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MI Comp L § 554.232 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 210 of 1953 - Assignment of Rents to Accrue as Additional Mortgage Security (554.231 - 554.233)|Section 554.232 - Assignment of Rents; Validity.

554.232 Assignment of rents; validity. Sec. 2.  The assignment of rents, when so made, shall be a good and valid assignment of the rents to accrue under any lease or leases in existence or coming into existence during the period the mortgage is in effect, against the mortgagor or mortgagors or those claiming under or through them from the date of the recording of such mortgage, and shall be binding upon the tenant under the lease or leases upon service of a copy of the instrument under which the assignment is made, together with notice of default as required by section 1. History: 1953, Act 210, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 151, Imd. Eff. June 24, 1966
MI Comp L § 554.233 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 210 of 1953 - Assignment of Rents to Accrue as Additional Mortgage Security (554.231 - 554.233)|Section 554.233 - Modification of Mortgage.

554.233 Modification of mortgage. Sec. 3.  While the mortgage remains in force no modification of the rental covenants in such lease shall be binding upon the holder of such mortgage without his written consent thereto. History: 1953, Act 210, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953
MI Comp L § 554.251 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 314 of 1921 - Lateral and Subjacent Support to Adjoining Land (554.251 - 554.254)|Section 554.251 - Owner or Occupant of Excavated Land; Duty to Support Adjacent Land and Structures.

554.251 Owner or occupant of excavated land; duty to support adjacent land and structures. Sec. 1.  It shall be the duty of every person, partnership or corporation who excavate upon land owned or occupied by them to a depth exceeding 12 feet below the established grade of a street or highway upon which such land abuts or, if there be no such established grade, below the surface of the adjoining land, to furnish sufficient lateral and subjacent support to the adjoining land to protect said land and all structures thereon from injury due to the removed material in its natural state, or due to the disturbance of other existing conditions caused by such excavation. History: 1921, Act 314, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 13500 ;-- CL 1948, 554.251
MI Comp L § 554.252 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 314 of 1921 - Lateral and Subjacent Support to Adjoining Land (554.251 - 554.254)|Section 554.252 - Failure to Support Adjacent Land; Liability.

554.252 Failure to support adjacent land; liability. Sec. 2.  Such owner or occupant shall be liable to the proper person entitled to sue therefor, for the actual damage to land and structures and any other resulting damages, arising from failure to fulfill the duty created by this act. They shall also be liable to occupants or tenants of such land or structures for damage to their property or business proximately resulting from injury to such land or structures caused by their failure to fulfill said duty. History: 1921, Act 314, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 13501 ;-- CL 1948, 554.252
MI Comp L § 554.253 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 314 of 1921 - Lateral and Subjacent Support to Adjoining Land (554.251 - 554.254)|Section 554.253 - Failure to Support Adjacent Land; Equitable Relief.

554.253 Failure to support adjacent land; equitable relief. Sec. 3.  The owners or occupants of adjoining lands or structures shall also be entitled to relief in a court of equity by way of injunction or other appropriate equitable relief, to restrain the prosecution of such excavating operations without the taking of such precautions to provide such lateral and subjacent support as are reasonable under the circumstances, and it shall not be necessary in such proceedings to allege or show that there is no adequate remedy at law. Such court of equity shall have jurisdiction in such proceedings to adjudicate all disputes arising in connection with the subject matter thereof. History: 1921, Act 314, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 13502 ;-- CL 1948, 554.253
MI Comp L § 554.254 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 314 of 1921 - Lateral and Subjacent Support to Adjoining Land (554.251 - 554.254)|Section 554.254 - Common Law Duties and Remedies.

554.254 Common law duties and remedies. Sec. 4.  The remedies herein provided and the duty herein created are in addition to the duty and remedies existing at common law. History: 1921, Act 314, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 13503 ;-- CL 1948, 554.254
MI Comp L § 554.282 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 81 of 1929 - Oil, Gas, or Mineral Leases (554.281 - 554.282)|Section 554.282 - Oil, Gas or Mineral Lease; Suit for Release; Damages.

554.282 Oil, gas or mineral lease; suit for release; damages. Sec. 2.  Should the owner of such lease neglect or refuse to execute a release as provided by this act, then the owner of the leased premises may after giving notice as provided in section 1 of this act, in lieu of the method prescribed in the preceding section, sue in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such release, and he may also recover in such action of the lessee, his successors or assigns, the sum of $100.00 as damages, and all costs, together with a reasonable attorney's fee for preparing and prosecuting the suit, and he may also recover any additional damages that the evidence in the case will warrant. History: 1929, Act 81, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 13507 ;-- Am. 1945, Act 214, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 554.282
MI Comp L § 554.292 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 42 of 1963 - Termination of Oil or Gas Interests in Land (554.291 - 554.294)|Section 554.292 - Preservation of Oil or Gas Interest; Recording of Interest Notice Claimed; Applicability of Act.

