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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3101 (2026)

Jurisdiction of circuit court to foreclose mortgages of real estate and land contracts; exception.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.3101 Jurisdiction of circuit court to foreclose mortgages of real estate and land contracts; exception.

Sec. 3101.

    The circuit court has jurisdiction to foreclose mortgages of real estate and land contracts. However, the procedures set forth in this chapter shall not apply to mortgages of real estate and land contracts held by the Michigan state housing development authority.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 172, Imd. Eff. Dec. 10, 1981

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 42 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1969–2025 · leading case: Meisner Law Grp. v. Weston Downs Condo. Ass'n, 909 N.W.2d 890 (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
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Meisner Law Grp. v. Weston Downs Condo. Ass'n, 909 N.W.2d 890 (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “; Chapter 31 (foreclosures of land contracts), MCL 600.3101 et seq. ; Chapter 33 (partition of lands), MCL 600.”
Stewart v. Isbell, 399 N.W.2d 440 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “MCL 600.3101 et seq., MSA 27A.3101 et seq.”
Gruskin v. Fisher, 273 N.W.2d 893 (Mich. 1979). · cites it 2× “MCL 600.3101 et seq.; MSA 27A.3101 et seq.”
Stock Bldg. Supply, LLC v. Crosswinds Communities, Inc, 893 N.W.2d 165 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “Church argues that judicial foreclosure is governed by MCL 600.3101 et seq. and cannot be accomplished through MCL 570.”
Fed. Land Bank of St. Paul v. Brown (In Re James), 20 B.R. 145 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 1982). · cites it 2× “§ 600.3101 et seq. Sale at public auction took place on February 20, 1981, and the six month statutory period thus began to run.”
Bank of the Commonwealth v. Bevan, 13 B.R. 989 (E.D. Mich. 1981). “§ 600.3101 et seq; M.C. L.A. § 600.3201 et seq.”
Gordon Grossman Bldg. Co. v. Elliott, 171 N.W.2d 441 (Mich. 1969). · cites it 2× “See Committee Comment, MCLA § 600.3101, pp 48, 49, Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 27A.”
Abner A. Wolf, Inc. v. Walch, 188 N.W.2d 544 (Mich. 1971). · cites it 2× “…beginning basis of our concern, see chapter 31 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, particularly §§ 3101 and 3180 MCLA §§ 600.3101, 600.3180 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev §§ 27A. 3101, 27 A.3180). 3 First: The original edition of Pomeroy’s “Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence” was…”
Brenda Joyce Northrip v. Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n, 527 F.2d 23 (6th Cir. 1975). “Mich.Comp. Laws Ann. § 600.3101 et seq. As one commentator has observed and the district court confirmed, this proceeding is infrequently used because it is a longer and more expensive process.”
In re Roberts, 249 B.R. 152 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2000). “§§ 600.3101 et seq. and 600.3201 et seq. The culmination of the foreclosure is the public sale of the property.”
First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n of Oakland v. Rutterbush (In Re Rutterbush), 34 B.R. 101 (E.D. Mich. 1982). “§ 600.3101 et seq., appellee’s interest in the property following foreclosure included the right of redemption for six months following the purchase at the public auction.”
Bishop v. Brown, 325 N.W.2d 594 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). “Finally, we observe that if appellant truly believed he was in default only for the three unpaid monthly installments of principal and interest, appellant should have made some tender of that amount within the 15-day period provided in the notice of intent to default.”
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