Section R. 451.4.3 - Electronic filing; designated entitiesRule 4.3.
(1) The administrator designates both of the following: (a) The CRD to receive and store filings and collect fees from broker-dealers and agents representing broker-dealers on behalf of the administrator.(b) The IARD to receive and store filings and collect fees from investment advisers, investment adviser representatives, and federal covered investment advisers on behalf of the administrator.(2) Unless otherwise provided, all applications, amendments, reports, notices, related filings, and fees required to be filed with the administrator pursuant to the act or rules adopted under the act, shall be filed electronically with and transmitted to 1 of the following: (a) The CRD, when the filing is required for the registration of a broker-dealer or agent representing a broker-dealer.(b) The IARD, when the filing is required for the registration or notice filing of a federal covered investment adviser, an investment adviser, or investment adviser representative.(3) When a signature, or signatures, are required by the particular instructions of any filing to be made electronically through the CRD or the IARD, the applicant or a duly authorized officer of the applicant, as required, shall affix his or her electronic signature to the applicable form by typing his or her name in the appropriate fields and submitting the filing electronically to the CRD or the IARD. Submission of a filing in this manner constitutes irrefutable evidence of legal signature by any individual whose name is typed on the filing.(4) Solely for purposes of document submissions made electronically through the CRD or the IARD, a document is considered filed with the administrator when all fees are received and the filing is accepted by the CRD or the IARD on behalf of the state.(5) Any documents or fees required to be filed with the administrator that are not permitted to be filed with, or cannot be accepted electronically by the CRD or the IARD, must be filed directly with the administrator.Mich. Admin. Code R. 451.4.3