554.292 Preservation of oil or gas interest; recording of interest notice claimed; applicability of act.Sec. 2.  (1) Any interest in oil or gas referred to in this act may be preserved by recording within the period specified in this act a written notice in the register of deeds office for the county in which the land is located. The notice shall be verified by oath and shall describe the land and the nature of the interest claimed, give the name and address of the person or persons claiming the interest, and state that the person or persons desire to preserve the interest and do not intend to abandon the interest.  (2) A person other than the owner of the surface holding interests in oil or gas in any land for use in underground gas storage operations may preserve the oil or gas interests, and the rights of any lessor of the oil or gas interests, by recording a single written notice defining the boundaries of and the formations included in the underground gas storage field or pool within which the oil or gas interests are located, without the necessity of describing each separate oil or gas interest claimed in that underground gas storage field or pool by that person.   (3) Recording a written notice under this section shall operate to preserve the oil or gas interest included in the written notice from abandonment under this act for a period of 20 years after recording. At the conclusion of that 20-year period, that interest in oil or gas shall be deemed abandoned if, during that 20-year period, the nondormant character of the oil or gas interest has not been evidenced by sale, lease, mortgage, or transfer by instrument recorded in the register of deeds office for the county in which that oil or gas interest is located, a drilling permit issued, oil or gas actually produced or withdrawn from said lands, or from lands covered by a lease to which that interest in oil or gas is subject, or from lands pooled, unitized, or included in unit operations therewith, or the use of that interest in oil or gas in underground gas storage operations, or a like notice filed.   (4) In the absence of prior abandonment, an interest in oil or gas in any land owned by any person other than the owner of the surface may be preserved indefinitely from abandonment under this act by filing written notices as provided in this act or the performance of any of the acts specified in this act evidencing nondormancy of the interest in oil or gas within each succeeding 20-year period.  (5) This act shall not apply to any interest in oil or gas owned by any governmental body or agency. History: 1963, Act 42, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 519, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
MI Comp L § 554.293 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 42 of 1963 - Termination of Oil or Gas Interests in Land (554.291 - 554.294)|Section 554.293 - Underground Gas Storage Operation; Good Faith Affidavit, Filing.

554.293 Underground gas storage operation; good faith affidavit, filing. Sec. 3.  For the purposes of this act, any person using such interests in underground gas storage operations may file a good faith affidavit in the register of deeds office for the county or counties where such interests are located, defining the boundaries of the underground gas storage field, or pool, and the formations included therein. Such affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of the use of such interests in underground gas storage operations. History: 1963, Act 42, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
MI Comp L § 554.294 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 42 of 1963 - Termination of Oil or Gas Interests in Land (554.291 - 554.294)|Section 554.294 - "Person" Defined.

554.294 "Person" defined.Sec. 4.  As used in this act, "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity. History: 1963, Act 42, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 519, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
MI Comp L § 554.301 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 235 of 1929 - Notice of Forfeiture of Land Contract (554.301 - 554.302)|Section 554.301 - Notice of Land Contract Forfeiture; Publication.

554.301 Notice of land contract forfeiture; publication. Sec. 1.  Whenever the vendee in a land contract, or other persons entitled by law to receive notice of the forfeiture of the same, shall be absent from the state of Michigan, or concealed therein, or when the whereabouts of such person cannot be determined after diligent search and inquiry, it shall be lawful for the person giving such notice of forfeiture, to publish the same 3 successive times at weekly intervals in some newspaper printed and circulating in the county where such property is situated, if there be one printed and circulating in said county; and in case there be no newspaper printed and circulating in said county, then in some newspaper published in an adjoining county and circulating in the county where such property is situated. History: 1929, Act 235, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 13508 ;-- CL 1948, 554.301
MI Comp L § 554.302 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 235 of 1929 - Notice of Forfeiture of Land Contract (554.301 - 554.302)|Section 554.302 - Notice of Land Contract Forfeiture; Proof.

