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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 600.2186

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 600.2182
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 600.2182
    An unsworn declaration under this chapter must be in substantially the following form:
    I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Michigan that the foregoing is true and correct, and that I am physically located outside 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.

Executed on the ______ day of __________, ________, at
(date) (month) (year)
___________________________________, _________________
(city or other location, and state) (country)
__________________________
(printed name)
__________________________
(signature)