Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.5 (2026)

Passive trust; disposition of lands, trustee interest.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

555.5 Passive trust; disposition of lands, trustee interest.

Sec. 5.

Every disposition of lands, whether by deed or devise, hereafter made, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be directly to the person in whom the right to the possession and the profits shall be intended to be vested, and not to any other, to the use of, or in trust for, such person; and if made to 1 or more persons, in trust for, or to the use of another, no estate or interest, legal or equitable, shall vest in the trustee.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 63 ;-- CL 1857, 2635 ;-- CL 1871, 4118 ;-- How. 5567 ;-- CL 1897, 8833 ;-- CL 1915, 11569 ;-- CL 1929, 12971 ;-- CL 1948, 555.5

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2013–2014 · leading case: Kloss v. RBS Citizens, N.A., 996 F. Supp. 2d 574 (E.D. Mich. 2014).

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Kloss v. RBS Citizens, N.A., 996 F. Supp. 2d 574 (E.D. Mich. 2014). · cites it 9× “*599 Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.5 . I suggest that this statute is inapplicable.”

Keyes v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co., 921 F. Supp. 2d 749 (E.D. Mich. 2013). · cites it 6× “Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.5 . The plaintiffs argue that the Trust in this case, like all REMIC trusts, is a passive trust, and therefore the assignment of mortgage did not vest a security interest in defendant Deutsche Bank, but rather in the investors in the Trust.”

Robert Carmack v. The Bank of New York Mellon, 534 F. App'x 508 (6th Cir. 2013). “Alternative Loan Trust 2005-J12 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-J12” violated a provision of Michigan’s statute on uses and trusts, Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.5 , which states: Every disposition of lands, whether by deed or devise, hereafter made, except as otherwise…”

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