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Committee hears experts and advances HB 4524 to clarify Marketable Record Title Act protections
Summary
The committee heard expert testimony supporting HB 4524, a bill to clarify the Marketable Record Title Act so longstanding recorded restrictions and easements (back to Jan. 1, 1950) remain effective; stakeholders said the change avoids unintended lapse of easements and property restrictions created mid-20th century.
The House Judiciary Committee heard from Representative Juan Wozniak and outside stakeholders on House Bill 4524, a proposal to clarify how the Marketable Record Title Act operates for old restrictions and easements. David Pearson of the Real Property Law section of the State Bar of Michigan described how the 2018 amendments to the Marketable Record Title Act had created uncertainty for restrictions and easements recorded…
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