Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.36 (2026)

Power of attorney to convey lands; inapplicability of preceding section; executory land contract; recording; recording as evidence.

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Revised Statutes of 1846


R.S. of 1846


565.36 Power of attorney to convey lands; inapplicability of preceding section; executory land contract; recording; recording as evidence.

Sec. 36.

    The preceding section shall not be construed to extend to a letter of attorney, or other instrument containing a power to convey lands as agent or attorney for the owner of such lands; but every such letter or instrument, and every executory contract for the sale or purchase of lands, when acknowledged or proved in the manner prescribed in this chapter, may be recorded in the registry of deeds of any county in which the lands to which such power or contract relates, may be situated; and when so acknowledged or proved, and the record thereof when recorded, or a transcript of such record duly certified, may be read in evidence in the same manner, and with the like effect, as a conveyance recorded in such county.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65 ;-- CL 1857, 2755 ;-- CL 1871, 4238 ;-- How. 5690 ;-- CL 1897, 8995 ;-- CL 1915, 11727 ;-- CL 1929, 13310 ;-- CL 1948, 565.36

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Felicia Henderson v. Amos Fin. LLC (Mich. Ct. App. 2024).
Felicia Henderson v. Amos Fin. LLC (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). “Under MCL 565.36, a conveyance that was executed -4- pursuant to a power of attorney may be recorded with a register of deeds.”
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