Bill Text: MI SB0735 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Property; recording; death certificate for joint tenant; require to be recorded separately from deed. Amends sec. 48 of 1846 RS 65 (MCL 565.48).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-05 - Assigned Pa 195'18 With Immediate Effect [SB0735 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0735-Engrossed.html
SB-0735, As Passed Senate, February 14, 2018
SENATE BILL No. 735
December 13, 2017, Introduced by Senators KNEZEK, HERTEL and PROOS and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 1846 RS 65, entitled
"Of alienation by deed, and the proof and recording of conveyances,
and the canceling of mortgages,"
by amending section 48 (MCL 565.48).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
48. No A register of deeds
shall not record a deed or
other
instrument in writing , purporting that purports to convey an
interest in land by the survivor or survivors under a deed to joint
tenants
or tenants by the entirety, shall be recorded by the
register
of deeds of any county, unless, for
each joint tenant or
tenant
by the entirety who is therein indicated in the deed or
instrument to be deceased, a certified copy of the death
certificate
or other proof of death which that
is permitted by the
laws
of this state to be received for record by said the register,
is
shown to have been recorded in said the register's office by
liber
and page reference or shall accompany such deed for record.
is filed concurrently with the deed or other instrument and
recorded as a separate document.