Section 211.685 Fee for Recording or Filing and Indexing Notice of Lien, Certificate, or Notice Affecting Tax Lien; Billing State Collecting Agencies; Recovery of Fees by State Collecting Agency.

MI Comp L § 211.685 (2019) (N/A)
Copy with citation
Copy as parenthetical citation

Sec. 5.

(1) The fee for recording or filing and indexing a notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the tax lien is as follows:

(a) For a tax lien, on real estate or on tangible and intangible property, the same fee provided by law for recording a real estate mortgage.

(b) For a certificate of discharge or subordination, the same fee provided by law for recording a discharge of a real estate mortgage.

(c) For all other notices, including a certificate of release or nonattachment, the same fee provided by law for recording a real estate mortgage.

(2) A register of deeds shall bill the state collecting agencies on a monthly basis for fees for documents filed by the agencies, unless alternative payment methods are established.

(3) The secretary of state shall not charge or collect a fee for filing and recording an instrument presented by a state collecting agency.

(4) A state collecting agency may recover fees paid under this section from the person liable for the unpaid tax as additional costs.

History: 1968, Act 203, Eff. July 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 34, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1969 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 227, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016