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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 567 - Escheats › Act 29 of 1995 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (567.221 - 567.265) › Section 567.263 - Repealed. 1997, Act 195, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1997.

567.263 Repealed. 1997, Act 195, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1997.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to hiring of additional personnel or independent contractors.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 567 - Escheats › Act 29 of 1995 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (567.221 - 567.265) › Section 567.264 - Repeal of MCL 567.11 to 567.76.

567.264 Repeal of MCL 567.11 to 567.76.
Sec. 44.
Act No. 329 of the Public Acts of 1947, being sections 567.11 to 567.76 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is repealed.
History:
1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 567 - Escheats › Act 29 of 1995 - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (567.221 - 567.265) › Section 567.265 - Effective Date.

567.265 Effective date.
Sec. 45.
This act shall take effect January 1, 1996.
History:
1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 187 of 1905 - Public Buildings and Public Works; Bond of Contractor (570.101 - 570.105) › Section 570.101 - Building, Repairing, or Ornamenting Public Works; Bond of Contractor Required; Exceptions.

570.101 Building, repairing, or ornamenting public works; bond of contractor required; exceptions.
Sec. 1.
When public buildings or other public works are about to be built, repaired, or ornamented under contract at the expense of the state, or of any county, city, village, township, or school district thereof, it shall be the duty of the board of officers or agents, contracting on behalf of the state, county, city, village, township, or school district, to require sufficient security by bond for the payment by the contractor of all subcontractors and for the payment for all labor performed and materials and certain supplies furnished and used in the erection, repairing, or ornamenting of the public buildings or works. However, if the contractor is a common carrier as defined in section 3 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being section 462.3 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or the designated operator of a state subsidized railroad, the contractor may provide an irrevocable letter of credit from a state or national bank or a state or federally chartered savings and loan association instead of the bond.
History:
1905, Act 187, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 14827 ;-- Am. 1925, Act 384, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 13132 ;-- CL 1948, 570.101 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Feb. 17, 1982
Former Law:
See Act 94 of 1883, being How., §§ 8411a to 8411c, which was amended by Act 45 of 1885, being CL 1897, §§ 10743 to 10745.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 187 of 1905 - Public Buildings and Public Works; Bond of Contractor (570.101 - 570.105) › Section 570.103 - Bond of Contractor on Public Works; Execution, Sureties, Conditions.

570.103 Bond of contractor on public works; execution, sureties, conditions.
Sec. 3.
Such bond shall be executed by such contractor to the people of the state of Michigan in such amount and with such sureties as shall be approved by the board of officers or agents acting on behalf of the state, county, city, village, township, or school district as aforesaid, and shall be conditioned for the payment by such contractor to any subcontractor or by any such contractor or subcontractor as the same may become due and payable of all indebtedness which may arise from said contractor to a subcontractor or party performing labor or furnishing materials or supplies or any subcontractor to any person, firm or corporation on account of any labor performed or materials or supplies furnished in the erection, repairing or ornamentation of such building, improvement or works: Provided, however, That the principal contractor shall not be required to make payment to a subcontractor of sums due from the subcontractor to parties performing labor or furnishing materials or supplies, except upon the receipt or the written orders of such parties to pay the sums due them to subcontractors. Such bond shall be deposited with and held by such board of officers or agents for the use of any party interested therein.
History:
1905, Act 187, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 14829 ;-- Am. 1925, Act 384, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 13134 ;-- CL 1948, 570.103
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 187 of 1905 - Public Buildings and Public Works; Bond of Contractor (570.101 - 570.105) › Section 570.104 - Bond of Contractor on Public Works; Prosecution, Recovery.

570.104 Bond of contractor on public works; prosecution, recovery.
Sec. 4.
Such bond may be prosecuted and a recovery had at any time within 1 year after the completion and acceptance of the project, by any person, firm or corporation to whom any money shall be due and payable on account of having performed any labor or furnished any materials or supplies in the erection, repairing or ornamentation of any such building or works, in the name of the people of this state for the use and benefit of such person, firm or corporation: Provided, however, That in the case of a suit for the benefit of the subcontractor, he shall be required to allege and prove that he has paid to all parties entitled thereto the full sums due to them for labor, materials or supplies contracted for by him: And provided further, That in no case brought under the provisions of this act shall the people of this state be liable for costs.
History:
1905, Act 187, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 14830 ;-- Am. 1925, Act 384, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 13135 ;-- CL 1948, 570.104
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 187 of 1905 - Public Buildings and Public Works; Bond of Contractor (570.101 - 570.105) › Section 570.105 - Bond of Contractor on Public Works; Definitions.

