Title 600, REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Sec. 6018. All the real estate of any judgment debtor, including, but not limited to, interests acquired by parties to contracts for the sale of land, whether in possession, reversion or remainder, lands conveyed in fraud of creditors, equities and rights of redemption, leasehold…

Sec. 6021. No execution may issue upon a judgment against: (1) Any township, village, city, or against the trustees or common council, or officers thereof where the action is prosecuted by or against them in their name of office; (2) Any corporate body or unincorporated board, ha…

Sec. 6022. Executions shall not issue: (1) In the case of a debt due from a deceased person, against the body or property of his or her personal representative, heir, devisee, or legatee, except for property of the deceased in their hands. (2) Against the sole property of a joint…

Sec. 6023. (1) The following property of a judgment debtor and the judgment debtor's dependents is exempt from levy and sale under an execution: (a) All family pictures, all arms and accouterments required by law to be kept by any person, all wearing apparel of every person and h…

Sec. 6023a. Property described in section 1 of 1927 PA 212, MCL 557.151, or real property, held jointly by a husband and wife as a tenancy by the entirety is exempt from execution under a judgment entered against only 1 spouse.

Sec. 6024. (1) Nothing in this chapter shall be considered as exempting real estate from taxation or sale for taxes. (2) No specific piece of property either real or personal, is exempt from levy or sale under execution issued upon a judgment rendered for the purchase money for t…

Sec. 6025. (1) When a levy is made upon property of any class or species, which is exempt by law from execution to a specified number, amount or value, the officer levying such execution shall make inventory of so much of such property belonging to the judgment debtor as is suffi…

Sec. 6026. (1) Upon inventory and appraisal, the defendant in execution, or his authorized agent, may select from the inventory the number of items or animals, or the amount of property not exceeding, according to the inventory and appraisal, the number, amount, or value exempted…

Sec. 6027. If the homestead of any debtor is appraised at a value of more than $3,500.00, and cannot be divided, the debtor shall not for that reason lose the benefit of the exemption; but in such cases the officer shall deliver a notice, attached to a copy of the appraisal, to t…

Sec. 6031. No sale of any goods or chattels may be made by virtue of any execution, unless at least 10 days' previous notice of such sale is given, by fastening up written or printed notices thereof, in 3 public places in the city or township where such sale is to be had, and spe…

Sec. 6032. No personal property may be exposed for sale on execution, unless the same is present and within the view of those attending such sale; and it shall be offered for sale in such lots and parcels as shall be calculated to bring the highest price.

Sec. 6033. Whenever a levy is made upon any article, belonging to a class or species which is exempt from execution to a specified amount or value, and the value thereof as determined by the appraisal, is in excess of the amount of the exemption allowed therein to the defendant i…

Sec. 6034. The purchaser at a sale of goods or chattels pledged by way of mortgage or otherwise shall be entitled to pay, before foreclosure, to the person holding the mortgage or pledge the amount actually due thereon, or otherwise perform before foreclosure, the terms and condi…

Sec. 6035. (1) Whenever the officer by virtue of any execution issued by a court, levies upon any perishable property, he shall proceed to sell it at such time, place, or manner as he may deem most beneficial for the interest of the defendant. (2) A sale shall not be made except …

Sec. 6036. When a levy is made upon grain while growing, or on any unharvested crops by virtue of any execution, the officer making such levy shall file a notice of said levy in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which such grain or crops are at the time of maki…

Sec. 6037. (1) No attachment or levy upon shares of stock for which a certificate is outstanding, is valid until such certificate is actually seized by the officer making the attachment or levy, or is surrendered to the corporation which issued it, or its transfer is enjoined or …

Sec. 6038. (1) The officer having execution against any corporation authorized to receive tolls, shall, 30 days, at least, before the day of sale of the franchise, or other corporate personal property, give notice of the time and place of sale, by posting up a notice thereof in a…

Sec. 6041. The lawful fees and charges of the sale upon any execution in the manner prescribed in this chapter, shall, in all cases, be added to the amount due on the execution, and be considered as a part thereof for all the purposes mentioned in this chapter.

Sec. 6042. If, at the time appointed for the sale of any real or personal property on execution, the officer shall deem it expedient and for the interest of all persons concerned, to postpone the sale for want of purchasers or other sufficient cause, he may postpone the sale from…

Sec. 6043. In case of levies made on more than 1 of the executions provided for in section 6005, sale shall only be made on 1 execution at a time, and under the direction of the plaintiff's attorney. No more sales of the property may be made than is necessary to satisfy the judgm…

Sec. 6044. If, after any sale made as herein prescribed there remains in the hands of the officer any surplus money after satisfying the writ or writs of execution on which such property was sold, with the interest thereon, the officer shall pay over such surplus to the judgment …

Sec. 6045. (1) If the highest bidder for any property at any sale on execution refuses to take and pay for it, he is liable for any loss on resale. (2) In such case the officer shall sell the property again at the same time, or thereafter, giving notice of the second sale. (3) Th…

Sec. 6046. The sheriff or other officer to whom execution is directed, and the deputies of such officers, shall not directly or indirectly, purchase or be interested in the purchase of any property at any sale by virtue of execution.

