Section 565.282 – Validation of Acknowledgments.
565.282 Validation of acknowledgments. Sec. 2. Any acknowledgment of any married woman to a deed of conveyance or other instrument affecting real property taken since the fourth day of August, A.D. 1875, in the same manner as if such married woman had been sole, is hereby declared valid and effectual for all intents and purposes, […]
Section 565.291 – Unrecorded Deeds Held by Grantor; Recording.
565.291 Unrecorded deeds held by grantor; recording. 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 […]
Section 565.292 – Unrecorded Deeds; Failure to Record or Deliver to Grantee; Penalty; Civil Liability.
565.292 Unrecorded deeds; failure to record or deliver to grantee; penalty; civil liability. 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 […]
Section 565.301 – Land Patents; Recording; Existing Records; Validation, Use as Evidence.
565.301 Land patents; recording; existing records; validation, use as evidence. Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of the registers of deeds, in the several counties of this state, to receive for record, and record all patents of lands, from the United States, or this state, or any copy thereof, duly certified by the commissioner […]
Section 565.302 – Record of Patent as Evidence.
565.302 Record of patent as evidence. Sec. 2. The record of a patent, recorded in the register’s office or a transcript of such record certified by the register in whose office the same may be recorded, under his hand, may be read in evidence, in any court in this state, without further proof thereof. History: […]
Section 565.321 – Lost or Destroyed Instrument; Recordation of Certified Transcript; Procedure.
565.321 Lost or destroyed instrument; recordation of certified transcript; procedure. Sec. 1. In all cases where a deed, mortgage, or other instrument affecting the title to real estate, shall have been, or shall be executed, affecting land in 2 or more counties, and when the same shall have been duly recorded in the office of […]
Section 565.203 – Inapplicability of Act to Certain Instruments.
565.203 Inapplicability of act to certain instruments. 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, […]
Section 565.221 – Written Instruments Conveying or Mortgaging Real Estate or Interest Offered for Record Before April 6, 2017; Statement of Marital Status; Refusal to Receive Instrument for Record; Recording Affidavit Showing Marital Status; Record of Instrument and Affidavit; Effect; Instrument Recorded Without Marital Status Shown; Elapse of 10 Years; Evidence.
565.221 Written instruments conveying or mortgaging real estate or interest offered for record before April 6, 2017; statement of marital status; refusal to receive instrument for record; recording affidavit showing marital status; record of instrument and affidavit; effect; instrument recorded without marital status shown; elapse of 10 years; evidence. Sec. 1. (1) All written instruments […]
Section 565.231 – Instruments Deemed Sealed.
565.231 Instruments deemed sealed. 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 deemed […]
Section 565.232 – Seal of Court, Public Officer, or Corporation; Methods of Affixing; Execution.
565.232 Seal of court, public officer, or corporation; methods of affixing; execution. 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 […]