Sec. 1. Conveyances of lands, or of any estate or interest therein, may be made by deed, signed and sealed by the person from whom the estate or interest is intended to pass, being of lawful age, or by his lawful agent or attorney, and acknowledged or proved and recorded as directed in this chapter, without any other act or ceremony whatever.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.1
Conveyance of land made by deed
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Continental Paper & Supply Co. v. City of Detroit (1996)
Most recently applied in 490 F. App'x 789 - United States v. Georgina Porath (August 2012)
R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2720; CL 1871, 4203; How. 5652; CL 1897, 8956; CL 1915, 11688; CL 1929, 13278; CL 1948, 565.1
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