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Enforcement of lien; time limitation, effect of bona fide purchase of craft.

MCL 570.445
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570.445. Enforcement of lien; time limitation, effect of bona fide purchase of craft. Sec. 45. Liens may be enforced under this act at any time within 6 years from their origin: Provided, That no lien shall be enforced against a water-craft in the hands of a bona-fide purchaser without notice, unless a complaint to enforce the same shall have been filed in the proper court in the county where the party claiming the lien resides, within 1 year from the time when the same accrued. 1864, Ex. Sess., Act 59, Eff. May 7, 1864; CL 1871, 6690; How. 8279; CL 1897, 10832; CL 1915, 14935; CL 1929, 13181; CL 1948, 570.445
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-570-445Fetched: 10/20/2026

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