Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 600. Revised Judicature Act of 1961 § 600.2809

Sec. 2809. (1) Unless subsection (2) or (3) applies, a judgment lien expires 5 years after the date it is recorded.

(2) Unless subsection (3) applies, if a judgment lien is rerecorded under subsection (4), the judgment lien expires 5 years after the date it is rerecorded.

(3) If the judgment expires before the judgment lien expires, the judgment lien expires on the date that the judgment expires.

(4) A judgment lien may be rerecorded only once. A judgment lien is rerecorded by recording with the register of deeds, not less than 120 days before the initial expiration date under subsection (1), a second notice of judgment lien that has been certified by the clerk of the court that entered the judgment.

(5) The filing of a state or federal insolvency proceeding by the judgment debtor does not toll or suspend the time period in which a judgment lien is effective.

(6) A judgment lien is extinguished when 1 or more of the following are recorded with the office of the register of deeds where the judgment lien is recorded: