Bill Text: MI HB4503 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Property; other; affidavits to correct errors or omissions relating to previously recorded documents; allow. Amends 1915 PA 123 (MCL 565.451a - 565.453) by adding sec. 1d.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-12-01 - Placed On Order Of Third Reading With Substitute S-1 [HB4503 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB4503-Engrossed.html
HB-4503, As Passed House, August 26, 2009
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4503
A bill to amend 1915 PA 123, entitled
"An act to provide for the recording and use in evidence of
affidavits affecting real property; and to provide a penalty for
the making of false affidavits,"
(MCL 565.451a to 565.453) by adding section 1d.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1d. An affidavit to correct errors or omissions in
previously recorded documents, including errors relating to the
proper place of recording and scrivener's errors or omissions, may
be recorded in the office of register of deeds for the county where
the real property that is the subject of the affidavit is located.
An affidavit described in this section shall be made by a person
having knowledge of the relevant facts or by a person competent to
testify concerning those facts in open court, and shall meet the
requirements of sections 1b and 1c. An affidavit under this section
is not necessary if a new document indicating corrective changes
and making reference to the errant recording by liber and page
number or other unique identifying number is recorded. The county
register of deeds shall index all names recited within the
affidavit.
