Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.202 (2026)

Affidavit; contents.

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RECORDING REQUIREMENTS

Act 103 of 1937

565.202 Affidavit; contents.

Sec. 2.

The register of deeds shall, however, receive any such instrument for record, although the same does not comply with the requirements of this act: Provided, There is recorded therewith an affidavit of some person having personal knowledge of the facts, which affidavit shall be either printed or typewritten, shall comply with the requirements of this act, and shall state therein:

(a) The correct name of any person, the name of whom was not printed, typewritten or stamped upon such instrument as required by this act;

(b) In case such instrument does not comply with the requirements of paragraph (b) of section 1, the correct name of such person and shall state that each of the names used in such instrument refer to such person.

History: 1937, Act 103, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 565.202

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: In Re Duke Est., 887 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).

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In Re Duke Est., 887 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 11× “Labadie prepared and recorded an [a]ffidavit of correction, as allowed by MCL 565.202, correcting the date of the deed .”

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