570.105 Bond of contractor on public works; definitions.
Sec. 5.
The words "materials" and "supplies" as used herein shall include coal, wood, form lumber, gasoline, kerosene and lubricating and fuel oils necessarily used in connection with or consumed in constructing, repairing and ornamenting public buildings and public works, and the term "labor" as used herein shall include the hauling other than by steam or electric railway to or away from the public buildings or other public works being built, repaired or ornamented, any refuse, materials or dirt accumulated or used in connection with or consumed in the construction, repairing or ornamentation of such public buildings or other public works.
History:
Add. 1925, Act 384, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 13136 ;-- CL 1948, 570.105
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 259 of 1931 - Building Contract Fund (570.151 - 570.153) › Section 570.151 - Building Contract Fund; Status as a Trust Fund.

570.151 Building contract fund; status as a trust fund.
Sec. 1.
In the building construction industry, the building contract fund paid by any person to a contractor, or by such person or contractor to a subcontractor, shall be considered by this act to be a trust fund, for the benefit of the person making the payment, contractors, laborers, subcontractors or materialmen, and the contractor or subcontractor shall be considered the trustee of all funds so paid to him for building construction purposes.
History:
1931, Act 259, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 570.151 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 104, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of certain occupational functions, boards, and commissions from the Department of Licensing and Regulation to the Department of Commerce, see E.R.O. No. 1991-9, compiled at MCL 338.3501 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 259 of 1931 - Building Contract Fund (570.151 - 570.153) › Section 570.152 - Building Contract Fund; Fraudulent Detention or Use by Contractor or Subcontractor, Penalty.

570.152 Building contract fund; fraudulent detention or use by contractor or subcontractor, penalty.
Sec. 2.
Any contractor or subcontractor engaged in the building construction business, who, with intent to defraud, shall retain or use the proceeds or any part therefor, of any payment made to him, for any other purpose than to first pay laborers, subcontractors and materialmen, engaged by him to perform labor or furnish material for the specific improvement, shall be guilty of a felony in appropriating such funds to his own use while any amount for which he may be liable or become liable under the terms of his contract for such labor or material remains unpaid, and may be prosecuted upon the complaint of any persons so defrauded, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than 100 dollars or more than 5,000 dollars and/or not less than 6 months nor more than 3 years imprisonment in a state prison at the discretion of the court.
History:
1931, Act 259, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 570.152
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of certain occupational functions, boards, and commissions from the Department of Licensing and Regulation to the Department of Commerce, see E.R.O. No. 1991-9, compiled at MCL 338.3501 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 259 of 1931 - Building Contract Fund (570.151 - 570.153) › Section 570.153 - Building Contract Fund; Evidence of Fraudulent Detention or Use.

570.153 Building contract fund; evidence of fraudulent detention or use.
Sec. 3.
The appropriation by a contractor, or any subcontractor, of any moneys paid to him for building operations before the payment by him of all moneys due or so to become due laborers, subcontractors, materialmen or others entitled to payment, shall be evidence of intent to defraud.
History:
1931, Act 259, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 570.153
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of certain occupational functions, boards, and commissions from the Department of Licensing and Regulation to the Department of Commerce, see E.R.O. No. 1991-9, compiled at MCL 338.3501 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (570.185 - 570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126 - Chapter 126 Chapter 126. of the Lien of Mechanics and Others. (570.185...570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126-OF-CERTAIN-LIENS-ON-PERSONAL-PROPERTY. - Of Certain Liens on Personal Property. (570.185...570.194) › Section 570.185 - Lien of Mechanic, Artisan or Tradesman for Manufacturing of Goods or Keeping of Animals.

570.185 Lien of mechanic, artisan or tradesman for manufacturing of goods or keeping of animals.
Sec. 35.
Whenever any person shall deliver to any mechanic, artisan, or tradesman, any materials or articles for the purpose of constructing in whole or in part, or completing any furniture, jewelry, implement, utensil, clothing, or other article of value, or shall deliver to any person any horse, mule, neat cattle, sheep, or swine to be kept or cared for, such mechanic, artisan, tradesman, or other person shall have a lien thereon for the just value of the labor and skill applied thereto by him, and for any materials which he may have furnished in the construction or completion thereof, and for the keeping and care of such animals, and may retain possession of the same until such charges are paid.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 126 ;-- CL 1857, 5102 ;-- CL 1871, 6823 ;-- Am. 1873, Act 83, Eff. July 31, 1873 ;-- How. 8399 ;-- CL 1897, 10746 ;-- CL 1915, 14831 ;-- CL 1929, 13186 ;-- CL 1948, 570.185
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (570.185 - 570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126 - Chapter 126 Chapter 126. of the Lien of Mechanics and Others. (570.185...570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126-OF-CERTAIN-LIENS-ON-PERSONAL-PROPERTY. - Of Certain Liens on Personal Property. (570.185...570.194) › Section 570.186 - Lien of Mechanic for Repair or Alteration of Goods.

