Act No. 349

Public Acts of 2014

Approved by the Governor

October 15, 2014

Filed with the Secretary of State

October 17, 2014

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 17, 2014

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

Introduced by Reps. Lane and Pettalia

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4639

AN ACT to amend 1846 RS 65, entitled “Of alienation by deed, and the proof and recording of conveyances, and the canceling of mortgages,” by amending section 28 (MCL 565.28), as amended by 2008 PA 358.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 28. (1) Each register of deeds shall keep a general index of instruments accepted for recording, after the instruments have met all recording requirements, including the payment of fees, by means of books or computerization or a combination of both. The index shall include the following information:

(a) Liber and page, or other unique identifying number, which shall be sequentially, not randomly, assigned.

(b) Instrument type.

(c) The name of each party to each instrument.

(d) Date processed, after having met all recording requirements, including payment of fees.

(e) Location of land: section, town and range, platted description, or other description authorized by law.

(f) Other reference information as required.

(2) Each computerized index shall be maintained to allow for an alphabetical search of the names of each party to each instrument, except as provided in section 1a(g) of 1915 PA 123, MCL 565.451a, recorded by the register of deeds.

(3) Each computerized index shall be secured by a duplicate index maintained at a separate location from the primary index.

(4) The primary index shall be secured by a code, key, or other system designed to prohibit an unauthorized person from altering the index.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 97th Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) House Bill No. 4638.

(b) House Bill No. 4640.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor