Michigan § 440.8206 - Completion or alteration of security certificate.
Full text of Michigan Michigan Compiled Laws § 440.8206 — Completion or alteration of security certificate. , with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 440.8206. Completion or alteration of security certificate.
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:
Any person may complete it by filling in the blanks as authorized.
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.
A complete security certificate that has been improperly altered, even if fraudulently, remains enforceable, but only according to its original terms.
Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Michigan Compiled Laws § 440.8206 cover?
Section 440.8206 ("Completion or alteration of security certificate. ") is part of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the codified statutory law of Michigan. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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