REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961
Act 236 of 1961
600.2805 Notice of judgment lien; certification; service.
Sec. 2805.
(1) The clerk of a court that entered a judgment shall certify a notice of judgment lien that has been filed with the court and that includes all of the following:
(a) The case caption and docket number.
(b) The current name and address of the judgment creditor and, if the judgment creditor has an attorney, the attorney.
(c) The name, last 4 digits of the social security or tax identification number, and last known address of the judgment debtor.
(d) The current balance due on the judgment.
(e) The date the judgment was entered, the expiration date of the judgment, and the expiration date of the judgment lien.
(f) The signature of the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's attorney.
(2) A notice of judgment lien need not include a legal description of the debtor's interest in real property.
(3) Except as provided by subsection (4), a copy of a notice of judgment lien that has been certified under subsection (1) shall be served by certified mail on the judgment debtor at the judgment debtor's last known address. Proof of service shall be filed with the court that issued the judgment.
(4) If the judgment that is the subject of the judgment lien is for $25,000.00 or more, a copy of a notice of judgment lien that has been certified under subsection (1) shall be personally served on the judgment debtor and proof of service filed with the court that issued the judgment.
History: Add. 2004, Act 136, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
4
cases (
2 in the last 5 years), 2010–2023 · leading case:
Thomas v. Dutkavich, 803 N.W.2d 352 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010).
Thomas v. Dutkavich, 803 N.W.2d 352 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 3× “Thomas does not argue that the Dutkaviches failed to comply with MCL 600.2805. Although a conveyance of land made to two or more persons is generally construed to create an estate in common and not a joint tenancy, an exception exists when the conveyance is made to a husband and…”
Shannon M Hartwick v. Clarissa De Luna (Mich. Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 2× “Moreover, to the extent that defendant challenges the “setoff” in the trial court’s judgment or argues that the court’s remedy operated to enforce a foreclosure sale, citing MCL 600.”
J & J Sports Prods., Inc. v. Cloud Nine Hookah Lounge, Inc. (E.D. Mich. 2022).
· cites it 2× “” Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2805 (4). Michigan law also provides that “[o]n a showing that service of process cannot reasonably be made as provided by this rule, the court may by order permit service of process to be made in any other manner reasonably calculated to give the…”
in Re Stuart Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
“Because the trial court did not 2 Further, MCL 600.2805 requires that “[t]he clerk of a court that entered a judgment shall certify a notice of judgment lien that has been filed with the court .”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2805(1) — 1 case
Thomas v. Dutkavich, 803 N.W.2d 352 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010).
“Thomas does not argue that the Dutkaviches failed to comply with MCL 600.2805. Although a conveyance of land made to two or more persons is generally construed to create an estate in common and not a joint tenancy, an exception exists when the conveyance is made to a husband and…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2805(3) — 1 case
Thomas v. Dutkavich, 803 N.W.2d 352 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010).
“Thomas does not argue that the Dutkaviches failed to comply with MCL 600.2805. Although a conveyance of land made to two or more persons is generally construed to create an estate in common and not a joint tenancy, an exception exists when the conveyance is made to a husband and…”
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