HOUSE BILL No. 5753

 

January 19, 2010, Introduced by Rep. LeBlanc and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1879 PA 237, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the execution, acknowledgment, and recording

of contracts for the sale of land,"

 

(MCL 565.351 to 565.361) by amending the title and by adding

 

section 4a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

TITLE

 

     An act to provide for the execution, acknowledgment, and

 

recording of contracts for the sale of land; to impose certain

 

requirements on contracts for the sale of land; and to provide for

 

land contract mortgages.

 

     Sec. 4a. (1) If the real property subject to a land contract

 

is a single-family residence, the vendee named in the land contract

 

shall not rent or lease the residence to a third party unless the

 


terms of the land contract allow the residence to be rented or

 

leased.

 

     (2) A violation of subsection (1) by a vendee named in the

 

land contract constitutes a default on the vendee's obligations

 

under the land contract.

 

     (3) This section applies only to land contracts executed after

 

the effective date of this section.