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Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.212 (2026)

References to plat descriptions; use; plats as evidence.

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LAND DIVISION ACT


Act 288 of 1967


560.212 References to plat descriptions; use; plats as evidence.

Sec. 212.

    Reference to any land, as it appears on a recorded assessor's plat is sufficient for purposes of assessment and taxation. Conveyance may be made by reference to the plat and shall be as effective to pass title to the land so described as it would be if the premises had been described by metes and bounds. The plat or record thereof shall be received in evidence in all courts and places as correctly describing the several parcels of land therein designated. After an assessor's plat has been made and recorded with the register of deeds, all conveyances of lands included in the assessor's plat shall be by reference to the plat. Any instrument dated and acknowledged after January 1, 1968, purporting to convey or mortgage any such lands except by reference to such assessor's plat may not be recorded by the register of deeds.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2007–2011 · leading case: Richardson v. Wells Fargo Home Mortg., Inc. (In Re Brandt), 421 B.R. 426 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2009).
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Richardson v. Wells Fargo Home Mortg., Inc. (In Re Brandt), 421 B.R. 426 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2009). · cites it 7× “Wells Fargo attempts to distinguish the results of these decisions by arguing that the language of Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 560.212 permits a deed or mortgage lacking the reference to the assessor’s plat “may not be recorded” grants discretion to the register of deeds to record a…”
Wells Fargo Home Mortg., Inc. v. Richardson (In Re Brandt), 434 B.R. 493 (W.D. Mich. 2010). · cites it 7× “Similarly, Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.212 provides: Reference to any land, as it appears on a recorded assessor’s plat is sufficient for purposes of assessment and taxation.”
Tibble v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In Re Hudson), 455 B.R. 648 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2011). · cites it 2× “at 499 (discussing the requirement that a mortgage refer to the plat under Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 560.212 ). The recording of the Bank’s mortgage on Lot 6 is not void and therefore it may provide constructive notice to a subsequent purchaser.”
Tomecek v. Bavas, 740 N.W.2d 323 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 3× “MCL 560.212 also makes it clear that a plat is nothing more than a description of preexisting land interests.”
Tomecek v. Bavas, 740 N.W.2d 323 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 3× “MCL 560.212 also makes it clear that a plat is nothing more than a description of preexisting land interests.”
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