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MI Comp L § 565.85 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 66 of 1956 - Oil and Gas Assignments (565.81 - 565.85)|Section 565.85 - Oil and Gas Assignment; Definitions.

565.85 Oil and gas assignment; definitions.  Sec. 5.  The term "oil and gas" as used herein, shall include oil or gas, or both, and the term "oil and gas properties", as used herein, shall include all types of fee, royalty, leasehold and contract interests and rights, in whole or in part, in all or any part of one or more parcels of real property in this state from which oil and gas is being or may at any time be produced; and all types of royalty, leasehold and contract interests, in whole or in part, in all or any part of oil and gas in place, in production, in storage or in transit; and all types of contract rights to explore for, drill for, produce and transport oil and gas which involve for their creation or termination a conveyance or transfer of an interest in real estate in this state; and all combinations of one or more of the foregoing types of interests or rights.  History: 1956, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 565.101 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 200 of 1945 - Marketable Record Title (565.101 - 565.109)|Section 565.101 - Marketable Record Title.

565.101 Marketable record title.Sec. 1.  Any person, that has the legal capacity to own land in this state, that has an unbroken chain of title of record to any interest in land for 20 years for mineral interests and 40 years for other interests, is at the end of the applicable period considered to have a marketable record title to that interest, subject only to claims to that interest and defects of title as are not extinguished or barred by application of this act and subject also to any interests and defects as are inherent in the provisions and limitations contained in the muniments of which the chain of record title is formed and that are recorded within 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 2(2) or during the 20-year period for mineral interests and the 40-year period for other interests. However, a person is not considered to have a marketable record title by reason of this act if the land in which the interest exists is in the hostile possession of another. History: 1945, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 565.101 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1997 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 572, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
MI Comp L § 565.101a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 200 of 1945 - Marketable Record Title (565.101 - 565.109)|Section 565.101a - “Mineral Interest” Defined.

565.101a “Mineral interest” defined. Sec. 1a.  As used in this act, "mineral interest" means an interest in minerals in any land if the interest in minerals is owned by a person other than the owner of the surface of the land. Mineral interest does not include an interest in oil or gas or an interest in sand, gravel, limestone, clay, or marl. History: Add. 1997, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1997
MI Comp L § 565.102 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 200 of 1945 - Marketable Record Title (565.101 - 565.109)|Section 565.102 - Unbroken Chain of Title to Interest in Land; Conditions.

565.102 Unbroken chain of title to interest in land; conditions.Sec. 2.  (1) A person is considered to have an unbroken chain of title to an interest in land as provided in section 1 if the official public records disclose either of the following:  (a) A conveyance or other title transaction not less than 20 years in the past for mineral interests and 40 years for other interests, which conveyance or other title transaction purports to create the interest in that person, with nothing appearing of record purporting to divest that person of the purported interest.   (b) A conveyance or other title transaction not less than 20 years in the past for mineral interests and 40 years for other interests, which conveyance or other title transaction purports to create the interest in some other person and other conveyances or title transactions of record by which the purported interest has become vested in the person first referred to in this section, with nothing appearing of record purporting to divest the person first referred to in this section of the purported interest.  (2) For purposes of this section, except as to mineral interests, a conveyance or other title transaction in the chain of title purports to divest an interest in the property only if it creates the divestment or if it specifically refers by liber and page or other county-assigned unique identifying number to a previously recorded conveyance or other title transaction that created the divestment. History: 1945, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 565.102 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1997 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 572, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
MI Comp L § 565.103 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 200 of 1945 - Marketable Record Title (565.101 - 565.109)|Section 565.103 - Marketable Record Title; Successors in Interest; Notice of Claims; Filing for Record.

565.103 Marketable record title; successors in interest; notice of claims; filing for record.Sec. 3.  (1) Marketable title is held by a person and is taken by his or her successors in interest free and clear of any and all interests, claims, and charges the existence of which depends in whole or in part on any act, transaction, event, or omission that occurred before the 20-year period for mineral interests, and the 40-year period for other interests, and all such interests, claims, and charges are void and of no effect at law or in equity. However, an interest, claim, or charge may be preserved and kept effective by filing for record within 5 years after March 29, 2019 or during the 20-year period for mineral interests and the 40-year period for other interests, a notice in writing, verified by oath, setting forth the nature of the claim in the manner required by section 5.  (2) A disability or lack of knowledge of any kind on the part of anyone does not suspend the running of the 20-year period for mineral interests or the 40-year period for other interests.  (3) For the purpose of recording notices of claim for homestead interests, the date from which the 20-year period for mineral interests and the 40-year period for other interests run is the date of recording of the instrument that contains the basis for the claim.  (4) A notice under this section may be filed for record by the claimant or by any other person acting on behalf of any claimant if 1 or more of the following conditions exist:  (a) The claimant is under a disability.   (b) The claimant is unable to assert a claim on his or her own behalf.   (c) The claimant is 1 of a class but whose identity cannot be established or is uncertain at the time of filing the notice of claim for record. History: 1945, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 565.103 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1997 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 572, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 294, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2020
MI Comp L § 565.104 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 200 of 1945 - Marketable Record Title (565.101 - 565.109)|Section 565.104 - Marketable Record Title; Failure to File Notice Not to Bar Right to Possession; Applicability to Government Property or Oil and Gas Interests.

