Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.201
Short title; corner recordation act.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "corner recordation act".
Michigan Compiled Laws — CORNER RECORDATION ACT (Act 74 of 1970)
Michigan · statute · 74 of 1970, Mich. Comp. Laws · 13 active provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.202
Definitions.
As used in this act: (a) "Accessory", means any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded on a land corner recordation certificate that has been filed under this act. (b) "Corner" means an original public land survey corner, a protracted public land survey corner, a p…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.203
Original public land survey corner; completion and filing of land corner recordation certificate.
If an original public land survey corner is used by a surveyor, not more than 90 days after the original public land survey corner is used, the surveyor shall complete, sign, seal, and file with the register of deeds of the county where the original public land survey corner is situated, a land corner recordation certi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.203a
Protracted public land survey corner; completion and filing of land corner recordation certificate.
If a protracted public land survey corner is monumented by a surveyor, or if a previously monumented protracted public land survey corner is used by a surveyor, not more than 90 days after the protracted public land survey corner is monumented or used, the surveyor shall complete, sign, seal, and file with the register…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.203b
Property controlling corner; recordation.
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.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.204
Corner record; completion and filing of land corner recordation certificate.
If sections 3, 3a, and 3b do not apply, a surveyor who monuments or uses a corner may complete, sign, seal, and file with the register of deeds of the county where the corner is situated a land corner recordation certificate for the corner.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.205
Land corner recordation certificate; information to be included; promulgation of rules.
(1) The department, by rule, shall prescribe the information that must be included in a land corner recordation certificate and the form in which a land corner recordation certificate must be presented and filed. (2) The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 30…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.206
Preservation of completed land corner recordation certificate; numerical order; placement of book and page number on index; public inspection; filing fee.
(1) A register of deeds shall receive for filing a completed land corner recordation certificate and preserve it in a hardbound book. The books must be numbered in numerical order as filed. (2) A register of deeds shall number land corner recordation certificates in numerical order as they are filed. (3) A register of…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.207
Monumenting corner and each accessory to corner; physical condition; witness monument; reference monuments; report.
(1) If a land corner recordation certificate is required to be filed under this act, the surveyor shall monument the corner, record and identify each accessory to the corner, and leave the monument in such a physical condition that it remains as permanent a monument as is reasonably possible. (2) If a witness monument…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.208
Signing, dating, and sealing land recordation certificate.
A land corner recordation certificate may not be filed unless it is signed, dated, and sealed by the surveyor. However, for a certificate prepared by or on behalf of an agency of the United States government or this state, the certificate must be approved, signed, dated, and sealed by the surveyor in responsible charge…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.210
Monuments; placement; magnetic field.
(1) When set, a monument shall possess a magnetic field, be at least 1/2 inch in diameter and a minimum of 18 inches in length, and be legibly capped showing the license number of the surveyor. (2) Unless it is to be set in a public roadway, a monument shall be set with not less than 2/3 of its length below the surface…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.210c
Effect of noncompliance.
Failure to comply with the provisions of this act is sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license of a surveyor.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.210d
Defacing, destroying, altering, or removing monument, accessory, witness monument, or reference monument; penalty; temporary removal; resetting and rewitnessing; report.
(1) Except as provided in this subsection or subsection (2), a person who defaces, destroys, alters, or removes a monument, accessory, witness monument, or reference monument is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 180 days, or both, and is responsibl…