Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.685: Fee for recording or filing and indexing notice of lien, certificate, or notice affecting tax lien; billing state collecting agencies; recovery of fees by state collecting agency.

Sec. 5.

(1) The fee for recording or filing and indexing a notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the tax lien is as follows:

(a) For a tax lien, on real estate or on tangible and intangible property, the same fee provided by law for recording a real estate mortgage.

(b) For a certificate of discharge or subordination, the same fee provided by law for recording a discharge of a real estate mortgage.

(c) For all other notices, including a certificate of release or nonattachment, the same fee provided by law for recording a real estate mortgage.

(2) A register of deeds shall bill the state collecting agencies on a monthly basis for fees for documents filed by the agencies, unless alternative payment methods are established.

(3) The secretary of state shall not charge or collect a fee for filing and recording an instrument presented by a state collecting agency.

(4) A state collecting agency may recover fees paid under this section from the person liable for the unpaid tax as additional costs.