Sec. 6047. After issuing execution to collect a judgment, any person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the officer having the execution the amount of his debt, or so much thereof as is necessary to satisfy the execution, and the receipt of the officer having such executi…

Sec. 605. Circuit courts have original jurisdiction to hear and determine all civil claims and remedies, except where exclusive jurisdiction is given in the constitution or by statute to some other court or where the circuit courts are denied jurisdiction by the constitution or s…

Sec. 6051. No levy by execution on real estate is valid: (1) Against bona fide conveyances made subsequent to such levy, until a notice thereof, containing the names of the parties to the execution, a description of the premises levied upon, and the date of such levy, is filed by…

Sec. 6052. Prior to the sale of any real estate taken on execution, notice of the time and place of holding the sale, the notice to describe the real estate with common certainty by setting forth the name or number of the township in which it is located, and the number of the lot…

Sec. 6053. (1) The sale of real estate by virtue of any execution shall be by public sale, between the hour of 9 o'clock in the morning and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at the court house or place of holding the circuit court in the county in which the real estate is situated. (2)…

Sec. 6054. (1) Any officer who sells any real estate, without the previous notice herein directed, or otherwise than in the manner herein prescribed, shall be liable therefor to the party injured, in the sum of $500.00 damages, in addition to any actual damages which such party m…

Sec. 6055. (1) Upon the sale of any real estate by virtue of an execution, the officer making the same shall make and subscribe as many certificates of such sale as may be necessary, containing: (a) A particular description of the premises sold; (b) The price bid for each distinc…

Sec. 6056. (1) When any real estate offered for sale by virtue of any execution consists of several known lots, tracts, or parcels, such lots, tracts, or parcels shall be separately exposed for sale, and the judgment debtor may direct which piece or parcel shall be first exposed …

Sec. 6057. (1) When a leasehold interest is sold on execution, the purchaser is entitled to all the rights and privileges of the defendant in and to the leasehold premises, and may immediately obtain possession thereof from the defendant or person holding under him in the manner …

Sec. 6059. In case the surplus, or the amount due on the execution or judgment is not paid according to the provisions of section 6027 of this chapter, it shall be lawful for the officer to advertise and sell the said premises, and out of the proceeds of said sale to pay such deb…

Sec. 606. (1) The circuit court has jurisdiction to hear and determine a specified juvenile violation if committed by a juvenile 14 years of age or older and less than 18 years of age. (2) As used in this section, "specified juvenile violation" means any of the following: (a) A v…

Sec. 6060. (1) When judgment is recovered for a debt or any part of a debt secured by mortgage of real estate, there can be no sale of the equity of redemption in such estate, by virtue of any execution upon such judgment. (2) Whenever any execution against the property of the de…

Sec. 6061. When any sale, by virtue of any execution, or attachment, becomes absolute, the purchaser at such sale acquires all the rights and interests that the debtor had in and to the realty sold at the time of the levy by virtue of the execution or attachment; including in eit…

Sec. 6062. (1) Not later than 1 year from the date when sale on execution is made, the real estate sold or any distinct lot, tract, or portion that is separately sold or the interest in real estate so sold may be redeemed by payment to the purchaser, to the purchaser's personal r…

Sec. 6063. (1) In case the persons entitled as hereinbefore provided omit to redeem the premises sold, or any part of them, within the year prescribed, then the interest vested in the purchaser by the sale may be acquired within 3 months after the expiration of the year, by the p…

Sec. 6064. (1) Whenever any creditor, or purchaser, acquires the title of the original purchaser pursuant to the foregoing provisions, any other creditor who might have acquired the title according to such provisions may become a purchaser thereof from the first creditor who acqu…

Sec. 6065. To entitle any creditor to acquire the title of the original purchaser, or to become a purchaser from any other creditor, he shall present to and leave with such purchaser or creditor, or the officer who made the sale, or with the register of deeds in whose office the …

Sec. 6066. (1) The sums required to be paid under this act, to acquire the title of the original purchaser or to become a purchaser from any creditor, may be paid to the purchaser or creditor, to his or her representatives or assigns, or to the officer who made the sale for the u…

Sec. 6067. When the premises mentioned in any officer's certificate of sale of real estate under execution is not redeemed, the legal holder of the certificate is entitled to a deed therefor at any time within 10 years from the expiration of the time of redemption. Before any ass…

Sec. 6068. (1) The right and title of the person against whom execution was issued, to any real estate sold thereon, shall not be divested by such sale until the expiration of 15 months from the time of such sale. (2) If such real estate is not redeemed, and a deed is executed in…

Sec. 6069. (1) After the expiration of 15 months from the time of the sale of any real estate, if any part of the premises sold shall remain unredeemed by the person against whom the execution issued, or by any person entitled to redeem the same within 1 year from the time of suc…

Sec. 6070. In all cases of redemption of lands sold on execution, or in all cases of the sale of lands on mortgage foreclosure, whether by advertisement or sale under court order, or in all cases of payment of judgments where the record shows a levy, or any other lien by mortgage…

Sec. 6071. (1) When lands and tenements, in the hands of several persons, are liable to satisfy any judgment, and the whole of such judgment, or more than a due proportion thereof, is levied upon the lands of 1 or more of such persons, the persons so aggrieved, or their personal …