570.186 Lien of mechanic for repair or alteration of goods.
Sec. 36.
When any person shall deliver to any mechanic, artizan or tradesman, any watch, clock, article of furniture or jewelry, implement, clothing or other article of value, to be altered, fitted or repaired, such mechanic, artizan or tradesman shall have a lien thereon for the just value of the labor and skill applied thereto by him, and may retain possession of the same until such charges are paid.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 126 ;-- CL 1857, 5103 ;-- CL 1871, 6824 ;-- How. 8400 ;-- CL 1897, 10747 ;-- CL 1915, 14832 ;-- CL 1929, 13187 ;-- CL 1948, 570.186
Compiler's Notes:
In this section, “artizan” evidently should read “artisan”.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (570.185 - 570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126 - Chapter 126 Chapter 126. of the Lien of Mechanics and Others. (570.185...570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126-OF-CERTAIN-LIENS-ON-PERSONAL-PROPERTY. - Of Certain Liens on Personal Property. (570.185...570.194) › Section 570.188 - Suit for Recovery of Charges; Commencement; Jurisdiction.

570.188 Suit for recovery of charges; commencement; jurisdiction.
Sec. 38.
The person having such lien may commence a suit for the recovery of such charges in a court of competent jurisdiction against the person liable for the payment thereof.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 126 ;-- CL 1857, 5105 ;-- CL 1871, 6826 ;-- How. 8402 ;-- CL 1897, 10749 ;-- CL 1915, 14834 ;-- CL 1929, 13189 ;-- CL 1948, 570.188 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 1991
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (570.185 - 570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126 - Chapter 126 Chapter 126. of the Lien of Mechanics and Others. (570.185...570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126-OF-CERTAIN-LIENS-ON-PERSONAL-PROPERTY. - Of Certain Liens on Personal Property. (570.185...570.194) › Section 570.189 - Suit for Recovery of Charges; Proceedings in Case Summons Is Personally Served.

570.189 Suit for recovery of charges; proceedings in case summons is personally served.
Sec. 39.
If such summons be returned personally served upon the defendant, the same proceedings shall thereupon be had, in all respects, as in other suits commenced by summons, in which there is a personal service of process, and judgment shall be rendered in such suit in like manner.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 126 ;-- CL 1857, 5106 ;-- CL 1871, 6827 ;-- How. 8403 ;-- CL 1897, 10750 ;-- CL 1915, 14835 ;-- CL 1929, 13190 ;-- CL 1948, 570.189
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (570.185 - 570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126 - Chapter 126 Chapter 126. of the Lien of Mechanics and Others. (570.185...570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126-OF-CERTAIN-LIENS-ON-PERSONAL-PROPERTY. - Of Certain Liens on Personal Property. (570.185...570.194) › Section 570.190 - Suit for Recovery of Charges; Proceedings in Case Defendant Cannot Be Found.

570.190 Suit for recovery of charges; proceedings in case defendant cannot be found.
Sec. 40.
If the officer return upon such summons, that the defendant cannot be found within his county, the same proceedings shall be thereupon had, in all respects, as near as may be, as in suits commenced by attachment, in which there is not a personal service of a copy of the attachment upon the defendant, and judgment shall be rendered in such suit in like manner.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 126 ;-- CL 1857, 5107 ;-- CL 1871, 6828 ;-- How. 8404 ;-- CL 1897, 10751 ;-- CL 1915, 14836 ;-- CL 1929, 13191 ;-- CL 1948, 570.190
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (570.185 - 570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126 - Chapter 126 Chapter 126. of the Lien of Mechanics and Others. (570.185...570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126-OF-CERTAIN-LIENS-ON-PERSONAL-PROPERTY. - Of Certain Liens on Personal Property. (570.185...570.194) › Section 570.191 - Suit for Recovery of Charges; Judgment and Execution.

