Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Michigan

I purchased a buliding that was foreclosed in 2005 with the intent to use.the advertising billboard on the roof at the time of purchase.The company continued to advertisis on the building from 2007 without a lease agreement with me .For that matter they were operating the billboards without a lease form the bank that foeclosed on the property on feb 2005 to 2007.Those billboards were

Under MI laws the billboard were sold to me when I purchased the property.The Deed or Sferiff sale cites nothing about any lease attacched to the sale of the priperty the owner of the billboard at that

time should have removed the billboards before foreclosure and sheriff sale?


Asked on 1/08/12, 4:45 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
William Stern William Stern, P.C.

It's very common that old ads continue to be displayed on buildings. If you owned it, then you could have removed the signs yourself. It sure wasn't the sheriff's duty to remove the signs. They don't have time for that. They just run the sale.

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Answered on 1/08/12, 6:09 pm


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