Michigan Laws 125.944 – Acquisition of property; condemnation; proceedings under eminent domain
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.944
- Blighted property: means property that meets any of the following criteria:
(i) The property has been declared a public nuisance in accordance with a local housing, building, plumbing, fire, or other related code or ordinance. See Michigan Laws 125.942Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it. Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Legislative body: means the city council, city commission, township board, or other legislative body of a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.942 Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.942 Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. Real property: includes land, building improvements, land under water, waterfront property, and any and all easements, franchises, and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and every estate, interest, privilege, easement, franchise, and right to that property, or appurtenant to that property, legal or equitable, including rights-of-way, terms for years, and liens, charges, or incumbrances by mortgage, judgment, or otherwise. See Michigan Laws 125.942 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) For the accomplishment of the purposes of this act, the municipality may acquire fee simple title in real property by purchase, gift, or exchange and may acquire under this act title to blighted property by condemnation. The municipality shall then apply that blighted property acquired by condemnation under this act and other real property acquired by other means to the expressed purposes of this act.
(2) By authority of this act for blighted property, or by authority of other state law authorizing the condemnation of property for other public uses, the local legislative body may institute and prosecute proceedings under the power of eminent domain in accordance with the state constitution of 1963 and the laws of the state or provisions of any local charter relative to condemnation.