Sec. 28.
(1) Each register of deeds shall keep a general index of instruments accepted for recording, after the instruments have met all recording requirements, including the payment of fees, by means of books or computerization or a combination of both. The index shall include the following information:
(a) Liber and page, or other unique identifying number, which shall be sequentially, not randomly, assigned.
(b) Instrument type.
(c) The name of each party to each instrument.
(d) Date processed, after having met all recording requirements, including payment of fees.
(e) Location of land: section, town and range, platted description, or other description authorized by law.
(f) Other reference information as required.
(2) Each computerized index shall be maintained to allow for an alphabetical search of the names of each party to each instrument, except as provided in section 1a(g) of 1915 PA 123, MCL 565.451a, recorded by the register of deeds.
(3) Each computerized index shall be secured by a duplicate index maintained at a separate location from the primary index.
(4) The primary index shall be secured by a code, key, or other system designed to prohibit an unauthorized person from altering the index.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65 ;-- CL 1857, 2747 ;-- CL 1871, 4230 ;-- How. 5682 ;-- Am. 1893, Act 80, Eff. Aug. 28, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8987 ;-- CL 1915, 11720 ;-- CL 1929, 13303 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 263, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 565.28 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Apr. 16, 1980 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 349, Imd. Eff. Oct. 17, 2014
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property
R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (565.1 - 565.49)
Section 565.1 - Conveyance of Land Made by Deed.
Section 565.3 - Quit Claim Deed; Estate Passed.
Section 565.4 - Conveyance of Greater Estate Than Possessed; Effect.
Section 565.5 - Covenants; Implication in Conveyance.
Section 565.6 - Covenants; Implication in Mortgage.
Section 565.7 - Conveyance of Land Adversely Possessed; Validity.
Section 565.9 - Execution of Deed in Another State; Governing Law, Acknowledgment.
Section 565.13 - Conveyance by Nonresident Married Person; Effect; Procedure.
Section 565.14 - Deed; Failure to Acknowledge; Proof by Witness of Execution.
Section 565.16 - Deed; Refusal to Acknowledge; Application to Circuit Court; Summons to Grantor.
Section 565.17 - Deed; Proof of Execution; Certificate of Court.
Section 565.18 - Deed; Refusal to Acknowledge; Proof of Execution by Proving Handwriting.
Section 565.19 - Subscribing Witnesses; Subpoenas for Attendance.
Section 565.21 - Unacknowledged Deed; Filing of Copy by Person Interested; Effect.
Section 565.22 - Unacknowledged Deed; Effect of Filing; Continuation.
Section 565.26 - Repealed. 2008, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008.
Section 565.27 - Recorded Instruments; Contents.
Section 565.30 - Deeds of Church Pews and Slips; Recording.
Section 565.32 - Unrecorded Deed of Defeasance; Validity Against Person Without Notice.
Section 565.33 - Assignment of Mortgage; Effect of Recording.
Section 565.34 - Purchaser; Definition.
Section 565.35 - Conveyance; Definition.
Section 565.37 - Power of Attorney to Convey Lands; Recording of Revocation.
Section 565.38 - New County; Transcription of Instruments; Effect, Compensation of Register.
Section 565.39 - Device Used as Seal; Effect; Application to Official Seals.
Section 565.41 - Discharge of Mortgage; Payment of Filing Fee by Mortgagee; Date of Discharge.
Section 565.44 - Discharge of Mortgage; Refusal; Civil Liability; Penalty; Time Periods.
Section 565.47 - Recording by Register of Deeds; Acknowledgment Required.
Section 565.48 - Deed by Surviving Joint Tenant of Lands; Recording; Certified Copy of Death.