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MI Comp L § 600.3228 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3228 - Sale; Purchase by Mortgagee or Assigns.

600.3228 Sale; purchase by mortgagee or assigns. Sec. 3228.  The mortgagee, his assigns, or his or their legal representatives, may, fairly and in good faith, purchase the premises so advertised, or any part thereof, at such sale. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3232 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3232 - Deed of Sale; Endorsement; Deposit With Register; Recording; Entry Upon Redemption.

600.3232 Deed of sale; endorsement; deposit with register; recording; entry upon redemption. Sec. 3232.  The officer or person making the sale shall forthwith execute, acknowledge, and deliver, to each purchaser a deed of the premises bid off by him; and if the lands are situated in several counties he shall make separate deeds of the lands in each county, and specify therein the precise amounts for which each parcel of land therein described was sold. And he shall endorse upon each deed the time when the same will become operative in case the premises are not redeemed according to law. Such deed or deeds shall, as soon as practicable, and within 20 days after such sale, be deposited with the register of deeds of the county in which the land therein described is situated, and the register shall endorse thereon the time the same was received, and for the better preservation thereof, shall record the same at length in a book to be provided in his office for that purpose; and shall index the same in the regular index of deeds, and the fee for recording the same shall be included among the other costs and expenses allowed by law. In case such premises shall be redeemed, the register of deeds shall, at the time of destroying such deed, as provided in section 3244 of this chapter, write on the face of such record the word "Redeemed", stating at what date such entry is made, and signing such entry with his official signature. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3236 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3236 - Deed of Sale; Effect Upon Failure to Redeem; Prior Liens.

600.3236 Deed of sale; effect upon failure to redeem; prior liens. Sec. 3236.  Unless the premises described in such deed shall be redeemed within the time limited for such redemption as hereinafter provided, such deed shall thereupon become operative, and shall vest in the grantee therein named, his heirs or assigns, all the right, title, and interest which the mortgagor had at the time of the execution of the mortgage, or at any time thereafter, except as to any parcel or parcels which may have been redeemed and canceled, as hereinafter provided; and the record thereof shall thereafter, for all purposes be deemed a valid record of said deed without being re-recorded, but no person having any valid subsisting lien upon the mortgaged premises, or any part thereof, created before the lien of such mortgage took effect, shall be prejudiced by any such sale, nor shall his rights or interests be in any way affected thereby. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3237 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3237 - Interior Inspection During Redemption Period; Notice; Contents; Methods for Achieving Actual Notice.

600.3237 Interior inspection during redemption period; notice; contents; methods for achieving actual notice.Sec. 3237.  (1) After a foreclosure sale under this chapter, if the purchaser at the sale intends to conduct an interior inspection of the property under section 3238 during the redemption period, the purchaser shall provide an initial notice to the mortgagor and any other person that has possession of the property in writing that contains all of the following:  (a) The identity of the purchaser.  (b) The residence or business address, mailing address, telephone number, and, if applicable, electronic mail address at which the purchaser may be contacted.  (c) The date of the sale, the amount of the sale, and the estimated date the redemption period expires.  (d) The details of the purchaser's rights of inspection under section 3238.  (e) One or more alternative methods for surrendering control of the property under section 3278.  (f) A statement that if the mortgagor intends to vacate the property at any time after the sale, he or she must notify the purchaser as required by section 3278, and that if the mortgagor does not do so, he or she may risk heightened liability for damage to the property.  (2) The purchaser shall provide notice under this section by certified mail, physical posting on the property, or any other method reasonably calculated to achieve actual notice. History: Add. 2014, Act 125, Eff. June 19, 2014
MI Comp L § 600.3241 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3241 - Abandonment of Premises; Presumption.

