HOUSE BILL No. 4519

 

March 22, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Byrum, Coulouris, LeBlanc, McDowell, Lahti, Ebli, Bieda, Valentine, Bennett, Byrnes, Angerer, Wenke and Young and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban and Regional Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 1915 PA 123, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the recording and use in evidence of

affidavits affecting real property; and to provide a penalty for

the making of false affidavits,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 565.452).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. (1) The register of deeds of the county where the 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) Beginning January 1, 2008, 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 all or at least 5 digits of any social

 

security number appearing in or on the affidavit are obscured or

 

removed.