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Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.166 Municipality governing body; submission of plat.
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Sec. 166. The proprietor shall submit 1 true copy of the plat to the clerk of the governing body of the municipality, together with the filing fee required by section 241.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.167 Municipality governing body; approval procedure.
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Sec. 167. (1) At its next regular meeting, or at a meeting called within 20 days after the date of receiving the plat under section 161(2)(c), the governing body shall do 1 of the following: (a) Approve the plat if it conforms to all of the provisions of this act and instruct the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.167a State transportation department; receipt of plat.
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Sec. 167a. Within 10 days of receipt of the plat under section 161(2)(d), the state transportation department shall do 1 of the following: (a) Approve the plat and notify the proprietor of its approval. (b) Reject the plat and notify the proprietor directly, giving the reasons in…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.168 Forwarding to county plat board; procedure of board.
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Sec. 168. (1) Upon notice of each approval, the proprietor shall obtain the certificate on the final plat of each of the officers and agencies whose certificate is required by sections 145 to 148. The certificates and approvals may be obtained in any order. The proprietor shall t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.169 Forwarding approval and plat copies to state administrator.
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Sec. 169. Upon approval of the plat by a majority of the county plat board, the chairperson of the board shall forward it with all copies of the plat to the state administrator.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.171 Department of labor and economic growth; plat approval or rejection; recording.
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Sec. 171. Within 15 days after receipt of the plat the department of labor and economic growth shall review the plat and do 1 of the following: (a) If the plat conforms to all of the provisions of this act, procure at least 4 exact copies at the surveyor's expense, approve the pl…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.172 Register of deeds; recordings; notice to director of department of energy, labor, and economic growth.
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Sec. 172. Upon receipt of the plat from the director of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth the register of deeds shall: (a) Certify on the plat the time of recording and the book and page where recorded. He or she shall not accept a plat for recording unless it …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.173 Director of department of energy, labor, and economic growth; procedure following notice of recording.
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Sec. 173. When notification of recording of 1 copy of plat has been received by the director of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth, he or she shall: (a) Transcribe the certificate of recording on all other copies. (b) Retain 1 copy for his or her files. (c) Mail…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.181 Final plat; streets, alleys, roads and highways; general requirements.
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Sec. 181. All streets, alleys, roads and highways shown, or required to be shown on a plat shall comply with the requirements of sections 181 to 185 as a condition of approval of the final plat.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.182 Final plat; streets, alleys, and roads; municipal requirements; deposit; rebate; rejection of plat; circumstances.
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Sec. 182. (1) The governing body of a municipality in which the subdivision is situated may require the following as a condition of approval of a final plat, for all public and private streets, alleys, and roads in its jurisdiction: (a) Conformance to the general plan, conformanc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.183 Final plat; highways, streets, and alleys; private roads; county road commission requirements; “county road commission” defined.
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Sec. 183. (1) The county road commission may require the following as a condition of approval of final plat for all highways, streets, and alleys in its jurisdiction or to come under its jurisdiction and also for all private roads in unincorporated areas: (a) Conformance to the g…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.184 State highways; dedication; other highways and streets.
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Sec. 184. (1) The department of state highways may require, where a plat abuts a state trunk line highway, if the existing right of way was not previously dedicated to public use or acquired in fee simple, that there be included within the plat boundary and description the area w…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.186 Final plat; lots and outlots; waiver; applicability of subsection (3); maintaining recorded plat.
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Sec. 186. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, as a condition of approval of the final plat, all lots and outlots subdivided as defined in section 102 shall comply with all of the following: (a) Lots shall be numbered consecutively. If more than 1 subdivision is inte…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.188 Improvements.
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Sec. 188. (1) If the subdivision includes or abuts certain improvements other than streets and alleys, such as county drains, lagoons, slips, waterways, lakes, bays or canals, which connect with or are proposed to connect with or enlarge public waters and such improvements are no…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.190 Public utility easements.
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Sec. 190. The proprietor shall provide public utility easements in accordance with the provisions of section 139. The following shall apply to all public utility easements included in a subdivision: (a) Easements intended for use of public utilities shall not be deemed to be dedi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.192 Storm water drainage requirements as condition of final plat approval.
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Sec. 192. The county drain commissioner or the governing body of the municipality in which the subdivision is situated, whichever has jurisdiction, shall require the following as a condition of approval of the final plat: (a) That the proprietor provide for adequate storm water f…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.192a Operation and maintenance of retention basins; annual appropriation; creation of special assessment district; establishment of boundaries; hearing on creation of district; duties of governing body creating district; hearing on objections to cost, roll, or spreading of assessment; manner and time assessments due, collected, and returned; notice of hearing; exclusion.
