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MI Comp L § 565.631 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 191 of 1871 - Confirmation of Record of Letters of Attorney or Other Instrument (565.631 - 565.632)|Section 565.631 - Power of Attorney; Record as Evidence of Execution and Acknowledgment.

565.631 Power of attorney; record as evidence of execution and acknowledgment. Sec. 1.  That any letter of attorney or other instrument containing a power to convey lands, as agent or attorney for the owners of such lands, executed and acknowledged in the manner provided by the statutes of this state for the execution and acknowledgment of deeds or other conveyances of land, and which shall have been actually recorded in the office of the register of deeds in any county in the state prior to the first day of March in the year 1847, may be proved in any court by the production of such record or a duly certified copy thereof and such record or a duly certified copy, shall be prima facie evidence of the due execution and acknowledgment of such letter of attorney or other instrument. History: 1871, Act 191, Eff. July 18, 1871 ;-- CL 1871, 4256 ;-- Am. 1873, Act 183, Eff. July 31, 1873 ;-- How. 5691 ;-- Am. 1897, Act 103, Imd. Eff. Apr. 28, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 8996 ;-- CL 1915, 11728 ;-- CL 1929, 13387 ;-- CL 1948, 565.631
MI Comp L § 565.632 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 191 of 1871 - Confirmation of Record of Letters of Attorney or Other Instrument (565.631 - 565.632)|Section 565.632 - Destruction or Loss of Recorded Instrument Entitled to Record in Another County; Transcript, Recording, Evidence.

565.632 Destruction or loss of recorded instrument entitled to record in another county; transcript, recording, evidence. Sec. 2.  When deeds and instruments conveying title to real estate or any letter of attorney or other instrument containing a power to convey lands as agent or attorney for the owners of such lands, executed and acknowledged in the manner provided by the statutes of this state for the execution and acknowledgment of deeds or other conveyances of land, shall have been actually and regularly recorded in the office of the register of deeds of any of the counties of the state; and when such deeds, mortgages, instruments or other papers duly executed and designed for and entitled to record in more than 1 county of the state; and when such original papers have been consumed by fire or otherwise destroyed or lost before such other records have been completed; on satisfactory proof of such loss or destruction being made to the circuit judge of the district wherein such papers have been recorded, he may make an order authorizing the register of deeds to furnish certified transcript copies of such deeds, mortgages, papers, with the circuit judge's order attached thereto, shall be presented to the register of deeds for any county of this state, it shall be the duty of such register to record the same; and when so recorded, such copy, and the record thereof, shall be as valid and entitled to the same credit in all matters of notice and proof of title as where the originals have been so entered on record; and a certified copy thereof, and such record or a duly certified copy shall be prima facie evidence of the due execution and acknowledgment of such letter of attorney or other instrument. History: Add. 1873, Act 183, Eff. July 31, 1873 ;-- How. 5716 ;-- Am. 1897, Act 103, Imd. Eff. Apr. 28, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 8997 ;-- CL 1915, 11729 ;-- CL 1929, 13388 ;-- CL 1948, 565.632
MI Comp L § 565.701 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 53 of 1941 - Uniform Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act (565.701 - 565.703)|Section 565.701 - Uniform Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act; Provisions Governing Same Deemed Part of Contract.

565.701 Uniform vendor and purchaser risk act; provisions governing same deemed part of contract. Sec. 1.  Any contract hereafter made in this state for the purchase and sale of realty shall be interpreted as including an agreement that the parties shall have the following rights and duties, unless the contract expressly provides otherwise:  (a) If, when neither the legal title nor the possession of the subject matter of the contract has been transferred, all or a material part thereof is destroyed without fault of the purchaser or is taken by eminent domain, the vendor cannot enforce the contract, and the purchaser is entitled to recover any portion of the price that he has paid;  (b) If, when either the legal title or the possession of the subject matter of the contract has been transferred, all or any part thereof is destroyed without fault of the vendor or is taken by eminent domain, the purchaser is not thereby relieved from a duty to pay the price, nor is he entitled to recover any portion thereof that he has paid. History: 1941, Act 53, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 565.701
MI Comp L § 565.702 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 53 of 1941 - Uniform Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act (565.701 - 565.703)|Section 565.702 - Construction of Act; Uniformity.

