SB-0602, As Passed Senate, February 16, 2016

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 602

     A bill to amend 1968 PA 203, entitled

"State tax lien registration act,"

by amending section 5 (MCL 211.685).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 5. (1) (a) The fee for recording or filing and indexing

each a notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the tax

lien is as follows:

(a) (1) For a tax lien, on real estate or on tangible and

intangible property, the same fee provided by law for recording a

real estate mortgage.

     (2) For a tax lien on tangible and intangible personal

property, $1.00.

(b) (3) For a certificate of discharge or subordination, the

same fee provided by law for recording a discharge of a real estate

mortgage.

(c) (4) For all other notices, including a certificate of

release or nonattachment, $1.00.the same fee provided by law for

recording a real estate mortgage.

(2) (b) A register of deeds shall bill the state collecting

agencies on a monthly basis for fees for documents filed by

them.the agencies, unless alternative payment methods are

established.

(3) (c) No The secretary of state shall not charge or collect

a fee shall apply or be collected for filing and recording an

instrument presented for filing and recording to the secretary of

state by a state collecting agency.

     (4) A state collecting agency may recover fees paid under this

section from the person liable for the unpaid tax as additional

costs.