Michigan · statute · 378 of 1921, Mich. Comp. Laws · 10 active provisions
The several counties of the state of Michigan are authorized and empowered to purchase or make, establish and maintain a system of abstracts of title to all lands in said county; to make and sell abstracts of title and furnish information concerning the conditions of title to such lands and to charge such fees therefor…
Whenever the board of supervisors of any county of this state shall hereafter desire to act under or by virtue of the authority aforesaid, the board of supervisors of such county shall by ordinance or by resolution duly adopted make provision for the purchasing or making, establishing and maintaining of such system or…
Any board of supervisors so acting may appropriate money within the limits allowed by law, enter into or authorize contracts, appoint and employ or authorize the appointment or employment of agents and servants to have charge of, perform labor on and have the care and custody of the books, records, systems and other pr…
The ordinance or resolution may provide that the register of deeds shall be the abstractor, or may provide for the appointment or employment of a superintendent or abstractor who shall perform his duties under the supervision of such officer or officers of the county as shall be designated in such ordinance or resoluti…
It shall be the duty of the superintendent or abstractor (a) To keep and maintain said system of indexes and abstracts up to date at all times, in every particular, promptly entering upon the records of said system every deed, mortgage, release, discharge, attachment, lien, sale, lis pendens, agreement or other transac…
(1) In support of the verity and accuracy of the abstracts made and sold as required by this act the county board of commissioners by the ordinance or by resolution may provide the following: (a) That the faith and credit of the county shall be pledged to the verity and accuracy of the abstracts. (b) That the abstracto…
All books, records, indexes and memoranda of the systems hereby authorized shall at all reasonable hours be open for inspection by any person lawfully entitled to have access thereto under such reasonable rules and regulations and subject to such fees and charges as may be from time to time established by the abstracto…
This act is intended to be declaratory of the existing rights and powers of counties acting by and through their boards of supervisors and to provide a definite and uniform method for the exercise thereof, but if necessary to its validity or operative effect this act shall be deemed to be a grant of rights and powers.
The provisions of this act shall apply only to counties having a population of 900,000 and upwards and those counties that now have county abstract books and are operating abstract offices: Provided, That upon the petition of not less than 8 per centum of the electors of any county not coming within the provisions of t…
A petition under section 11, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is s…