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• County Surveyor; Abolition Of Office; Reestablishment Of Office; Eligibility For Election Or Appointment; Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.95
  (1) The county board of commissioners, by resolution, may abolish the office of county surveyor. Action to abolish the office shall be taken before May ...
• County Surveyor; Deputies, Appointment, Revocation; Oath Of Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.96
  Each county surveyor may appoint 1 or more deputies, and may revoke such appointment at pleasure; which appointment and revocation shall be in writing, ...
• County Surveyor; Certificates As Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.97
  The certificate of the surveyor or his deputy, of any survey made by him of any lands in the county, shall be presumptive evidence ...
• County Surveyor; Requested Surveys - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.98
  The county surveyor, in person or by deputy, shall make and execute such surveys within his county, as may be required of him by ...
• Interest Disqualification; Surveys By Surveyor Of Adjoining County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.99
  Whenever a survey may be required of any land, in which the county surveyor or either of his deputies shall be interested, or when ...
• County Surveyor; Record Book, Contents, Certification; Field Notes, Preservation, Index, Certificate; Deposit, Fireproof Vault, Location; Public Inspection; Bookkeeping Requirement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.100
  Each county surveyor shall record in a suitable book, to be provided by him at the expense of the county, all surveys for permanent ...
• County Surveyor; Delivery Of Records To Successor, Neglect, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.101
  When the term of office of any county surveyor shall expire, or he shall resign or be removed, he shall deliver over all the ...
• County Surveyor; Contract For Copies Of Original Federal Surveys, Payment, Binding; Records Of Former Surveyors, Payment; Admissible As Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.102
  The county surveyor shall contract with the commissioner of the state land office, or with any person having possession of the same, for certified ...
• Survey Principles - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.103
  All surveys made by county surveyors in this state, must be made in accordance with the following principles, when applicable: First, All corners that ...
• Residents' Corners And Lines; Re-Location, Perpetuation, Survey; Expenses, Allocation; Refusal To Pay, Lien - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.105
  Whenever the majority of the resident owners of any section or part or parts of any section of land in this state, after having ...
• Residents' Corners And Lines; Re-Location, Perpetuation, Survey Requested; Refusal To Pay Surveyor's Charges, Assessment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.105a
  If any person, after having requested the county surveyor to establish, relocate or perpetuate the corners and lines of land owned by such person, ...
• County Surveyor And Deputy; Compensation; Determination; Expenses And Fees; Liability For Trespass - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.106
  (1) Each county surveyor and each deputy of the county surveyor shall be entitled to receive for his or her services, a compensation of not ...
• "Surveyor" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.121
  As used in this act, "surveyor" means any of the following: (a) A surveyor employed by the government of the United States of America ...
• Right Of Entry; Identification Of Vehicle - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.122
  (1) A surveyor may enter upon public or private lands or waters in this state except buildings, for the purpose of making a survey. (2) ...
• Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.123
  A surveyor making an entry pursuant to section 2 shall be liable only for actual damage to crops or other property, or for actual ...
• Forfeiture Of Claim For Damage Or Injury - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.124
  The surveyor by his entry shall forfeit any and all claim for damage or injury to his person and equipment while on the lands ...
• Short Title; Corner Recordation Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.201
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "corner recordation act". History: 1970, Act 74, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1970 ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.202
  As used in this act: (a) "Property corner" means a geographic point on the surface of the earth, which is on, is a part ...
• Corner Record; Completion; Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.203
  If a public land survey corner or an accessory to the corner is used by a surveyor as a control in a survey, not ...
• Corner Record; Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.204
  A surveyor may file a corner record as to any property corner, property controlling corner, reference monument or accessory to a corner. History: 1970, ...
• Corner Record; Information Included - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.205
  The board, by rule, shall prescribe the information which shall be included in the corner record and the form in which the corner shall ...
• Preservation Of Completed Corner Record; Numbering Of Books And Forms; Placement Of Book And Page Number On Index; Public Inspection; Filing Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.206
  (1) The register of deeds shall receive for filing the completed corner record and preserve it in a hardbound book. The books shall be numbered ...
• Monumenting Corner And Each Accessory To Corner; Unsafe Condition; Reference Monuments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.207
  If a corner record is required to be filed under this act, the surveyor shall monument the corner and each accessory to the corner, ...
• Signing, Dating, And Sealing Corner Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.208
  A corner record shall not be filed unless it is signed, dated, and sealed by the surveyor. However, in the case of an agency ...
• Repealed. 2000, Act 34, Imd. Eff. Mar. 15, 2000 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.209
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to corners previously established. ...
• Monuments; Placement; Magnetic Field - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.210
  (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, ...
• Repealed. 2000, Act 34, Imd. Eff. Mar. 15, 2000 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.210a
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to monuments furnished by county. ...
• Repealed. 1988, Act 26, Eff. May 1, 1988 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.210b
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to coding, indexing, and transfer of corner records. ...
• Effect Of Noncompliance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.210c
  Failure to comply with the provisions of this act is sufficient grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license of a surveyor. History: ...
• Defacing, Destroying, Altering, Or Removing Corner Monument Or Reference Monument; Penalty; Temporary Removal; Resetting; Report; "Person" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.210d
  (1) A person who defaces, destroys, alters, or removes a corner monument or reference monument is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by ...
• Certified Copy Of Survey; Recordation; Exemptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.211
  (1) Whenever lands are surveyed into 4 parcels or less, or a greater number when such parcels are of 10 acres or more, or any ...
• Performance Of Survey; Preparation Of Map; Permanent Markers For Corners - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.212
  (1) The survey shall be performed and the map prepared by a land surveyor licensed in this state. (2) All corners shall be monumented in ...
