Michigan Laws 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
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 211.685
- Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(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.