565.104 Marketable record title; failure to file notice not to bar right to possession; applicability to government property or oil and gas interests.Sec. 4.  (1) This act must not be applied to do any of the following:  (a) Bar a lessor or his or her successor as reversioner of his or her right to possession on the expiration of a lease or a lessee or his or her successor of his or her rights in and to a lease.   (b) Bar any interest of a mortgagor or a mortgagee or interest in the nature of that of a mortgagor or mortgagee until after the instrument under which the interest is claimed has become due and payable, except if the instrument has no due date expressed, if the instrument has been executed by a railroad, railroad bridge, tunnel, or union depot company, or a public utility or public service company.   (c) Bar or extinguish an easement or interest in the nature of an easement, the existence of which is clearly observable by physical evidences of its use.   (d) Bar or extinguish an easement or interest in the nature of an easement, or any rights appurtenant to the easement or interest granted, excepted, or reserved by a recorded instrument creating the easement or interest, including any rights for future use, if the existence of the easement or interest is evidenced by the location beneath, on, or above any part of the land described in the instrument of a pipe, valve, road, wire, cable, conduit, duct, sewer, track, pole, tower, or other physical facility and whether or not the existence of the facility is observable, by reason of failure to file the notice required by this act.   (2) This act does not affect any right, title, or interest in land owned by the United States, or any right, title, or interest in any land owned by this state, or by any department, commission, or political subdivision thereof.  (3) This act does not affect any oil and gas lease, or other interest in oil or gas, owned by a person other than the owner of the surface, or any storage agreement or other interest in subsurface storage formations owned by a person other than the owner of the surface. History: 1945, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- Am. 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 25, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1946 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 117, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 565.104 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 235, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 323, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 572, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
MI Comp L § 565.105 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 200 of 1945 - Marketable Record Title (565.101 - 565.109)|Section 565.105 - Notice of Claim to Contain Land Description; Requirements; Recording, Fees, Indexing.

565.105 Notice of claim to contain land description; requirements; recording, fees, indexing.Sec. 5.  (1) To be effective and to be entitled to record, a notice of claim under section 3 must contain an accurate and full description of all the land affected by the notice, which description must be set forth in particular terms and not by general inclusions. However, except as to mineral interests, if the claim is founded on a recorded instrument, the notice must also state the liber and page or other county-assigned unique identifying number of the recorded instrument the claim is founded on. The failure to include the liber and page or other county-assigned unique identifying number renders the recording ineffective and the claim unpreserved. The notice must contain all of the following:  (a) The claimant's name.  (b) The claimant's mailing address.  (c) The interest claimed to be preserved.  (d) Except as to mineral interests, the liber and page or other unique identification number of the instrument creating the interest to be preserved.  (e) The legal description of the real property affected by the claimed interest.  (f) The claimant's signature.  (g) An acknowledgment in the form required by the uniform recognition of acknowledgments act, 1969 PA 57, MCL 565.261 to 565.270, and section 27 of the Michigan notary public act, 2003 PA 238, MCL 55.287.  (h) The drafter's name and address.  (i) An address to which the document can be returned.  (2) A notice of claim under section 3 must be filed for record in the register of deeds office of the county or counties where the land described in the notice is located. The register of deeds of each county shall accept all notices of claim under section 3 that are presented to the register of deeds that describe land located in the county in which the register of deeds serves and shall enter and record full copies of the notices in the same way that deeds and other instruments are recorded.   (3) A register of deeds is entitled to charge the same fees for the recording of a notice under section 3 as are charged for recording deeds. In indexing notices under section 3, a register of deeds shall enter the notices under the grantee indexes of deeds under the names of the claimants appearing in the notices. History: 1945, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 117, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 565.105 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 572, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
MI Comp L § 565.106 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 200 of 1945 - Marketable Record Title (565.101 - 565.109)|Section 565.106 - Construction of Act; Purpose; Extinguishment of Claim.

