as provided in sections 1401 to 1403 and as otherwise provided by court rule. History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010 Popular Name: EPIC