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Recording Requirements

 

  1. Signatures must be original and names must be typed, stamped or printed beneath all written signatures. MCLA 565.201(a)(e).

  2. No discrepancy shall exist between names printed in the notary acknowledgment and as printed beneath signatures.  MCLA 565.201 Sec. 1(a) (b) (c).

  3. Instruments conveying or mortgaging any interest in real estate shall state the marital status of any male grantors. MCLA 565.221

  4. The address of grantees in each deed of conveyance or assignment of real estate shall contain the street number address or pose office address.  MCLA 565.201 Sec. 1(d).

  5. The name and address of the person who drafted the document must appear on the documents executed in Michigan. MCLA 565.201a, 565.203

  6. Documents purporting to convey or encumber real estate executed in Michigan require an acknowledgment by a judge, clerk of a court of record or a notary public within this state.  MCLA 565.8; form:  MCLA 565.265; 565.267.

  7. A certified copy of the death certificate or proof of death must be recorded or have been recorded and referenced by Liber and Page on said document when "survivor" is indicated on the document.  MCLA 565.48.

  8. Court orders must be certified and sealed by the clerk of the court to be eligible for recording, unless otherwise ordered by the court. MCLA 565.401, 565.411

  9. The document must be:  Legible, black ink, type size 10 point, white 20lb paper, with a blank margin of 2 1/2" at top of first page and 1/2" on all other margins.  First page must also have a single statement identifying the recordable event that the instrument evidences.  Paper size must be minimally 8 1/2" x 11" and not larger than 8 1/2" x 14".  MCLA 565.201 Sec.3, Sec. 1(f).

  10. Total value of real property must be stated on the face of the document or a real estate valuation affidavit must be attached.  MCLA 207.504, 207.525.
 

 

 
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