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2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Repealed - Act 185 of 1895 - Acknowledgment of Written Instruments (565.251 - 565.256)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS
Act 185 of 1895
565.251-565.256 Repealed. 1969, Act 57, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Repealed - Act 57 of 1969 - Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act (565.261 - 565.270)

UNIFORM RECOGNITION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACT
Act 57 of 1969
565.261-565.270 Repealed. 2018, Act 363, Eff. Mar. 12, 2019.
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 237 of 1879 - Land Contracts (565.351 - 565.361) › Section 565.352 - Land Contract; Execution and Acknowledgment in Another State.

565.352 Land contract; execution and acknowledgment in another state.
Sec. 2.
If any such contract be executed in any other state, district or territory, the same shall be executed and acknowledged in the same manner as provided in section 9 of chapter 150 of the Compiled Laws of 1871, for the execution of deeds in any other state, district, or territory.
History:
1879, Act 237, Eff. Aug. 30, 1879 ;-- How. 5710 ;-- CL 1897, 9036 ;-- CL 1915, 11771 ;-- CL 1929, 13351 ;-- CL 1948, 565.352
Compiler's Notes:
For provisions of section 9, referred to in this section, see MCL 565.9.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 237 of 1879 - Land Contracts (565.351 - 565.361) › Section 565.353 - Land Contract; Execution and Acknowledgment in Foreign Country.

565.353 Land contract; execution and acknowledgment in foreign country.
Sec. 3.
If any such contract be executed in any foreign country, it may be executed and acknowledged according to the provisions contained in section 11 of chapter 150 Compiled Laws of 1871, providing for the execution of deeds in any foreign country.
History:
1879, Act 237, Eff. Aug. 30, 1879 ;-- How. 5711 ;-- CL 1897, 9037 ;-- CL 1915, 11772 ;-- CL 1929, 13352 ;-- CL 1948, 565.353
Compiler's Notes:
For provisions of section 11, referred to in this section, see MCL 565.11.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 237 of 1879 - Land Contracts (565.351 - 565.361) › Section 565.354 - Land Contract; Recording, Effect.

565.354 Land contract; recording, effect.
Sec. 4.
Any contract executed and acknowledged, according to the foregoing provisions, shall, with the certificates [certificate] thereto attached, be entitled to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the lands lie, and the recording of the same shall have the same force and effect, as to subsequent encumbrancers and purchasers, as the recording of deeds and mortgages as now provided by law.
History:
1879, Act 237, Eff. Aug. 30, 1879 ;-- How. 5712 ;-- CL 1897, 9038 ;-- CL 1915, 11773 ;-- CL 1929, 13353 ;-- CL 1948, 565.354
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 237 of 1879 - Land Contracts (565.351 - 565.361) › Section 565.355 - Repealed. 1998, Act 106, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1998.

565.355 Repealed. 1998, Act 106, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1998.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to refusal to discharge land contract.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 237 of 1879 - Land Contracts (565.351 - 565.361) › Section 565.356 - Definitions.

565.356 Definitions.
Sec. 6.
As used in this act:
(a) "Assignee" means assignee of the vendor named in a land contract, a succeeding assignee, or a land contract mortgagee who became the absolute holder of the land contract as a result of security enforcement procedures.
(b) "Grantee" means grantee of the vendor named in a land contract, a succeeding grantee, or a grantee pursuant to a mortgage foreclosure of a mortgage upon the land but subordinate to the land contract.
(c) "Land contract mortgage" means a mortgage granted by a vendor or a vendee.
(d) "Land contract mortgagee" means the holder of a land contract mortgage granted by a vendor or vendee, or his or her heirs, successors, or assigns.
(e) "Nonmortgaging vendee" means a vendee who has not entered into a land contract mortgage granted by his or her vendor.
(f) "Nonmortgaging vendor" means a vendor who has not entered into a land contract mortgage granted by his or her vendee.
(g) "Real estate mortgage" means a mortgage granted upon an interest in real property, other than a mortgage upon a vendor's or vendee's interest in a land contract unless the vendor and the vendee join in or subject their respective interests to a single mortgage. A land contract mortgage is not a real estate mortgage.
(h) "Third parties" means persons or entities other than the vendor, vendee, nonmortgaging vendor, nonmortgaging vendee, assignee, grantee, or land contract mortgagee, who have or claim an interest in or encumbrance upon real property or a vendor's or vendee's interest which is subject to a land contract mortgage.
(i) "Vendee" means the vendee named in the land contract and the vendee's heirs, successors, or assigns.
(j) "Vendor" means the vendor named in the land contract and the vendor's heirs, successors, or assigns.
History:
Add. 1998, Act 106, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1998 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 147, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2002
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 237 of 1879 - Land Contracts (565.351 - 565.361) › Section 565.357 - Land Contract Mortgage as Security to Debt or Obligation; Rights and Interests of Vendor or Vendee; Encumbrance; Applicability of Act to Real Estate Mortgage; Act Additional to Existing Rights and Remedies.

