{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2431","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2431","heading":"Costs; foreclosure of mortgage by advertisement; attorney's fee.","body":"Sec. 2431.\n\nThe expenses of foreclosing any mortgage by advertisement shall be taxed in the circuit court as in civil actions upon the request of any person paying the expenses thereof, and upon such party liable to pay the same.\n\nWhere an attorney is employed to foreclose a mortgage by advertisement, an attorney's fee, not to exceed any amount which may be provided for in the mortgage, may be included as a part of the expenses in the amount bid upon such sale for principal and interest due thereon in the following amounts:\n\nfor all sums of $1,000.00 or less, $25.00.\n\nfor all sums over $1,000.00 but less than $5,000.00, $50.00.\n\nfor all sums of $5,000.00 or more, $75.00.\n\nBut if payment is made after foreclosure proceedings are commenced and before sale is made, only 1/2 of such attorney's fees shall be allowed. Both the principal and the interest due thereon shall be included in the sum on which the attorney's fee is computed.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-2431","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"c322bb60b25c600bbcc8d837769e9cecc1ae86c843f7851a89b6e91399e3f13c","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2425","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.2435"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}