March 22, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Byrum, Coulouris, LeBlanc, McDowell, Lahti, Ebli, Bieda, Valentine, Bennett, Angerer, Proos, Wenke and Young and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban and Regional Affairs.
A bill to amend 1836 PA 25, entitled
"An act concerning the records of deeds and other conveyances of
land,"
by amending section 1 (MCL 565.581).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1. (1) That By majority vote, the board
of supervisors or
a
majority of them, of all such an organized
counties as have been
county
that is attached to other counties another county for
judicial
purposes , are hereby authorized to may direct the
register
of deeds of their the
board's county, either in person or
by
deputy, to provide a good and sufficient book or books, and
procure
and record therein in
those books a complete copy of all
such
deeds, mortgages, powers of
attorney, or other instruments
relating
to the title of land as may belong belonging to their the
board's
county and on record in the county to
which it had been so
is
attached. ; and it shall be the
duty of said register or deputy
under
his oath of office to certify each and every copy so taken to
be
a true copy of the original record; and such copy so certified
shall
be received as evidence in all courts of justice in this
state,
in the same manner and for the same purposes as the original
record
would be received.
(2) Beginning March 1, 2005, unless state or federal law,
rule, regulation, or court order or rule requires that the social
security number appear in the instrument or copies of the
instrument, if a register of deeds provides a person a copy of an
instrument from a book of records described in subsection (1) that
contains a social security number, the register of deeds may
obscure or remove all or at least 5 digits of the social security
number from the copy before providing it. This subsection does not
apply after December 31, 2007.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2008, unless state or federal law,
rule, regulation, or court order or rule requires that the social
security number appear in the instrument or copies of the
instrument, if a register of deeds provides a person a copy of an
instrument from a book of records described in subsection (1) that
contains a social security number, the register of deeds shall
obscure or remove all or at least 5 digits of the social security
number from the copy before providing it.
(4) If a register of deeds provides a certified copy of an
instrument from a book of records described in subsection (1), the
register of deeds or his or her deputy shall certify that the copy
is a true copy of the instrument as reflected in the public record.
(5) A copy of an instrument from a book of records that is
certified under subsection (4) has the same force and effect as an
original for all legal purposes and is admissible in court,
administrative proceedings, or elsewhere as evidence in the same
manner as an original of the instrument.
(6) As used in this act, "books" includes a computerized
recording system for instruments relating to the title of land.