Estate of inheritance; fee tail; abolition, declaration as fee simple.
MCL 554.3
in effect554.3. Estate of inheritance; fee tail; abolition, declaration as fee simple.
Sec. 3.
All estates tail are abolished, and every estate which would be adjudged a fee tail, according to the law of the territory of Michigan, as it existed before the second day of March, 1821, shall for all purposes be adjudged a fee simple; and if no valid remainder be limited thereon, shall be a fee simple absolute.
R.S. 1846, Ch. 62; CL 1857, 2587; CL 1871, 4070; How. 5519; CL 1897, 8785; CL 1915, 11521; CL 1929, 12923; CL 1948, 554.3
[FormerLaw] See Act of March 2, 1821; Code of 1820, p. 393; 1 Terr. Laws 815; and Revision of 1827, p. 261.
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-554-3Fetched: 10/20/2026