Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.301
Recovery of drowned bodies; jurisdiction of police chiefs and sheriffs, duties, expenses.
In case any person is drowned in waters within the corporate limits of any city, it shall be the duty of the chief of police of said city, and in case any person is drowned in waters outside the corporate limits of a city, it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county within which such waters are situated, to use e…