RECORDING JUDGMENTS AND DECREES AS TO LANDS

Act 107 of 1895

AN ACT to provide for recording in the offices of registers of deeds certified copies of judgments and decrees of courts of record and making the record thereof evidence in courts, and making such records heretofore made like evidence.


History: 1895, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


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





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



Rendered 8/16/2025 3:04 AM
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