Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.46 (2026)
Proof and acknowledgment of deeds; application of law to instruments affecting lands.
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Revised Statutes of 1846
R.S. of 1846
565.46 Proof and acknowledgment of deeds; application of law to instruments affecting lands.
Sec. 46.
The preceding sections of this chapter to procure, enforce and obtain the proof and acknowledgment of deeds, shall be, and the same are hereby made applicable to all instruments in writing in any wise affecting the title to lands which are required or authorized to be acknowledged, or acknowledged and recorded.
History: Add. 1867, Act 102, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 4248 ;-- How. 5706 ;-- CL 1897, 9012 ;-- CL 1915, 11747 ;-- CL 1929, 13319 ;-- CL 1948, 565.46
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2015–2015 · leading case: In Re Duke Est., 887 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
In Re Duke Est., 887 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “Petitioners first argued that the quitclaim deed was fraudulent and void under MCL 565.46 and MCL 565.47 because it was improperly notarized and, as a result, could not be validly recorded as a conveyance of real estate under MCL 565.”
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