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MI Comp L § 565.164 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 125 of 1966 - Annual Statements to Mortgagors (565.161 - 565.164)|Section 565.164 - Adjustment to Escrow Account.

565.164 Adjustment to escrow account. Sec. 4.  (1) Not later than March 1, 1994, a mortgagee, a vendor of a land contract, or their agent shall adjust the escrow account maintained for the payment of real property taxes to be levied in the 1994 calendar year by an amount that the mortgagee, vendor, or agent reasonably anticipates to be paid during the 1994 calendar year.  (2) An adjustment to the escrow account pursuant to subsection (1) shall become effective for the periodic payment that is due not later than April 30, 1994.  (3) Any adjustments made to the escrow account shall be considered reasonable if the adjustment is a reduction of not less than 35% of the total property taxes levied for the 1993 calendar year.  (4) Upon the receipt of a written request by a mortgagor or a vendee of a land contract, the mortgagee, vendor, or their agent shall, within a reasonable time, adjust the escrow account maintained for the payment of the 1994 real property taxes by reducing the amount required to be escrowed based upon the actual amount of taxes levied on the property in 1993 for local school district and intermediate school district operating purposes. An adjustment under this subdivision is required only if the mortgagor or vendee includes with the written request either of the following:  (a) The 1993 tax statements that state the actual dollar amount of real property tax levied for local school district and intermediate school district operating purposes.  (b) A certificate by the local taxing authority that states the actual dollar amount of real property tax levied for local school district and intermediate school district operating purposes.  (5) This section shall not be construed to prohibit a mortgagee, a vendor of a land contract, or their agent from adjusting the escrow account if information is or becomes available regarding the actual amount of real property tax levied or to be levied on the property for local school district and intermediate school district operating purposes.  (6) This section shall not be construed to require a mortgagee, a vendor of a land contract, or their agent to adjust the escrow account for a periodic payment that is due before April 1, 1994. History: Add. 1993, Act 285, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1993
MI Comp L § 565.201a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 103 of 1937 - Recording Requirements (565.201 - 565.203)|Section 565.201a - Repealed. 2018, Act 197, Eff. Sept. 18, 2018.

565.201a Repealed. 2018, Act 197, Eff. Sept. 18, 2018. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to name and address required on recorded instruments.
MI Comp L § 565.202 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 103 of 1937 - Recording Requirements (565.201 - 565.203)|Section 565.202 - Affidavit; Contents.

565.202 Affidavit; contents. Sec. 2.  The register of deeds shall, however, receive any such instrument for record, although the same does not comply with the requirements of this act: Provided, There is recorded therewith an affidavit of some person having personal knowledge of the facts, which affidavit shall be either printed or typewritten, shall comply with the requirements of this act, and shall state therein:  (a) The correct name of any person, the name of whom was not printed, typewritten or stamped upon such instrument as required by this act;  (b) In case such instrument does not comply with the requirements of paragraph (b) of section 1, the correct name of such person and shall state that each of the names used in such instrument refer to such person. History: 1937, Act 103, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 565.202
MI Comp L § 565.203 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 103 of 1937 - Recording Requirements (565.201 - 565.203)|Section 565.203 - Inapplicability of Act to Certain Instruments.

565.203 Inapplicability of act to certain instruments.Sec. 3.  (1) This act does not apply to any of the following instruments:   (a) A decree, order, judgment or writ of a court.   (b) A death certificate or a certified copy of a death certificate described in section 2886 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2886.  (2) Section 1(1)(a), (c), and (d) does not apply to an instrument on which the signature itself is printed, typewritten, stamped, or electronically affixed. History: 1937, Act 103, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 565.203 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 131, Eff. Dec. 29, 2015 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 196, Eff. Sept. 18, 2018
MI Comp L § 565.221 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 79 of 1915 - Statement of Marital Status in Instruments Conveying or Mortgaging Real Estate (565.221 - 565.221)|Section 565.221 - Written Instruments Conveying or Mortgaging Real Estate or Interest Offered for Record Before April 6, 2017; Statement of Marital Status; Refusal to Receive Instrument for Record; Recording Affidavit Showing Marital Status; Record of Instrument and Affidavit; Effect; Instrument Recorded Without Marital Status Shown; Elapse of 10 Years; Evidence.