570.191 Suit for recovery of charges; judgment and execution.
Sec. 41.
If the plaintiff recover judgment in such suit, execution shall issue thereon in the same manner and with the like effect, as upon judgments rendered in suits commenced by attachment, and the property upon which the plaintiff holds such lien, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such execution, may be sold thereon in the same manner as if it had been seized and held upon an attachment in such suit.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 126 ;-- CL 1857, 5108 ;-- CL 1871, 6829 ;-- How. 8405 ;-- CL 1897, 10752 ;-- CL 1915, 14837 ;-- CL 1929, 13192 ;-- CL 1948, 570.191
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (570.185 - 570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126 - Chapter 126 Chapter 126. of the Lien of Mechanics and Others. (570.185...570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126-OF-CERTAIN-LIENS-ON-PERSONAL-PROPERTY. - Of Certain Liens on Personal Property. (570.185...570.194) › Section 570.192 - Application of Chapter.

570.192 Application of chapter.
Sec. 42.
The provisions of this chapter concerning liens upon personal property, and enforcing the same, shall apply to all cases of personal property on which the bailee or keeper thereof has by law a lien for any keeping, feed, care or labor by him bestowed upon such property.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 126 ;-- CL 1857, 5109 ;-- CL 1871, 6830 ;-- How. 8406 ;-- CL 1897, 10753 ;-- CL 1915, 14838 ;-- CL 1929, 13193 ;-- CL 1948, 570.192
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (570.185 - 570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126 - Chapter 126 Chapter 126. of the Lien of Mechanics and Others. (570.185...570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126-OF-CERTAIN-LIENS-ON-PERSONAL-PROPERTY. - Of Certain Liens on Personal Property. (570.185...570.194) › Section 570.193 - Additional Lien for Expense of Keeping Animals.

570.193 Additional lien for expense of keeping animals.
Sec. 43.
If the property upon which any such lien shall be enforced as provided in this chapter, consists of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, or other beasts, and any expenses shall have been incurred by the person having such lien after the same accrued, in keeping and taking care of such property, the amount of such expenses shall be an additional lien upon the property, and shall be computed and ascertained upon the trial, or assessment of damages, and included in the judgment.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 126 ;-- CL 1857, 5110 ;-- CL 1871, 6831 ;-- How. 8407 ;-- CL 1897, 10754 ;-- CL 1915, 14839 ;-- CL 1929, 13194 ;-- CL 1948, 570.193
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (570.185 - 570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126 - Chapter 126 Chapter 126. of the Lien of Mechanics and Others. (570.185...570.194) › R-S-1846-570-185-126-OF-CERTAIN-LIENS-ON-PERSONAL-PROPERTY. - Of Certain Liens on Personal Property. (570.185...570.194) › Section 570.194 - Labor Lien on Property of Iron or Copper Mining Corporation; Precedence, Enforcement.

570.194 Labor lien on property of iron or copper mining corporation; precedence, enforcement.
Sec. 44.
Every person who shall furnish or perform any labor for any corporation, organized for the purpose of mining, smelting or manufacturing iron, copper, silver, or other ores or minerals, in the upper peninsula of this state, and every bona fide holder of any draft or order for the payment of money due for any such labor, issued or drawn by any officer, clerk or agent of any such corporation, shall have a lien for the amount due thereon or therefor, upon all the real and personal property of such corporation, lying and being in the said upper peninsula, which said lien shall take precedence of all other debts, judgments or decrees, liens or mortgages, against such corporation, except liens accruing to this state for taxes, fines or penalties; and every such lien may be proceeded on, enforced and collected out of such real and personal property, or either of the same, in the same manner and under the same regulations, limitations and conditions, as near as may be, as are herein provided for the enforcement and collection of other liens on real or personal property, as the case may be: Provided, That in the enforcement of any lien provided for in this section, it shall not be necessary to file, prove or produce any written contract relative to the labor on which such lien is based.
History:
Add. 1867, Act 201, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 6832 ;-- How. 8408 ;-- CL 1897, 10755 ;-- CL 1915, 14840 ;-- CL 1929, 13195 ;-- CL 1948, 570.194
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 254 of 1909 - Lien for Labor on Property of Coal, Shale, or Clay Mining Corporations (570.201 - 570.201) › Section 570.201 - Labor Lien on Property of Coal, Shale or Clay Mining Corporation; Precedence, Enforcement.

