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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5801

Limitation on actions; time periods; defendant claiming title under deed, court-ordered sale, tax deed, or will; other cases.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.5801 Limitation on actions; time periods; defendant claiming title under deed, court-ordered sale, tax deed, or will; other cases.

Sec. 5801.

    No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless, after the claim or right to make the entry first accrued to himself or to someone through whom he claims, he commences the action or makes the entry within the periods of time prescribed by this section.

    (1) When the defendant claims title to the land in question by or through some deed made upon the sale of the premises by an executor, administrator, guardian, or testamentary trustee; or by a sheriff or other proper ministerial officer under the order, judgment, process, or decree of a court or legal tribunal of competent jurisdiction within this state, or by a sheriff upon a mortgage foreclosure sale the period of limitation is 5 years.

    (2) When the defendant claims title under some deed made by an officer of this state or of the United States who is authorized to make deeds upon the sale of lands for taxes assessed and levied within this state the period of limitation is 10 years.

    (3) When the defendant claims title through a devise in any will, the period of limitation is 15 years after the probate of the will in this state.

    (4) In all other cases under this section, the period of limitation is 15 years.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 193 cases (64 in the last 5 years), 1965–2026 · leading case: Adams v. Adams
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Adams v. Adams (2007) michctapp · cites it 10× “6 The Carpenter Court also recognized that the counterclaim was governed by one of the limitations periods of MCL 600.5801. Carpenter, supra at 746 . The specific statute of limitations at issue in Carpenter was not § 5801(4), but rather § 5801(1), which describes the…”
Trentadue v. Buckler Automatic Lawn Sprinkler Company (2007) mich · cites it 8× “Both of the above provisions appear in the Revised Judicature Act, MCL 600.5801 et seq., in the chapter entitled “Limitation of Actions.”
Terlecki v. Stewart (2008) michctapp · cites it 8× “MCL 600.5801 provides: No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless, after the claim or right to make the entry first accrued to himself or to someone through whom he claims, he commences the…”
Morse v. Colitti (2016) michctapp · cites it 3× “The statute of limitations applicable to a quiet-title cause of action is set forth in MCL 600.5801, which provides: No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless, after the claim or right to make…”
Marlette Auto Wash LLC v. Van Dyke Sc Properties LLC (2018) mich · cites it 3× “5801 provides in relevant part: **202 No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless, after the claim or right to make the entry first accrued to himself or to someone through whom he claims, he…”
Beach v. Lima Township (2009) michctapp · cites it 7× “*512 MCL 600.5801 extends, in the statutory context, this longstanding common-law recognition of the doctrine of adverse possession and provides, in pertinent part: No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any…”
Beach v. Lima Township (2011) mich · cites it 4× “5801, which provides in part: No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless, after the claim or right to make the entry first accrued to himself or to someone 6 claiming it must show “clear and…”
Wengel v. Wengel (2006) michctapp · cites it 3× “GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ADVERSE POSSESSION The basis for a claim of adverse possession is found in MCL 600.5801, which provides, in pertinent part: *92 No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless,…”
Mason v. City of Menominee (2009) michctapp · cites it 4× “"[A] claim of acquiescence to a boundary line based upon the statutory period of fifteen years, MCL 600.5801(4); MSA 27A.5801(4), requires merely a showing that the parties acquiesced in the line and treated the line as the boundary for the statutory period, irrespective of…”
Scott v. Ambani (2009) ca6 · cites it 2× “See Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5801 (10); Wolfe v.”
Knight v. Northpointe Bank (2013) michctapp · cites it 2× “The trial court held that the applicable period was the 15-year period provided under MCL 600.5801(4). The bank has not cross-appealed that determination.”
Melissa Mays v. Governor Rick Snyder (2018) michctapp “6452(2), which states that "[e]xcept as modified by this section, the provisions of [Revised Judicature Act] chapter 58, [MCL 600.5801 et seq.,] relative to the limitation of actions, shall also be applicable to the limitation prescribed in this section.”
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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5801(1) — 9 cases
Carpenter v. Mumby (1978) michctapp
Thomas v. Steuernol (1990) michctapp
Hope Land Mineral Corp. v. Christian (1997) michctapp
Blachy v. Butcher (1998) miwd
Manoushag Al-Raeis v. Aurora Bank Fsb (2014) michctapp
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5801(2)(c) — 1 case
Kimberly Zalewski v. Benjamin Homant (2022) michctapp
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5801(3) — 1 case
20251114_C369872_38_369872.Opn_Order.Pdf (2025) michctapp
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5801(4) — 125 cases
Adams v. Adams (2007) michctapp “6 The Carpenter Court also recognized that the counterclaim was governed by one of the limitations periods of MCL 600.5801. Carpenter, supra at 746 . The specific statute of limitations at issue in Carpenter was not § 5801(4), but rather § 5801(1), which describes the…”
Terlecki v. Stewart (2008) michctapp “MCL 600.5801 provides: No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless, after the claim or right to make the entry first accrued to himself or to someone through whom he claims, he commences the…”
Morse v. Colitti (2016) michctapp “The statute of limitations applicable to a quiet-title cause of action is set forth in MCL 600.5801, which provides: No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless, after the claim or right to make…”
Marlette Auto Wash LLC v. Van Dyke Sc Properties LLC (2018) mich “5801 provides in relevant part: **202 No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless, after the claim or right to make the entry first accrued to himself or to someone through whom he claims, he…”
Mason v. City of Menominee (2009) michctapp “"[A] claim of acquiescence to a boundary line based upon the statutory period of fifteen years, MCL 600.5801(4); MSA 27A.5801(4), requires merely a showing that the parties acquiesced in the line and treated the line as the boundary for the statutory period, irrespective of…”
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