Title 570, LIENS

Sec. 45. Liens may be enforced under this act at any time within 6 years from their origin: Provided, That no lien shall be enforced against a water-craft in the hands of a bona-fide purchaser without notice, unless a complaint to enforce the same shall have been filed in the pro…

Sec. 46. The complainant and intervenors shall, at the time of filing their complaints, file security for costs to the satisfaction of the clerk; and the attorney for complainant or intervenor shall be liable for all costs and expenses until such security shall be given, and paym…

Sec. 47. The proceedings and practice under this act shall be the same as in personal actions at law except as herein otherwise provided so far as the same may be applicable, and the depositions of witnesses may be taken for the same causes, in the same manner and with the like e…

Sec. 48. The proceedings under this act shall be deemed matters of record, but the same shall not be required to be recorded at large, but shall be carefully filed, kept and numbered, being fastened together in the clerk's office, and a docket, calendar or short memorandum thereo…

Sec. 49. The clerk of the recorder's court of the city of Detroit, before performing any duties under this act, shall file with the city clerk, a bond to the people of the state, in a penalty of 5,000 dollars, with 2 sufficient sureties to be approved by the recorder or judge of …

Sec. 1. Any owner, part owner or lessee of a hay press, threshing machine, huller or other similar machine who shall press, thresh, or hull any hay, grain, corn, beans, peas or other vegetable products for another, shall, upon the filing of the statement herein provided, have a l…

Sec. 2. Any person or persons entitled to a lien under this act shall, within 20 days after the pressing, threshing or hulling is completed, file in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the hay, grain, seed or other products were grown, or pressing, threshin…

Sec. 3. The register of deeds, upon presentation of such statement and notice of lien, shall file the same in his office in the same manner as provided by law for the filing of chattel mortgages; and he shall be entitled to charge and receive from the person filing such statement…

Sec. 4. A copy of any such statement and notice of lien as aforesaid, certified by the register of deeds, shall be received in evidence in any proceeding taken to enforce the lien herein provided for, but only of the fact that such statement and notice of lien was received and fi…

Sec. 5. The person having such lien may commence a suit for the recovery of such charges in a court of competent jurisdiction against the person liable for the payment thereof.

Sec. 6. If such summons be returned personally served upon the defendant, the same proceedings shall be had, in all respects, as in other suits commenced by summons, in which there is a personal service of process, and judgment shall be rendered in such suit in like manner.

Sec. 7. If the officer return upon such summons, that the defendant cannot be found within his county, the same proceedings shall be thereupon had, in all respects, as near as may be, as in suits commenced by attachment, in which there is not a personal service of a copy of the a…

Sec. 8. If the plaintiff recover judgment in such suit, execution shall issue thereon in the same manner and with the like effect, as upon judgments rendered in suits commenced by attachment, and the property upon which the plaintiff holds such lien, or so much thereof as shall b…

Sec. 9. Any person who shall thereafter upon demand, refuse to pay the amount due for such threshing or hulling, and who shall sell, secrete, or dispose of the property covered by or subject to such lien, without the written consent of the owner or owners of said lien, shall be d…

Sec. 1. Any person, firm or corporation, who shall by any contract or contracts, express or implied or partly expressed and partly implied with the owner, part owner or lessee of any leasehold, for oil and gas purposes or of any gas pipe line or oil pipe line, or with one whom su…

Sec. 2. Any person, firm or corporation who shall furnish any such material, machinery or supplies, as described in section 1 of this act, to a contractor or a sub-contractor, or any person who shall perform such labor for a contractor or a sub-contractor, or who as an artisan or…

Sec. 3. The owner, part owner, or lessee may at any time retain from any monies due to the original contractor, an amount sufficient to pay all demands owing or unpaid to any sub-contractor, material man, or laborer who has filed and certified the notice in the manner and form as…

Sec. 4. (1) A person, or the person's agent or attorney, whether contractor, subcontractor, or materialman, or laborer, who wishes to claim the benefit of this act, shall make and record in the office of the register of deeds, in the county or counties in which the leasehold, oil…

Sec. 5. Every person recording such statement or account as provided in the preceding section, except those persons contracting or dealing directly with the owner, part owner or lessee of such premises, shall serve a copy of such statement within 30 days after the recording there…

Sec. 6. The several liens herein provided for shall continue for 1 year after such statement or account is recorded in the office of the register of deeds and no longer unless proceedings are begun to enforce same as hereinafter provided, and such liens shall take priority as fol…

Sec. 7. Proceedings to enforce such lien shall be by bill in chancery, under oath, and notice of lis pendens recorded in the office of the register of deeds, shall have the effect to continue such lien pending such proceedings. And in such proceedings, the complainant shall make …

Sec. 8. The provisions of this act shall not preclude anyone entitled to a lien hereunder from pursuing any other remedy given by law for the collection of the indebtedness for which a lien is hereby given.