570.201 Labor lien on property of coal, shale or clay mining corporation; precedence, enforcement.
Sec. 1.
Every person who shall furnish or perform any labor for any corporation, organized for the purpose of mining coal, shale or clay, and every bona fide holder of any draft or order for the payment of money due for any such labor issued or drawn by an officer, clerk or agent of any such corporation, shall have a lien for the amount due thereon or therefor upon all the real and personal property of such corporation. Said lien shall take precedence of all other debts, judgments or decrees, liens or mortgages against such corporation, except liens accruing to this state for taxes, fines or penalties, and every such lien may be proceeded on, enforced and collected out of such real and personal property, or either of the same, in the same manner and under the same regulations, limitations and conditions as near as may be as are provided for by the law for the enforcement and collection of other liens on real or personal property as the case may be: Provided, That in the enforcement of any lien provided for in this act, it shall not be necessary to file, prove, or produce any written contract relative to the labor on which such lien is based.
History:
1909, Act 254, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 14841 ;-- CL 1929, 13196 ;-- CL 1948, 570.201
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Repealed - Act 43 of 1943 - Lien for Cleaning, Dyeing, Pressing, Altering, or Storing Goods (570.211 - 570.217)

LIEN FOR CLEANING, DYEING, PRESSING, ALTERING, OR STORING GOODS
Act 43 of 1943
570.211-570.217 Repealed. 1989, Act 257, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.252 - Lien for Labor or Material for Oil or Gas Well or Pipe Line; Contractors or Sub-Contractors.

570.252 Lien for labor or material for oil or gas well or pipe line; contractors or sub-contractors.
Sec. 2.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall furnish any such material, machinery or supplies, as described in section 1 of this act, to a contractor or a sub-contractor, or any person who shall perform such labor for a contractor or a sub-contractor, or who as an artisan or day laborer in the employ of such contractor or sub-contractor, shall perform any such labor, shall have a lien the same as provided in section 1 of this act, from the same time and in the same manner and to the same extent as the original contractor for the amount due for such material, machinery, tools, supplies or labor, as provided in section 1 of this act, and such lien shall be enforced in the same manner and within the same time as provided for the enforcement of the lien of such original contractor.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.252
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.254 - Statement of Lien; Contents; Verification; Recording With Register of Deeds; Index; Effect; Fee.

570.254 Statement of lien; contents; verification; recording with register of deeds; index; effect; fee.
Sec. 4.
(1) A person, or the person's agent or attorney, whether contractor, subcontractor, or materialman, or laborer, who wishes to claim the benefit of this act, shall make and record in the office of the register of deeds, in the county or counties in which the leasehold, oil or gas well, pipeline, oil or gas derrick, oil tanks, materials, machinery, or other property to be charged with the lien is located, a true statement or account of the demand due to the person, over and above all legal setoffs, setting forth the time when the materials were furnished or labor performed, and for whom, and containing a sufficiently correct description of the premises, leasehold, or property to be charged with the lien to identify them, and the name of the owner, part owner, or lessee of the premises, if known.
(2) A verified statement under this section must be recorded any time after the contract is made and within 6 months after the date on which the last of the materials is furnished or the last of the labor is performed by the person claiming the lien.
(3) A verified statement under this section may be amended at any time before a final judgment is entered in an action to enforce the lien.
(4) A register of deeds shall record and index a verified statement of lien under this section in the same manner as provided by law for the recording of real estate mortgages. A recording under this subsection has the same effect as to notice as against subsequent purchasers or encumbrancers as the recording of a mortgage.
(5) A register of deeds is entitled to receive as a fee for the recording and indexing of a verified statement of lien under this section, and any subsequent paper affecting the lien, the same fees as are provided for recording a real estate mortgage under section 2567 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2567.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.254 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 67, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 225, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.255 - Statement of Lien; Service of Copy on Owner or Lessee, Proof, Posting.

570.255 Statement of lien; service of copy on owner or lessee, proof, posting.
Sec. 5.
Every person recording such statement or account as provided in the preceding section, except those persons contracting or dealing directly with the owner, part owner or lessee of such premises, shall serve a copy of such statement within 30 days after the recording thereof, upon the owner, part owner, lessee, contractor or sub-contractor or his authorized agent, and upon any persons acquiring any interest in the property after the date of the furnishing of the first materials or the date when the first labor was performed, which said interest shall appear of record in the register of deeds' office for the county in which the lien claim is recorded, or sent to such owner, part owner, lessee, contractor, sub-contractor or other person having any interest in said property, by registered mail addressed to him at his last known address, within 30 days next after the date of recording such statement, a copy of such statement, and the affidavit of the person so serving or mailing such copy as to the time and manner of service, shall be sufficient proof of the service thereof: Provided, That if the name or address of such owner, part owner, lessee, contractor, sub-contractor or other person having any interest in said property be unknown, in lieu of such service it shall be sufficient if a copy of such statement be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises charged with such lien within said 30 day period.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.255 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 67, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.256 - Liens; Duration, Priority Over Other Interests, Subrogation.

