Sec. 4. Any contract executed and acknowledged, according to the foregoing provisions, shall, with the certificates [certificate] thereto attached, be entitled to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the lands lie, and the recording of the same shall have the same force and effect, as to subsequent encumbrancers and purchasers, as the recording of deeds and mortgages as now provided by law.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.354
Land contract; recording, effect
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 757 F. Supp. 1484 - Cipriano v. Tocco (1991)
Most recently applied in 950 F. Supp. 2d 930 - United States v. Singer (March 2013)
1879, Act 237, Eff
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