554.302 Notice of land contract forfeiture; proof. Sec. 2.  Upon a trial before a circuit court commissioner, or before any other court in this state, when it may become necessary to prove the giving of such notice of forfeiture, the same may be shown by the introduction of due proof of such publication and further proof to the satisfaction of said court, that the circumstances justifying such publication existed at the time thereof. History: 1929, Act 235, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 13509 ;-- CL 1948, 554.302
MI Comp L § 554.351 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 280 of 1915 - Gifts, Grants, Bequests, and Devises (554.351 - 554.353)|Section 554.351 - Gift or Grant for Certain Purposes; Effect of Indefiniteness, Vesting of Title, Trustee Appointment.

554.351 Gift or grant for certain purposes; effect of indefiniteness, vesting of title, trustee appointment. Sec. 1.  No gift, grant, bequest or devise, whether in trust or otherwise to religious, educational, charitable or benevolent uses, or for the purpose of providing for the care or maintenance of any part of any cemetery, public or private, or anything therein contained which shall in other respects be valid under the laws of this state, shall be invalid by reason of the indefiniteness or uncertainty of the object of such trust or of the persons designated as the beneficiaries thereunder in the instrument creating the same, nor by reason of the same contravening any statute or rule against perpetuities. If in the instrument creating such a gift, grant, bequest or devise, there is a trustee named to execute the same, the legal title to the lands or property given, granted, devised or bequeathed for such purposes, shall vest in such trustee. If no such trustee shall be named in said instrument or if a vacancy occurs in the trusteeship, then the trust shall vest in the court of chancery for the proper county, and shall be executed by some trustee appointed for that purpose by or under the direction of the court; and said court may make such orders or decrees as may be necessary to vest the title to said lands or property in the trustee so appointed. History: 1915, Act 280, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 11099 ;-- CL 1929, 13512 ;-- CL 1948, 554.351 Former Law: See Act 122 of 1907.
MI Comp L § 554.352 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 280 of 1915 - Gifts, Grants, Bequests, and Devises (554.351 - 554.353)|Section 554.352 - Gift or Grant for Certain Purposes; Jurisdiction of Court; Trust Construction; Prosecutor Duties.

554.352 Gift or grant for certain purposes; jurisdiction of court; trust construction; prosecutor duties. Sec. 2.  The circuit court for the proper county shall have jurisdiction and control over the gifts, grants, bequests and devises in all cases provided for by section 1. Every such trust shall be liberally construed by the court so that the intentions of the creator thereof shall be carried out whenever possible. The attorney general shall represent the people of the state and the beneficiaries in all cases where they are uncertain or indefinite, and shall enforce such trusts by proper proceedings in the court, but the attorney general shall not be required to perform any duties in connection with such trusts in any court outside of this state. History: 1915, Act 280, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 11100 ;-- CL 1929, 13513 ;-- CL 1948, 554.352 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1965
MI Comp L § 554.353 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 280 of 1915 - Gifts, Grants, Bequests, and Devises (554.351 - 554.353)|Section 554.353 - Validation Clause.

554.353 Validation clause. Sec. 3.  All gifts, grants, devises or bequests made in pursuance to the provisions of Act No. 122 of the Public Acts of 1907 and of the acts amendatory thereof, and all proceedings and acts performed in accordance therewith are hereby validated. History: 1915, Act 280, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 11101 ;-- CL 1929, 13514 ;-- CL 1948, 554.353 Compiler's Notes: Act 122 of 1907, referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 280 of 1915.
MI Comp L § 554.381 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 373 of 1925 - Gifts, Grants, Bequests, and Devises (554.381 - 554.382)|Section 554.381 - Public Welfare Purposes; Validity of Gifts and Bequests.

554.381 Public welfare purposes; validity of gifts and bequests. Sec. 1.  No statutory or common law rule of this state against perpetuities or restraint of alienation shall hereafter invalidate any gift, grant, devise or bequest, in trust or otherwise, for public welfare purposes. History: 1925, Act 373, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 13516 ;-- CL 1948, 554.381
MI Comp L § 554.382 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 373 of 1925 - Gifts, Grants, Bequests, and Devises (554.381 - 554.382)|Section 554.382 - Public Welfare Purposes; Definition.

554.382 Public welfare purposes; definition. Sec. 2.  Public welfare purposes are defined to be all lawful purposes beneficial to the public as a whole. History: 1925, Act 373, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 13517 ;-- CL 1948, 554.382
MI Comp L § 554.401 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 258 of 1925 - Sale of Certain Lands (554.401 - 554.404)|Section 554.401 - Lands Sale Held for Public Purposes and New Lands Purchase; Bill of Complaint.

