MCL - Index of Chapter 565
NOTE: Dates reflect any modification to item, not necessarily a change in law.
| Title | Subject |
|---|---|
| Chapter 565 | CONVEYANCES OF REAL PROPERTY |
| R.S. of 1846 | Revised Statutes of 1846 (565.1 - 565.49) |
| R-S-1846-565-1-65 | CHAPTER 65 CHAPTER 65. OF ALIENATION BY DEED, AND THE PROOF AND RECORDING OF CONVEYANCES, AND THE CANCELING OF MORTGAGES. (565.1...565.49) |
| Section 565.1 | Conveyance of land made by deed. |
| Section 565.3 | Quit claim deed; estate passed. |
| Section 565.4 | Conveyance of greater estate than possessed; effect. |
| Section 565.5 | Covenants; implication in conveyance. |
| Section 565.6 | Covenants; implication in mortgage. |
| Section 565.7 | Conveyance of land adversely possessed; validity. |
| Section 565.8 | Deeds; execution; witnesses; acknowledgment; endorsement; validity and legality of certain acknowledgments and recordations of deeds; recorded deed lacking 1 or more witnesses. |
| Section 565.9 | Execution of deed in another state; governing law, acknowledgment. |
| Section 565.10 | Execution of deed in another state; seal of officer, certificate; record of prior deeds as evidence. |
| Section 565.11 | Execution of deed in foreign country; governing law; acknowledgment; certificate, seal; validation of certain deeds; record as evidence. |
| Section 565.13 | Conveyance by nonresident married person; effect; procedure. |
| Section 565.14 | Deed; failure to acknowledge; proof by witness of execution. |
| Section 565.15 | Deed; failure to acknowledge; proof of handwriting where witnesses are unobtainable. |
| Section 565.16 | Deed; refusal to acknowledge; application to circuit court; summons to grantor. |
| Section 565.17 | Deed; proof of execution; certificate of court. |
| Section 565.18 | Deed; refusal to acknowledge; proof of execution by proving handwriting. |
| Section 565.19 | Subscribing witnesses; subpoenas for attendance. |
| Section 565.20 | Subscribing witnesses; refusal to appear or testify; civil liability; contempt; penalty. |
| Section 565.21 | Unacknowledged deed; filing of copy by person interested; effect. |
| Section 565.22 | Unacknowledged deed; effect of filing; continuation. |
| Section 565.23 | Certificate of acknowledgment or proof of execution; effect on right to have deed recorded. |
| Section 565.24 | Delivery of instrument to register of deeds; affixing date, hour, and minute; accessibility; destruction of information created or maintained under subsection (2); fee; indexing of instrument; applicability of subsections (2) to (4); "general index date" defined; civil immunity. |
| Section 565.24a | Assignment of liber and page or unique identifying number; satisfaction of recording requirements; delivery of instrument rejected on prior occasion. |
| Section 565.25 | Perfecting recording; conditions; exemptions; liability for certain conduct; penalties. |
| Section 565.26 | Repealed. 2008, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008. |
| Section 565.27 | Recorded instruments; contents. |
| Section 565.28 | Register of deeds; general index; contents; computerized index; securing computerized and primary indexes. |
| Section 565.29 | Unrecorded conveyance; validity against subsequent purchaser; relation of quit claim deed to good faith. |
| Section 565.30 | Deeds of church pews and slips; recording. |
| Section 565.32 | Unrecorded deed of defeasance; validity against person without notice. |
| Section 565.33 | Assignment of mortgage; effect of recording. |
| Section 565.34 | Purchaser; definition. |
| Section 565.35 | Conveyance; definition. |
| Section 565.36 | Power of attorney to convey lands; inapplicability of preceding section; executory land contract; recording; recording as evidence. |
| Section 565.37 | Power of attorney to convey lands; recording of revocation. |
| Section 565.38 | New county; transcription of instruments; effect, compensation of register. |
| Section 565.39 | Device used as seal; effect; application to official seals. |
| Section 565.40 | Prior legal conveyances; effect as evidence, recording; conveyance under unacknowledged contract, record as evidence. |