Sec. 9. Upon the full payment of any indebtedness for which a claim for lien has been recorded under the provisions of this act, the party claiming such lien shall upon request of any person interested in the property affected by such lien, execute, acknowledge and cause to be re…

Sec. 10. All liens or claims for liens which may arise or accrue under the terms of this act shall be assignable, and proceedings to enforce such liens, or claims for liens may be maintained by and in the name of the assignees, who shall have as full and ample power to enforce th…

Sec. 11. When any defendant resides out of the state, or is absent from the state, or concealed therein, or cannot be found by reason of his continued absence from his place of residence, or when it cannot be ascertained in what state or country the defendant resides, the complai…

Sec. 12. This act is hereby declared to be a remedial statute and is to be construed liberally to secure the beneficial results, intents and purposes thereof, and a substantial compliance with its several provisions shall be sufficient for the validity of the lien or liens herein…

Sec. 13. For the purpose of this act the terms "owner, part owner or lessee" shall be construed to include all the interests, legal or equitable, which any person, firm, corporation, association, syndicate, trustee, co-partnership or joint adventurer may have in the leasehold, oi…

Sec. 16. An emergency is hereby declared by reason whereof it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, safety, convenience and welfare that this act take immediate effect.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "self-service storage facility act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive order of the president of the United States, an act of congress, or an order of the governor. (b) "Armed forces" means that term as defined in section 2 of the veteran right to employment se…

Sec. 3. (1) The owner of a self-service storage facility or a self-contained storage unit and the heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assignees of the owner have a lien upon all personal property, whether or not owned by the tenant, located at the self-service storag…

Sec. 4. (1) Upon the failure of a tenant to pay the rent for the storage space or unit when it becomes due, the owner may, without notice, not less than 5 days after the date the rent is due, deny the tenant access to the personal property located in the self-service storage faci…

Sec. 5. (1) An owner's lien under section 3 shall be enforced only as provided in this section. (2) The tenant and any occupant designated by the tenant under section 4(2) shall be notified of the owner's intent to enforce the owner's lien by written notice delivered in person, b…

Sec. 6. (1) A tenant who suffers damages because of an owner's failure to comply with this act may bring an action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction for the actual amount of the damages or $250.00, whichever is greater, together with reasonable attorney fees. (2) This act sh…

Sec. 7. This act does not apply to personal property for which the owner issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title.

Sec. 1. When public buildings or other public works are about to be built, repaired, or ornamented under contract at the expense of the state, or of any county, city, village, township, or school district thereof, it shall be the duty of the board of officers or agents, contracti…

Sec. 2. In the case of a subcontractor, he shall within 60 days after furnishing the last material or supplies or performing the last work covered by his subcontract, serve a written notice in duplicate upon the board of officers or agents contracting on behalf of the state, coun…

Sec. 3. Such bond shall be executed by such contractor to the people of the state of Michigan in such amount and with such sureties as shall be approved by the board of officers or agents acting on behalf of the state, county, city, village, township, or school district as afores…

Sec. 4. Such bond may be prosecuted and a recovery had at any time within 1 year after the completion and acceptance of the project, by any person, firm or corporation to whom any money shall be due and payable on account of having performed any labor or furnished any materials o…

Sec. 5. The words "materials" and "supplies" as used herein shall include coal, wood, form lumber, gasoline, kerosene and lubricating and fuel oils necessarily used in connection with or consumed in constructing, repairing and ornamenting public buildings and public works, and th…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "commercial real estate broker's lien act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Buyer" means a purchaser or lessee of a legal or equitable interest in real estate. (b) "Claim of lien" means a claim of a commercial real estate broker's lien asserted under this act. (c) "Commercial real estate" means real estate or an interest…

Sec. 3. A commercial real estate broker's lien is only available to an individual licensed as a real estate broker under article 25 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.2501 to 339.2518. A commercial real estate broker's lien is not available to an employee, agent, suba…

Sec. 4. (1) A commercial real estate broker's lien attaches to commercial real estate in favor of a real estate broker if all of the following circumstances exist: (a) The real estate broker has a written commission agreement. (b) The real estate broker is entitled to a commissio…

Sec. 5. (1) If a claim of lien recorded under section 4 would otherwise prevent the closing of a transaction involving commercial real estate, the parties to the transaction shall, subject to subsection (2), establish an escrow account from the proceeds of the transaction in an a…

Sec. 6. (1) A person claiming a commercial real estate broker's lien may bring an action to enforce the lien in the circuit court for the county where the commercial real estate is located by filing a complaint and affidavit that the claim of lien has been recorded. (2) The plain…