565.221 Written instruments conveying or mortgaging real estate or interest offered for record before April 6, 2017; statement of marital status; refusal to receive instrument for record; recording affidavit showing marital status; record of instrument and affidavit; effect; instrument recorded without marital status shown; elapse of 10 years; evidence.Sec. 1.  (1) All written instruments conveying or mortgaging real estate or any interest in real estate executed and offered for record before April 6, 2017 must state whether any male grantors, mortgagors, or other parties executing the instrument are married or single, and the register of deeds of the county in which the instrument is offered for record shall refuse to receive the instrument for record unless it conforms to this act.  (2) If an instrument has been recorded in the office of a register of deeds without the instrument showing the marital status as required by this section, an affidavit stating the facts, executed in conformity with 1915 PA 123, MCL 565.451a to 565.453, may be recorded in the register's office. Upon the recording of the affidavit showing the marital status of the male grantor, mortgagor, or party executing, on the date of the instrument, the record of the affidavit and the record of the instrument are effectual for all purposes as a legal record, and the record of the instrument and affidavit or a transcript of them may be given in evidence in all cases, and the instrument must be construed to be as valid and effectual as if it had contained a statement showing the marital status of the male individual or individuals executing it.  (3) If an instrument offered for record before April 6, 2017 has been recorded in the office of a register of deeds without the instrument showing the marital status as required under this section, and 10 years has elapsed since the recording, the record of the instrument or a transcript of it may be given in evidence in all cases and is effectual for all purposes as a legal record and the instrument must be construed to be as valid and effectual as if it had contained a statement showing the marital status of the male individual or individuals executing it. History: 1915, Act 79, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 11716 ;-- CL 1929, 13327 ;-- Am. 1937, Act 163, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 565.221 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 489, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1981 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 54, Imd. Eff. June 15, 2017
MI Comp L § 565.231 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 198 of 1895 - Sealing of Deeds and Other Instruments (565.231 - 565.232)|Section 565.231 - Instruments Deemed Sealed.

565.231 Instruments deemed sealed. Sec. 1.  That in addition to the mode in which such instruments may now be executed in this state, hereafter all deeds and other instruments in writing executed by any person or by any private corporation, not having a corporate seal, and now required to be under seal, shall be deemed in all respects to be sealed instruments, and shall be received in evidence as such, provided the word "seal" or the letters "L.S." are added in the place where the seal should be affixed. History: 1895, Act 198, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 9018 ;-- CL 1915, 11753 ;-- CL 1929, 13328 ;-- CL 1948, 565.231
MI Comp L § 565.232 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 198 of 1895 - Sealing of Deeds and Other Instruments (565.231 - 565.232)|Section 565.232 - Seal of Court, Public Officer, or Corporation; Methods of Affixing; Execution.

565.232 Seal of court, public officer, or corporation; methods of affixing; execution.Sec. 2.  (1) A seal of a court, public officer, or corporation may be affixed in any of the following ways:  (a) Impressed directly upon the instrument or writing to be sealed.   (b) Impressed upon wafer, wax, or other adhesive substance affixed to the instrument or writing or upon paper or other similar substance affixed to the instrument or writing by an adhesive substance.   (c) Affixed electronically upon the instrument or writing to be sealed, or affixed electronically upon an electronic document.  (2) An instrument or writing duly executed in the corporate name of a corporation that has not adopted a corporate seal, if executed by the proper officers of the corporation under any seal, shall be considered to have been executed under the corporate seal. History: 1895, Act 198, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 9019 ;-- CL 1915, 11754 ;-- CL 1929, 13329 ;-- CL 1948, 565.232 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 56, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2010
MI Comp L § 565.241 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 63 of 1937 - Seals on Instruments Affecting Real Estate (565.241 - 565.242)|Section 565.241 - Seals on Instruments Affecting Real Estate.

