Michigan laws and regulations may be found at the home page of the Michigan Legislature. In addition, various state agencies provide Michigan laws and regulations for the areas they regulate. The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services provides lending laws, regulations, and policy statements. The Corporations, Securities and Land Development Bureau provides laws governing condominiums, land sales, subdivisions, and manufactured homes. Authorizing legislation for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) is a link under "about MSHDA."  The Bureau of Construction Codes and Fire Safety (BCCFS) is responsible for the administration of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale Single State Construction Code Act (1972 PA 230), the Building Officials Registration Act (1986 PA 54), the Mobile Home Commission Act (1987 PA 96), the Fire Prevention Code (1941 PA 207) the Fire Fighters Training Council Act (1966 PA 291), electrical, mechanical and plumbing licensing laws, the boiler and elevator programs as well as oversees and manages Michigan’s overall fire safety through construction plan review and fire safety inspections, training and certification of fire inspectors and houses the State Fire Marshal, Michigan Fire Fighters Training Council and the State Fire Safety Board.  Construction Bureau Rules, Construction Safety Standards, Construction Health Standards, prevailing wages (by county), and a professional license search page are examples of real estate related information available from the Department of Labor and Economic Growth.

http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=MCLBasicSearch (M.C.L.)

http://www.michiganlegislature.org (Michigan legislation)

http://www.michigan.gov/orr (Michigan Administrative Code)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html (other states from Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute)

http://guide.lp.findlaw.com/11stategov/ (other states from Findlaw)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/state_statutes.html (state law by topic from Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute)

http://www.lawresearch.com/v2/practice/ctindex8.htm (links to various legal subject areas from Law Research)

http://network-lawyers.org/bridges/LnetStatePages (limited liability company law research page)

Laws and regulations of other states can be found at Cornell University's Law School, Findlaw, and AllLaw. To search for legal information, use LawCrawler, the legal information search engine, or use an intelligent meta-search engine, such as Google.

There are several ABANET listservs and other listservs on the Internet of interest to Section members:

ABA-PTL
The Probate Division of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association first opened its own Internet listserv, called "ABA-PTL" (stands for Probate & Trust Law) on July 31, 1995 at USA.NET. This list, which now has more than 1345 subscribers, is intended primarily for the use of Section members and related professionals so they can discuss estate planning and administration issues by e-mail. In May of 1997, this list moved to the server host at HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM.   On July 1, 2000 this list moved to its new permanent server host at the ABA's called MAIL.ABANET.ORG.

To subscribe to this list, go to the List's "join or leave" page at:

http://mail.abanet.org/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=aba-ptl&A=1

or, you can send an e-mail message to listserv@mail.abanet.org. Do not put anything on the Subject line in the Header unless you have to (i.e., AOL users). In the message part simply put the text:

subscribe aba-ptl (Your Real Name)

After being notified to do so and confirming your subscription, you will receive an e-mail message from mail.abanet.org telling you that you have successfully subscribed, welcoming you to the listserv, and giving you some essential information about it. The first thing you should do is SAVE this information.  The second thing you should to is send a private e-mail message to the owner of the lists at aba-ptl-request@mail.abanet.org with the words "My ABA Number" in the Subject line, and only your ABA Membership Number [ABA No. 3456789] in the text of the message,. This is so your membership status in the ABA and the Section can be verified should this list ever be changed back to a closed list for Section members only as it was when it first came into existence.

For more information about this listserv and how to subscribe to it, send an e-mail text message reading "info aba-ptl" to listserv@mail.abanet.org.

In order to view a Web based archive of all the e-mails that have been posted to this list since April of 1997, point your browser at the ABA-PTL List Archive URL. You can sort through the messages that are in this archive by author, subject or date.

The new URL for this archive is: http://mail.abanet.org/archives/aba-ptl.html

In addition, a backup duplicate of this archive is currently being maintained and can be found at URL: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/aba-ptl-pub.html

If you ever have any general questions about the ABA-PTL List, you can always write to the list Moderators at the generic address:
ABA-PTL-request@MAIL.ABANET.ORG.

Note: This list does not accept attachments. Subscribers can send attachments to the RPPT Section and they will be posted on the ABA-PTL Document Download Page. See the Instructions If you want to post.

DIRT

This discussion group is an out growth of the popular Quarterly Report on Current Real Estate Developments. Dirt is free to participants and unrestricted. Each weekday, DIRT has a new Daily Development an excerpt from a recent or "in process" Quarterly Report. There may be new comments from the editor, and there will be the opportunity for the hundreds of real estate lawyers participating in DIRT to answer back with their own comments and criticisms. Visit the DIRT web site at http://cctr.umkc.edu/dept/dirt.

DIRT is an "open line" for real estate lawyers to exchange ideas, questions, developments or complaints about anything of interest to those in the profession.

DIRT Now comes in two versions - DIRT and Broker DIRT (for real estate brokers)

• To subscribe to DIRT, just send the message "subscribe dirt (your name)" (without the quotes) to:
  listserv@listserv.umkc.edu
• To subscribe to Broker DIRT, just send the message "subscribe brokerdirt (your name)" (without the quotes) to:
  listserv@listserv.umkc.edu

Dirt Daily Developments

The DIRT DD list is exclusively for members of the ABA's Real Property, Probate and Trust Section. This listserv will provide subscribers with the "Daily Developments" reports from DIRT - the Internet legal discussion group for real estate professionals. Each day, Professor Patrick A. Randolph of the university of Missouri-Kansas City sends subscribers of the DIRT list a commentary or update information concerning real estate law, a recent case or other real estate issues. The regular DIRT list then exchanges commentary on these postings or other matters. This list, the DIRT DD list, will carry ONLY the DIRT DD's and any amendments, corrections or follow ups from Professor Randolph. Thus, typically there will be only one message each weekday. There will be no opportunity to comment or review comments, although, of course, readers who wish can subscribe to DIRT if they want to see the discussion of a particular case, and then unsubscribe from DIRT later and maintain connection with DIRT DD. Such activity will not affect their DIRT DD Subscription.

Subscribe to DIRT DD

Dispute Resolution Committees

The Committees dealing with Dispute resolution in both Real Property and Probate matters have formed this listserv. In order to join the list, you must be a member of one of the committees listed below. Visit any of the committees web sites, linked below, to join.
Real Property: Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Probate and Trust: Estate and Trust Litigation and Controversy
Probate and Trust: Tax Litigation and Controversy.

rppt-title-ins

The Title Insurance Committee listserv will facilitate the exchange of topical cases, practical tips, concerns and other legal information between members of the committee. Committee business information will also be disseminated on the list. The listserv will help lawyers interested in title insurance network with other lawyers with similar interests and practice areas. Participation on this listserv is restricted to Title Insurance Committee Members. Committee Web Page

Subscribe to rppt-title-ins

E-DIRT -- A Publication of the ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law

E-DIRT is a new, quarterly, electronic publication of the ABA RPPT Section which will bring substantive information and news of Section and committee activities to all Section members via e-mail. This Newsletter replaces and expands the focus of the Real Estate Finance Newsletter or "Green Sheets" of the Section's Commercial Real Estate Finance Committees that was distributed by hard copy.

The E-DIRT Newsletter is prepared by the Michael Goler, its Managing Editor, and Cheryl Kelly, Acquisitions Editor ckelly@thompsoncoburn.com

If you have technological questions about E-DIRT, contact Rob King, RPPT Section Technology Manager at: kingr@staff.abanet.org (312) 988-5540

3DT

Deals, Dirt, Death and Taxes is a discussion group of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section and covers estate planning for Businesses and Real Estate. Topics covered will include: entity selection, valuation, business continuity and succession, environmental problems and related income and wealth transfer tax issues.

Web Based archives are now available

Subscribe to 3dt

HOMEFORUM

Homeforum is the discussion group of the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law. The Forum was created to provide an interdisciplinary location for real estate, business, tax, land use and other lawyers to share their interests and concerns about affordable housing. Homeforum was started  to facilitate communication among members. However, the list is open, and not restricted at this time to the Forum's members.

The list is intended to discuss affordable housing issues of interest to all. Most pressing at this time is updates on the changes at HUD. However, practice tips and other legal questions are also welcome.

Subscribe to Homeforum

To write to the list, send your messages to homeforum@abanet.org

For further information, please email tucok@staff.abanet.org, or the Forum's Internet and Technology Chair, Forrest Milder, at fmilder@brfg.com.

LNET-LLC

LNET-LLC is a discussion list on limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships and other unincorporated business entities. Its members range from lawyers to certified public accountants, and includes professors, law students and graduate students in accounting. Information concerning joining the listserv can be found at its Home Page.

http://www.mich.gov/ofis (Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services)

http://kirchman.com/comply/ (Kirchaman Regulatory Service Manual a.k.a. The Big Orange Book)

http://www.bankersonline.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php (a banking compliance officer forum)

http://www.ffiec.gov/hmda/ (Federal Financial Institution Examination Council Home Mortgage Disclosure Act web page)

http://www.moneypage.com/regulatoryagencies/content.htm  (Links to federal banking regulators from the Money Page)

http://www.occ.treas.gov/aprwin.htm (Annual Percentage Rate software from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)

http://www.mbaa.org/resources/predlend/ (Mortgage Bankers Association predatory lending page)

http://www.butera-andrews.com/legislative-updates/b-index.htm (Predatory lending laws from Butera & Andrews)

http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/compliance/respa/index.html (HUD software to calculate minimum escrow account balance and the aggregate adjustment of single item accrual escrow calculation)

http://www.mbaa.org/members/commit/state-leg-reg-compl/lib/escrowchart.html (summary of  state laws requiring payment of interest on escrow balances)

http://www.complianceheadquarters.com/  (banking compliance web site from Bankers Systems)

http://www.w3c.org (World Wide Web Consortium - Americans With Disabilities Act Web Site Standards)

http://www.fema.gov/nfip/mpurfi.shtm (FEMA's Mandatory Purchase of Flood Insurance Guidelines)

