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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 560.261

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Land: means all land areas occupied by real property. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Lot: means a measured portion of a parcel or tract of land, which is described and fixed in a recorded plat. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • Parcel: means a continuous area or acreage of land which can be described as provided for in this act. See Michigan Laws 560.102
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Plat: means a map or chart of a subdivision of land. See Michigan Laws 560.102
     No person shall sell any lot in a recorded plat or any parcel of unplatted land in an unincorporated area if it abuts a street or road which has not been accepted as public unless the seller first informs the purchaser in writing on a separate instrument to be attached to the instrument conveying any interest in such lot or parcel of land of the fact that the street or road is private and is not required to be maintained by the board of county road commissioners. In addition, any contract or agreement of sale entered into in violation of this section shall be voidable at the option of the purchaser.