Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 600. Revised Judicature Act of 1961 § 600.2567a

Sec. 2567a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4),  1 the county register of deeds shall collect a fee for recording any instrument. Before January 1, 2043, the fee is $4.00. Beginning January 1, 2043, the fee is $2.00. The fee must be paid when the instrument is left for record.

(2) The fee required by this section is in addition to any fees required in section 2567  2 or fees or charges otherwise required by law for the recording of instruments.

(3) The fees collected under this section must be remitted to the state treasurer quarterly, and must be deposited by the state treasurer in the survey and remonumentation fund created in section 11 of the state survey and remonumentation act, 1990 PA 345, MCL 54.271, except that a county may retain not more than 1- 1/2 % of each fee collected under subsection (1) to cover the costs of administering this section.

(4) If, pursuant to a contract under section 8(5) of the state survey and remonumentation act, 1990 PA 345, MCL 54.268, a county has expended funds to expedite the completion of its county plan, the county may apply not more than 50% of its annual grant revenue under section 12(1)(a) of the state survey and remonumentation act, 1990 PA 345, MCL 54.272, to reimburse itself for these expenditures, until these expenditures have been fully reimbursed.

(5) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(6) As used in this section, “county plan” means a monumentation and remonumentation plan under section 8 of the state survey and remonumentation act, 1990 PA 345, MCL 54.268.