Michigan Amends Requirements Concerning Statement of Marital Status in Instruments Conveying or Mortgaging Real Estate
Michigan has amended Act 79 of 1915, concerning the required statement of marital status in written instruments conveying or mortgaging real estate, effective immediately.
The Act as amended requires that all written instruments conveying or mortgaging real estate, or any interest in real estate, executed and offered for record before April 6, 2017, must state whether any male grantors, mortgagors, or other parties executing the instrument are married or single.
Additionally, if an instrument offered for record before April 6, 2017, was recorded in the office of a register of deeds without record of marital status, and 10 years has elapsed since the recording, the record of the instrument or a transcript of it may be given in evidence in all cases and is effectual for all purposes as a legal record and the instrument must be construed to be as valid and effectual as if it had contained a statement showing the marital status of the male individual or individuals executing it.
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