565.241 Seals on instruments affecting real estate. Sec. 1.  Hereafter the affixing of an actual seal, a scroll or device used as a seal, the word "seal" or letters "L.S." after the signature of any individual, partnership or corporation executing any deed, mortgage, or other instrument affecting the title to real estate, or any interest therein, shall be unnecessary, and such instruments hereafter executed without affixing an actual seal, a scroll or device used as a seal, the word "seal" or letters "L.S." after such signatures, shall be construed to be sealed instruments and valid and effectual to convey the legal estate of the premises therein described, and the record of such instrument, if otherwise eligible to record, or a transcript thereof, may be given in evidence as in other cases. History: 1937, Act 63, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 565.241 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 4, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 565.242 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 63 of 1937 - Seals on Instruments Affecting Real Estate (565.241 - 565.242)|Section 565.242 - Seals on Instruments Affecting Real Estate; Instruments Previously Recorded; Construction.

565.242 Seals on instruments affecting real estate; instruments previously recorded; construction. Sec. 2.  The record of any instrument affecting the title to real estate or any interest therein heretofore recorded which does not show that an actual seal, a scroll or device used as a seal, the word "seal" or the letters "L.S." was affixed to the original instrument, or a transcript thereof, may be given in evidence as in other cases and shall be effectual for all purposes of a legal record and such instrument shall be construed to be as valid and effectual as if such instrument had been in such respect duly executed. History: 1937, Act 63, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 565.242
MI Comp L § 565.282 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 62 of 1877 - Acknowledgment of Deeds or Other Instruments by Married Women (565.281 - 565.282)|Section 565.282 - Validation of Acknowledgments.

565.282 Validation of acknowledgments. Sec. 2.  Any acknowledgment of any married woman to a deed of conveyance or other instrument affecting real property taken since the fourth day of August, A.D. 1875, in the same manner as if such married woman had been sole, is hereby declared valid and effectual for all intents and purposes, and shall be so held in all courts and places.  History: 1877, Act 62, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1877 ;-- How. 5662a ;-- CL 1897, 8967 ;-- CL 1915, 11699 ;-- CL 1929, 13338 ;-- CL 1948, 565.282
MI Comp L § 565.291 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 188 of 1881 - Unrecorded Deeds (565.291 - 565.292)|Section 565.291 - Unrecorded Deeds Held by Grantor; Recording.

565.291 Unrecorded deeds held by grantor; recording. Sec. 1.  That whenever any grantor, who has heretofore conveyed or shall hereafter convey, any real estate within this state, shall have or hold in his possession any unrecorded deed or deeds through or under which he derived title of any lands by him so conveyed, it shall be his duty on the written request of his grantee or any subsequent grantee, to cause such deed or deeds to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county, or cause the same to be delivered to such grantee demanding the same for the purpose of recording, within 20 days from the time when such written request shall have been served upon him. History: 1881, Act 188, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881 ;-- How. 5714 ;-- CL 1897, 9029 ;-- CL 1915, 11764 ;-- CL 1929, 13342 ;-- CL 1948, 565.291
MI Comp L § 565.292 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 188 of 1881 - Unrecorded Deeds (565.291 - 565.292)|Section 565.292 - Unrecorded Deeds; Failure to Record or Deliver to Grantee; Penalty; Civil Liability.

565.292 Unrecorded deeds; failure to record or deliver to grantee; penalty; civil liability. Sec. 2.  If such grantor shall neglect or refuse to record such deed or deliver the same to such grantee after having been requested so to do, as provided in the preceding section, within the time above limited, he shall be liable to said grantee, his heirs, representatives or assigns, in the penal sum of 100 dollars damages, and also for all actual damages occasioned by such neglect or refusal to the person or persons entitled thereto, to be recovered in an action on the case with costs of suit. History: 1881, Act 188, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881 ;-- How. 5715 ;-- CL 1897, 9030 ;-- CL 1915, 11765 ;-- CL 1929, 13343 ;-- CL 1948, 565.292
MI Comp L § 565.301 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 21 of 1837 - Land Patents (565.301 - 565.302)|Section 565.301 - Land Patents; Recording; Existing Records; Validation, Use as Evidence.