| Section 565.41 | Discharge of mortgage; payment of filing fee by mortgagee; date of discharge. |
| Section 565.42 | Discharge of mortgage; certificate of mortgagee; circuit court, or register in chancery. |
| Section 565.43 | Discharge of mortgage; recording of certificate; reproduced documents; reference to liber and page containing certificate. |
| Section 565.44 | Discharge of mortgage; refusal; civil liability; penalty; time periods. |
| Section 565.46 | Proof and acknowledgment of deeds; application of law to instruments affecting lands. |
| Section 565.47 | Recording by register of deeds; acknowledgment required. |
| Section 565.48 | Deed by surviving joint tenant of lands; recording; certified copy of death. |
| Section 565.49 | Conveyances; same person or persons among grantors and grantees; joint tenancy, tenancy by entireties. |
| Act 66 of 1956 | OIL AND GAS ASSIGNMENTS (565.81 - 565.85) |
| Section 565.81 | Oil and gas assignment; security for indebtedness. |
| Section 565.82 | Oil and gas assignment; time of operation. |
| Section 565.83 | Oil and gas assignment; validity; certified copy; service on pipe line company. |
| Section 565.84 | Oil and gas assignment; duration of effectiveness. |
| Section 565.85 | Oil and gas assignment; definitions. |
| Act 200 of 1945 | MARKETABLE RECORD TITLE (565.101 - 565.109) |
| Section 565.101 | Marketable record title. |
| Section 565.101a | “Mineral interest” defined. |
| Section 565.102 | Unbroken chain of title to interest in land; conditions. |
| Section 565.103 | Marketable record title; successors in interest; notice of claims; filing for record. |
| Section 565.104 | Marketable record title; failure to file notice not to bar right to possession; applicability to government property or oil and gas interests. |
| Section 565.105 | Notice of claim to contain land description; requirements; recording, fees, indexing. |
| Section 565.106 | Construction of act; purpose; extinguishment of claim. |
| Section 565.107 | Limitations of actions. |
| Section 565.108 | Filing slanderous notices of claims; costs awarded to plaintiff. |
| Section 565.109 | Repealed. 2018, Act 572, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019. |
| Act 31 of 1947 | DISCHARGE OF LIENS, MORTGAGES, AND OTHER CLAIMS IN LAND (565.131 - 565.132) |
| Section 565.131 | Discharge of mortgages; liens, recorded claims in land by state administrative board. |
| Section 565.132 | Validation of executed discharges. |
| Act 187 of 1881 | FORM OF DEEDS, MORTGAGES, AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (565.151 - 565.154) |
| Section 565.151 | Form; warranty deed. |
| Section 565.152 | Form; quit claim deed. |
| Section 565.153 | Estates; word of creation. |
| Section 565.154 | Mortgage; wording; validity and enforceability. |
| Act 125 of 1966 | ANNUAL STATEMENTS TO MORTGAGORS (565.161 - 565.164) |
| Section 565.161 | Annual statements to mortgagor; when required, contents. |
| Section 565.162 | Annual statements to mortgagor; exceptions to furnishing. |
| Section 565.163 | Failure of mortgagee or agent to pay property taxes; liability for penalties or fees. |
| Section 565.164 | Adjustment to escrow account. |
| Act 103 of 1937 | RECORDING REQUIREMENTS (565.201 - 565.203) |
| Section 565.201 | Requirements for recording with register of deeds. |
| Section 565.201a | Repealed. 2018, Act 197, Eff. Sept. 18, 2018. |
| Section 565.202 | Affidavit; contents. |
| Section 565.203 | Inapplicability of act to certain instruments. |
| 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. |
| Act 198 of 1895 | SEALING OF DEEDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS (565.231 - 565.232) |
| Section 565.231 | Instruments deemed sealed. |
| Section 565.232 | Seal of court, public officer, or corporation; methods of affixing; execution. |
| Act 63 of 1937 | SEALS ON INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING REAL ESTATE (565.241 - 565.242) |
| Section 565.241 | Seals on instruments affecting real estate. |
| Section 565.242 | Seals on instruments affecting real estate; instruments previously recorded; construction. |