565.702 Construction of act; uniformity.  Sec. 2.  This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. History: 1941, Act 53, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 565.702
MI Comp L § 565.703 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 53 of 1941 - Uniform Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act (565.701 - 565.703)|Section 565.703 - Uniform Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act; Short Title.

565.703 Uniform vendor and purchaser risk act; short title. Sec. 3.  This may be cited as the uniform vendor and purchaser risk act. History: 1941, Act 53, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 565.703
MI Comp L § 565.841 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 123 of 2010 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (565.841 - 565.847)|Section 565.841 - Short Title.

565.841 Short title.Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform real property electronic recording act". History: 2010,Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2010
MI Comp L § 565.842 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 123 of 2010 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (565.841 - 565.847)|Section 565.842 - Definitions.

565.842 Definitions.Sec. 2.  As used in this act:  (a) "Commission" means the electronic recording commission created in section 5.  (b) "Document" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form, and that is eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the county register of deeds.  (c) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.  (d) "Electronic document" means a document that is received by the county register of deeds in an electronic form.  (e) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.  (f) "Paper document" means a document that is received by the county register of deeds in a form that is not electronic.   (g) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. History: 2010,Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2010
MI Comp L § 565.843 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 123 of 2010 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (565.841 - 565.847)|Section 565.843 - Electronic Document or Signature; Satisfaction of Recording Requirement; Acceptance by Register of Deeds Not Required.

565.843 Electronic document or signature; satisfaction of recording requirement; acceptance by register of deeds not required.Sec. 3.  (1) If a law requires as a condition for recording that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document.  (2) If a law requires as a condition for recording that a document be signed, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature.  (3) A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be notarized, acknowledged, verified, witnessed, or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform that act, and all other information required to be included, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.  (4) Except as provided in section 5a, this section does not require that a register of deeds accept electronic documents for recording. History: 2010, Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2010 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 248, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 2020
MI Comp L § 565.844 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 123 of 2010 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (565.841 - 565.847)|Section 565.844 - Establishment of Standards by Electronic Recording Commission; Powers of County Register of Deeds; Acceptance of Paper Documents; Placement of Entries in Index; Verified Transactional Relationship; Electronic Documents Recorded Before Establishment of Standards.

565.844 Establishment of standards by electronic recording commission; powers of county register of deeds; acceptance of paper documents; placement of entries in index; verified transactional relationship; electronic documents recorded before establishment of standards.Sec. 4.  (1) Except as provided in section 5a, a county register of deeds who implements any of the functions listed in subsection (2) shall do so in compliance with any standards established by the electronic recording commission.  (2) A county register of deeds may do any of the following:   (a) Receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents.  (b) Provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means.  (c) Convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form.  (d) Convert into electronic form information recorded before the county register of deeds began to record electronic documents.  (e) Accept electronically any fee or tax that the county register of deeds is authorized to collect.  (f) Agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision of a state, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees or taxes.  (3) A county register of deeds who accepts electronic documents for recording shall continue to accept paper documents for recording as authorized by state law. The county register of deeds shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index.  (4) Except as provided in section 5a, a county register of deeds shall only accept electronic documents for recording from a person with which the county register of deeds has entered into an agreement establishing a verified transactional relationship.  (5) This act does not invalidate electronic documents recorded under this act, the uniform electronic transactions act, 2000 PA 305, MCL 450.831 to 450.849, or the federal electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 USC 7001 to 7031, before the establishment of standards under this act by the electronic recording commission. History: 2010, Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2010 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 364, Eff. Mar. 12, 2019 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 248, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 2020
MI Comp L § 565.845a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 123 of 2010 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (565.841 - 565.847)|Section 565.845a - Acceptance of Electronic Documents for Recording; Applicability of Section.

