Conveyance, paper or document; re-recording.

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MI Code › Chapter 561 › Act Act-52-of-1944-1st-Ex-Sess- › Section 561.4

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Sec. 4.

Any conveyance or other paper or document pertaining to real estate, the public record of which has been lost or destroyed as aforesaid, may be re-recorded with the register of deeds, with like force and effect as the original recording and compliance with the provisions of section 135 of Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, as amended, shall not be required as a prerequisite to the recording thereof. An abstract of title certified or authenticated as may be provided by order of the court shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained in all suits and proceedings under the provisions of this act.

History: 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 52, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1944; CL 1948, 561.4

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