Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.28

Register of deeds; general index; contents; computerized index; securing computerized and primary indexes.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

565.28 Register of deeds; general index; contents; computerized index; securing computerized and primary indexes.

Sec. 28.

(1) Each register of deeds shall keep a general index of instruments accepted for recording, after the instruments have met all recording requirements, including the payment of fees, by means of books or computerization or a combination of both. The index shall include the following information:

(a) Liber and page, or other unique identifying number, which shall be sequentially, not randomly, assigned.

(b) Instrument type.

(d) Date processed, after having met all recording requirements, including payment of fees.

(e) Location of land: section, town and range, platted description, or other description authorized by law.

(f) Other reference information as required.

(2) Each computerized index shall be maintained to allow for an alphabetical search of the names of each party to each instrument, except as provided in section 1a(g) of 1915 PA 123, MCL 565.451a, recorded by the register of deeds.

(3) Each computerized index shall be secured by a duplicate index maintained at a separate location from the primary index.

(4) The primary index shall be secured by a code, key, or other system designed to prohibit an unauthorized person from altering the index.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65 ;-- CL 1857, 2747 ;-- CL 1871, 4230 ;-- How. 5682 ;-- Am. 1893, Act 80, Eff. Aug. 28, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8987 ;-- CL 1915, 11720 ;-- CL 1929, 13303 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 263, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 565.28 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Apr. 16, 1980 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 349, Imd. Eff. Oct. 17, 2014

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 2005–2015 · leading case: Tibble v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In Re Hudson)

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Tibble v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In Re Hudson) (2011) miwb · cites it 2× “13 at 386 (citing Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 565.28 ). The grantor-grantee index shows the chain of title regarding a particular parcel of property.”

First National Bank v. Department of Treasury (2008) michctapp · cites it 2× “MCL 565.28(1) requires every register of deeds to keep a general index to each set of books by alphabetically entering the name of each party to each recorded instrument.”

Tibble v. Consumers Credit Union (In Re Koshar) (2005) miwb · cites it 2× “Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.27 . The register of deeds also adds to an alphabetical index the name of each party to the mortgage recorded.”

Kaczynski v. Anderson (2007) michctapp “The subsequently enacted URAA explicitly states in MCL 565.28, “This act provides an additional method of proving notarial acts.”

Francis Katulski v. Cpca Trust I (2015) michctapp “MCL 565.28; MCL 565.29. In light of the definitions of the terms comprising MCL 600.”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.28(1) — 1 case

First National Bank v. Department of Treasury (2008) michctapp “MCL 565.28(1) requires every register of deeds to keep a general index to each set of books by alphabetically entering the name of each party to each recorded instrument.”

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