2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 565 - CONVEYANCES OF REAL PROPERTY
Act 236 of 1929 - RECORDING WAIVER OF PRIORITY OF MORTGAGE (565.391 - 565.391)
Section 565.391 - Waiver of mortgage priority; recording, fees.

Sec. 1.

When any mortgagee named in any mortgage of property within this state, or the party or parties to whom such mortgage has been properly assigned of record, desire to waive the priority of said mortgage in favor of any other lien or mortgage, the holder thereof may in writing on said mortgage, or by separate instrument duly acknowledged and witnessed in the same manner as is provided for deeds and other instruments for the transfer of an interest in real estate, waive the priority of said mortgage in favor of any other mortgage or lien, to the extent of the lien of the mortgage so waived and such waiver when recorded whether upon the margin of the record, or as a separate instrument, shall be constructive notice thereof to all persons dealing with the mortgage, the lien of which has been so waived, or with property described in said mortgage, from the date of filing said waiver for record. If said waiver be a separate instrument, it shall be recorded in the same manner provided for the recording of discharges of mortgages, and the recorder shall be entitled to the same fees for recording waivers of priority as are charged for assignments and discharges of mortgages.

History: 1929, Act 236, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 13360 ;-- CL 1948, 565.391