Michigan Laws 205.212 – Proceedings by appraisers, compensation, fees
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 205.212
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- Probate: Proving a will
- property: means the property or interest in property of the testator, intestate, grantor, bargainor, or vendor, passing or transferred to those not specifically exempted from this act, and not as the property or interest in property passing or transferred to the individual legatees, devisees, heirs, next of kin, grantees, donees, or vendees, and includes all property or interest in property whether situated within or without this state and including all property represented or evidenced by note, certificate, stock, land, contract, mortgage or other kind or character of evidence thereof, and regardless of whether that evidence of property is owned, kept or possessed within or without this state. See Michigan Laws 205.221
Every such appraiser shall forthwith give notice by mail to all such persons as he is notified by the judge of probate are interested in the property to be appraised, and to the county treasurer, of the time and place when he will appraise the property. He shall at such time and place appraise the same at its clear market value as herein prescribed, and for that purpose said appraiser is authorized to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses before him, and to take the evidence of such witnesses under oath concerning such property and the value thereof, and he shall make report thereof and of such value in writing to said judge of probate, together with the depositions of the witnesses examined and such other facts in relation thereto and to the said matter as the said judge of probate may order and require. Every appraiser shall be reimbursed for his actual and necessary traveling and other expenses and shall be entitled to 3 dollars per day for every day actually and necessarily employed in such appraisement. The fees of the necessary witnesses shall be the same as those now paid to witnesses subpoenaed to attend a court of record. A statement in detail of such compensation and disbursements as are authorized by this section shall be approved by the judge of probate and paid by the county treasurer from the general or contingent fund of the county.