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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 29.15

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Owner: means a person with an ownership interest in property, and includes a trustee, a board of trustees of property, and a person with a freehold interest in property. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, or voluntary association. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Premises: means a lot or parcel of land, exclusive of buildings, and includes a parking lot, tourist camp, trailer camp, airport, stockyard, junkyard, wharf, pier, and any other place or enclosure. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • State fire marshal: means the individual appointed by the director under section 1b. See Michigan Laws 29.1
     A mortgagee of record shall be, and any other lien holder, person in possession, other than the owner, and all other persons interested in the lands or premises described in the petition described in section 13, may be brought in as a party defendant to the cause by the service on the lien holder or other person at least 10 days before the return day of the order, or in any other manner as the court directs, of a copy of the order to show cause. It shall not be necessary to serve upon the lien holder or other person the order of the state fire marshal described in section 9.