Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.49 (2026)

Conveyances; same person or persons among grantors and grantees; joint tenancy, tenancy by entireties.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

565.49 Conveyances; same person or persons among grantors and grantees; joint tenancy, tenancy by entireties.

Sec. 49.

Conveyances in which the grantor or 1 or more of the grantors are named among the grantees therein shall have the same force and effect as they would have if the conveyance were made by a grantor or grantors who are not named among the grantees. Conveyances expressing an intent to create a joint tenancy or tenancy by the entireties in the grantor or grantors together with the grantee or grantees shall be effective to create the type of ownership indicated by the terms of the conveyance.

History: Add. 1955, Act 3, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1984–2019 · leading case: Tkachik v. Mandeville, 790 N.W.2d 260 (Mich. 2010).

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Tkachik v. Mandeville, 790 N.W.2d 260 (Mich. 2010). · cites it 4× “See MCL 565.49. A joint tenancy may create a special right to survivorship in a tenant following a joint tenant’s death.”

Albro v. Allen, 454 N.W.2d 85 (Mich. 1990). “_ 1 In Michigan, MCL 565.49; MSA 26.565 abolishes the requirements of unities of time and title.”

In Re Ledwidge Est., 358 N.W.2d 18 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 3× “*606 In 1955, the Legislature abolished the requirement of unity of title in creating a joint tenancy by enacting MCL 565.49; MSA 26.565. 1 Since then, no Michigan case has addressed the statute’s effect on the necessity of the existence of the four unities in creating a joint…”

Cindy Schaaf v. Charlene Forbes (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “Additional textual support is found in MCL 565.49, which states: Conveyances in which the grantor or 1 or more of the grantors are named among the grantees therein shall have the same force and effect as they would have if the conveyance were made by a grantor or grantors who…”

Myra C Torovich v. Joseph Oddo (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “[MCL 565.49.] The quitclaim deed executed by plaintiff does not specify what type of ownership was created.”

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