| Act 185 of 1895 | Repealed-ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS (565.251 - 565.256) |
| Act 57 of 1969 | Repealed-UNIFORM RECOGNITION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACT (565.261 - 565.270) |
| Act 62 of 1877 | ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DEEDS OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS BY MARRIED WOMEN (565.281 - 565.282) |
| Section 565.281 | Acknowledgment by married woman. |
| Section 565.282 | Validation of acknowledgments. |
| Act 188 of 1881 | UNRECORDED DEEDS (565.291 - 565.292) |
| Section 565.291 | Unrecorded deeds held by grantor; recording. |
| Section 565.292 | Unrecorded deeds; failure to record or deliver to grantee; penalty; civil liability. |
| Act 21 of 1837 | LAND PATENTS (565.301 - 565.302) |
| Section 565.301 | Land patents; recording; existing records; validation, use as evidence. |
| Section 565.302 | Record of patent as evidence. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Section 565.332 | New deed; person to execute. |
| Section 565.333 | Notice of application; personal service, publication. |
| Act 237 of 1879 | LAND CONTRACTS (565.351 - 565.361) |
| Section 565.351 | Land contract; acknowledgment; endorsement. |
| Section 565.352 | Land contract; execution and acknowledgment in another state. |
| Section 565.353 | Land contract; execution and acknowledgment in foreign country. |
| Section 565.354 | Land contract; recording, effect. |
| Section 565.355 | Repealed. 1998, Act 106, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1998. |
| Section 565.356 | Definitions. |
| 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. |
| Section 565.358 | Land contract mortgage; document; form; execution, acknowledgment, and recording; identification of encumbered interest; perfection of mortgage; priority. |
| Section 565.359 | Land contract mortgage; enforcement; foreclosure; additional remedies. |
| Section 565.360 | Nonmortgaging vendor or vendee; rights or remedies affected; duties; payments; conditions; duties of third party. |
| Section 565.361 | Payment and performance of contract obligations; conveyance of land; discharge of land contract mortgage or release of security assignment; failure or refusal to make conveyance or discharge; penalties; enforcement; title as marketable; subordination to other real estate interest. |
| Act 98 of 1883 | FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES (565.371 - 565.371) |
| Section 565.371 | Recording fraudulent conveyance of realty; penalty. |
| Act 216 of 1929 | RECORDING AFFIDAVIT OF RENEWAL OF MORTGAGE (565.381 - 565.384) |
| Section 565.381 | Affidavit of mortgage renewal; recording. |
| Section 565.382 | Affidavit of mortgage renewal; time limitation, effect. |
| Section 565.383 | Effective date for preceding section. |
| Section 565.384 | Mortgage tax; effect of act. |
| Act 236 of 1929 | RECORDING WAIVER OF PRIORITY OF MORTGAGE (565.391 - 565.391) |
| Section 565.391 | Waiver of mortgage priority; recording; fees. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Section 565.412 | Recording fee; fees to be turned over to county treasurer. |
| 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. |
| Section 565.432, 565.433 | Repealed. 2018, Act 492, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018. |
| Section 565.434 | Trust instrument or certificate of trust; recording. |
| Section 565.435 | Protection afforded party relying on information in recorded certificate of trust; further examination of trust instrument. |
| Section 565.436 | Repealed. 2018, Act 492, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018. |
| 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. |
| Section 565.451a | Affidavit stating facts relating to matters affecting realty; recording. |
| Section 565.451b | Affidavit stating facts relating to matters affecting realty; perjury. |
| Section 565.451c | Affidavit stating fact relating to matters affecting realty; land description. |
| Section 565.451d | Correction of errors or omissions; affidavit. |
