How to squat a house in Detroit

[bailey]

Bailey,
Not to spread massive amounts of misinformation here, but the section you cited, http://www.legislature.mi.gov/[[S[[0r5...ame=mcl-565-25
talks about recording encumbrances, which are liens and such attached to a property, not deeds. That is why they talk about doing it to harass, think of like mobsters and credit card companies, not sincere debt and there are so many exceptions that a loophole could probably be found. But that matters not, because slapping a lien is not going to help the Adverse Possessor.
Here is the part about exchanging deeds; read through this carefully and see that the laws are very lax here, civil matters and as long as you've got 2 witnesses and a notary, you are set, as far as the law goes. your seeing eye dog can deliver the deed for recording; because all the proof is in the 2 witnesses and the notary that legally confirms it all with a stamp. the recording of the deed is the law, first one to record gets it. No matter if there is a break in the chain, MERS took care of that already and it is no shock to a judge. They want people in homes too. If there is no one to come forth in all those years,typically no one shows up in court and the judge grant you the property. Even if they do, all the improvements and taxes and assessments you did are owed to you in order to turn over the property.
Indecently you still need to quiet title after the 15 years, 10 if you bought the property off a tax sale and 5 if you are on any kind of deed, provable or not. Also you must pay the taxes or it will go to the county after 3 years and they don't have to play by the rules that the private sector does. I would not touch any government owned property except to garden on, personally because I wouldn't want to wake up to the house shaking.
MCL on deeds, pretty long, enjoy it.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/[[S[[aoi...me=mcl-chap565

As the thread was revived, I'm responding to this old post to hopefully disabuse more disinformation. MERS was just struck down by the Court of Appeals. Why? because many were "shocked" at what MERS was being allowed to do and were arguing that MERS had no interest in the note, or the property, thus foreclosure by notice was improper. Per the ruling, MERS has no standing at all in Michigan, and that any foreclosures that were carried out by MERS or in the processes of being carried out by MERS are null and void.