554.401 Lands sale held for public purposes and new lands purchase; bill of complaint. Sec. 1.  Whenever any lands shall heretofore or hereafter be conveyed by any grant or devise to be held or used for any religious, educational, charitable, benevolent or public purpose, with a condition annexed in the instrument of conveyance that in event said lands shall at any time cease to be held or used for the purpose set forth in such conveyance, title thereto shall revert to the grantor or devisor and his heirs, and it shall appear in the judgment of the officers, trustees or governing body of the grantee named in such conveyance that because of changed conditions or circumstances since the execution of such conveyance it is impossible or impractical to longer hold or use said lands for the purpose mentioned in such conveyance and that the religious, educational, charitable, benevolent or public object of the grantor or devisor, as set forth in such conveyance, may be prevented or defeated thereby, the said grantee may file a bill of complaint in the circuit court in chancery of the county in which said lands are situated, setting forth a correct description of such lands and the terms and conditions under which the same shall be held or used, together with a comprehensive statement of the changed conditions and circumstances which render it impossible or impractical to longer hold or use the same for the purpose mentioned in such conveyance. History: 1925, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 13518 ;-- CL 1948, 554.401
MI Comp L § 554.402 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 258 of 1925 - Sale of Certain Lands (554.401 - 554.404)|Section 554.402 - Lands Sale Held for Public Purposes and New Lands Purchase; Parties Defendant, Time.

554.402 Lands sale held for public purposes and new lands purchase; parties defendant, time. Sec. 2.  In any proceeding mentioned in section 1 the heirs of the grantor or devisor if known shall be named as defendants and the same proceedings had thereon as is provided by existing law in actions against known defendants. If the names or addresses of the heirs of any such grantor or devisor are unknown, then proceedings shall be had in such action as may be provided by existing law in proceedings against unknown defendants: Provided, however, That no such action shall be brought within a period of 10 years from the execution of any such conveyance nor within the lifetime of the grantor or devisor thereof. History: 1925, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 13519 ;-- CL 1948, 554.402
MI Comp L § 554.403 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 258 of 1925 - Sale of Certain Lands (554.401 - 554.404)|Section 554.403 - Lands Sale Held for Public Purposes and Purchase of New Lands; Decree.

554.403 Lands sale held for public purposes and purchase of new lands; decree. Sec. 3.  If upon the hearing it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that the allegations in the bill of complaint are true and that because of changed conditions or circumstances since the execution of such conveyance it is impossible or impractical to longer hold or use said lands for the purposes limited in such conveyance and that the religious, educational, charitable, benevolent or public object of the grantor, as set forth in such conveyance, may be defeated thereby, a decree may be entered authorizing the grantor to sell such lands for the highest price obtainable therefor, in the same manner as may be provided by law for the sale of lands of infants and incompetent persons, and directing that the proceeds of the sale of such lands shall be reinvested in other lands suitable for the use or purpose set forth in the original conveyance, which lands shall thereupon be held by the grantee named in the original conveyance subject to the same limitations as set forth therein. History: 1925, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 13520 ;-- CL 1948, 554.403
MI Comp L § 554.404 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 258 of 1925 - Sale of Certain Lands (554.401 - 554.404)|Section 554.404 - Lands Sale Held for Public Purposes and Purchase of New Lands; Effect of Sale on Title.

554.404 Lands sale held for public purposes and purchase of new lands; effect of sale on title. Sec. 4.  No sale of lands under the decree of the court as herein provided shall defeat the estate of the grantee named in the original conveyance because of the failure to longer hold or use the same for the purpose named in such conveyance and shall be sufficient to convey to the purchaser of such lands a good and sufficient title in fee simple, free from all conditions or limitations whatsoever, under which the same shall theretofore have been held or used. History: 1925, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 13521 ;-- CL 1948, 554.404
MI Comp L § 554.521 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.521 - Short Title.

554.521 Short title. Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan uniform transfers to minors act". History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
MI Comp L § 554.522 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.522 - Meanings of Words and Phrases.

554.522 Meanings of words and phrases. Sec. 2.  For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 to 5 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
MI Comp L § 554.523 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.523 - Definitions; a to C.

554.523 Definitions; A to C. Sec. 3.  (1) "Adult" means an individual who is 18 years of age or older.  (2) "Benefit plan" means an employer's plan for the benefit of an employee or partner.  (3) "Broker" means a person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities or commodity contracts for the person's own account or for the account of others.  (4) "Conservator" means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as a conservator, special conservator, guardian, limited guardian, or temporary guardian of a minor's property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.  (5) "Court" means the probate court for the county in which a minor resides.  (6) "Custodial property" means an interest in property transferred to a custodian under this act and the income from, and proceeds of, that interest in property.  (7) "Custodian" means a person so designated pursuant to section 13 or a successor or substitute custodian designated under section 7, 23, or 24. History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998