Terms Used In Michigan Laws 600.4035

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
   An attachment shall bind goods and chattels from the time they were attached. An attachment of realty or any right or interest therein shall constitute a lien thereon, effective from the time when a certified copy of the attachment including a description of the realty shall be deposited in the office of the register of deeds in the county where the realty is situated.