http://www.stcl.edu/lnet-llc/lnet-llc.html (discussion list for limited liability company issues)

http://mail.abanet.org/archives/aba-ptl.html  (discussion list for estate planning and administration)

http://mail.abanet.org/archives/3dt.html  (discussion list for estate planning for Businesses and Real Estate)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lnet-llc  or alternate site http://www.stcl.edu/lnet-llc/lnet-llc.html  (discussion list for limited liability companies and partnerships - discussions include choice of entity for businesses)

http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/index.jhtml  (lookup the owner of a web page)

http://www.occ.treas.gov/netbank/netbank.htm  (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Internet Banking Page)

http://www.perkinscoie.com/casedigest/default.cfm (digest of Internet Law cases from Perkins Coie LLP)

http://www.estateplanninglinks.com/

http://leimberg.com/

http://www.lawresearch.com/v2/practice/ctrust.htm

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html (Federal Register from the National Archives - federal regulations)

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html (Code of Federal Regulations from the National Archives)

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html  (IRS forms and publications)

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/businesses/lists/0,,id=98230,00.html (IRS Bulletins)

http://www.findlaw.com/10fedgov/judicial/district_courts.html (links to Federal District Court web pages from Findlaw)

http://www.epa.gov/lead/leadbase.htm (EPA lead based paint page)

http://www.landlord.com/landforms_main_hud_forms_frame.htm (HUD lead based paint page)

http://www.ftc.gov/bc/hsr/hsr.htm (Hart-Scott-Rodino Act pre-merger notification page)

http://www.adfinet.com/ (registration is free and required)

http://www.freddiemac.com/forms/ (Freddie Mac Forms)

http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/pam26_7.html (Veterans Administration Loan Guaranty Manuals)

http://www.hudclips.org/cgi/index.cgi  (FHA handbooks, forms, mortgagee letters, etc.)

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/dbmock.htm

http://www.azlegaldocs.com/forms/alldocs.php

http://www.landlord.com/landforms_main_hud_forms_frame.htm (landlord/tenant forms)

http://www.sba.gov/library/sharewareroom.html (Business Shareware from the Small Business Administration)

http://www.naic.org/state_contacts/sid_websites.htm  (links to state insurance web sites from the NAIC)

http://www.insurance-finance.com/insurance.htm  (Insurance news and resources)

http://lawweb.usc.edu/library/resources/journals.html (links to legal journals on the Internet)

http://www.cardreport.com/laws/credit-laws.html  (credit and banking laws and regulations)

http://www.lawresearchservices.com/firms/practice/ctindex8.htm

http://www.switchboard.com/

http://www.555-1212.com

http://www.mapquest.com

http://www.harlandfinancialsolutions.com/ProductsandServices/document_search.asp (Harland Financial Solutions sample residential mortgage loan and disclosure forms)

http://www.freddiemac.com/forms/ (Freddie Mac Forms)

http://www.freddiemac.com/multifamily/electronic.htm  (Freddie Mac Multifamily Residential Loan Documents)

http://www.capitalconsortium.org/ (standard commercial real estate loan forms from the Capital Consortium)

http://mortgage-investments.com/Real_estate_and_mortgage_Forms/form_fr.htm

http://www.argosylegal.com/convey01.htm

http://www.domania.com/homepricecheck/index.jsp?tl=c1 (home selling price lookup from Domania)

http://www.erisk.com/ (eRisk - risk management issues)

http://www.virtualchase.com/resources/real_estate.shtml (various links from Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP)

http://www.unclaimed.org/ (research unclaimed escheated property)

http://www.pac-info.com/ (records search page)

http://www.netronline.com/frameset.asp?page=Michigan (links to Michigan County home pages)

http://www.zanatec.com/michigan.html (addresses and phone numbers of registers of deeds)

http://www.titlelaw-newyork.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/index.html  or http://www.titlelaw-newyork.com/Forms/  (New York real estate and title insurance forms)

http://www.lexisone.com/store/catalog?action=main&tcode=BARNYSBA&loc=BARNYSBA (forms from LexisOne)

http://www.ncsc.dni.us/NCSC/TIS/TIS99/ELECTR99/Elecfil1.htm (National Center for State Courts electronic filing web page)

http://www.google.com (Google - an intelligent meta search engine, used to look up keywords)

http://www.lawcrawler.com  (legal search engine - Google works better in many instances)

http://www.profusion.com/ (topical search engine)

http://www.ntiweb.com/index.asp (Chicago Title)

http://www.firstam.com/faf/reference/uwtools.html  (First American fees calculator and underwriting manual)

http://www.firstam.com/faf/reference/main.html (First American links to articles and title insurance premium calculator)

http://www.vuwriter.com/ (Stewart Title)

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=gt5fei.1.1 (look up trademarked names)

http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html (search for patents)

http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1631_8851---,00.html (Michigan Secretary of State UCC web page)

http://www.krahmer.net/

http://www.law.upenn.edu/library/ulc/ulc.htm#ucc9