Documents
can be recorded in person or by mail. Each document sent by
mail for recording should include a completed return envelope
and a matching “return to” name and address on
the instrument, and proper recording fees.
Any document that assigns or discharges
more than one instrument; $3.00 shall be added to the fee
for each instrument so
assigned or discharged. If you list re-recording information
and assignments for the mortgage you are discharging and
you want this information referenced in the grantor/grantee
index the $3.00 fee will apply, per reference.
Warranty deeds, land contracts or assignment thereof, or
deeds that contain a covenant of warranty must have
a tax certificate from the County Treasurer’s
Office. The fee for this may be included in your check
to the Register of Deeds Office.
All
documents must have original signatures. Names must
be typed, stamped or printed beneath the original
signature or mark of the person.
MCLA 565.201 Sec. 1(a), 565.201 Sec. 1(c)
2.
No
discrepancy in the names shall exist between the
names printed (recited) in the notary acknowledgment
or jurat and as typed, stamped or printed beneath
the original signature or mark of the person.
MCLA 565.201 Sec. 1(b)
3.
Instruments
conveying or mortgaging any interest in real estate
property shall state the marital status of all male
grantors or mortgagors.
MCLA 565.221
4.
Name
and address of the grantee must appear on instruments
that convey or encumber real estate.
MCLA 565.201 Sec. 1(d)
5.
The
name and address of the person who drafted/prepared
the document must appear (be shown) on documents
executed in Michigan.
MCLA 565.201a Sec. 1(a), 565.203
6.
A
complete legal description of the property is required.
The property tax identification number is requested
on the document.
7.
Document
should contain the complete name, address and zip
code of the party to whom the recorded document should
be returned.
8.
Documents
purporting to convey or encumber real estate executed
in Michigan must be acknowledged by a notary public,
judge, clerk of the court of record. Instruments
conveying land or interest in land executed in Michigan
acknowledged by a notary shall include the public
acknowledgment with signature, county/state of certification,
name of party(ies) being acknowledged and commission
expiration date of the notary, as well as state and
county where the document was executed.
MCLA 565.8, 565.47, form 565.265, 565.267
9.
A
Death Certificate or other proof of death must be
recorded or have been recorded and referenced by
Liber and Page on said document when "survivor" is
indicated on the document. Death Certificates presented
for recording must be a certified copy.
MCLA 565.48
10.
Court
orders must be certified and sealed by the clerk
of the court.
MCLA 565.401, 565.411
11.
The
document must be legible, black ink, type size 10
point, white 20lb paper, with a blank margin of 2
1/2" at the top for the first page and 1/2" on
all other margins. Paper size must be 8 1/2" x
11" and not larger than 8 1/2" x 14".
MCLA 565.20 Sec. 1(f)(iv), (e)(iii), (f)(i)
12.
Documents
must display on the first line of print on the first
page, a single statement identifying the single recordable
event that the instrument evidences.
MCLA 565.201 Sec. 1(h), 565.201 Sec. 3
13.
Total
value of real property must be stated on the face
of the document or a real estate affidavit must be
attached.
MCLA 207.504, 207.525
Any document that assigns or discharges
more than one instrument; $3.00 shall be added to the fee
for each instrument so
assigned or discharged. If you list re-recording information
and assignments for the mortgage you are discharging and
you want this information referenced in the grantor/grantee
index the $3.00 fee will apply, per reference.
