Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 565. Conveyances of Real Property § 565.16

Sec. 16. If any grantor residing in this state shall refuse to acknowledge his or her deed, the grantee or any person claiming under him or her may apply to the circuit court in the county where the land lies, or where the grantor or any subscribing witness to the deed resides, which shall issue a summons to the grantor to appear at a certain time and place before the court, to hear the testimony of the subscribing witnesses to the deed; and the summons with a copy of the deed annexed shall be served at least 7 days before the time therein assigned for proving the deed.