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OBLIGATIONS DUE STATE (EXCERPT)
Act 20 of 1842

21.153 Obligations due state or municipality; payment by check or bank draft, date operative; legal tender.

Sec. 3.

Whenever any check or bank draft shall be tendered for the payment of any debt, taxes or other obligation due to the state or to any municipality therein, such check or draft shall operate as a payment made on the date the check or draft was received and accepted by the receiving officer, if it shall be paid on presentation without deduction for exchange or cost of collection. All agencies of the state of Michigan shall request that checks tendered in payment of an obligation due the state shall be made payable to the state of Michigan. No receiving officer shall be required to receive in payment of any debt, taxes or other obligation collectible or receivable by him any tender other than gold or silver coin of the United States, United States treasury notes, gold certificates, silver certificates or federal reserve bank notes.


History: 1842, Act 20, Eff. Feb. 21, 1842 ;-- CL 1857, 233 ;-- CL 1871, 308 ;-- How. 421 ;-- CL 1897, 1179 ;-- Am. 1899, Act 228, Eff. Sept. 23, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 277 ;-- CL 1929, 339 ;-- CL 1948, 21.153 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 152, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-21 > Act-20-of-1842 > Section-21-153

OBLIGATIONS DUE STATE (EXCERPT)
Act 20 of 1842

21.153 Obligations due state or municipality; payment by check or bank draft, date operative; legal tender.

Sec. 3.

Whenever any check or bank draft shall be tendered for the payment of any debt, taxes or other obligation due to the state or to any municipality therein, such check or draft shall operate as a payment made on the date the check or draft was received and accepted by the receiving officer, if it shall be paid on presentation without deduction for exchange or cost of collection. All agencies of the state of Michigan shall request that checks tendered in payment of an obligation due the state shall be made payable to the state of Michigan. No receiving officer shall be required to receive in payment of any debt, taxes or other obligation collectible or receivable by him any tender other than gold or silver coin of the United States, United States treasury notes, gold certificates, silver certificates or federal reserve bank notes.


History: 1842, Act 20, Eff. Feb. 21, 1842 ;-- CL 1857, 233 ;-- CL 1871, 308 ;-- How. 421 ;-- CL 1897, 1179 ;-- Am. 1899, Act 228, Eff. Sept. 23, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 277 ;-- CL 1929, 339 ;-- CL 1948, 21.153 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 152, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964


State Codes and Statutes

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Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-21 > Act-20-of-1842 > Section-21-153

OBLIGATIONS DUE STATE (EXCERPT)
Act 20 of 1842

21.153 Obligations due state or municipality; payment by check or bank draft, date operative; legal tender.

Sec. 3.

Whenever any check or bank draft shall be tendered for the payment of any debt, taxes or other obligation due to the state or to any municipality therein, such check or draft shall operate as a payment made on the date the check or draft was received and accepted by the receiving officer, if it shall be paid on presentation without deduction for exchange or cost of collection. All agencies of the state of Michigan shall request that checks tendered in payment of an obligation due the state shall be made payable to the state of Michigan. No receiving officer shall be required to receive in payment of any debt, taxes or other obligation collectible or receivable by him any tender other than gold or silver coin of the United States, United States treasury notes, gold certificates, silver certificates or federal reserve bank notes.


History: 1842, Act 20, Eff. Feb. 21, 1842 ;-- CL 1857, 233 ;-- CL 1871, 308 ;-- How. 421 ;-- CL 1897, 1179 ;-- Am. 1899, Act 228, Eff. Sept. 23, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 277 ;-- CL 1929, 339 ;-- CL 1948, 21.153 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 152, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964