570.256 Liens; duration, priority over other interests, subrogation.
Sec. 6.
The several liens herein provided for shall continue for 1 year after such statement or account is recorded in the office of the register of deeds and no longer unless proceedings are begun to enforce same as hereinafter provided, and such liens shall take priority as follows:
First: As between persons claiming liens under this statute, the several liens upon the same property attaching by reason of work, labor or materials furnished in carrying forward or completing the same oil or gas wells, oil or gas derrick, oil tanks, oil or gas pipe line, machinery, fixtures or appurtenances, shall be of equal rank and share pro rata in the proceeds of any sale of such property under any judgment or decree entered in a suit brought to enforce the same.
Second: They shall take priority to all garnishments for the contract debt made prior or subsequent to the commencement of the furnishing of the materials or performance of the labor without regard to the date of filing the claims for lien.
Third: They shall be preferred to all other titles, liens, or encumbrances which may attach to or upon such oil or gas wells, oil or gas derricks, oil tanks, oil or gas pipe lines, machinery, fixtures or appurtenances or upon the leasehold upon which they are situated, which shall either be given or recorded subsequent to the commencement of the furnishing of the materials or performance of the labor.
Fourth: The liens for such labor or materials furnished, including those for additions, repairs and betterments, shall attach to the leasehold estates, oil or gas wells, oil or gas derricks, oil tanks, oil or gas pipe lines, machinery, fixtures, appurtenances or improvements for which they are furnished or done, subject to any prior recorded title, claim, lien, encumbrance, or mortgage to or upon the leasehold estate upon which such oil or gas wells, oil or gas derricks, oil tanks, oil or gas pipe lines, machinery, fixtures, appurtenances or improvements belong or are put. Any person holding a lien for such labor or materials furnished upon any leasehold estate subject to any prior recorded lien, encumbrance or mortgage may pay off any such prior lien, encumbrance or mortgage, and shall thereupon be subrogated to all of the rights of the prior holder of such lien, encumbrance or mortgage.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.256 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 67, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.257 - Proceedings to Enforce Lien; Lis Pendens, Parties, Cross Bills, Practice and Procedure, Sale, Confirmation, Costs.

570.257 Proceedings to enforce lien; lis pendens, parties, cross bills, practice and procedure, sale, confirmation, costs.
Sec. 7.
Proceedings to enforce such lien shall be by bill in chancery, under oath, and notice of lis pendens recorded in the office of the register of deeds, shall have the effect to continue such lien pending such proceedings. And in such proceedings, the complainant shall make all persons having rights in said leasehold estate affected or to be affected by such liens so recorded in the office of the register of deeds, and all persons holding like liens so recorded, parties to such action. And all persons holding like liens or any other persons having rights in said leasehold estate, may make themselves parties thereto on motion to the court and notice to complainant and may file their intervening or cross bills or answers claiming the benefit of cross bills and notices of lis pendens therein. The practice and procedure in such suit shall be the same as in other cases in chancery and the court shall thereupon settle and determine the rights and liabilities of all of the parties in the matter, and make such decree as may be required to determine and enforce the rights and liabilities of the various parties. Upon final decree the court may order a sale of the leasehold estate, oil or gas well, oil or gas derrick, oil tank, oil or gas pipe lines, machinery, fixtures or appurtenances, together or separately, by a circuit court commissioner or receiver, or may order the property into the hands of a receiver to be leased or rented from time to time under the direction of the court until the liens shall be discharged, or make such other order or disposition of the premises as justice may require. If upon coming in and confirmation of the final report any portion of the liens shall still be unpaid, the court may enter personal decree for the same against the party or parties who may be personally liable therefor, and the execution shall issue for the same as upon other personal decrees rendered. The costs in all cases shall be subject to the discretion of the court and shall be paid out of the proceeds of the sale or by any parties to the suit as justice and equity may require.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.257 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 67, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.258 - Lien Not to Preclude Any Other Lawful Remedy.

570.258 Lien not to preclude any other lawful remedy.
Sec. 8.
The provisions of this act shall not preclude anyone entitled to a lien hereunder from pursuing any other remedy given by law for the collection of the indebtedness for which a lien is hereby given.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.258
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.259 - Lienholder to Execute Discharge Upon Payment of Debt; Recording With Register of Deeds, Fee; Discharge by Ex Parte Proceedings.

