Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 444. Warehouses § 444.102

Sec. 2. Before any such person, firm or corporation, except as hereinafter provided, shall be authorized to issue such elevator or warehouse certificates or receipts, he or it, as the case may be, shall file in the office of the register of deeds of the county wherein such elevator, warehouse or other structure is situated, a written declaration which shall contain the name and place of residence or location of such person, firm or corporation, and shall state that he or it designs keeping or controlling an elevator, warehouse or other structure for the storage and sale of commodities mentioned in the preceding section, and shall contain an accurate description of such elevator, warehouse or other structure, the location thereof, and the name or names of any person, other than the one making such declaration, who has any ownership interest in such elevator, warehouse or structure, or in the land upon which it is situated. Such declaration shall be signed and acknowledged by the party making the same, before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds for said county.