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Sec. 192a. (1) If approval of the final plat was conditioned pursuant to section 192 upon the operation and maintenance of retention basins for all or a portion of the area encompassed by the final plat, the cost of which may be defrayed by special assessments against the propert…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.194 Flood plains; prohibit occupancy; alterations.
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Sec. 194. If any part of a proposed subdivision lies within the floodplain of a river, stream, creek or lake, approval of the final plat shall be conditioned on the following: (a) No buildings for residential purposes and occupancy shall be located on any portion of a lot lying w…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.196 Subdivision names; consecutive numbering of additions.
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Sec. 196. The following shall apply to all subdivisions as a condition of approval: (a) The name of a subdivision as included in the caption of the plat shall not use the name of a previously recorded subdivision within the same county unless it is an addition thereto. (b) The fi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.198 Correction of errors; surveyor's affidavit.
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Sec. 198. Subject to review and approval at a meeting of the county plat board of the county in which the subdivision is located, an affidavit by the surveyor who certified the plat may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in which the plat is recorded but only for …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.201 Assessor's plat; compliance; conditions for ordering; resolution; report; estimated cost.
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Sec. 201. (1) An assessor's plat shall comply with sections 201 to 213 and may be ordered if any 1 of the following conditions exist: (a) When a parcel or tract of land is owned by 2 or more persons. (b) When the description of 1 or more of the different parcels within the area c…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.201a Assessor's plat; additional conditions for ordering.
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Sec. 201a. Notwithstanding the conditions specified in sections 201(1) (a) and (b), an assessor's plat, complying with sections 201 to 213, may also be ordered if there is a person in possession under a lease agreement relating to a parcel or tract of land and all of the followin…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.201b Assessor's plat; additional conditions for ordering.
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Sec. 201b. Notwithstanding the conditions specified in section 201(1), an assessor's plat complying with sections 201 to 213 may also be ordered by the governing body of a municipality if all of the following conditions are met: (a) When a parcel or tract of land had been improve…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.202 Name and boundary description; plat made by surveyor.
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Sec. 202. (1) The plat shall be called an assessor's plat and given a name. It shall plainly define the boundary of each parcel, each street, alley or road and dedication to public or private use, as such, shall be evidenced by the records of the register of deeds. (2) The plat s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.203 Assessor's plat; payment of costs and expenses; cost charged to land.
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Sec. 203. The actual and necessary costs and expenses of making assessor's plats shall be paid out of the general fund of the city, incorporated village, or township whose governing body ordered the plat. All of the cost may be charged to the land so platted. Of the cost charged …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.204 Survey requirements; setting of monuments.
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Sec. 204. (1) The surveyor making the plat shall survey and lay out the boundaries of each parcel, street, alley or road and dedication to public or private use, according to the records of the register of deeds and whatever other evidence that may be available to show the intent…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.205 Notice to proprietors.
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Sec. 205. The proprietors of record of lands in the plat shall be notified by registered mail to their last known address, in order that they shall have opportunity to examine the map, view the temporary monuments, and make known any disagreement with the boundaries as shown.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.206 Reconciliation of boundaries within plat.
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Sec. 206. (1) The surveyor making the plat shall reconcile any discrepancies that may be revealed, so that the plat as certified to the governing body shall be in conformity with the records of the register of deeds as nearly as is practicable. (2) When boundary lines between adj…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.207 Boundaries and numbering of lots within plat.
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Sec. 207. (1) On every assessor's plat, as certified to the governing body, shall appear the bearings and distances of lines of each parcel recorded in the office of the register of deeds, and each lot shall also be numbered as provided in this act for final plats. (2) The provis…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.208 Surveyor's certificate.
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Sec. 208. The sworn certificate of the surveyor who made the plat and, if a firm of surveyors also by a partner or principal officer, shall appear on the plat and shall state the following: (a) The name of the governing body by whose order the plat was made, and the date of the o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.209 Filing; county road commission approval; publication; action to correct plat.
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Sec. 209. (1) When completed, the assessor's plat shall be filed with the clerk of the governing body that ordered the plat. In unincorporated areas, the certificate of the county road commission shall first be secured, stating that the public roads shown on the plat were in exis…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.210 Local authorities approval; acknowledgment; review by director of energy, labor, and economic growth; recording.
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Sec. 210. The plat, when completed and certified as provided in this act with the exception of the certification by the county plat board and when approved by the governing body and in unincorporated areas by the board of county road commissioners, shall be acknowledged by the cl…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.211 Recording; notification of local authorities; apportionment of taxes.
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Sec. 211. When an assessor's plat is recorded, the register of deeds shall notify the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall notify the assessor if any part of the lands included in the plat are delinquent for taxes or special assessments for any year prior to the date of r…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.212 References to plat descriptions; use; plats as evidence.
