Sec. 6071.
(1) When lands and tenements, in the hands of several persons, are liable to satisfy any judgment, and the whole of such judgment, or more than a due proportion thereof, is levied upon the lands of 1 or more of such persons, the persons so aggrieved, or their personal representatives, may compel a just and equal contribution by all the persons whose lands and tenements ought to contribute to the satisfaction of such judgment.
(2) Such lands and tenements are liable to contribution in the following order:
(a) If they were conveyed by the defendant in the execution, they are liable in succession, commencing with the lands last conveyed;
(b) If they were sold under execution against the defendant, they are also liable in succession, commencing with the lands sold under the last and youngest judgment;
(c) If there be lands so liable, which were conveyed by the defendant in the execution and also lands which have been sold under execution against such defendant, they are respectively liable in succession, according to the order hereinbefore prescribed.
(3) If a complaint is filed to enforce such contribution, the person aggrieved shall be entitled to use the original judgment, and by virtue thereof, to pay the amount which ought to be contributed by the lands and tenements subject to such judgment; and for that purpose, such judgment shall remain a lien and charge upon such lands and tenements, for the term of 5 years after a certified copy thereof shall have been filed and entered in the office of the register of deeds in the county where the lands are situated, to the extent of the sum which ought to be so contributed, notwithstanding such sum or any part thereof, may have been paid by the party seeking such contribution.
(4) But such original judgment does not remain a lien upon any lands, nor are they subject to an execution as herein provided, unless the person aggrieved files for record an affidavit with the register of deeds in whose office a certified copy of such judgment has been recorded, stating the sum paid, and his claim to use such judgment for the reimbursement thereof, or of some portion of the same.
(5) The register of deeds shall record such affidavit and make an entry in the margin of the entry of the certified copy of such judgment, stating the sum so paid, and that such judgment is claimed to be a lien to that amount.
History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961
Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)
236-1961-60 - Chapter 60 Enforcement of Judgments (600.6001...600.6098)
Section 600.6001 - Persons to Whom Execution Issued.
Section 600.6004 - Execution Against Realty; Contents.
Section 600.6005 - Successive or Alias Executions; Several Executions.
Section 600.6006 - Execution; New.
Section 600.6007 - Execution; Precedence.
Section 600.6008 - Execution; Set-Off; Balance on Appeal.
Section 600.6009 - Execution; Officer's Security; Recovery of Expense.
Section 600.6010 - Execution; Return; Misconduct of Officer; Civil Liability.
Section 600.6011 - Effect of Order to Stay Proceedings on Execution.
Section 600.6012 - Execution; Property Bound From Time of Levy.
Section 600.6013 - Interest on Money Judgment.
Section 600.6017 - Execution; Personalty.
Section 600.6018 - Execution; Realty.
Section 600.6021 - Judgments; Nonissuance of Execution.
Section 600.6022 - Persons Whose Property Is Exempt.
Section 600.6025 - Execution; Exemptions; Inventory; Appraisal; Expenses.
Section 600.6027 - Homestead Valued at More Than $3,500; Procedure.
Section 600.6031 - Execution Sale; Notice.
Section 600.6032 - Execution Sale; Personalty.
Section 600.6033 - Execution; Property Partially Exempt; Bond.
Section 600.6034 - Execution; Property Subject to Chattel Mortgage.
Section 600.6035 - Levy on Perishable Property; Sale; Order of Court; Notice.
Section 600.6036 - Execution; Growing Grain or Unharvested Crops.
Section 600.6041 - Execution; Fees and Charges of Sale.
Section 600.6042 - Postponement of Sale; Public Declaration; Notice.
Section 600.6043 - Execution; Where More Than One Levy.
Section 600.6044 - Execution; Surplus; Disposition.
Section 600.6045 - Execution; Refusal of Highest Bidder to Take Property; Effect.
Section 600.6046 - Execution; Officer Not to Purchase or Be Interested.
Section 600.6047 - Payment by Debtor of Judgment Debtor.
Section 600.6051 - Execution Against Real Estate; Effect; Notice; Invalid After 5 Years.
Section 600.6052 - Notice of Time and Place of Sale.
Section 600.6053 - Execution; Time, Place, Adjournment.
Section 600.6058 - Repealed. 2004, Act 538, Eff. Mar. 30, 2005.
Section 600.6059 - Execution; Homestead; Sale in Case Surplus Not Paid.
Section 600.6061 - Execution; Rights of Purchaser.
Section 600.6063 - Acquisition by Creditor of Interest Vested in Original Purchaser by Sale; Terms.
Section 600.6067 - Right to Deed; Assignments.
Section 600.6070 - Redemption; Discharge of Levy, Judgment, or Mortgage; Fee.
Section 600.6075 - Civil Arrest; Grounds.
Section 600.6076 - Civil Arrest; Prerequisite.
Section 600.6077 - Warrant to Arrest Judgment Debtor.
Section 600.6078 - Hearing; Detention of Judgment Debtor.
Section 600.6079 - Civil Arrest; Discharge.
Section 600.6080 - Civil Arrest; Bail.
Section 600.6081 - Civil Arrest; Bail; Bond; Forfeiture; Release.
Section 600.6082 - Imprisonment; Segregation From Criminals; Payment of Board.
Section 600.6083 - Imprisonment; Sheriff's Liability for Escape.
Section 600.6084 - Imprisonment; Discharge; Effect.
Section 600.6085 - Removal or Concealment of Property to Avoid Execution; Misdemeanor.
Section 600.6086 - Transfer of Property by Judgment Debtor After Commitment; Validity.
Section 600.6091 - Sale of Real Estate Pursuant to Judgment; Notice; Procedure; Fees.
Section 600.6093 - Recovery of Judgment Against Township, Village, City, or County.
Section 600.6094a - Judgment Under MCL 600.6093 or 600.6094; Limitation.
Section 600.6095 - Collection of Judgment; Against State Institution.