Bill
HB 6049
HB 6049 (MI/RI): Michigan raises sheriff foreclosure fees and refines redemption; Rhode Island boosts juror pay in superior court from $25 to $50 per day.
Title: AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE — PROCEDURE GENERALLY — FEES
Status: 05/01/2025 — Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Introduced: 11/07/2024 (House), additional filing 03/07/2025
Note: The documents provided contain two distinct bill texts (different states) that share the same bill number and a similar subject heading (court/civil procedure fees). Below are separate, concise summaries of each version and their principal effects.
Purpose / intent
- Update and increase statutory fees charged or collectible by sheriffs under the Revised Judicature Act (MCL 600.2558) and clarify aspects of foreclosure redemption procedure (MCL 600.3240).
Key provisions / changes
- Increases many sheriff fee line-items (examples shown in the introduced text):
- Appraisers’ fees for making and returning inventory/appraisal: from $10/day to $100/day (and $5/half day to $50/half day).
- Drafting an inventory: from $1.25 to $10.00 per page; copying from $0.10 to $0.80 per page.
- Posting notices for foreclosure sales: from $16.00 to $26.00 per posting, plus mileage.
- Fee for conducting foreclosure sale and executing deed: from $50.00 to $75.00.
- Fee for each adjournment of foreclosure sale: from $8.00 to $16.00.
- Service notice for person claiming title under tax deed: from $16.00 to $26.00 plus mileage.
- Retains treble-damages remedy for sheriffs/officers who collect fees in excess of statute and liability for neglect where services are refused.
- Sec. 3240 (redemption rules):
- Confirms purchaser’s deed is void if mortgagor (or related persons) redeems within statutory redemption period by paying specified amounts.
- Amount required to redeem includes: bid amount + mortgage interest from sale date + specified sheriff’s fee(s) + $5.00 handling fee if payment is made to the register of deeds.
- Requires purchaser to provide affidavit with the deed stating the exact redemption amount, any per-diem amounts, redemption deadline, and may name a designee to assist with computations. Designee may charge up to $250 and purchaser must accept the designee’s computed amount.
- Clarifies register of deeds generally must not determine redemption amount.
Who is affected
- County sheriffs and deputy sheriffs (fee recipients and subjects of fee limits/penalties).
- Parties to foreclosures: purchasers at sale, mortgagors and redeeming parties, registers of deeds.
- County governments (may pay some sheriff duties/expenses); courts (rulemaking authority for appraisal schedules).
- Creditors and debtors in cases involving jail maintenance fees and foreclosure procedures.
Procedural / timeline aspects
- Introduced in Michigan House (11/07/2024); referred to Judiciary Committee; as of 05/01/2025 committee recommended holding the measure for further study.
Purpose / intent
- Increase daily pay to jurors serving on superior court grand and petit juries.
Key provisions / changes
- Raises juror pay from $25/day to $50/day for each day’s attendance in superior court.
- Effective date: upon passage (text indicates commencement in 2025).
- Allows jurors to donate their jury fee to the state via a form; such donations are deposited to the general fund and allocated to the Rhode Island Veterans Home Community Living Center.
Who is affected
- Grand and petit jurors in Rhode Island superior court (higher per diem).
- State budget / General Assembly (annual appropriation required to fund juror pay increases).
- Rhode Island Veterans Home (potential increased receipts from voluntary juror donations).
Procedural / timeline aspects
- Introduced 03/07/2025 and referred to House Finance. Act is written to take effect upon passage.
If you’d like, I can:
- Produce a side-by-side comparison table of old vs. proposed fee amounts for the Michigan version, or
- Draft a one-page bill digest suitable for a legislative staff packet.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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