Act No. 194

Public Acts of 2018

Approved by the Governor

June 19, 2018

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 20, 2018

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 2018

STATE OF MICHIGAN

99TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2018

Introduced by Senators Conyers, Hertel, Knezek and Proos

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 734

AN ACT to amend 1991 PA 133, entitled “An act to allow the use and recording of certain documents regarding trusts in the case of real property that is conveyed or otherwise affected by a trust; and to prescribe their effect,” by amending section 4 (MCL 565.434).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 4. A trust agreement or certificate of trust existence and authority that accompanies an instrument as described in section 1, and any amendments to or revocations of the trust agreement or the certificate of trust existence and authority, may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county where the lands that are the subject of or affected by the trust agreement are located. If a trust agreement accompanies an instrument, the trust agreement must be recorded as a separate document.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor