Sec. 4.
Any contract executed and acknowledged, according to the foregoing provisions, shall, with the certificates [certificate] thereto attached, be entitled to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the lands lie, and the recording of the same shall have the same force and effect, as to subsequent encumbrancers and purchasers, as the recording of deeds and mortgages as now provided by law.
History: 1879, Act 237, Eff. Aug. 30, 1879 ;-- How. 5712 ;-- CL 1897, 9038 ;-- CL 1915, 11773 ;-- CL 1929, 13353 ;-- CL 1948, 565.354
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 565 - Conveyances of Real Property
Act 237 of 1879 - Land Contracts (565.351 - 565.361)
Section 565.351 - Land Contract; Acknowledgment; Endorsement.
Section 565.352 - Land Contract; Execution and Acknowledgment in Another State.
Section 565.353 - Land Contract; Execution and Acknowledgment in Foreign Country.
Section 565.354 - Land Contract; Recording, Effect.
Section 565.355 - Repealed. 1998, Act 106, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1998.
Section 565.356 - Definitions.
Section 565.359 - Land Contract Mortgage; Enforcement; Foreclosure; Additional Remedies.