565.357 Land contract mortgage as security to debt or obligation; rights and interests of vendor or vendee; encumbrance; applicability of act to real estate mortgage; act additional to existing rights and remedies.
Sec. 7.
(1) A vendor or a vendee under a land contract may grant a land contract mortgage to secure any debt or obligation that may be secured by a real estate mortgage. This subsection does not alter the effect of any contractual provisions which prohibit or result in a default upon the mortgage, sale, assignment, or further encumbrance of a vendor's or vendee's interest in a land contract which would otherwise be enforceable.
(2) For the purposes of sections 6 to 11, the respective interests of a vendor or a vendee subject to a land contract mortgage includes all of the respective rights of a vendor or vendee including, without limitation, the vendor's rights to payments and the vendee's rights to conveyance. For the purposes of sections 6 to 11, the interests of vendors and vendees subject to a land contract mortgage are real property interests.
(3) Unless otherwise provided by the parties, a land contract mortgage encumbers all of the vendor's or vendee's interests that are mortgaged, whether real, personal, or mixed, in the same manner and to the same extent as a real estate mortgage.
(4) This act does not apply to real estate mortgages unless the parties otherwise agree.
(5) This act is in addition to existing rights and remedies at law with respect to the financing and encumbering of the vendor's and vendee's interests in land contracts.
History:
Add. 1998, Act 106, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 237 of 1879 - Land Contracts (565.351 - 565.361) › Section 565.358 - Land Contract Mortgage; Document; Form; Execution, Acknowledgement, and Recording; Identification of Encumbered Interest; Perfection of Mortgage; Priority.

565.358 Land contract mortgage; document; form; execution, acknowledgement, and recording; identification of encumbered interest; perfection of mortgage; priority.
Sec. 8.
(1) Any document that would be sufficient to constitute a real estate mortgage upon an interest in real property shall constitute a land contract mortgage upon the vendor's or vendee's interest.
(2) A land contract mortgage shall be in a form and shall be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the same manner as provided for real estate mortgages.
(3) A land contract mortgage need not specifically identify the interest encumbered as a vendor's or vendee's interest.
(4) A land contract mortgage that is recorded in the manner provided for real estate mortgages is perfected for all purposes, without filing, under the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 172, MCL 440.1101 to 440.11102, any notice to the nonmortgaging vendor or the nonmortgaging vendee or the taking of possession of the original land contract document or otherwise. A land contract mortgage perfected in accordance with this section takes priority as a matter of law over all other mortgages, liens, security, or other interests in such vendor's or vendee's interests except those as to which a real estate mortgage would be subordinate.
History:
Add. 1998, Act 106, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 237 of 1879 - Land Contracts (565.351 - 565.361) › Section 565.359 - Land Contract Mortgage; Enforcement; Foreclosure; Additional Remedies.

565.359 Land contract mortgage; enforcement; foreclosure; additional remedies.
Sec. 9.
(1) A land contract mortgage may be enforced in accordance with any existing procedure for the enforcement of a real estate mortgage, including, without limitation, foreclosure by advertisement and judicial foreclosure. Upon completion of a foreclosure by advertisement or judicial foreclosure of a land contract mortgage and the expiration of the applicable redemption period, the successful bidder at foreclosure shall succeed to all of the mortgaged interests of the respective foreclosed vendor or vendee.
(2) Other rights and remedies that may be available to a real estate mortgagee, including, without limitation, future advance mortgages, assignments of rents, or receiverships may, in a proper case, be applied in favor of a land contract mortgagee.
(3) All remedies that existed before the effective date of sections 6 to 11 shall continue to apply. However, a land contract mortgage made pursuant to this act may, at the option of the land contract mortgagee, also be enforced as provided in this act.
History:
Add. 1998, Act 106, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 98 of 1883 - Fraudulent Conveyances (565.371 - 565.371) › Section 565.371 - Recording Fraudulent Conveyance of Realty; Penalty.

