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Hand drawn map of Raisin Township in Lenawee County, Michigan showing the names of the land owners about the year 1928. Note: the image is up-side-down. The scale on the original is 1.5 inches equals 1 mile.
Re time of recording land surveys and responsibility for recording survey. One conveying the property is responsible for recording the survey if a survey is made. A certified copy of the survey must be recorded at the time of recording the conveyance.
Before a land contract may be recorded by a register of deeds, the county treasurer must certify that all taxes due thereon have been paid for the 5 years preceding the date of the instrument except for certain instruments expressly exempt from this requirement by 1893 PA 206, § 135; MCLA 211.135; MSA 7.194.
Where a village acquired land from the state for a valuable consideration by a deed stating that the land shall be used for airport purposes, the village may lease a portion of the premises to a private party without breaching any deed convenants.
Although it is not lawful for a person licensed as an architect or engineer to perform the services of another regulated profession for which the person is not licensed, the statute authorizes a professional engineer to perform architectural services if incidental to an engineering project and authorizes an architect to perform engineering services if incidental to an architectural project._x001D_The Board of Registration for Architects may not regulate professional engineers and the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors may not regulate architects._x001D_Since an interpretation by a board of the term 'incidental' as used in the statute regulating architects, professional engineers and land surveyors is intended to be more than 'merely explanatory' and the interpretation will have an impact upon the rights and responsibilities of licenses, such an interpretation must be promulgated and published as a rule pursuant to chap 3 of the Administrative Procedures Act.
After 1/1/77 an architect, engineer or land surveyor who does not possess a baccalaureate degree acceptable to the Board may not be admitted to practice in Michigan by reciprocity. An individual who obtains registration as an architect, engineer or land surveyor in a state other than Michgian prior to 1/1/77, but does not possess a baccalaureate degree acceptable to the Board, may not be admitted to practice in Michigan after 1/1/77.
Under the Wilderness and Natural Areas Act, a formal designation and Departmental administration of privately owned land as a wilderness area, wild area or natural area is equivalent to the common-law dedication of such land. Such a dedication or designation may be affected by execution of a cooperative agreement between the land owner and the State, and the promulgation of an administrative rule designating the land as a wilderness area, wild area or natural area._x001D_Privately owned lands dedicated or designated as a wilderness area, wild area or natural area must be administered by the Department of Natural Resources._x001D_Privately owned lands dedicated or designated as a wilderness area, wild area or natural area are subject to the same use prohibitions as State lands designated for such purposes._x001D_Where a private property owner has dedicated or designated privately owned land for a wilderness area, wild area or natural area, the State is required to pay the ad valorem taxes on the property in the designated amount.
Right to condemn property for farm land and open space preservation.
The owner of riparian property on the shore of one of the Great Lakes has the right of exclusive use of the bank and shore although title is in the State. Thus, the riparian owner may prevent persons from using the beach of his riparian land regardless of whether that land is above or below the ordinary high water mark.
The vendee of a land contract is vested with equitable title in the land and the legal title remains in the vendor as security for payment of the purchase price of the land._x001D_Pursuant to the statute of frauds, a land contract which is not in writing and signed by the party by whom the conveyance is made is void._x001D_The date of a land contract is the date of transfer of the equitable title._x001D_If, through execution of deeds or land contracts, five or more parcels, each having an area of ten or fewer acres, will be created by partitioning a tract of land within the immediate preceding ten years, the vendor must cause a plat to be made and recorded before contracting to sell any of the parcels.
Decisions of the State Recreational Land Acquisition Trust Fund Board of Trustees concerning the priority list of recreational lands and rights in lands to be purchased are not subject to review by the Natural Resources Commission.
It is the duty of the State Treasurer to reject a proposed plat which purports to subdivide or include within its boundaries submerged land on any inland lake or stream regardless of whether the submerged land is a natural lake or stream or is artificially created.
The Commission of Natural Resources may, in conveying land pursuant to 1911 PA 193, impose a restrictive covenant or a reversionary interest in the conveyance where the covenant is imposed for a conservation purpose.
A municipality may not adopt an ordinance which provides that no subdivision plat shall be approved if it provides for an artificial lake supplied by well water._x001D_A municipality may not condition plat approval upon the dedication of recreational land to the municipality by the proprietor._x001D_A municipality may adopt an ordinance conditioning plat approval upon the dedication of all streets and roads in the plat to the public.
Where land has been divided into five or more parcels for the purposes of sale, it is necessary to plat the land even though no sale has been made of any of the parcels._x001D_Where a property owner divides a parcel of land into four parcels and subsequently divides one of the tracts into three parcels for the purposes of sale, it is necessary to comply with the provisions of the Subdivision Control Act. This is true even if the proprietor retains several parcels._x001D_Where a property owner conveys two contiguous parcels to the same purchaser at different times, the two parcels may be merged and treated as a single parcel for the purposes of determining whether five or more parcels have been created._x001D_Where a property owner divides his land into less than five parcels and a purchaser of one of the parcels enters into a contract to sell the purchased parcel without recording the contract, the original property owner, assuming he has no actual knowledge of the sale, may treat the remaining tracts of land as if the land sold had not been further subdivided.
A group of individuals may not avoid the need to obtain a license under the provisions of 1965 PA 87 by acquiring joint ownership of a parcel of land and operating a sanitary landfill on such site.
In the absence of a statute specifically authorizing it to do so, a municipality may not levy a special assessment against state property.
A board of education of a second class school district may sell or lease property no longer required for school purposes to a city upon condition that such property be used for public recreational purposes.
Where a city charter requires a 3/5 majority vote of the electors to authorize the sale of park land not required under its master plan and the value of such property exceeds ten cents per capita, a simple majority vote of the electors is insufficient to authorize the sale of such park land.
A loan of $100,000 or more secured by a lien on real property or a land contract on other than a single family residence need not be made by an approved or authorized lender in order for the lender to charge an unlimited rate of interest for the period ending on December 31, 1981.
Park lands owned by a city and open to the general public without restriction only during the summer and located in another municipality are exempt from ad valorem property taxation.
An assessor's plat recognizing boundaries of adjoining lots based upon acquiescence of owners does not establish marketable title to lands described therein. Owners of lots within the assessor's plat may exchange quit claim deeds for the purpose of establishing record chains of title to descriptions conforming to the lots as depicted upon the assessor's plat.
Late payment charges contained in a land contract for actual, unanticipated late payment, delinquency, default or other such occurrence does not constitute interest subject to the statutory interest rate ceiling for land contracts.
A city may convey its land to a county for consideration of $1.00 on condition that the county use the land for public recreation purposes and such conveyance does not violate Const 1963, art 7, Sec. 26.
In the absence of legislative authorization, Saginaw Valley State College may not lease two parcels of property to a private developer at a nominal, annual rental where the developer proposes to construct, own and manage rental housing for students, faculty and staff for a period of thirty-five (35) years.
