Section 561.15 - State agencies; reproductions of deeds, conveyances, plats, or patents.
LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS (EXCERPT)
Act 52 of 1944 (1st Ex. Sess.)
561.15 State agencies; reproductions of deeds, conveyances, plats, or patents.
Sec. 15.
A department or agency of this state shall supply to the register of deeds of a county described in section 2 on request a certified reproduction pursuant to the records media act of each deed, conveyance, plat, or patent in its possession relating to the title to land in the county and which, by order of the court, the register of deeds is required to rerecord. The court may order the register of deeds to obtain and rerecord such a reproduction, and the reproduction, when so rerecorded, has the same force and effect as the original record. The court may order the register of deeds to obtain and record a reproduction of a United States patent to land in the county.
History: 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 52, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1944 ;-- CL 1948, 561.15 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 184, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992