Title 565, CONVEYANCES OF REAL PROPERTY

Sec. 10. Each disclosure required by this act shall be made in good faith. For purposes of this act, "good faith" means honesty in fact in the conduct of the transaction.

Sec. 11. The specification of items for disclosure in this act does not limit or abridge any obligation for disclosure created by any other provision of law regarding fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit in transfer transactions.

Sec. 12. Any disclosure made pursuant to this act may be amended in writing by the transferor, but the amendment is subject to section 4.

Sec. 13. Delivery of a disclosure statement required by this act shall be by personal delivery, facsimile delivery, or by registered mail to the prospective purchaser. Execution of a facsimile counterpart of the disclosure statement shall be considered to be execution of the orig…

Sec. 14. A transfer subject to this act shall not be invalidated solely because of the failure of any person to comply with a provision of this act.

Sec. 15. An agent of a transferor shall not be liable for any violation of this act by a transferor unless any agent knowingly acts in concert with a transferor to violate this act.

Sec. 16. This act shall take effect upon the expiration of 180 days after the date of its enactment.

Sec. 1. (1) A person that procures or places upon record any conveyance of real estate with intent to deceive any person as to the veracity of the document recorded is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or…

Sec. 1. (1) A register of deeds shall not receive for recording an instrument executed after October 29, 1937 unless the instrument complies with each of the following requirements: (a) The name of each person purporting to execute the instrument is legibly printed, typewritten, …

Sec. 2. The register of deeds shall, however, receive any such instrument for record, although the same does not comply with the requirements of this act: Provided, There is recorded therewith an affidavit of some person having personal knowledge of the facts, which affidavit sha…

Sec. 3. (1) This act does not apply to any of the following instruments: (a) A decree, order, judgment or writ of a court. (b) A death certificate or a certified copy of a death certificate described in section 2886 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2886. (2) Sectio…

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 des…

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 …

Sec. 1a. An affidavit stating facts relating to any of the following matters that may affect the title to real property in this state and made by any person having knowledge of the facts and competent to testify concerning those facts in open court may be recorded in the office o…

Sec. 1b. Any person who knowingly makes any false statement in an affidavit is guilty of perjury.

Sec. 1c. The affidavit shall include a description of the land, title to which may be affected by facts stated in the affidavit. If there appears in the regular chain of title of the land a deed, will, mortgage or other instrument affecting the title which contains a full and ade…

Sec. 1d. (1) An affidavit to correct the following types of errors or omissions in previously recorded documents may be recorded in the office of register of deeds for the county where the real property that is the subject of the affidavit is located: (a) Errors and omissions rel…

Sec. 2. (1) The register of deeds of the county where 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…

Sec. 3. The affidavit, whether recorded before or after the passage of this act, may be received in evidence in any civil cause, in any court of this state and by any board or officer of the state in any suit or proceeding affecting the real estate and shall be prima facie eviden…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform real property electronic recording act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Commission" means the electronic recording commission created in section 5. (b) "Document" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form, and tha…

Sec. 3. (1) If a law requires as a condition for recording that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document. (2) If a law requires as a condition for recording that a document be signe…

Sec. 4. (1) Except as provided in section 5a, a county register of deeds who implements any of the functions listed in subsection (2) shall do so in compliance with any standards established by the electronic recording commission. (2) A county register of deeds may do any of the …

Sec. 5. (1) The electronic recording commission is created within the department of technology, management, and budget. The commission consists of 8 members, as follows: (a) The director of the department of technology, management, and budget or his or her designee, who is a nonv…

Sec. 5a. (1) During the time that this section applies, a register of deeds shall accept electronic documents for recording. If a register of deeds does not have the equipment to accept an electronic document, the register of deeds shall accept for recording a tangible copy of an…

Sec. 6. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

Sec. 7. This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 USC 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, 15 USC 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notic…

Sec. 1. Where, by the terms of a mortgage on real property, the mortgagor is required to make periodic payments which include sums to be allocated to an escrow account for the purpose of paying taxes, insurance or improvements to the property, or any combination of such purposes,…

Sec. 2. The annual statement specified in section 1 is not required where the mortgagor is provided with a monthly billing form or mortgagor passbook either of which provides the escrow fund balance and record of expenditures for taxes.

