{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-561.1","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 561.1","heading":"Purpose of act; public records, recreating.","body":"Sec. 1.\n\nThe property rights of the state of Michigan, its political subdivisions and private interests are imperiled when the public records in the office of the register of deeds of any county have been, or shall hereafter be, lost or destroyed, in whole or in any material part, by fire, flood or other disaster. It is the purpose of this act to provide a remedy to safeguard such property rights, and to foster the recreation of the public records.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 561","Act Act-52-of-1944-1st-Ex-Sess-"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-561-1","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"daf6865c56945e9d37753fdf2316bca224c8c3fa886b7b5d6b70d8db05eb5c89","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-560.293","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-561.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}