Michigan Laws 54.203b – Property controlling corner; recordation
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 54.203b
- Corner: means an original public land survey corner, a protracted public land survey corner, a property controlling corner, a witness monument, or a property corner. See Michigan Laws 54.202
- Land corner recordation certificate: means a written record for a corner in the form prescribed under section 5 that is to be filed as provided by this act. See Michigan Laws 54.202
- Original public land survey corner: means a corner established and monumented pursuant to orders and instructions issued by the United States government for the purposes of delineating the United States public lands and private lands or subdividing the public lands for conveyance. See Michigan Laws 54.202
- Property controlling corner: means either of the following:
(i) A position misidentified as and used as an original public land survey corner or as a protracted public land survey corner that serves to control property. See Michigan Laws 54.202Protracted public land survey corner: means any of the following:
(i) A closing quarter section position along a township or range line or a center quarter section position that was not actually monumented on the ground in the field notes of the original federal government survey, but that serves to complete the nominal half-mile grid of government corners. See Michigan Laws 54.202
If a property controlling corner has been recorded or used as an original public land survey corner or protracted public land survey corner, the property controlling corner must be recorded on the same land corner recordation certificate required to be filed under section 3 or 3a.