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Sec. 212. Reference to any land, as it appears on a recorded assessor's plat is sufficient for purposes of assessment and taxation. Conveyance may be made by reference to the plat and shall be as effective to pass title to the land so described as it would be if the premises had …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.213 Plat recorded after tax day; substitution of plat description; certification of acquisition of public lands.
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Sec. 213. (1) Whenever a parcel of land has been subdivided and platted and the plat recorded after the tax day, the assessing officer shall substitute the recorded plat for the description of the parcel of land on the tax roll of the succeeding tax year, and shall utilize for ta…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.221 Vacation, correction, or revision of plat.
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Sec. 221. The circuit court may, as provided in sections 222 to 229 vacate, correct, or revise all or a part of a recorded plat.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.222 Complaint; filing.
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Sec. 222. Except as provided in section 222a, to vacate, correct, or revise a recorded plat or any part of a recorded plat, a complaint shall be filed in the circuit court by the owner of a lot in the subdivision, a person of record claiming under the owner, or the governing body…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.222a Public utility easement as part of recorded plat; relinquishment by written agreement; parties; requirements.
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Sec. 222a. (1) Notwithstanding section 222, a public utility easement that is part of a recorded plat may be relinquished without filing an action in circuit court if a written agreement for that purpose is entered into among all of the following parties: (a) Each public utility …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.223 Complaint; contents.
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Sec. 223. The complaint shall set forth: (a) The part or parts, if any, sought to be vacated and any other correction or revision of the plat sought by the plaintiff. (b) The plaintiff's reasons for seeking the vacation, correction, or revision.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.224a Joinder of parties defendant.
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Sec. 224a. (1) The plaintiff shall join as parties defendant each of the following: (a) The owners of record title of each lot or parcel of land included in or located within 300 feet of the lands described in the petition and persons of record claiming under those owners. (b) Th…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.226 Trial and hearing; order to vacate, correct, or revise recorded plat; exceptions; plat recording resulting in loss of public access to lake or stream; reservation of easement; operation and maintenance of property by state or local unit; effect of noncompliance with subsection (4); closure of road ending; proceedings.
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Sec. 226. (1) Upon trial and hearing of the action, the court may order a recorded plat or any part of it to be vacated, corrected, or revised, with the following exceptions: (a) A part of a state highway or federal aid road shall not be vacated, corrected, or revised except by t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.227a Vesting of title upon vacation of plat, street, or alley; legal description of abutting lot.
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Sec. 227a. (1) Title to any part of the plat vacated by the court's judgment, other than a street or alley, shall vest in the rightful proprietor of that part. Title to a street or alley the full width of which is vacated by the court's judgment shall vest in the rightful proprie…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.228 Recording of judgment.
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Sec. 228. Within 30 days after entry of judgment, for vacation, correction, or revision of a plat, plaintiff shall record the judgment in the office of the register of deeds. The register of deeds shall place on the original plat the date, liber, and page of the record of the cou…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.229 Preparation and form of new plat; filing copies; caption; approval; distribution of copies; fees.
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Sec. 229. (1) If the court orders a plat to be vacated, corrected, or revised in whole or in part, the court shall also direct plaintiff to prepare, in the form required by this act for a final plat, either a new plat of the part of the subdivision affected by the judgment or a n…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.241 Submission of final plat; filing and recording fee; state plat review fee; disposition of fee.
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Sec. 241. (1) When a final plat is submitted to the clerk of the governing body of the municipality, the proprietor shall deposit with the plat both of the following: (a) A filing and recording fee in an amount equal to the fee for entering and recording a real estate mortgage un…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.242 Director of department of energy, labor, and economic growth; records and indexing; fees.
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Sec. 242. (1) The director of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth shall maintain a permanent file of plats and the index shall contain all pertinent information necessary to facilitate reference. (2) A fee established by the director of the department of energy, …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.243 Register of deeds; maintaining permanent file; expense; fee.
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Sec. 243. (1) The register of deeds shall maintain a permanent file of recorded plats. (2) The expense of maintaining the file, such as for binders, cabinets, supplies, and reproduction pursuant to the records media act, Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1992, being sections 24.4…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.244 Proprietor's copy.
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Sec. 244. (1) If the proprietor of a subdivision desires to retain a copy of the final plat, he or she shall forward a sixth copy of it to the director of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth for certification as an exact copy of the approved and recorded plat. (2…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.245 Abstract of title or title policy; attorney's opinion in lieu of abstract.
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Sec. 245. The proprietor submitting the plat for approval shall furnish to the governing body an abstract of title certified to date of the proprietor's certificate to establish recorded ownership interests and any other information deemed necessary for the purpose of ascertainin…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.246 Governing body; fees.
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Sec. 246. (1) The governing body of a municipality may adopt by ordinance a reasonable schedule of fees, based on the number of lots in the proposed subdivision. The fee charged shall be in addition to the filing and recording fee, and shall be for the examination and inspection …