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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3150 (2026)

Original judgment in foreclosure cases; determination of personal liability; execution for amount of deficiency; delivery of possession.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.3150 Original judgment in foreclosure cases; determination of personal liability; execution for amount of deficiency; delivery of possession.

Sec. 3150.

    In the original judgment in foreclosure cases the court shall determine and adjudge which defendants, if any, are personally liable on the land contract or for the mortgage debt. The judgment shall provide that upon the confirmation of the report of sale that if either the principal, interest, or costs ordered to be paid, is left unpaid after applying the amount received upon the sale of the premises, the clerk of the court shall issue execution for the amount of the deficiency, upon the application of the attorney for the plaintiff, without notice to the defendant or his attorney. The court may order and compel the delivery of the possession of the premises to the purchaser at the sale.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1970–2024 · leading case: Stewart v. Isbell, 399 N.W.2d 440 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986).
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Stewart v. Isbell, 399 N.W.2d 440 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “MCL 600.3150; MSA 27A.3150. Further, the judgment shall provide that upon the confirmation of the report of sale that if either the principal, interest, or costs ordered to be paid is left unpaid after applying the amount received upon the sale of the premises, the clerk of the…”
Gruskin v. Fisher, 273 N.W.2d 893 (Mich. 1979). · cites it 2× “MCL 600.3150; MSA 27A.3150. The key provision of the Summary Proceedings Act in question in the instant case is MCL 600.”
Brenda Joyce Northrip v. Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n, 527 F.2d 23 (6th Cir. 1975). “Mich.Comp.Laws Ann. § 600.3150. 2 . Judge Tamm, writing for the court in Bryant v.”
Sylvania Sav. Bank v. Turner, 183 N.W.2d 894 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 2× “…of a deficiency judgment to credit the value of the mortgagor’s equity of redemption in the unsold property. See MCLA § 600.3150 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev §27A.3150); 59 CJS, Mortgages, §§ 778, p 1474; 782, p 1481; 398, p 562; 519, p 848; 37 Am Jur, Mortgages, §§ 859, 866, pp…”
Keith J Mitan v. Farmington Square Condo. Ass'n (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “Additionally, a trial court has continuing jurisdiction to enforce its orders, and MCL 600.3150 expressly provides that a court that enters a foreclosure judgment “may order and compel the delivery of the possession of the premises to the purchaser at the sale.”
Sturgis Bldg. LLC v. Kirsch Indus. Park LLC (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “In a judicial foreclosure, on the other hand, the property is not sold until after a complaint has been filed and a court order entered.”
George Jappaya v. F.G.Y. Inc (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “However, on November 6, 2019, defendants filed a motion to remand to the trial court in this Court, contending that in order to proceed with the foreclosure sale, the judgment needed to be amended to include statutory language from MCL 600.3150. On January 9, 2020, this Court…”
Paramount Residential Mortg. Grp. Inc v. Dusta Dukic (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “MCL 600.3150 addresses personal liability for a mortgage, and states, in part: In the original judgment in foreclosure cases the court shall determine and adjudge which defendants, if any, are personally liable on the land contract or for the mortgage debt.”
US Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. David L Carswell (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “for the mortgage debt[,] [and] [t]he judgment shall provide that upon the confirmation of the report of sale that if either the principal, interest, or costs ordered to be paid, is left unpaid after applying the amount received upon the sale of the premises, the clerk of the…”
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