2024 Senate Bill 721 / Public Act 20

Property: recording; Marketable record title; modify.

An act to amend 1945 PA 200, entitled “An act to define a marketable record title to an interest in land; to require the filing of notices of claim of interest in such land in certain cases within a definite period of time and to require the recording thereof; to make invalid and of no force or effect all claims with respect to the land affected thereby where no such notices of claim of interest are filed within the required period; to provide for certain penalties for filing slanderous notices of claim of interest, and to provide certain exceptions to the applicability and operation thereof,” by amending sections 1 and 3 (MCL 565.101 and 565.103), section 1 as amended by 2018 PA 572 and section 3 as amended by 2020 PA 294.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The legislation establishes guidelines for determining marketable record titles to land interests in Michigan, requiring an unbroken chain of title for 20 years for mineral interests and 40 years for other interests, with specific provisions for recording claims and exceptions.

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 15, 2024

Introduced by Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-7)

Referred to the Committee on Local Government

Feb. 20, 2024

Reported without amendment

Feb. 21, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Feb. 28, 2024

Reported with amendment

1. Amend page 2, line 12, after “29,” by striking out “2024” and inserting “2025”.

2. Amend page 2, line 26, after “29,” by striking out “2024” and inserting “2025”.

Amendment concurred in by voice vote

Feb. 29, 2024

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

March 5, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance

March 6, 2024

Reported without amendment

March 12, 2024

Passed in the House 106 to 0 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Jimmie Wilson (D-32)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

March 13, 2024

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

March 28, 2024