600.3241 Abandonment of premises; presumption. Sec. 3241.  For purposes of this chapter, abandonment of premises shall be conclusively presumed upon satisfaction of the following requirements:  (a) Within 30 days before the commencement of foreclosure proceedings hereunder, the mortgagee mails by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the mortgagor's last known address a notice that the subject mortgage is in default and that the mortgagee intends to foreclose it.  (b) Before commencement of foreclosure proceedings hereunder, the mortgagee executes and causes to be duly recorded in the county where the premises are located an affidavit which states:  (i) That the mortgagee has mailed to the last known address of the mortgagor a notice of default and intention to foreclose pursuant to subdivision (a) and that the mortgagor has not responded to the notice.  (ii) That the mortgagee has made a personal inspection of the mortgaged premises and that the inspection does not reveal that the mortgagor or persons claiming under him are presently occupying or intend to occupy the premises.  (c) The mortgagee mails by certified mail, return receipt requested, a copy of the affidavit recorded pursuant to subdivision (b) to the mortgagor at his last known address before commencement of foreclosure proceedings.  (d) The mortgagor, his heirs, executor, administrator, or any person lawfully claiming from, or under 1 of them, before expiration of the period of redemption, does not give a written affidavit to the mortgagee and record a duplicate original in the county where the premises are located stating that the mortgagor or person claiming under him is occupying or intends to occupy the premises. History: Add. 1971, Act 104, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972
MI Comp L § 600.3241a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3241a - Abandonment of Premises; Residential Property Not Exceeding 4 Units; Presumption.

600.3241a Abandonment of premises; residential property not exceeding 4 units; presumption.Sec. 3241a.  For purposes of this chapter, if foreclosure proceedings have been commenced under this chapter against residential property not exceeding 4 units, there is a conclusive presumption that the premises have been abandoned if all of the following requirements are satisfied before the end of the redemption period:  (a) The mortgagee has made a personal inspection of the mortgaged premises and the inspection does not reveal that the mortgagor or persons claiming under the mortgagor are presently occupying or will occupy the premises.  (b) The mortgagee has posted a notice at the time of making the personal inspection and has mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, a notice to the mortgagor at the mortgagor's last known address, which notices state that the mortgagee considers the premises abandoned and that the mortgagor will lose all rights of ownership 30 days after the foreclosure sale or when the time to provide the notice required by subdivision (c) expires, whichever is later, unless the mortgagor; the mortgagor's heirs or personal representative; or a person lawfully claiming from or under 1 of them provides the notice required by subdivision (c).  (c) Within 15 days after the notice required by subdivision (b) was posted and mailed, the mortgagor; the mortgagor's heirs or personal representative; or a person lawfully claiming from or under 1 of them has not given written notice by first-class mail to the mortgagee at an address provided by the mortgagee in the notices required by subdivision (b) stating that the premises are not abandoned. History: Add. 1986, Act 94, Imd. Eff. May 7, 1986 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 579, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 431, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014
MI Comp L § 600.3244 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3244 - Redemption; Destruction of Deed; Record.

600.3244 Redemption; destruction of deed; record. Sec. 3244.  Upon the payment of the entire sum bid at such sale, and interest thereon, and the fee of $5.00 mentioned in section 3240 to the register in whose office the deed therefor shall have been deposited, or upon delivering to such register a certificate, signed and acknowledged by the person entitled to receive the same, and certified by some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, setting forth that such sum, with interest, has been paid to such person, and upon paying to such register a fee of 25 cents, such register shall thereupon destroy such deed, and shall enter in the margin of the record of such mortgage, a memorandum that such mortgage is satisfied; or in case the premises shall have been sold in parcels, and 1 or more of said parcels shall have been redeemed, as hereinbefore provided, it shall then be the duty of the register to enter upon the face of said sheriff's deed, and the record thereof, a memorandum that the same is inoperative as to the parcel or parcels so redeemed, and to enter in the margin of the record of such mortgage a memorandum that the same is satisfied as to the parcel or parcels so redeemed. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 240, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3248 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3248 - Redemption; Refusal to Certify Payment; Civil Liability.

600.3248 Redemption; refusal to certify payment; civil liability. Sec. 3248.  If any person entitled to receive such redemption moneys, shall, upon payment or tender thereof to him, refuse to make and acknowledge such certificate of payment, he shall be liable to the person aggrieved thereby, in the sum of $100.00 damages, over and above all the actual damages sustained, to be recovered in a civil action, except that no damages of any kind may be recovered from any register of deeds who shall refuse to accept tender of payment after the time indorsed upon the deed when the same shall become operative in case the premises are not redeemed, and the officer or person making the sale shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon the recital of the length of the redemption period contained in the notice of foreclosure in making such indorsement upon the deed. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 102, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
MI Comp L § 600.3252 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3252 - Disposition of Surplus Money.

600.3252 Disposition of surplus money. Sec. 3252.  If after any sale of real estate, made as herein prescribed, there shall remain in the hands of the officer or other person making the sale, any surplus money after satisfying the mortgage on which the real estate was sold, and payment of the costs and expenses of the foreclosure and sale, the surplus shall be paid over by the officer or other person on demand, to the mortgagor, his legal representatives or assigns, unless at the time of the sale, or before the surplus shall be so paid over, some claimant or claimants, shall file with the person so making the sale, a claim or claims, in writing, duly verified by the oath of the claimant, his agent, or attorney, that the claimant has a subsequent mortgage or lien encumbering the real estate, or some part thereof, and stating the amount thereof unpaid, setting forth the facts and nature of the same, in which case the person so making the sale, shall forthwith upon receiving the claim, pay the surplus to, and file the written claim with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the sale is so made; and thereupon any person or persons interested in the surplus, may apply to the court for an order to take proofs of the facts and circumstances contained in the claim or claims so filed. Thereafter, the court shall summon the claimant or claimants, party, or parties interested in the surplus, to appear before him at a time and place to be by him named, and attend the taking of the proof, and the claimant or claimants or party interested who shall appear may examine witnesses and produce such proof as they or either of them may see fit, and the court shall thereupon make an order in the premises directing the disposition of the surplus moneys or payment thereof in accordance with the rights of the claimant or claimants or persons interested. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
MI Comp L § 600.3256 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3256 - Affidavits to Perpetuate Evidence of Sale; Endorsement or Annexation to One Instrument.

600.3256 Affidavits to perpetuate evidence of sale; endorsement or annexation to one instrument. Sec. 3256.  (1) Any party desiring to perpetuate the evidence of any sale made in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter, may procure:  (a) An affidavit of the publication of the notice of sale, and of any notice of postponement, to be made by the publisher of the newspaper in which the same was inserted, or by some person in his employ knowing the facts; and  (b) An affidavit of the fact of any sale pursuant to such notice, to be made by the person who acted as auctioneer at the sale, stating the time and place at which the same took place, the sum bid, and the name of the purchaser; and  (c) An affidavit setting forth the time, manner and place of posting a copy of such notice of sale to be made by the person posting the same.  (2) Where any or all of such affidavits are endorsed upon or annexed to 1 instrument, a single copy of the notice of sale, and a single copy of any notice of postponement, shall be sufficient to annex to such instrument, and reference made in any of such affidavits to copy of notice of sale and to copy of any notice of postponement of sale as annexed or attached shall be deemed to refer to such single copy of notice of sale and to such single copy of any notice of postponement. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3260 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3260 - Affidavits to Perpetuate Evidence of Sale; Persons to Take.

600.3260 Affidavits to perpetuate evidence of sale; persons to take. Sec. 3260.  The affidavits specified in section 3256 may be taken and certified by any officer authorized by law to administer oaths. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3264 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3264 - Affidavits to Perpetuate Evidence of Sale; Record; Evidence.

600.3264 Affidavits to perpetuate evidence of sale; record; evidence. Sec. 3264.  Such affidavits shall be recorded at length by the register of deeds of the county in which the premises are situated, in a book kept for the record of deeds; and such original affidavits, the record thereof, and certified copies of such record, shall be presumptive evidence of the facts therein contained. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3268 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3268 - Marginal Notes to Record of Mortgages.