565.845a Acceptance of electronic documents for recording; applicability of section.Sec. 5a.  (1) During the time that this section applies, a register of deeds shall accept electronic documents for recording. If a register of deeds does not have the equipment to accept an electronic document, the register of deeds shall accept for recording a tangible copy of an electronic document properly notarized under the Michigan law on notarial acts, 2003 PA 238, MCL 55.261 to 55.315.  (2) During the time that this section applies, a register of deeds need only act in substantial compliance with this act and any standards established by the electronic recording commission.  (3) During the time that this section applies, a register of deeds shall deem all financial institutions and all title insurance companies or their employed or contracted settlement agents as covered by an agreement establishing a verified transactional relationship for purposes of section 4(4). The register of deeds may ask the financial institution or title insurance company for verification of a notary's employment or contractual association.  (4) A financial institution shall accept a document or electronic document recorded by a register of deeds under this section.  (5) This section applies after April 29, 2020 and before July 1, 2021. History: Add. 2020, Act 248, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 2020 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 337, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2020
MI Comp L § 565.846 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 123 of 2010 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (565.841 - 565.847)|Section 565.846 - Application and Construction of Act.

565.846 Application and construction of act.Sec. 6.  In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. History: 2010,Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2010
MI Comp L § 565.847 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 123 of 2010 - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act (565.841 - 565.847)|Section 565.847 - Federal Electronic Signatures; Limitation of Act.

565.847 Federal electronic signatures; limitation of act.Sec. 7.  This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 USC 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, 15 USC 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 USC 7003(b). History: 2010,Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2010
MI Comp L § 565.882 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 34 of 2011 - Transfer Fee Covenants Attaching to Nonresidential Real Property (565.881 - 565.884)|Section 565.882 - Transfer Fee Covenant; Effect.

565.882 Transfer fee covenant; effect.Sec. 2.  A transfer fee covenant that is executed on or after the effective date of this section, whether or not recorded, does not run with the title to real property and is not binding on or enforceable against any subsequent owner, purchaser, or mortgagee of any interest in the real property as an equitable servitude or otherwise. History: 2011, Act 34, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2011
MI Comp L § 565.883 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 34 of 2011 - Transfer Fee Covenants Attaching to Nonresidential Real Property (565.881 - 565.884)|Section 565.883 - Lien as Void.

565.883 Lien as void.Sec. 3.  Any lien purporting to secure the payment of a transfer fee under a transfer fee covenant that is executed on or after the effective date of this section is void. History: 2011, Act 34, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2011
MI Comp L § 565.884 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 34 of 2011 - Transfer Fee Covenants Attaching to Nonresidential Real Property (565.881 - 565.884)|Section 565.884 - Action to Clear Title; Other Equitable Relief; Attorney Fees and Costs.

565.884 Action to clear title; other equitable relief; attorney fees and costs.Sec. 4.  (1) Any person aggrieved by the imposition of a transfer fee, whether the original or subsequent transferee or purchaser, may bring an action to clear the title and void the transfer fee and for other equitable relief.  (2) In a successful action brought under subsection (1), the court may award actual reasonable attorney fees and other costs of bringing the action. History: 2011, Act 34, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2011
MI Comp L § 565.892 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 35 of 2011 - Transfer Fee Covenants Attaching to Residential Real Property (565.891 - 565.894)|Section 565.892 - Transfer Fee Covenant; Effect.

565.892 Transfer fee covenant; effect.Sec. 2.  A transfer fee covenant that is executed on or after the effective date of this section, whether or not recorded, does not run with the title to real property and is not binding on or enforceable against any subsequent owner, purchaser, or mortgagee of any interest in the real property as an equitable servitude or otherwise. History: 2011, Act 35, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2011
MI Comp L § 565.893 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 35 of 2011 - Transfer Fee Covenants Attaching to Residential Real Property (565.891 - 565.894)|Section 565.893 - Lien as Void.