565.301 Land patents; recording; existing records; validation, use as evidence. Sec. 1.  It shall be the duty of the registers of deeds, in the several counties of this state, to receive for record, and record all patents of lands, from the United States, or this state, or any copy thereof, duly certified by the commissioner of the United States general land office, or by the secretary of state of this state, or other officer having the legal custody of the records of any such patents, in the same manner and with like effect, as by existing law he is required to receive and record deeds and conveyances; and it shall be the duty of the secretary of state of this state, to record all patents of lands issued by this state, in suitable records; and the existing record of patents, in the office of the secretary of state of this state, and all copies of the record of patents heretofore made and certified to by the secretary of state of this state, and recorded by the register of deeds of any county of this state, are hereby declared legal records, and shall have the same force and effect as if recorded after the passage of this act, and such certified copies of the record of patents heretofore recorded in the office of said secretary of state, and the record of such certified copies may be read in evidence in all courts of this state with the same force and effect as the original patents. History: 1837, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Feb. 23, 1837 ;-- CL 1857, 2764 ;-- CL 1871, 4257 ;-- Am. 1875, Act 46, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875 ;-- Am. 1877, Act 33, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1877 ;-- How. 5679 ;-- CL 1897, 8984 ;-- CL 1915, 11717 ;-- CL 1929, 13344 ;-- CL 1948, 565.301
MI Comp L § 565.302 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 21 of 1837 - Land Patents (565.301 - 565.302)|Section 565.302 - Record of Patent as Evidence.

565.302 Record of patent as evidence. Sec. 2.  The record of a patent, recorded in the register's office or a transcript of such record certified by the register in whose office the same may be recorded, under his hand, may be read in evidence, in any court in this state, without further proof thereof. History: 1837, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Feb. 23, 1837 ;-- CL 1857, 2765 ;-- CL 1871, 4258 ;-- How. 5680 ;-- CL 1897, 8985 ;-- CL 1915, 11718 ;-- CL 1929, 13345 ;-- CL 1948, 565.302
MI Comp L § 565.321 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 59 of 1875 - Lost Deeds and Other Instruments (565.321 - 565.321)|Section 565.321 - Lost or Destroyed Instrument; Recordation of Certified Transcript; Procedure.

565.321 Lost or destroyed instrument; recordation of certified transcript; procedure. Sec. 1.  In all cases where a deed, mortgage, or other instrument affecting the title to real estate, shall have been, or shall be executed, affecting land in 2 or more counties, and when the same shall have been duly recorded in the office of the register of deeds in any county in which any part of the lands to be affected thereby is situate, and such instrument shall have been lost or destroyed before being recorded in other counties in which land affected thereby shall be situate, it shall be lawful for any party, or parties interested in such lost deed, or other writing, or in the real estate the title to which shall be affected thereby, to apply to the judge of the probate court of the county where such real estate may be situate in which the record shall not have been made, for an order to record a duly certified transcript of such deed, mortgage or other instrument, in such county, and thereupon such judge of probate shall give notice, by publication in accordance with the practice of such court, for 3 successive weeks, of such application, and of the time and place, when and where, a hearing will be had thereon, and on such hearing, if it shall appear to such probate judge that such deed, mortgage or other instrument, was duly executed, and has been legally recorded in any county in this state, and that the same was lost or destroyed before being recorded in other counties in which real estate to be affected thereby was situate, such probate judge shall make an order authorizing a certified transcript of such deed, mortgage, or other writing, to be recorded in said county, and shall annex a duly certified copy of such order to such copy of such deed, mortgage, or other instrument, and thereupon such certified copy of deed, mortgage, or other instrument, and such order authorizing a record thereof, may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which such order shall be made, and such record shall have the same force and effect as the record of the original would have had had the same been recorded before being lost or destroyed. History: 1875, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875 ;-- How. 5717 ;-- CL 1897, 9031 ;-- CL 1915, 11766 ;-- CL 1929, 13346 ;-- CL 1948, 565.321
MI Comp L § 565.331 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 71 of 1877 - Replacing Deed Given at Judicial Sale (565.331 - 565.333)|Section 565.331 - New Deed; Execution and Recording Upon Loss or Destruction of Deed Given at Judicial Sale.