565.371 Recording fraudulent conveyance of realty; penalty.
Sec. 1.
That whoever procures or places upon record any conveyance of real estate, with intent to deceive any person as to the identity of the grantor mentioned in such conveyance, shall upon conviction be punished by imprisonment in the state prison at hard labor, not to exceed 3 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.
History:
1883, Act 98, Eff. Sept. 8, 1883 ;-- How. 9234a ;-- CL 1897, 11687 ;-- CL 1915, 15461 ;-- CL 1929, 13355 ;-- CL 1948, 565.371
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 216 of 1929 - Recording Affidavit of Renewal of Mortgage (565.381 - 565.384) › Section 565.381 - Affidavit of Mortgage Renewal; Recording.

565.381 Affidavit of mortgage renewal; recording.
Sec. 1.
The register of deeds of each county shall provide, at the expense of the county, books of record for the recording of affidavits of renewal of real estate mortgages, and shall record therein such affidavits when presented for that purpose when accompanied by a fee therefor at the same rate as for other instruments.
History:
1929, Act 216, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 13356 ;-- CL 1948, 565.381
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 216 of 1929 - Recording Affidavit of Renewal of Mortgage (565.381 - 565.384) › Section 565.382 - Affidavit of Mortgage Renewal; Time Limitation, Effect.

565.382 Affidavit of mortgage renewal; time limitation, effect.
Sec. 2.
Every mortgage not renewed by the affidavit of the owner or 1 of the owners thereof, or by the affidavit of the agent or attorney of the owner or owners, showing the amount remaining unpaid on said mortgage, or by extension agreement, filed in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the lands are situated which are covered by said mortgage, within 30 years after the due date as set forth in said mortgage, or when no due date is set forth in said mortgage, then within 30 years after the recording of said mortgage, shall be considered as discharged.
History:
1929, Act 216, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 13357 ;-- CL 1948, 565.382 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 8, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 216 of 1929 - Recording Affidavit of Renewal of Mortgage (565.381 - 565.384) › Section 565.383 - Effective Date for Preceding Section.

565.383 Effective date for preceding section.
Sec. 3.
The operation of section 2 of this act shall be deferred for 3 months after the taking effect of the act in general.
History:
1929, Act 216, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 13358 ;-- CL 1948, 565.383
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 216 of 1929 - Recording Affidavit of Renewal of Mortgage (565.381 - 565.384) › Section 565.384 - Mortgage Tax; Effect of Act.

565.384 Mortgage tax; effect of act.
Sec. 4.
Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to require the payment of a mortgage tax by reason of the recording of any affidavit of renewal.
History:
1929, Act 216, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 13359 ;-- CL 1948, 565.384
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 236 of 1929 - Recording Waiver of Priority of Mortgage (565.391 - 565.391) › Section 565.391 - Waiver of Mortgage Priority; Recording; Fees.

565.391 Waiver of mortgage priority; recording; fees.
Sec. 1.
The holder of a mortgage of property located in this state that is the mortgagee named in the mortgage or a person to whom the mortgage has been properly assigned of record may waive the priority of the mortgage in favor of another lien or mortgage by executing a separate instrument acknowledged in the same manner as required for deeds and other instruments for the transfer of an interest in real estate. The waiver is effective to the extent of the lien of the mortgage waived. Recording of the waiver is constructive notice of the waiver to all persons dealing with the mortgage or with property described in the mortgage from the date the waiver is recorded. A waiver recorded under this section must be recorded in the same manner as are discharges of mortgages, and the register of deeds is entitled to the same fee as is charged for recording a real estate mortgage under section 2567 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2567.
History:
1929, Act 236, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 13360 ;-- CL 1948, 565.391 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 192, Eff. Sept. 18, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 5 of 1873 - Recording Judgment Affecting Title to Realty (565.401 - 565.401) › Section 565.401 - Judgment Relating to Realty Title; Copy Recordation; Effect; Social Security Number; Removal.

565.401 Judgment relating to realty title; copy recordation; effect; social security number; removal.
Sec. 1.
(1) If a final judgment is rendered in any suit or action at law that affects or relates to the title of real estate, by a court with competent jurisdiction, a copy of the judgment, duly certified by the clerk of the court and under the seal of the court, may be received and recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county where the real estate is situated. When recorded, the judgment has the same effect as evidence and notice of title as the recording of deeds and other conveyances, and the register of deeds is entitled, for the recording of the judgment, to the same fees as for the recording of deeds.
(2) Unless state or federal law, rule, regulation, or court order or rule requires that all or more than 4 sequential digits of the social security number appear in the judgment, a register of deeds shall not receive a judgment for recording unless the first 5 digits of any social security number appearing in or on the judgment are obscured or removed.
History:
1873, Act 5, Eff. July 31, 1873 ;-- How. 7985 ;-- CL 1897, 9043 ;-- CL 1915, 11778 ;-- CL 1929, 13361 ;-- CL 1948, 565.401 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 57, Imd. Eff. Sept. 12, 2007
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 107 of 1895 - Recording Judgments and Decrees as to Lands (565.411 - 565.412) › Section 565.411 - Judgment or Decree Affecting Realty Title; Copy Recordation.

