Michigan Laws 324.30111 – Rights of riparian owner as to water frontage and exposed bottomland
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.30111
- Bottomland: means the land area of an inland lake or stream that lies below the ordinary high-water mark and that may or may not be covered by water. See Michigan Laws 324.30101
- Ordinary high-water mark: means the line between upland and bottomland that persists through successive changes in water levels, below which the presence and action of the water is so common or recurrent that the character of the land is marked distinctly from the upland and is apparent in the soil itself, the configuration of the surface of the soil, and the vegetation. See Michigan Laws 324.30101
- Riparian owner: means a person who has riparian rights. See Michigan Laws 324.30101
- Upland: means the land area that lies above the ordinary high-water mark. See Michigan Laws 324.30101
This part does not deprive a riparian owner of rights associated with his or her ownership of water frontage. A riparian owner among other rights controls any temporarily or periodically exposed bottomland to the water’s edge, wherever it may be at any time, and holds the land secure against trespass in the same manner as his or her upland subject to the public trust to the ordinary high-water mark.