Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.6 (2026)
Covenants; implication in mortgage.
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Revised Statutes of 1846
R.S. of 1846
565.6 Covenants; implication in mortgage.
Sec. 6.
No mortgage shall be construed as implying a covenant for the payment of the sum thereby intended to be secured; and where there shall be no express covenant for such payment contained in the mortgage, and no bond or other separate instrument to secure such payment, shall have been given, the remedies of the mortgagee shall be confined to the lands mentioned in the mortgage.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65 ;-- CL 1857, 2725 ;-- CL 1871, 4208 ;-- How. 5656 ;-- CL 1897, 8960 ;-- CL 1915, 11692 ;-- CL 1929, 13282 ;-- CL 1948, 565.6
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case, 2011–2011 · leading case: Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Cherryland Mall Ltd. P'ship, 812 N.W.2d 799 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011).
Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Cherryland Mall Ltd. P'ship, 812 N.W.2d 799 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011). “6 provides that absent agreement to the contrary, mortgages are nonrecourse in Michigan: No mortgage shall be construed as implying a covenant for the payment of the sum thereby intended to be secured; and where there shall be no express covenant for such payment contained in…”
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