Section 565.37 – Power of Attorney to Convey Lands; Recording of Revocation.
565.37 Power of attorney to convey lands; recording of revocation. Sec. 37. No letter of attorney or other instrument so recorded, shall be deemed to be revoked by any act of the party by whom it was executed, unless the instrument containing such revocation be also recorded in the same office in which the instrument […]
Section 565.38 – New County; Transcription of Instruments; Effect, Compensation of Register.
565.38 New county; transcription of instruments; effect, compensation of register. Sec. 38. When a new county shall be organized, in whole or in part from an organized county, or from territory attached to such organized county for judicial purposes, all the records of deeds and other instruments relating to real estate in such new county, […]
Section 565.39 – Device Used as Seal; Effect; Application to Official Seals.
565.39 Device used as seal; effect; application to official seals. Sec. 39. A scroll or device used as a seal upon any deed of conveyance or other instrument whatever, whether intended to be recorded or not, shall have the same force and effect as a seal attached thereto, or impressed thereon, but this section shall […]
Section 565.40 – Prior Legal Conveyances; Effect as Evidence, Recording; Conveyance Under Unacknowledged Contract, Record as Evidence.
565.40 Prior legal conveyances; effect as evidence, recording; conveyance under unacknowledged contract, record as evidence. Sec. 40. All conveyances of real estate heretofore made and acknowledged or proved, in accordance with the laws of this state, in force at the time of such making and acknowledgment or proof, shall have the same force as evidence, […]
Section 565.41 – Discharge of Mortgage; Payment of Filing Fee by Mortgagee; Date of Discharge.
565.41 Discharge of mortgage; payment of filing fee by mortgagee; date of discharge. Sec. 41. (1) Within the applicable time period in section 44(2) after a mortgage has been paid or otherwise satisfied, the mortgagee or the personal representative, successor, or assign of the mortgagee shall prepare a discharge of the mortgage, file the discharge […]
Section 565.42 – Discharge of Mortgage; Certificate of Mortgagee; Circuit Court, or Register in Chancery.
565.42 Discharge of mortgage; certificate of mortgagee; circuit court, or register in chancery. Sec. 42. Any mortgage shall also be discharged upon the record thereof by the register of deeds, in whose custody it shall be, whenever there shall be presented to him a certificate executed by the mortgagee, his personal representative or assigns, acknowledged, […]
Section 565.27 – Recorded Instruments; Contents.
565.27 Recorded instruments; contents. Sec. 27. The register may note upon every instrument he or she records the date and time when it was accepted, after the instrument met all recording requirements including the payment of fees. The register also shall note a reference to the liber and page, or other unique identifying number, where […]
Section 565.28 – Register of Deeds; General Index; Contents; Computerized Index; Securing Computerized and Primary Indexes.
565.28 Register of deeds; general index; contents; computerized index; securing computerized and primary indexes. Sec. 28. (1) Each register of deeds shall keep a general index of instruments accepted for recording, after the instruments have met all recording requirements, including the payment of fees, by means of books or computerization or a combination of both. […]
Section 565.29 – Unrecorded Conveyance; Validity Against Subsequent Purchaser; Relation of Quit Claim Deed to Good Faith.
565.29 Unrecorded conveyance; validity against subsequent purchaser; relation of quit claim deed to good faith. Sec. 29. Every conveyance of real estate within the state hereafter made, which shall not be recorded as provided in this chapter, shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration, of the […]
Section 565.30 – Deeds of Church Pews and Slips; Recording.
565.30 Deeds of church pews and slips; recording. Sec. 30. Deeds of pews or slips in any church, may be recorded by the clerk of the township in which such a church is situated, or by the clerk of the society or proprietors, if incorporated or legally organized; and such clerks shall receive the same […]