565.411 Judgment or decree affecting realty title; copy recordation.
Sec. 1.
That whenever any circuit court, court of chancery, probate court, or other court of record in this state, shall have rendered any final judgment or decree by the terms of which any person or persons shall be decided to be the owner or owners of any land in this state described therein, or wherein any person or persons shall be determined to be the heirs and entitled to inherit the lands of any deceased owner, or whereby any lands shall be distributed, assigned or partitioned to any person or persons, a copy of such judgment or decree duly certified under the seal of such court may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of any county or counties in which lands described in or affected by such judgment or decree shall be situated.
History:
1895, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- Am. 1897, Act 133, Eff. Aug. 30, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 9044 ;-- CL 1915, 11779 ;-- CL 1929, 13362 ;-- CL 1948, 565.411
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 107 of 1895 - Recording Judgments and Decrees as to Lands (565.411 - 565.412) › Section 565.412 - Recording Fee; Fees to Be Turned Over to County Treasurer.

565.412 Recording fee; fees to be turned over to county treasurer.
Sec. 2.
A register of deeds is entitled to the same fee for recording a certified copy under section 1 as the fee for recording a real estate mortgage under section 2567 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2567. If the register of deeds receives an annual salary from the county, he or she shall turn over all fees collected under this section to the county treasurer.
History:
1895, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 9045 ;-- CL 1915, 11780 ;-- CL 1929, 13363 ;-- CL 1948, 565.412 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 232, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 133 of 1991 - Recording Trust Instrument or Certificate of Trust (565.431 - 565.436) › Section 565.431 - Instrument Affecting Interest in Real Property Executed Pursuant to Express Trust; Copy of Operative Trust Instrument or Certificate of Trust; "Trust Instrument" Defined.

565.431 Instrument affecting interest in real property executed pursuant to express trust; copy of operative trust instrument or certificate of trust; "trust instrument" defined.
Sec. 1.
An instrument that conveys, encumbers, or otherwise affects real property, executed pursuant to an express trust, may be accompanied by either of the following:
(a) A copy of each operative trust instrument. As used in this subdivision, "trust instrument" means that term as defined in section 7103 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7103.
(b) A certificate of trust under section 7913 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7913, that includes the legal description of the affected real property.
History:
1991, Act 133, Imd. Eff. Nov. 6, 1991 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 492, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 133 of 1991 - Recording Trust Instrument or Certificate of Trust (565.431 - 565.436) › Section 565.432, 565.433 - Repealed. 2018, Act 492, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018.

565.432, 565.433 Repealed. 2018, Act 492, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to the contents, form, and execution of a certificate of trust existence and authority.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 133 of 1991 - Recording Trust Instrument or Certificate of Trust (565.431 - 565.436) › Section 565.434 - Trust Instrument or Certificate of Trust; Recording.

565.434 Trust instrument or certificate of trust; recording.
Sec. 4.
A trust instrument or certificate of trust under section 7913 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7913, that accompanies an instrument as described in section 1, and any amendments to or revocations of the trust instrument or the certificate of trust under section 7913 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7913, may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county where the lands that are the subject of or affected by the trust instrument are located. If a trust instrument or certificate of trust under section 7913 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7913, accompanies an instrument as described in section 1, the trust instrument or certificate of trust under section 7913 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7913, must be recorded as a separate document. As used in this section, "trust instrument" means that term as defined in section 7103 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7103.
History:
1991, Act 133, Imd. Eff. Nov. 6, 1991 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 194, Eff. Sept. 18, 2018 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 492, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 133 of 1991 - Recording Trust Instrument or Certificate of Trust (565.431 - 565.436) › Section 565.435 - Protection Afforded Party Relying on Information in Recorded Certificate of Trust; Further Examination of Trust Instrument.

565.435 Protection afforded party relying on information in recorded certificate of trust; further examination of trust instrument.
Sec. 5.
A purchaser or other party relying on the information included in a recorded certificate of trust under section 7913 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7913, has the same protection as is provided to a subsequent purchaser in good faith under section 29 of 1846 RS 65, MCL 565.29. A purchaser or other party described in this section is not required to further examine the trust instrument, unless an instrument amending or revoking the trust instrument or certificate of trust under section 7913 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7913, is recorded in the same office in which the trust instrument or certificate of trust under section 7913 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7913, was previously recorded. As used in this section, "trust instrument" means that term as defined in section 7103 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7103.
History:
1991, Act 133, Imd. Eff. Nov. 6, 1991 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 492, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 133 of 1991 - Recording Trust Instrument or Certificate of Trust (565.431 - 565.436) › Section 565.436 - Repealed. 2018, Act 492, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018.

