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565.870 Refusal to remove prohibited restrictions; liability; costs and attorney fees.

Sec. 10.

(1) A person that refuses, before recording, to remove from a deed or other instrument a prohibited restriction is liable for all actual court costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred in an action before a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this act.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a register of deeds or an employee of a register of deeds.

History: 2022, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 2022