This section is from the book "The Law Of Land Contracts", by Asher L. Cornelius. Also available from Amazon: Michigan Law Of Land Contracts.
State of Michigan, County of..............................
ss.
....................of (here insert name of deponent) of....................
(here state residence) in said County, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that on the....................day of...................., A.
D. 19......, he posted up one notice of sale, of which the following is a true and complete copy, at each of the following named places in the....................of...................., in said county, to-wit:
One at....................(here describe place of posting). One at
................(here describe place of posting) and one at..................
(here describe place of posting) the same being three public places in said county of..................., and that each and all of said notices were conspicuously and securely posted, and were in words and figures as follows, to-wit: (here paste copy of notice posted).
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this........................day of
....................A. D. 19.......
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Notary Public....................County, Mich
(Caption of Cause.)
(Address to the Court.)
In pursuance and by virtue of a decree of this Court, made in the above entitled cause, bearing date the....................day of
....................in the year one thousand nine hundred and................
by virtue of which decree, it was, among other things, ordered adjudged and decreed that all and singular the premises mentioned in bill of complaint in this cause and hereafter described, or so much thereof as might be sufficient to raise the amount due the plaintiff, for the principal, interest (taxes, insurance and other charges included in the decree) and costs in this case, provided a portion of said premises might be sold separately without material injury to parties interested, to be sold at public auction by or under the direction of a Circuit Court Commissioner of....................County, Michigan, at any time after the....................day of....................in the year 19....... That said sale be made in the County where said premises or the greater part thereof are situated.
That the Commissioner give public notice of the time and place of such sale, according to the statute and the course and practice of this Court and that the plaintiff or any parties to this cause might become the purchaser and that said Commissioner execute deed or deeds to the purchaser or purchasers of said premises on said sale. That said Commissioner, out of the proceeds of said sale, pay to the plaintiff or the attorney for the plaintiff....................costs in this suit to be taxed, and also the amount reported due, as aforesaid, together with interest thereon from the date of said report, or so much thereof as the purchase money of said premises will pay of the same, and that the said commissioner take receipts for the amount so paid and file the same with his report and that he bring the surplus moneys arising from such sale, if any there be, into this Court without delay to abide the further order of this Court; and that if the moneys arising from said sale be insufficient to pay the amount so reported due to the plaintiff with interest, cost and expenses of sale as aforesaid, that said commissioner specify the amount of such deficiency in his report of said sale.
I, the subscriber....................said Circuit Court Commissioner, do respectfully certify and report, that having been charged by the attorney for the plaintiff with the execution of said decree, I advertised said premises to be sold by me at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the front door of the court house in the................of................in the said County of................
(that being the placed of holding the circuit court for the
County of....................) on the....................day of....................in the year one thousand nine hundred..................... That previous to said sale I caused notice thereof to be publicly advertised for six successive weeks as follows: By causing printed notices thereof to be securely fastened up and posted at least six weeks prior to the day said premises were advertised to be sold in three public places in....................(here insert the name of city) where said premises were to be sold, an affidavit showing the fastening up and posting of notices is hereto attached, marked "Exhibit A," and made a part of this my report, by causing a notice of said sale to be printed once in each week during the six successive weeks preceding said sale in the
...................., a public newspaper printed and circulating in the
County of...................., as appear by affidavits annexed hereto, and marked "Exhibit B," which notice contains a description of said premises.
I further report that on the said................day of..................in the year one thousand nine hundred and...................., the day of which said premises were so advertised to be sold, as aforesaid I attended at the time and place fixed for said sale, and exposed said premises for sale at public auction or vendue to the highest bidder and the said premises were then and there fairly sold and struck off to....................(here insert name of purchaser) for the sum of............................dollars, he being the highest bidder therefor, and that being the highest sum bid.
And I do further certify and report that I have executed, acknowledged and delivered to the said purchaser the usual commissioner's deed for said premises, the attorney for the plaintiff having produced a certificate of the enrollment of the final decree, in said cause, which certificate is hereto annexed, marked "Exhibit C," and made a part hereof and have paid over or disposed of the purchase money, or proceeds of said sale, as follows, to-wit: I have paid to the attorney for the plaintiff the sum of....................dollars, being the costs of this suit as taxed, together with interest thereon from the date of said taxation to the day of the sale and have taken a receipt therefor, which is hereto annexed.
I further report that I have paid to....................the plaintiff in said cause the sum of....................dollars, as provided in said decree and have taken his receipt for the full amount decreed to be due him, which receipt is hereto attached, marked "Exhibit D," and made a part hereof.
I further certify and report that the moneys arising from said sale are more than sufficient to pay the amount so reported to be due the plaintiff with interest, costs and expenses of sale as aforesaid and I hereby specify the amount of such surplus to be the sum of....................dollars (if the premises sell for less than the amount decreed to be due the plaintiff, together with the interest costs and charges, specify the amount of such deficiency instead of reporting a surplus).
I further report that I have retained in my hands the sum of....................dollars, being the amount of my fees and disbursements on said sale, as will appear by reference to the statement thereof, annexed to this my report marked "Exhibit E," and made a part hereof.
I do further certify and report that the premises so sold and conveyed as aforesaid were described in said decretal order and in the deed so executed by me as aforesaid as follows, to-wit: (insert description of each parcel sold and to whom sold).
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Circuit Court Commissioner.
 
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