| Section 565.452 | Affidavit; register duties; fee; social security number. |
| Section 565.453 | Affidavit; use as evidence. |
| Act 172 of 1893 | Repealed-DISCHARGE OF LIENS ON REAL ESTATE (565.481 - 565.482) |
| Act 20 of 1867 | RECORDING OF DEEDS, MORTGAGES, AND INSTRUMENTS OF RECORD (565.491 - 565.492) |
| Section 565.491 | Instruments recordation; reproductions; delivery; social security number. |
| Section 565.492 | Conveyance made under court order; indexing, record as evidence. |
| Act 79 of 1841 | GENERAL INDEX OF RECORDS (565.501 - 565.502) |
| Section 565.501 | General index of records; duties and compensation of register. |
| Section 565.502 | General index of records; compensation of register for indexing instruments. |
| Act 158 of 1887 | FAILURE TO KEEP UP REQUIRED INDEXES (565.531 - 565.531) |
| Section 565.531 | Index; failure to keep up; forfeiture. |
| Act 54 of 1875 | INSPECTION OF RECORDS AND FILES (565.551 - 565.551) |
| Section 565.551 | Records of register of deeds; inspection and examination; reproduction; social security numbers; removal. |
| Act 25 of 1836 | RECORDS OF DEEDS AND OTHER CONVEYANCES (565.581 - 565.584) |
| Section 565.581 | County attached to another for judicial purposes; record of instruments; copying, copy as evidence; social security number; removal; "books" defined. |
| Section 565.582 | Application of preceding section. |
| Section 565.583 | Register; duties, fees. |
| Section 565.584 | Register; additional compensation. |
| Act 177 of 1879 | TRANSCRIBING RECORDS OF DEEDS, MORTGAGES, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS (565.591 - 565.591) |
| Section 565.591 | Failure or mistake in copying records for new county; copy of original; right to obtain, recording. |
| Act 21 of 1861 | CONFIRMATION OF CERTAIN DEEDS AND INSTRUMENTS (565.601 - 565.604) |
| Section 565.601 | Deed executed according to law of place of execution; validity. |
| Section 565.602 | Married woman's joint deed with husband; validity. |
| Section 565.603 | Certificate of acknowledgment; effect of imperfection. |
| Section 565.604 | Land conveyances; statutory requirements defect; effect. |
| Act 191 of 1871 | CONFIRMATION OF RECORD OF LETTERS OF ATTORNEY OR OTHER INSTRUMENT (565.631 - 565.632) |
| Section 565.631 | Power of attorney; record as evidence of execution and acknowledgment. |
| Section 565.632 | Destruction or loss of recorded instrument entitled to record in another county; transcript, recording, evidence. |
| Act 72 of 1875 | Repealed-CONFIRMATION OF PUBLIC ACTS, RECORDS, SUITS, TAXES, AND OFFICIAL ACTS (565.651 - 565.652) |
| Act 53 of 1941 | UNIFORM VENDOR AND PURCHASER RISK ACT (565.701 - 565.703) |
| Section 565.701 | Uniform vendor and purchaser risk act; provisions governing same deemed part of contract. |
| Section 565.702 | Construction of act; uniformity. |
| Section 565.703 | Uniform vendor and purchaser risk act; short title. |
| Act 286 of 1972 | Repealed-LAND SALES ACT (565.801 - 565.835) |
| Act 123 of 2010 | UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY ELECTRONIC RECORDING ACT (565.841 - 565.847) |
| Section 565.841 | Short title. |
| Section 565.842 | Definitions. |
| Section 565.843 | Electronic document or signature; satisfaction of recording requirement; acceptance by register of deeds not required. |
| Section 565.844 | Establishment of standards by electronic recording commission; powers of county register of deeds; acceptance of paper documents; placement of entries in index; verified transactional relationship; electronic documents recorded before establishment of standards. |
| Section 565.845 | Electronic recording commission; creation; membership; terms; vacancy; removal; meetings; quorum; business conducted at public meeting; writing subject to freedom of information act; compensation; establishment of standards. |
| Section 565.845a | Acceptance of electronic documents for recording; applicability of section. |
| Section 565.846 | Application and construction of act. |
| Section 565.847 | Federal electronic signatures; limitation of act. |
| Act 234 of 2022 | DISCHARGE OF PROHIBITED RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ACT (565.861 - 565.872) |
