Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1216: Solicitor as fiduciary; accounting methods; examination of records; remuneration of person acting as agent or solicitor.
Where this section sits in the code
- MI Code
- Chapter 500
- Act Act-218-of-1956
Sec. 1216.
A solicitor shall be a fiduciary for all moneys received or held by him in his capacity as a solicitor. Failure by a solicitor in a timely manner to turn over the moneys which he holds in a fiduciary capacity to the persons to whom they are owed is prima facie evidence of violation of the solicitor's fiduciary responsibility.
A solicitor shall use reasonable accounting methods to record funds received in his fiduciary capacity. The records required by this section shall be open to examination by the commissioner.
A solicitor shall not reward or remunerate a person for procuring or inducing business in this state, furnishing leads or prospects or acting in any other manner as an agent or solicitor.
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