565.106 Construction of act; purpose; extinguishment of claim.  Sec. 6.  This act shall be construed to effect the legislative purpose of simplifying and facilitating land title transactions by allowing persons dealing with the record title owner, as defined in this act, to rely on the record title covering a period of not more than 20 years for mineral interests and 40 years for other interests prior to the date of such dealing and to that end to extinguish all claims that affect or may affect the interest dealt with, the existence of which claims arises out of or depends upon any act, transaction, event, or omission antedating the 20-year period for mineral interests and the 40-year period for other interests, unless within the 20-year period for mineral interests or the 40-year period for other interests a notice of claim as provided in section 3 has been filed for record. The claims extinguished by this act are any and all interests of any nature whatever, however denominated, and whether the claims are asserted by a person sui juris or under disability, whether the person is within or outside the state, and whether the person is natural or corporate, or private or governmental. History: 1945, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 565.106 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1997
MI Comp L § 565.107 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 200 of 1945 - Marketable Record Title (565.101 - 565.109)|Section 565.107 - Limitations of Actions.

565.107 Limitations of actions. Sec. 7.  Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to extend the periods for the bringing of an action or for the doing of any other required act under any existing statutes of limitation nor to affect the operation of any existing acts governing the effect of the recording or of the failure to record any instruments affecting land nor to affect the operation of Act No. 216 of the Public Acts of 1929 nor of Act No. 58 of the Public Acts of 1917 as amended by Act No. 105 of the Public Acts of 1939. History: 1945, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 565.107 Compiler's Notes: For provisions of Act 216 of 1929, Act 58 of 1917, and Act 105 of 1939, referred to in this section, see MCL 565.381 et seq., MCL 558.81 et seq., and MCL 558.91 et seq., respectively.
MI Comp L § 565.108 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 200 of 1945 - Marketable Record Title (565.101 - 565.109)|Section 565.108 - Filing Slanderous Notices of Claims; Costs Awarded to Plaintiff.

565.108 Filing slanderous notices of claims; costs awarded to plaintiff. Sec. 8.  No person shall use the privilege of filing notices hereunder for the purpose of slandering the title to land, and in any action brought for the purpose of quieting title to land, if the court shall find that any person has filed a claim for that reason only, he shall award the plaintiff all the costs of such action, including such attorney fees as the court may allow to the plaintiff, and in addition, shall decree that the defendant asserting such claim shall pay to plaintiff all damages that plaintiff may have sustained as the result of such notice of claim having been so filed for record. History: 1945, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 565.108
MI Comp L § 565.109 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 200 of 1945 - Marketable Record Title (565.101 - 565.109)|Section 565.109 - Repealed. 2018, Act 572, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019.

565.109 Repealed. 2018, Act 572, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to claims not barred.
MI Comp L § 565.131 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 31 of 1947 - Discharge of Liens, Mortgages, and Other Claims in Land (565.131 - 565.132)|Section 565.131 - Discharge of Mortgages; Liens, Recorded Claims in Land by State Administrative Board.

565.131 Discharge of mortgages; liens, recorded claims in land by state administrative board. Sec. 1.  The state administrative board is hereby authorized to discharge liens, mortgages and other claims of interest in land on record in favor of the state of Michigan, or any of its departments, boards, commissions, institutions or agencies, in which the state has no interest, and which are not authorized by law to be discharged by any other agency of the state. The state administrative board shall determine the interest of the state. History: 1947, Act 31, Imd. Eff. Apr. 4, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 565.131
MI Comp L § 565.132 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 31 of 1947 - Discharge of Liens, Mortgages, and Other Claims in Land (565.131 - 565.132)|Section 565.132 - Validation of Executed Discharges.

565.132 Validation of executed discharges.  Sec. 2.  Any such discharge heretofore executed by the state administrative board is hereby validated. History: 1947, Act 31, Imd. Eff. Apr. 4, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 565.132
MI Comp L § 565.151 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 187 of 1881 - Form of Deeds, Mortgages, and Acknowledgments (565.151 - 565.154)|Section 565.151 - Form; Warranty Deed.

565.151 Form; warranty deed. Sec. 1.  That any conveyance of lands worded in substance as follows: "A.B. conveys and warrants to C.D. (here describe the premises) for the sum of (here insert the consideration)," the said conveyance being dated and duly signed, sealed and acknowledged by the grantor, shall be deemed and held to be a conveyance in fee simple to the grantee, his heirs and assigns, with covenant from the grantor for himself and his heirs and personal representatives, that he is lawfully seized of the premises, has good right to convey the same, and guarantees the quiet possession thereof; that the same are free from all incumbrances, and that he will warrant and defend the title to the same against all lawful claims.  History: 1881, Act 187, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881 ;-- How. 5728 ;-- CL 1897, 9014 ;-- CL 1915, 11749 ;-- CL 1929, 13321 ;-- CL 1948, 565.151
MI Comp L § 565.152 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 187 of 1881 - Form of Deeds, Mortgages, and Acknowledgments (565.151 - 565.154)|Section 565.152 - Form; Quit Claim Deed.