565.893 Lien as void.Sec. 3.  Any lien purporting to secure the payment of a transfer fee under a transfer fee covenant that is executed on or after the effective date of this section is void. History: 2011, Act 35, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2011
MI Comp L § 565.894 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 35 of 2011 - Transfer Fee Covenants Attaching to Residential Real Property (565.891 - 565.894)|Section 565.894 - Action to Clear Title; Other Equitable Relief; Attorney Fees and Costs.

565.894 Action to clear title; other equitable relief; attorney fees and costs.Sec. 4.  (1) Any person aggrieved by the imposition of a transfer fee, whether the original or subsequent transferee or purchaser, may bring an action to clear the title and void the transfer fee and for other equitable relief.  (2) In a successful action brought under subsection (1), the court may award actual reasonable attorney fees and other costs of bringing the action. History: 2011, Act 35, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2011
MI Comp L § 565.901 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 348 of 1990 - Priority of Mortgages (565.901 - 565.906)|Section 565.901 - Definitions.

565.901 Definitions. Sec. 1.  As used in this act:   (a) "Future advance" means an indebtedness or other obligation that is secured by a mortgage and arises or is incurred after the mortgage has been recorded, whether or not the future advance was obligatory or optional on the part of the mortgagee.   (b) "Future advance mortgage" means a mortgage that secures a future advance and is recorded either prior to or after the effective date of this act. If a recorded mortgage is amended to secure, expressly and not by implication, a future advance arising after the amendment, the mortgage becomes a future advance mortgage at the time the amendment is recorded.  (c) "Protective advance" means a future advance that arises because the mortgagee makes an expenditure or expenditures for 1 or more of the following:  (i) To fulfill or perform an obligation of the mortgagor under the mortgage, with respect to the mortgaged property, that the mortgagor has failed to fulfill or perform.  (ii) To preserve the priority of the mortgage or the value of the mortgaged property.  (iii) For attorneys fees or other expenses that are incurred in exercising a right or remedy under the mortgage or that the mortgagor has agreed in the mortgage to reimburse to the mortgagee.  (d) "Residential future advance mortgage" means a future advance mortgage upon 1 or more of the following:  (i) A single structure designed principally for the occupancy of from 1 to 4 families.  (ii) A single manufactured home designed principally for the occupancy of from 1 to 4 families.  (iii) A single condominium unit or cooperative unit, designed principally for the occupancy of from 1 to 4 families.  (iv) Land upon which the mortgagor intends to construct a single structure designed principally for the occupancy of from 1 to 4 families, if the structure is to be constructed using proceeds of a loan secured by the mortgage, unless the mortgagor intends to resell the structure without occupying it as a dwelling.  (v) Land upon which the mortgagor intends to place a single manufactured home, if it will be purchased using proceeds of a loan secured by the mortgage, unless the mortgagor intends to resell the manufactured home without occupying it as a dwelling.  (e) Notwithstanding subdivision (d), a mortgage is not a "residential future advance mortgage" if the land subject to the mortgage is more than 25 acres in size. History: 1990, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1991 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 35, Eff. July 1, 1992
MI Comp L § 565.902 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 348 of 1990 - Priority of Mortgages (565.901 - 565.906)|Section 565.902 - Priority of Future Advance Mortgage.

565.902 Priority of future advance mortgage.  Sec. 2.  Except as otherwise provided by this act, a future advance mortgage securing a future advance shall have priority with respect to the future advance as if the future advance was made at the time the future advance mortgage was recorded. History: 1990, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1991 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 35, Eff. July 1, 1992
MI Comp L § 565.903 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 348 of 1990 - Priority of Mortgages (565.901 - 565.906)|Section 565.903 - Priority of Recorded Mortgage Amended to Become Future Advance Mortgage.

565.903 Priority of recorded mortgage amended to become future advance mortgage. Sec. 3.  Except as otherwise provided by this act, if a recorded mortgage has been or is amended to become a future advance mortgage, it shall have priority with respect to a future advance secured by the mortgage as if the future advance was made at the time the amendment was recorded. History: 1990, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1991 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 35, Eff. July 1, 1992