Statutory Fees
Recording Fees
For entering and RECORDING any DEED, MORTGAGE, LIS PENDENS, CERTIFIED COPY or OTHER INSTRUMENT:
- First Page................................................... $ 14.00*
- Each additional Page..................................... $ 3.00
- *$4.00 of this fee is deposited to the Michigan State Survey and Remonumentation(MSSR) fund.
- [The $4.00 MSSR fee is not assessed on Fixture Filings, State Liens, Federal Liens, MESC Liens, State Deeds, Plats or Tax Reversion Documents. MCLA 600.2567a(4)]
Assignment and Discharge Fees
For any document which assigns or discharges more than one instrument:
- $3.00 shall be added to the recording fee for each additional instrument so assigned or discharged.
Warranty Deeds - Land Contracts
A tax certificate must be obtained from the County Treasurer's Office prior to recording any of the following [MCLA 211.135]:
- Warranty Deed
- Any Deed which contains a covenant of warranty
- Land Contract
- Assignment of Land Contract with warranty clause
- Master Deed for Condominium
Tax Certificates:
- $1.00 for up to 5 descriptions
- .20 per additional description over 5.
Copy and Search Fees
- Copy Fee
| Real Estate Record Copy |
$1.00 per page |
- Certification Fee
| Fee for certification of any of the above copies. (To be eligible for certification, the document must be copied in its entirety.) |
$1.00 per document |
- Search Fee
| Searching the Real Estate Record per name |
$0.50 per year ($5.00 minimum fee) |
| State Tax Lien Certificate |
$ 3.00 per name searched |
| Federal Tax Lien Search |
$ 3.00 per name searched |
- Fees for Filing and Indexing
| Financing Statement or Fixture Filing [MCL440.9525(1)] |
$15.00 |
- Fees for Searches and Copies
| Request for a search of the records including issuing a certificate describing each presently effective record filed concerning the debtor |
$6.00 |
| Plus Per Page fee for copies requested |
$2.00 per page |
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