600.3268 Marginal notes to record of mortgages. Sec. 3268.  A note referring to the page and book where the evidence of any sale having been made under a mortgage, is recorded, shall be made by the register recording such evidence, in the margin of the record of such mortgage, if such record be in his office. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3272 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3272 - Repealed. 2004, Act 538, Eff. Mar. 30, 2005.

600.3272 Repealed. 2004, Act 538, Eff. Mar. 30, 2005. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to notice to purchase of entire bid payment.
MI Comp L § 600.3276 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3276 - Posting of Notices; Mortgagee's Right of Entry.

600.3276 Posting of notices; mortgagee's right of entry. Sec. 3276.  Incident to the foreclosure of a mortgage pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the mortgagee, his agents and assigns shall have a right to enter upon the mortgaged premises for the purpose of posting or serving the notices required by this chapter. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3280 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-32 - Chapter 32 Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement (600.3201...600.3285)|Section 600.3280 - Foreclosure by Advertisement; Deficiency; Defenses.

600.3280 Foreclosure by advertisement; deficiency; defenses. Sec. 3280.  When, in the foreclosure of a mortgage by advertisement, any sale of real property has been made after February 11, 1933, or shall be hereafter made by a mortgagee, trustee, or other person authorized to make the same pursuant to the power of sale contained therein, at which the mortgagee, payee or other holder of the obligation thereby secured has become or becomes the purchaser, or takes or has taken title thereto at such sale either directly or indirectly, and thereafter such mortgagee, payee or other holder of the secured obligation, as aforesaid, shall sue for and undertake to recover a deficiency judgment against the mortgagor, trustor or other maker of any such obligation, or any other person liable thereon, it shall be competent and lawful for the defendant against whom such deficiency judgment is sought to allege and show as matter of defense and set-off to the extent only of the amount of the plaintiff's claim, that the property sold was fairly worth the amount of the debt secured by it at the time and place of sale or that the amount bid was substantially less than its true value, and such showing shall constitute a defense to such action and shall defeat the deficiency judgment against him, either in whole or in part to such extent. This section shall not affect nor apply to the rights of other purchasers or of innocent third parties, nor shall it be held to affect or defeat the negotiability of any note, bond or other obligation secured by such mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument. Such proceedings, as aforesaid, shall in no way affect the title of the purchaser to the lands acquired by such purchase. This section shall not apply to foreclosure sales made pursuant to an order or decree of court nor to any judgment sought or rendered in any foreclosure suit nor to any chancery sale heretofore or hereafter made and confirmed. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3301 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-33 - Chapter 33 Partition (600.3301...600.3372)|Section 600.3301 - Partition of Lands; Jurisdiction of Circuit Court; Actions Equitable in Nature.

600.3301 Partition of lands; jurisdiction of circuit court; actions equitable in nature. Sec. 3301.  Actions containing claims for the partition of lands may be brought in the circuit courts, including, but not limited to, the matters covered in this chapter. Such actions are equitable in nature. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3304 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-33 - Chapter 33 Partition (600.3301...600.3372)|Section 600.3304 - Partition of Lands; Joint Tenants; Tenants in Common.

600.3304 Partition of lands; joint tenants; tenants in common. Sec. 3304.  All persons holding lands as joint tenants or as tenants in common may have those lands partitioned. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.3308 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-33 - Chapter 33 Partition (600.3301...600.3372)|Section 600.3308 - Partition of Lands; Estate in Possession; Inapplicable to Reversions or Remainders.

600.3308 Partition of lands; estate in possession; inapplicable to reversions or remainders. Sec. 3308.  Any person who has an estate in possession in the lands of which partition is sought may maintain a claim for partition of those lands, but a person who has only an estate in reversion or remainder in the lands may not maintain a claim for their partition. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963