570.259 Lienholder to execute discharge upon payment of debt; recording with register of deeds, fee; discharge by ex parte proceedings.
Sec. 9.
Upon the full payment of any indebtedness for which a claim for lien has been recorded under the provisions of this act, the party claiming such lien shall upon request of any person interested in the property affected by such lien, execute, acknowledge and cause to be recorded with the register of deeds of the county wherein such lien claim shall have been recorded, a full release and satisfaction of such lien. Such release or satisfaction shall be recorded and processed by the register of deeds in the same manner as provided by law for discharging a real estate mortgage. The fee of the register of deeds for recording such release shall be the same as is provided by law for recording a discharge of real estate mortgage: Provided also, That if no proceedings to enforce any lien or liens provided for in this act shall be made within the 1 year or said lien or liens have been paid, said lien or liens may be discharged of record by ex parte proceedings in the same manner as provided by law for the discharge of mortgages by ex parte proceedings.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.259 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 67, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.260 - Assignment or Waiver of Lien.

570.260 Assignment or waiver of lien.
Sec. 10.
All liens or claims for liens which may arise or accrue under the terms of this act shall be assignable, and proceedings to enforce such liens, or claims for liens may be maintained by and in the name of the assignees, who shall have as full and ample power to enforce the same as if such proceedings were taken under the provisions of this act by and in the name of the lien claimants themselves.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.260
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.261 - Notice by Publication.

570.261 Notice by publication.
Sec. 11.
When any defendant resides out of the state, or is absent from the state, or concealed therein, or cannot be found by reason of his continued absence from his place of residence, or when it cannot be ascertained in what state or country the defendant resides, the complainant may cause notice to be given by publication in like manner, and upon same conditions as in ordinary suits in chancery.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.261
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.262 - Liberal Construction.

570.262 Liberal construction.
Sec. 12.
This act is hereby declared to be a remedial statute and is to be construed liberally to secure the beneficial results, intents and purposes thereof, and a substantial compliance with its several provisions shall be sufficient for the validity of the lien or liens hereinbefore provided for, and to give jurisdiction to the court to enforce the same.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.262
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.263 - Oil or Gas Wells and Pipe Lines; Definitions.

570.263 Oil or gas wells and pipe lines; definitions.
Sec. 13.
For the purpose of this act the terms "owner, part owner or lessee" shall be construed to include all the interests, legal or equitable, which any person, firm, corporation, association, syndicate, trustee, co-partnership or joint adventurer may have in the leasehold, oil or gas runs, oil well, gas well, oil pipe line, gas pipe line, oil or gas derrick, oil tank, machinery, materials, tools, supplies, buildings and appurtenances upon which the improvements contemplated by this act are made.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.263
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 146 of 1937 - Lien for Labor and Materials for Oil or Gas Wells, Pipe Lines, or Equipment (570.251 - 570.266) › Section 570.266 - Declaration of Emergency.

570.266 Declaration of emergency.
Sec. 16.
An emergency is hereby declared by reason whereof it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, safety, convenience and welfare that this act take immediate effect.
History:
1937, Act 146, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 570.266
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 312 of 1915 - Garage Keeper's Lien Act (570.301 - 570.310) › Section 570.301 - Short Title.

570.301 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "garage keeper's lien act".
History:
1915, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4833 ;-- CL 1929, 4793 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 274, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 204, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 570.301 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 161, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 41, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 168, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 357, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 126, Eff. July 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 58, Eff. July 1, 1990 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 236, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998
Popular Name:
Garage Keeper's Lien Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 312 of 1915 - Garage Keeper's Lien Act (570.301 - 570.310) › Section 570.301a, 570.301b - Repealed. 1998, Act 236, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998.

570.301a, 570.301b Repealed. 1998, Act 236, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to lien on aircraft.
Popular Name:
Garage Keeper's Lien Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 312 of 1915 - Garage Keeper's Lien Act (570.301 - 570.310) › Section 570.302 - Definitions.

570.302 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Bureau" means the bureau of automotive regulation.
(b) "Department" means the department of state.
(c) "Garage keeper" means a person or the person's heir, personal representative, successor, assignee, or authorized agent who for hire or reward, publicly offers to maintain or repair a vehicle or an accessory used in the operation of a vehicle or to furnish accessories and supplies for a vehicle or an accessory used in the operation of a vehicle.
(d) "Last known address" means the address provided by the owner in the most recent contract for storage, labor, material, or supplies entered into between the garage keeper and the owner, or in a subsequent written notice of change of address to the garage keeper or as shown by the records of the department.
(e) "Lienholder" means any person or legal entity that is noted on the motor vehicle certificate of title as a lienholder, or, if the motor vehicle certificate of title contains the term lessee, the person or legal entity that is noted on the motor vehicle certificate of title as the lessor or as shown by the records of the department.
(f) "Market value" means the trade-in value as determined by the issue of the national auto dealers association official used car guide in effect at the time the garage keeper performs the first labor or first furnishes supplies for which the garage keeper claims a lien under this act.
(g) "Owner" means that term as defined in section 37 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.37, or as shown by the records of the department.
(h) "Vehicle" means that term as defined in section 79 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.79.
History:
1915, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4834 ;-- Am. 1927, Act 380, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 4794 ;-- CL 1948, 570.302 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 168, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 58, Eff. July 1, 1990 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 236, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 109, Eff. July 1, 2002
Popular Name:
Garage Keeper's Lien Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 312 of 1915 - Garage Keeper's Lien Act (570.301 - 570.310) › Section 570.302a - Repealed. 1998, Act 236, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998.

