September 19, 2006, Introduced by Senators HAMMERSTROM and BIRKHOLZ and referred to the Committee on Local, Urban and State 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 January 1, 2006, 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, 2006.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2007, 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 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 original record. However, if the register of deeds has
obscured or removed social security information from the copy under
subsection (2) or (3), the register of deeds or his or her deputy
shall include in the certification that social security number
information was obscured or removed from the copy.
(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.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January
1, 2007.