MI SB1218

County registers of deeds must collect a $4.00 fee for recording any instrument before January 1, 2023, and $2.00 per instrument beginning January 1, 2023.

Collected fees must be remitted quarterly to the state treasurer and deposited into the survey and remonumentation fund, with counties able to retain up to 1.5% of each fee to cover administrative costs.

Fee exemptions apply to state agencies filing under the state tax lien registration act, individuals and entities recording liens under the Michigan employment security act, federal agencies filing under the uniform federal lien registration act, entities recording under the uniform commercial code, and foreclosing governmental units recording under property tax laws.

Original subsection (4) regarding county reimbursement for expedited county plan completion expenses is struck from the statute.

This amendment takes effect only if Senate Bill 1219 of the 95th Legislature is also enacted into law.