570.302a Repealed. 1998, Act 236, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to unregistered vehicle.
Popular Name:
Garage Keeper's Lien Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 312 of 1915 - Garage Keeper's Lien Act (570.301 - 570.310) › Section 570.303 - Garage Keeper; Attachment of Lien Upon Vehicle; Manner; Amount.

570.303 Garage keeper; attachment of lien upon vehicle; manner; amount.
Sec. 3.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a garage keeper who, in pursuance of a contract that is expressed, implied, written, or unwritten, furnishes labor, material, storage, diagnosis, an estimate of repairs, or supplies for a vehicle, shall have a lien upon the vehicle for the charges due for the storage, maintenance, keeping, diagnosis, estimate of repairs, and repair of the vehicle and for gasoline, electric current, or other accessories and supplies furnished, expenses bestowed, or labor performed on the vehicle at the request or with the consent of the owner of the vehicle. If a vehicle remains in the possession of a garage keeper after the completion of repairs or after a diagnosis and subsequent storage of the vehicle when repairs are not authorized, a garage keeper's lien attaches to the vehicle in the manner and amount provided in this section.
(2) The lien attaches to the vehicle on the day the garage keeper performs the last labor or furnishes the last supplies for which a lien is claimed against the vehicle. The garage keeper may keep a vehicle for not more than 225 days after performing the last labor or furnishing the last supplies for which a lien is claimed against the vehicle.
(3) The portion of a lien that is for labor and material furnished in making repairs upon a vehicle has priority over all other liens upon the vehicle. The lien has no effect against the holder of a security interest, conditional sales agreement, or other lien that attached before the attachment of the garage keeper's lien upon the payment by a prior lienholder to the garage keeper of the amount of the lien calculated under subsection (4) and section 4.
(4) Except as provided in section 4, the maximum amount of a lien that a prior lienholder shall pay a garage keeper under this section is calculated as follows:
(a) If a repaired vehicle has a market value of more than $5,000.00, then the amount of the lien shall be not more than 20% of the market value of the repaired vehicle or $5,000.00, whichever is less.
(b) If a repaired vehicle has a market value of $5,000.00 or less, then the amount of the lien shall be not more than $1,000.00.
History:
1915, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4835 ;-- CL 1929, 4795 ;-- Am. 1931, Act 103, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 570.303 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 168, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 357, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 236, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 109, Eff. July 1, 2002
Popular Name:
Garage Keeper's Lien Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 570 - Liens › Act 312 of 1915 - Garage Keeper's Lien Act (570.301 - 570.310) › Section 570.304 - Garage Keeper's Lien; Amounts Not Included; Storage Charge.

570.304 Garage keeper's lien; amounts not included; storage charge.
Sec. 4.
(1) A garage keeper's lien under section 3 shall not include an amount for labor and materials for any of the following if the materials used were custom materials that are not normally available from the manufacturer or, in the case of a vehicle manufactured in a foreign country, a distributor of the vehicle or that are not normally installed on the vehicle by the original manufacturer:
(a) The repair or replacement of all or a part of the interior or exterior of the repaired vehicle.
(b) The installation, repair, or replacement of electronic and related parts.
(c) The installation, repair, or replacement of any other materials or parts that are not essential to the normal operation of the repaired vehicle.
(2) Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, a garage keeper's lien under section 3 may include an amount of not more than $10.00 per day for the storage of the vehicle, for the storage of an accessory used in the operation of a vehicle, or for the storage of accessories and supplies furnished for the vehicle or an accessory used in the operation of the vehicle. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, the charge shall be for not more than 120 days' storage. However, a lienholder who pays a garage keeper's lien under section 5(8) is not liable for and is not required to pay for any storage charges that accrued prior to 45 days after the garage keeper's notification to the lienholder under section 5. Charges described in this subsection may be in addition to the maximum allowance under section 3(4).
History:
Add. 1998, Act 236, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 109, Eff. July 1, 2002
Popular Name:
Garage Keeper's Lien Act