565.152 Form; quit claim deed. Sec. 2.  Any conveyance of lands worded in substance as follows: "A.B. quit claims to C.D. (here describe the premises) for the sum of (here insert the consideration)," the said conveyance, being duly signed, sealed, and acknowledged by the grantor, shall be deemed to be a good and sufficient conveyance in quit claim to the grantee, his heirs, and assigns. History: 1881, Act 187, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881 ;-- How. 5729 ;-- CL 1897, 9015 ;-- CL 1915, 11750 ;-- CL 1929, 13322 ;-- CL 1948, 565.152
MI Comp L § 565.153 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 187 of 1881 - Form of Deeds, Mortgages, and Acknowledgments (565.151 - 565.154)|Section 565.153 - Estates; Word of Creation.

565.153 Estates; word of creation. Sec. 3.  It shall not be necessary to use the words "heirs and assigns of the grantee" to create in the grantee an estate of inheritance; and if it be the intention of the grantor to convey any lesser estate, it shall be so expressed in the deed.  History: 1881, Act 187, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881 ;-- How. 5730 ;-- CL 1897, 9016 ;-- CL 1915, 11751 ;-- CL 1929, 13323 ;-- CL 1948, 565.153
MI Comp L § 565.154 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 187 of 1881 - Form of Deeds, Mortgages, and Acknowledgments (565.151 - 565.154)|Section 565.154 - Mortgage; Wording; Validity and Enforceability.

565.154 Mortgage; wording; validity and enforceability.Sec. 4.  A mortgage of lands that is worded in substance as follows: "A.B. mortgages and warrants to C.D., (here describe the premises) to secure the re-payment of" (here describe the indebtedness or obligations the mortgage secures) and is signed by the grantor, is a valid and enforceable mortgage to the grantee and the grantee's heirs, assigns, successors, and personal representatives with warranty from the grantor and the grantor's legal representatives, of marketable title in the grantor, free from prior incumbrances. If the indebtedness or obligations secured are described generally, such as "all indebtedness that A.B. now and in the future owes to C.D.", and if the words "and warrant" are omitted from the form, the mortgage is valid and enforceable, but without warranty. History: 1881, Act 187, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881 ;-- How. 5731 ;-- CL 1897, 9017 ;-- CL 1915, 11752 ;-- CL 1929, 13324 ;-- CL 1948, 565.154 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 422, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 2004
MI Comp L § 565.161 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 125 of 1966 - Annual Statements to Mortgagors (565.161 - 565.164)|Section 565.161 - Annual Statements to Mortgagor; When Required, Contents.

565.161 Annual statements to mortgagor; when required, contents. Sec. 1.  Where, by the terms of a mortgage on real property, the mortgagor is required to make periodic payments which include sums to be allocated to an escrow account for the purpose of paying taxes, insurance or improvements to the property, or any combination of such purposes, the mortgagee or agent receiving the periodic payments shall furnish the mortgagor with a statement within 60 days of the close of the calendar year, showing the beginning balance of the escrow fund, total receipts received by the fund during the calendar year, an itemized statement of all expenditures from the fund during the calendar year and the balance in the fund at the end of the calendar year. History: 1966, Act 125, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
MI Comp L § 565.162 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 125 of 1966 - Annual Statements to Mortgagors (565.161 - 565.164)|Section 565.162 - Annual Statements to Mortgagor; Exceptions to Furnishing.

565.162 Annual statements to mortgagor; exceptions to furnishing. Sec. 2.  The annual statement specified in section 1 is not required where the mortgagor is provided with a monthly billing form or mortgagor passbook either of which provides the escrow fund balance and record of expenditures for taxes. History: 1966, Act 125, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
MI Comp L § 565.163 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 125 of 1966 - Annual Statements to Mortgagors (565.161 - 565.164)|Section 565.163 - Failure of Mortgagee or Agent to Pay Property Taxes; Liability for Penalties or Fees.

565.163 Failure of mortgagee or agent to pay property taxes; liability for penalties or fees. Sec. 3.  If, pursuant to an agreement, a mortgagor has paid sufficient funds into an escrow account for the purpose of paying taxes on mortgaged real property, and if the mortgagee or his agent has not paid those property taxes, then the person to whom the mortgagor paid the funds shall be liable to the mortgagor for any penalties or fees incurred by the mortgagor as a result of that failure to pay taxes. History: Add. 1976, Act 112, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1976