Michigan Laws 560.142 – Certificate required for recording
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 560.142
- County plat board: means the register of deeds, who shall act as chairperson, the county clerk, who shall act as secretary, and the county treasurer. See Michigan Laws 560.102
- Governing body: means the legislative body of a city or village or the township board of a township. See Michigan Laws 560.102
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Municipality: means a township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 560.102
- Plat: means a map or chart of a subdivision of land. See Michigan Laws 560.102
- Proprietor: means a natural person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or combination of any of them that holds an ownership interest in land whether recorded or not. See Michigan Laws 560.102
- 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- subdivision: means the partitioning or splitting of a parcel or tract of land by the proprietor thereof or by his or her heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, or assigns for the purpose of sale, or lease of more than 1 year, or of building development that results in 1 or more parcels of less than 40 acres or the equivalent, and that is not exempted from the platting requirements of this act by section 108 and 109. See Michigan Laws 560.102
- Surveyor: means a professional surveyor licensed under article 20 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339. See Michigan Laws 560.102
The proprietor shall provide a true copy of the final plat to each of the authorities named in section 146 to 149. To entitle a final plat to be recorded, the following certificates, in the form prescribed by the department of labor and economic growth, lettered or printed legibly with black, durable ink or typed legibly with black ink shall appear on it and the certificates shall contain the statements and information and shall be signed and dated as prescribed in sections 141 to 151:
(a) A surveyor‘s certificate of compliance with the statute.
(b) A certificate of the proprietor submitting the plat.
(c) A certificate of taxes by the treasurer of the county in which the plat is situated, as required by section 135 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.135.
(d) A certificate of taxes signed by the treasurer of the municipality in which the plat is located if the municipality does not return delinquent taxes to the state treasurer, as required by section 135 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.135.
(e) A certificate of approval of the county drain commissioner, if there is a county drain commissioner.
(f) A certificate of approval of the board of county road commissioners, if public streets and roads shown on the plat are under its jurisdiction or to come under its jurisdiction and if any private streets or roads shown on the plat are in an unincorporated area.
(g) A certificate of approval of the governing body of the municipality. The certificate of the governing body of the municipality may not be placed on the plat unless the proprietor has deposited with the clerk both the filing and recording fee required by section 241 and the fee permitted by section 246 by the municipality for review and approval of a plat.
(h) A certificate of approval of the county plat board. The certificate may not be placed on the plat unless the filing and recording fee required by section 241 has been received by the chairperson or secretary of the county plat board.
(i) A certificate of approval of the state transportation department when the subdivision includes or abuts state trunk line highways.
(j) A certificate of approval of the department of labor and economic growth. The certificate of the department of labor and economic growth may not be placed on the plat unless the portion of the filing and recording fee due the state as provided by section 241 has been received by the department.