| Section 565.861 | Short title. |
| Section 565.862 | Definitions. |
| Section 565.863 | Recording a deed with prohibited restrictions; prohibition. |
| Section 565.864 | Prohibited restrictions as void; unenforceable. |
| Section 565.865 | Discharge of prohibited restrictions; form. |
| Section 565.866 | Homeowners' or property owners' association; authority to discharge a prohibited restriction; requirements; execution; recording with register of deeds. |
| Section 565.867 | Property owner; authority to discharge a prohibited restriction. |
| Section 565.868 | Standing to file action for discharge of prohibited restriction. |
| Section 565.869 | Recording of discharge form; fees. |
| Section 565.870 | Refusal to remove prohibited restrictions; liability; costs and attorney fees. |
| Section 565.871 | Duties not created by act; liability. |
| Section 565.872 | Effect of act. |
| Act 34 of 2011 | TRANSFER FEE COVENANTS ATTACHING TO NONRESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY (565.881 - 565.884) |
| Section 565.881 | Definitions. |
| Section 565.882 | Transfer fee covenant; effect. |
| Section 565.883 | Lien as void. |
| Section 565.884 | Action to clear title; other equitable relief; attorney fees and costs. |
| Act 35 of 2011 | TRANSFER FEE COVENANTS ATTACHING TO RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY (565.891 - 565.894) |
| Section 565.891 | Definitions. |
| Section 565.892 | Transfer fee covenant; effect. |
| Section 565.893 | Lien as void. |
| Section 565.894 | Action to clear title; other equitable relief; attorney fees and costs. |
| Act 348 of 1990 | PRIORITY OF MORTGAGES (565.901 - 565.906) |
| Section 565.901 | Definitions. |
| Section 565.902 | Priority of future advance mortgage. |
| Section 565.903 | Priority of recorded mortgage amended to become future advance mortgage. |
| Section 565.903a | Priority of residential future advance mortgage. |
| Section 565.904 | Priority of future advance mortgage over another interest in property recorded prior to April 1, 1991. |
| Section 565.905 | Applicability of act. |
| Section 565.906 | Effective date. |
| Act 92 of 1993 | SELLER DISCLOSURE ACT (565.951 - 565.966) |
| Section 565.951 | Short title. |
| Section 565.952 | Applicability of seller disclosure requirements. |
| Section 565.953 | Seller disclosure requirements; exceptions. |
| Section 565.954 | Written statement; delivery; time limits; compliance; terminating purchase agreement within certain time limits; expiration of right to terminate. |
| Section 565.955 | Liability for error, inaccuracy, or omission; delivery as compliance with requirements of act; conditions. |
| Section 565.956 | Disclosures; inaccuracy as result of action, occurrence, or agreement after delivery; unknown or unavailable information; basis. |
| Section 565.957 | Disclosure; form. |
| Section 565.958 | Availability of copies. |
| Section 565.959 | Additional disclosures. |
| Section 565.960 | Disclosure; good faith. |
| Section 565.961 | Other obligations created by law not limited. |
| Section 565.962 | Disclosure; amendment. |
| Section 565.963 | Disclosure; manner of delivery. |
| Section 565.964 | Transfer not invalidated by noncompliance. |
| Section 565.965 | Liability of agent. |
| Section 565.966 | Effective date. |
| Act 6 of 2022 | MICHIGAN FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT (565.1001 - 565.1013) |
| Section 565.1001 | Short title. |
| Section 565.1003 | Definitions. |
| Section 565.1005 | First-time home buyer savings program; establishment; savings account designation; form of contribution. |
| Section 565.1007 | Account holder responsibilities; use of funds; filing with department; maintenance and retention of records; rules; deduction under MCL 206.30; informational materials. |
| Section 565.1009 | Financial institution duties and responsibilities. |
| Section 565.1011 | Maximum account balance limit; contributions, interest earned, and qualified withdrawals as tax exempt. |
| Section 565.1013 | Improper use of funds; penalties; exceptions; definitions. |