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Names must be typed, stamped or printed beneath
the original signature or mark of the person.
MCLA 565.201 Sec. 1(a), 565.201 Sec. 1(c)
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No discrepancy shall exist between names recited
in the notary acknowledgment or jurat and as typed, stamped or printed
beneath the original signature or mark of the person.
MCLA 565.201 Sec. 1(b)
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Instrument conveying or mortgaging property shall
state marital status of all male grantors/mortgagors.
MCLA 565.221
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Name and address of the grantee must appear on
instruments that convey or encumber real estate.
MCLA 565.201 Sec. 1(d)
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Name and address of the person who drafted the
document must be shown on the document.
MCLA 565.201a Sec. 1(a)
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Documents purporting to convey or encumber real
estate executed in Michigan must be acknowledged by a judge, clerk
of the court of record or by a notary public. Instruments conveying
land or interest in land executed in Michigan acknowledged by a notary
shall include the public acknowledgement with signature, county of
certification, name of party(ies) being acknowledged and commission
expiration date.
MCLA 565.8, 565.47, form 565.265, 565.267
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A certified copy of a Death Certificate or other
proof of death must be recorded or have been recorded when "survivor"
is indicated on the document.
MCLA 565.48
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Court orders must be certified and sealed by the
clerk of the court.
MCLA 565.401, 565.411
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The document must be legible, black ink, type size
10 point or larger, white 20lb paper, with a blank margin of 2 1/2"
at the top for the first page and 1/2" on all other margins. Paper
size must be 8 1/2" x 11" and not larger than 8 1/2" x 14".
MCLA 565.20 Sec. 1(f)(iv), (e)(iii), (f)(i)
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Documents must display on the first line of print
on the first page, a single statement identifying the single recordable
event that the instrument evidences.
MCLA 565.201 Sec. 1(h), 565.201 Sec. 3
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Total value of real property must be stated on
the face of the document or a real estate affidavit must be attached.
MCLA 207.504, 207.525