HOUSE BILL NO. 4813
June 15, 2023, Introduced by Rep. Morgan and referred to the Committee on Government
Operations.
A bill to amend 1861 PA 21, entitled
"An act to confirm deeds and instruments intended for the
conveyance of real estate in certain cases,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 565.602).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 2. All deeds A deed of lands situated land located in
2 this state , heretofore or hereafter made by any a married woman
3 individual jointly with her husband the individual's spouse by
4 their attorney in fact, under a joint power of attorney, executed
5 and acknowledged as required in the joint deed of a husband and
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1 wife, spouses, and recorded in the office of the register of deeds
2 of the proper county, shall must be taken and deemed as between the
3 parties thereto, to the deed, and all persons claiming under or
4 through them, as valid and effectual to convey the legal title of
5 the premises therein described in the deed, as if the same deed had
6 been executed and acknowledged by the husband and wife spouses in
7 person.
8 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
9 unless Senate Joint Resolution ____ or House Joint Resolution F
10 (request no. 00367'23) of the 102nd Legislature becomes a part of
11 the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article
12 XII of the state constitution of 1963.
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Statutes affected:
House Introduced Bill: 565.602