Michigan Association of Registers of Deeds

03/17/2023

A home and the freedom to purchase the land it sits on is one of, if not the most important investment in American life. Keep up the great work, Kalamazoo County Clerk & Register of Deeds. 🇺🇸

03/15/2023

MARD would like to thank the MI Senate, Local Government Committee for the invite and opportunity to speak about our offices. Thank you Stewart Sanders (Newaygo) & Brandon Denby (Livingston) for presenting. Our 2023 president Ann Manning-Clayton (Gladwin) was also in attendance. 🇺🇸

03/17/2022

Wishing everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

03/15/2022

Congratulations on your retirement, Register Davis! Thank you for your many years of service to Gratiot County.

Even though she has more than two year left on her term, Gratiot County Register of Deeds Mary Merchant has decided to retire.

02/28/2022

Be aware of scams like these. If you receive something in the mail, please call your local Register of Deeds to confirm before taking any action. Your Register of Deeds is devoted to protecting your personal and property information from scams, fraud and cybercrimes.

The postcard referencing county deed records is "a marketing ploy from an out-of-state company," officials say.

02/19/2022

The MARD team, including Chippewa County ROD Gigi Ferro, MARD President Brandon Denby, Newaygo ROD Stu Sanders and more, worked together to educate the public about this proposal and stop it, for now.

"After an op-ed piece published in the Sault Evening News tipped off locals to the possibility of combining two offices in County, a number of officials and residents came out to speak against it."

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. , (WPBN/WGTU) -- Chippewa County Board of Commissioners met Thursday night in Sault Ste. Marie. While the topic wasn’t on the agenda for the meeting, a number of community members spoke up against a possible consolidation of the county clerk and the county register of de...

02/18/2022

MARD President Brandon Denby traveled to yesterday to oppose a plan by the Chippewa County Commission to eliminate the independent office there. He was joined by MARD Legislative Chair Stu Sanders, Livingston ROD Chief Deputy Brandon Barefield, Chippewa ROD Gigi Ferro and more.

Thankfully the plan was not advanced last night but MARD will continue closely monitoring this situation.

Click below to find out more from President Denby's interview with 's 9&10 News.

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The Register of Deeds Office in Chippewa County is in jeopardy as county commissioners determine whether or not to merge it with the clerk’s office. Board of Commissioners Chairman Jim Martin believes it could be a way to save some money. “We have to have competitive wages and benefits and those...

02/18/2022

Today was about education. It's about protecting a voice for the people. Both Clerks and Register of Deeds are constitutional offices that since inception have added many additional roles to those already important jobs. You can not be in two offices at once and WE (the people) deserve the most efficient and effective service possible. When it comes to elections and our homes we need accountability. MARD does not support combination.

Pictured here:
MARD President, Brandon Denby, Livingston
MARD Legislative, Stu Sanders, Newaygo
Brandon Barefield, Livingston ROD Chief Dep.

This is the Chippewa local news coverage.

https://www.9and10news.com/2022/02/17/chippewa-county-commissioners-to-determine-fate-of-register-of-deeds-office/

02/16/2022

ALERT! The Chippewa County Board of Commissioners will consider a proposal to ELIMINATE the publicly-elected Chippewa County Register of Deeds and fold its operations elsewhere into the county bureaucracy, eliminating a democratically-elected office that is an independent advocate for homeowners and small businesses in their real estate transactions and reducing transparency in government. Remember, this is not an issue of finances because ROD offices generate more revenue than expenses for local government.

READ Gigi Ferro's editorial below and watch tomorrow at 4:30 PM:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81271566096

Meeting ID: 812 7156 6096

https://www.sooeveningnews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/02/16/my-take-dont-eliminate-register-deeds/6808573001/

During a time in which few things seem to be working for us, why “fix” what isn’t broken?

01/20/2022

Congratulations on your retirement, Nancy!

Hutchins retires as Register of Deeds in a surprise move

01/10/2022

"New construction is on the rise in Michigan. In October, the sales of new construction single-family homes hit a six-month high, according to Michigan real estate data company RealComp."

Overall housing inventory in Michigan is 51% lower than five years ago, according to November data.