Deed in Houghton Lake, Michigan
A deed transfers ownership of real property from the grantor to the grantee. Recording it gives public notice of the transfer, and in most states the order of recording decides who wins between competing buyers. In Houghton Lake, deeds are recorded with the Roscommon County Register of Deeds, and a HeritageDeed title search lists them for the property.
How Houghton Lake records it
Deeds, mortgages, discharges, land contracts and liens are recorded with the Roscommon County Register of Deeds.
The Register of Deeds indexes each document under its parties' names and cross-references a discharge to the mortgage it discharges.
A Michigan land contract leaves legal title with the seller until a deed in fulfilment is recorded; the report notes an unfulfilled one.
What it means for a buyer or bidder
The last recorded deed names the owner of record and how they hold title; a title search follows the chain of deeds back from it.
Does a title search find it in Houghton Lake?
Yes. The Houghton Lake report covers: Deeds, mortgages, discharges, assignments, land contracts and liens indexed under the owner's name with the Register of Deeds.
Not covered: Judgments and court cases that are not recorded with the Register of Deeds are not searched.
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