565.331 New deed; execution and recording upon loss or destruction of deed given at judicial sale. Sec. 1.  That whenever it shall be made to appear to any court of record by petition duly verified that a sale of real estate has or may hereafter be made in pursuance of a decree or order, or to satisfy any judgment of such court, and that a deed has been made therein, and said deed has not been recorded in the proper registry of deeds, but has been lost or destroyed; said court, upon due proof of such fact, may by order to be made in the cause in which such decree, order, or judgment was entered, direct a new deed to be made in place of the said original deed so lost or destroyed; said deed, when executed, may be acknowledged and recorded in the proper registry of deeds, and shall be as valid to convey the interest sold, and it, or the record thereof, shall have the same effect as evidence as said original deed would have. History: 1877, Act 71, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5718 ;-- CL 1897, 9032 ;-- CL 1915, 11767 ;-- CL 1929, 13347 ;-- CL 1948, 565.331
MI Comp L § 565.332 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 71 of 1877 - Replacing Deed Given at Judicial Sale (565.331 - 565.333)|Section 565.332 - New Deed; Person to Execute.

565.332 New deed; person to execute. Sec. 2.  Such new deed shall be executed by the officer who made such sale, or by his successor in office: Provided, That in counties having 2 circuit court commissioners, if the commissioner who made such sale shall not be then in office, either of the then commissioners may be directed to execute the new conveyance: And provided further: That if such sale shall have been made by an executor, administrator, or guardian, or by any special commissioner appointed for that purpose by any court the court may direct the person who made such sale to execute such new deed, if he be within the jurisdiction of the court, but if he be dead, or be not within such jurisdiction, the court may appoint some proper person to execute such new deed. History: 1877, Act 71, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5719 ;-- CL 1897, 9033 ;-- CL 1915, 11768 ;-- CL 1929, 13348 ;-- CL 1948, 565.332
MI Comp L § 565.333 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 71 of 1877 - Replacing Deed Given at Judicial Sale (565.331 - 565.333)|Section 565.333 - Notice of Application; Personal Service, Publication.

565.333 Notice of application; personal service, publication.  Sec. 3.  No conveyance shall be made under this act, excepting upon notice of the application, which notice shall be by personal service thereof, except where the opposite party or parties are non-residents of the state, in which latter case, the court may order publication of such notice in 1 or more newspapers published in the county where the court may be held and the land may be situated, for such time as the court may order, not less than once a week for 4 successive weeks.  History: 1877, Act 71, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5720 ;-- CL 1897, 9034 ;-- CL 1915, 11769 ;-- CL 1929, 13349 ;-- CL 1948, 565.333
MI Comp L § 565.351 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property|Act 237 of 1879 - Land Contracts (565.351 - 565.361)|Section 565.351 - Land Contract; Acknowledgment; Endorsement.

565.351 Land contract; acknowledgment; endorsement. Sec. 1.  A contract for the sale of land or any interest in that land shall be executed by the vendor named in the contract, and acknowledged before any judge or before any notary public within this state, and the officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse a certificate of the acknowledgment and the date of making the acknowledgment under his or her hand. History: 1879, Act 237, Eff. Aug. 30, 1879 ;-- How. 5709 ;-- CL 1897, 9035 ;-- CL 1915, 11770 ;-- CL 1929, 13350 ;-- CL 1948, 565.351 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 140, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1991 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 2002