Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 53.89 (2026)

Register of deeds; bond; penal sum; approval; surety.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

53.89 Register of deeds; bond; penal sum; approval; surety.

Sec. 89.

As determined by the county board of commissioners, the register of deeds either shall be covered by a blanket bond or shall give a bond to the people of this state in the penal sum of at least $3,000.00. The individual bond shall be approved by the county board of commissioners and secured by a surety company authorized to do business in this state.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14 ;-- CL 1857, 437 ;-- CL 1871, 579 ;-- How. 607 ;-- CL 1897, 2610 ;-- CL 1915, 2472 ;-- CL 1929, 1373 ;-- CL 1948, 53.89 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 255, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 24, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1974 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 635, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979

Compiler's Notes:

This section as originally enacted was numbered section 90.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1979–2003 · leading case: Roupe v. Bay Cnty., 268 F. Supp. 2d 825 (E.D. Mich. 2003).

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Roupe v. Bay Cnty., 268 F. Supp. 2d 825 (E.D. Mich. 2003). · cites it 2× “7, § 4; Mich. Comp. Laws § 53.89 et seq. The plaintiff, Victoria.”

Wayne Cnty. Prosecutor v. Wayne Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 286 N.W.2d 62 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979). “5 The duties of the register of deeds are enumerated in MCL 53.89 et seq.; MSA 5.981 et seq. 6 The duties of the prosecutor are enumerated in MCL 49.”

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