Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.292: Unrecorded deeds; failure to record or deliver to grantee; penalty; civil liability.

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If such grantor shall neglect or refuse to record such deed or deliver the same to such grantee after having been requested so to do, as provided in the preceding section, within the time above limited, he shall be liable to said grantee, his heirs, representatives or assigns, in the penal sum of 100 dollars damages, and also for all actual damages occasioned by such neglect or refusal to the person or persons entitled thereto, to be recovered in an action on the case with costs of suit.