Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.26 (2026)

State coat-of-arms; use on official letterheads and documents.

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COAT-OF-ARMS AND FLAG


Act 209 of 1911


2.26 State coat-of-arms; use on official letterheads and documents.

Sec. 6.

    No pictorial device other than the arms of the state shall be used in the public offices at the capitol for letter headings and envelopes used for official business. Persons printing and circulating public documents under the authority of the state, when they use a vignette, shall place upon the title pages of the documents the device of the state arms herein prescribed without alterations or additions.

History: 1911, Act 209, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 1103 ;-- CL 1929, 139 ;-- CL 1948, 2.26

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1956–1956 · leading case: Shinaberry v. United States, 142 F. Supp. 413 (W.D. Mich. 1956).
Shinaberry v. United States, 142 F. Supp. 413 (W.D. Mich. 1956). “Plaintiff cites in support of his position 28 U.S.C. § 2410 , which in part reads as follows: “(a) Under the conditions prescribed in this section and section 1444 of this title for the protection of the United States, the United States may be named a party in any civil action…”
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