565.436 Repealed. 2018, Act 492, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to indexing of a certificate of trust existence and authority.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 123 of 1915 - Recording Affidavits Affecting Real Property (565.451 - 565.453) › Section 565.451 - Repealed. 1965, Act 178, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965.

565.451 Repealed. 1965, Act 178, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to affidavits as to parties to instruments, recording, and perjury.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 123 of 1915 - Recording Affidavits Affecting Real Property (565.451 - 565.453) › Section 565.451b - Affidavit Stating Facts Relating to Matters Affecting Realty; Perjury.

565.451b Affidavit stating facts relating to matters affecting realty; perjury.
Sec. 1b.
Any person who knowingly makes any false statement in an affidavit is guilty of perjury.
History:
Add. 1965, Act 178, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 123 of 1915 - Recording Affidavits Affecting Real Property (565.451 - 565.453) › Section 565.451c - Affidavit Stating Fact Relating to Matters Affecting Realty; Land Description.

565.451c Affidavit stating fact relating to matters affecting realty; land description.
Sec. 1c.
The affidavit shall include a description of the land, title to which may be affected by facts stated in the affidavit. If there appears in the regular chain of title of the land a deed, will, mortgage or other instrument affecting the title which contains a full and adequate description of the land, the description may be incorporated in the affidavit by reference to the record of the instrument in the register of deeds office in lieu of including the full description of the land.
History:
Add. 1965, Act 178, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 123 of 1915 - Recording Affidavits Affecting Real Property (565.451 - 565.453) › Section 565.451d - Correction of Errors or Omissions; Affidavit.

565.451d Correction of errors or omissions; affidavit.
Sec. 1d.
(1) An affidavit to correct the following types of errors or omissions in previously recorded documents may be recorded in the office of register of deeds for the county where the real property that is the subject of the affidavit is located:
(a) Errors and omissions relating to the proper place of recording.
(b) Scrivener's errors and scrivener's omissions.
(2) All of the following apply to an affidavit under subsection (1):
(a) The affidavit shall be made by a person who has knowledge of the relevant facts and is competent to testify concerning those facts in open court and shall meet the requirements of section 1c.
(b) The affidavit does not alter the substantive rights of any party unless it is executed by that party.
(3) The county register of deeds shall index all names recited within an affidavit recorded under subsection (1).
(4) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the recording of a corrected version of the previously recorded document indicating the corrective changes and making reference to the previously recorded document by liber and page number or by another unique identifying number.
History:
Add. 2012, Act 336, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 123 of 1915 - Recording Affidavits Affecting Real Property (565.451 - 565.453) › Section 565.452 - Affidavit; Register Duties; Fee; Social Security Number.

565.452 Affidavit; register duties; fee; social security number.
Sec. 2.
(1) The register of deeds of the county where an affidavit described in this act is offered for record shall receive and record it in the manner that deeds are recorded. The register of deeds shall collect the same fee for recording the affidavit as is provided by law for recording deeds.
(2) Unless state or federal law, rule, regulation, or court order or rule requires that all or more than 4 sequential digits of the social security number appear in the affidavit, a register of deeds shall not receive an affidavit for recording unless the first 5 digits of any social security number appearing in or on the affidavit are obscured or removed.
History:
1915, Act 123, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 11737 ;-- CL 1929, 13365 ;-- CL 1948, 565.452 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 178, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Sept. 6, 2007
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Act 123 of 1915 - Recording Affidavits Affecting Real Property (565.451 - 565.453) › Section 565.453 - Affidavit; Use as Evidence.

565.453 Affidavit; use as evidence.
Sec. 3.
The affidavit, whether recorded before or after the passage of this act, may be received in evidence in any civil cause, in any court of this state and by any board or officer of the state in any suit or proceeding affecting the real estate and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts and circumstances therein contained.
History:
1915, Act 123, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 11738 ;-- CL 1929, 13366 ;-- CL 1948, 565.453 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 178, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property › Repealed - Act 172 of 1893 - Discharge of Liens on Real Estate (565.481 - 565.482)

DISCHARGE OF LIENS ON REAL ESTATE
Act 172 of 1893
565.481,565.482 Repealed. 1980, Act 497, Eff. Mar. 1, 1982.