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Recording Requirements and Recommendations 1) Signatures must be original; names must be typed or printed beneath all signatures. 2) No discrepancy shall exist between names printed in notary acknowledgement and as printed beneath 3) Instrument conveying or mortgaging property shall state the marital status of all male grantors/mortgagors. MCLA 565.221 4) The address of grantees in each deed of conveyance or assignment of real estate shall contain the street 5) The name and address of the person who drafted the document must appear on documents executed in Michigan.MCLA 565.201 A 6) Documents purporting to convey or encumber real estate executed in Michigan require an acknowledgement by a judge, clerk of a court of record or a notary public within this state. 7) A certified copy of a death certificate or proof of death must be recorded or have been recorded and 8) Court orders must be certified and sealed by the clerk of the court. 9) The document must be: Legible, black ink, type size 10 point, white 20lb paper, with a blank margin of 2 ½" at the top of the first page and ½" on all other margins. First page must also have a single statement identifying the recordable event that the instrument evidences. Paper size must be 10) Total vale of real property must be stated on the face of the document or real estate valuation affidavit must be attached. MCLA 207.504, 207.525 11) Transfer tax shall be collected on the total value of the land being transferred unless exempt from either or both acts; the exemption(s) must be stated on the instrument. MCLA 207.502, 207.511, MCLA 207.526, 207.533 12.) Dates are missing in acknowledgement. MCLA 565.151, 565.154, 565.267 13.) MCLA 600.2567, 600.2567(a), 211.135 Fees due upon recording
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