Sec. 3. If, pursuant to an agreement, a mortgagor has paid sufficient funds into an escrow account for the purpose of paying taxes on mortgaged real property, and if the mortgagee or his agent has not paid those property taxes, then the person to whom the mortgagor paid the funds…

Sec. 4. (1) Not later than March 1, 1994, a mortgagee, a vendor of a land contract, or their agent shall adjust the escrow account maintained for the payment of real property taxes to be levied in the 1994 calendar year by an amount that the mortgagee, vendor, or agent reasonably…

Sec. 1. An instrument that conveys, encumbers, or otherwise affects real property, executed pursuant to an express trust, may be accompanied by either of the following: (a) A copy of each operative trust instrument. As used in this subdivision, "trust instrument" means that term …

Sec. 4. A trust instrument or certificate of trust under section 7913 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7913, that accompanies an instrument as described in section 1, and any amendments to or revocations of the trust instrument or the certificat…

Sec. 5. A purchaser or other party relying on the information included in a recorded certificate of trust under section 7913 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.7913, has the same protection as is provided to a subsequent purchaser in good faith un…

Sec. 1. That every register of deeds who shall neglect or refuse to keep up such indexes as are required by law shall forfeit the sum of 10 dollars for each and every such neglect or refusal, which may be recovered in an action of debt before any court of competent jurisdiction.

Sec. 1. That when a new county has been, or shall be organized, in whole or in part, from an organized county, or from territory attached to such organized county for judicial purposes, and the supervisors of such new county have or shall have neglected to cause copies or transcr…

Sec. 1. That any conveyance of lands worded in substance as follows: "A.B. conveys and warrants to C.D. (here describe the premises) for the sum of (here insert the consideration)," the said conveyance being dated and duly signed, sealed and acknowledged by the grantor, shall be …

Sec. 2. Any conveyance of lands worded in substance as follows: "A.B. quit claims to C.D. (here describe the premises) for the sum of (here insert the consideration)," the said conveyance, being duly signed, sealed, and acknowledged by the grantor, shall be deemed to be a good an…

Sec. 3. It shall not be necessary to use the words "heirs and assigns of the grantee" to create in the grantee an estate of inheritance; and if it be the intention of the grantor to convey any lesser estate, it shall be so expressed in the deed.

Sec. 4. A mortgage of lands that is worded in substance as follows: "A.B. mortgages and warrants to C.D., (here describe the premises) to secure the re-payment of" (here describe the indebtedness or obligations the mortgage secures) and is signed by the grantor, is a valid and en…

Sec. 1. That whenever any grantor, who has heretofore conveyed or shall hereafter convey, any real estate within this state, shall have or hold in his possession any unrecorded deed or deeds through or under which he derived title of any lands by him so conveyed, it shall be his …

Sec. 2. If such grantor shall neglect or refuse to record such deed or deliver the same to such grantee after having been requested so to do, as provided in the preceding section, within the time above limited, he shall be liable to said grantee, his heirs, representatives or ass…

Sec. 1. That any letter of attorney or other instrument containing a power to convey lands, as agent or attorney for the owners of such lands, executed and acknowledged in the manner provided by the statutes of this state for the execution and acknowledgment of deeds or other con…

Sec. 2. When deeds and instruments conveying title to real estate or any letter of attorney or other instrument containing a power to convey lands as agent or attorney for the owners of such lands, executed and acknowledged in the manner provided by the statutes of this state for…

Sec. 1. That in addition to the mode in which such instruments may now be executed in this state, hereafter all deeds and other instruments in writing executed by any person or by any private corporation, not having a corporate seal, and now required to be under seal, shall be de…

Sec. 2. (1) A seal of a court, public officer, or corporation may be affixed in any of the following ways: (a) Impressed directly upon the instrument or writing to be sealed. (b) Impressed upon wafer, wax, or other adhesive substance affixed to the instrument or writing or upon p…