Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3244 (2026)

Redemption; destruction of deed; record.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.3244 Redemption; destruction of deed; record.

Sec. 3244.

    Upon the payment of the entire sum bid at such sale, and interest thereon, and the fee of $5.00 mentioned in section 3240 to the register in whose office the deed therefor shall have been deposited, or upon delivering to such register a certificate, signed and acknowledged by the person entitled to receive the same, and certified by some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, setting forth that such sum, with interest, has been paid to such person, and upon paying to such register a fee of 25 cents, such register shall thereupon destroy such deed, and shall enter in the margin of the record of such mortgage, a memorandum that such mortgage is satisfied; or in case the premises shall have been sold in parcels, and 1 or more of said parcels shall have been redeemed, as hereinbefore provided, it shall then be the duty of the register to enter upon the face of said sheriff's deed, and the record thereof, a memorandum that the same is inoperative as to the parcel or parcels so redeemed, and to enter in the margin of the record of such mortgage a memorandum that the same is satisfied as to the parcel or parcels so redeemed.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 240, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2014–2023 · leading case: Veasley v. Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n, 48 F. Supp. 3d 1008 (E.D. Mich. 2014).
Veasley v. Fed. Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n, 48 F. Supp. 3d 1008 (E.D. Mich. 2014). · cites it 2× “§ 600.3244. Defendants removed the case to this Court on August 16, 2012, and the parties have now filed cross-motions for summary judgment.”
David M Kessler v. Longview Agric. Asset Mgmt. LLC (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “In case such premises shall be redeemed, the register of deeds shall, at the time of destroying such deed, as provided in section [MCL 600.3244] of this chapter, write on the face of such record the word “Redeemed”, stating at what date such entry is made, and signing such entry…”
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