HB-5293, As Passed House, October 27, 2005
October 12, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Caul, Nitz, Elsenheimer, Vander Veen, Proos, Hansen, Brown, Caswell, Gonzales, Gosselin, Moore, Emmons, Booher, Moolenaar and Meyer and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.
A bill to amend 1915 PA 123, entitled
"An act to provide for the recording and use in evidence of
affidavits affecting real property; and to provide a penalty for
the making of false affidavits,"
(MCL 565.451 to 565.453) by adding section 1d.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1d. An affidavit to correct errors or omissions in
previously recorded documents, including errors relating to the
proper place of recording and scrivener's errors or omissions, may
be recorded in the office of register of deeds for the county where
the real property that is the subject of the affidavit is located.
An affidavit described in this section shall meet the requirements
of sections 1b and 1c. An affidavit under this section is not
necessary if a new document indicating corrective changes and
making reference to the errant recording by liber and page number
is recorded.