• Map; Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.213
  (1) The map shall be prepared on durable white paper 8-1/2 inches wide by 14 inches long. Lines on a map shall be made with ...
• Section Corners And Quarter Posts; Establishment, Records; Referendum, Tax Levy, Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.221
  That the boards of supervisors of the several counties in this state are hereby authorized to establish and perpetuate any government section corners or ...
• Section Corners And Quarter Posts; Marking; Removal, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.222
  The surveyor as above employed shall sink into the earth at all section and quarter post corners from the surface to a depth of ...
• Michigan Coordinate System Of 1927 And Michigan Coordinate System Of 1983 Established; Division Of State Into North Zone, Central Zone, And South Zone - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.231
  (1) The systems of plane coordinates which are established by the NOAA/NGS for defining and stating the positions of points on or near the surface ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.231a
  As used in this act: (a) "Coordinates" means the x and y plane rectangular coordinate values computed for a geographic position from a pair ...
• Land Description - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.232
  (1) As established for use in the north zone, the Michigan coordinate system of 1927 or the Michigan coordinate system of 1983 shall be named, ...
• Use Of Coordinates - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.233
  The coordinates for a point on or near the earth's surface that are used to express the geographic position of that point in the ...
• Tract Extending From 1 Coordinate Zone Into Another Coordinate Zone; Reference To Boundaries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.234
  If a tract of land is defined by a single description and extends from 1 into another of the coordinate zones described in section ...
• Michigan Coordinate System Of 1927; Definition; Determination Of Position - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.235
  (1) For the purposes of more precisely defining the Michigan coordinate system of 1927, the following definition by the NOAA/NGS is adopted: (a) The Michigan ...
• Michigan Coordinate System Of 1983; Definition; Determination Of Position - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.235a
  (1) For purposes of more precisely defining the Michigan coordinate system of 1983, the following definition by the NOAA/NGS is adopted: (a) The Michigan coordinate ...
• Presentation Of Coordinates For Recording; Contents Of Recording Document - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.236
  Coordinates based on either Michigan coordinate system described in this act, purporting to define the position of a point or a land boundary corner, ...
• Use Of Coordinates On Map, Report Of Survey, Or Other Document - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.237
  (1) The use of the term Michigan coordinate system of 1927 on a map, report of survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinates ...
• Describing Location Of Survey Station Or Land Boundary Corner; Conflicting Descriptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.238
  (1) For the purpose of describing the location of a survey station or land boundary corner in the state of Michigan, it shall be considered ...
• Sole System After December 31, 1989 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.239
  The Michigan coordinate system of 1927 shall not be used after December 31, 1989. The Michigan coordinate system of 1983 shall be the sole ...
• County Surveyor In Counties Over 500,000; Office Abolished - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.251
  The office of county surveyor in counties having a population of 500,000 or over, according to the latest federal census is hereby abolished. History: ...
• Referendum On Adoption Of Act; Ballot, Form - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.252
  The provisions of this act shall not become operative in any county of the state to which it may apply unless and until it ...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.261
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "state survey and remonumentation act". History: 1990, Act 345, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991 ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.262
  As used in this act: (a) "Commission" means the director of the department of consumer and industry services. (b) "County plan" means a county ...
• State Survey And Remonumentation Commission; Creation; Membership; Terms; Vacancy; Compensation; Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.263
  (1) The state survey and remonumentation commission is created in the department of commerce. (2) The commission shall consist of 5 members, who shall be ...
• Commission; Chairperson; Meetings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.264
  At the commission's first meeting, 1 member of the commission shall be selected by a majority of the commission members to be chairperson. The ...
• Conduct Of Business At Public Meetings; Public Notice; Writings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.265
  (1) The business that the commission performs shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with the open meetings act, ...
• Expediting County's Or Counties' Plan; Payment Or Reimbursement Of Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.266
  (1) The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Coordinate the restoration, maintenance, and the preservation of the land survey records of vertical and ...
• Executive Director - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.267
  (1) The commission shall appoint an executive director. The executive director, under the direction of the commission, shall carry out the routine duties of the ...
• County Monumentation And Remonumentation Plans - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.268
  (1) Each county shall establish a county monumentation and remonumentation plan. Not later than 1 year after January 1, 1991, the commission shall create and ...
• County Surveyor As County Representative For Surveying Projects - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.269
  The county surveyor in each county in this state shall be the county representative for all surveying projects approved by or initiated through the ...
• Conducting Monumentation Or Remonumentation Pursuant To Negotiated Contracts; Cost - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.270
  (1) Any monumentation or remonumentation conducted by the commission shall be pursuant to negotiated contracts. The commission shall prepare specifications for each contract negotiated by ...
• State Survey And Remonumentation Fund Generally - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.271
  (2) Money deposited in the fund, and all interest and earnings generated by the fund, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall not lapse ...
• State Survey And Remonumentation Fund; Use Of Monies; Provisions Applicable To Deposited Funds; Payment To County Or Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.272
  (1) Money in the fund shall be used by the commission for the following purposes: (a) Annual grants to the various counties to implement their ...
• Application For Annual Grant; Form - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.273
  An application for an annual grant authorized pursuant to this act shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the commission. The ...
• Grant; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.274
  (1) The commission shall not make a grant pursuant to section 12(1)(a) or (b) unless all of the following conditions are met: (a) The applicant ...
• Grant Recipient To Obtain Authorization For Significant Change To Plan; Revocation Or Withholding Of Grant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.275
  (1) A recipient of a grant made pursuant to section 12(1)(a), (b), or (d) shall obtain authorization from the commission before implementing a change that ...
• Copies Of Commission Records - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.276
  (1) The commission, upon request, shall provide copies or certified copies of records in its possession to the public, other state agencies or officers, or ...
• Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.277
  The department of commerce shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, ...
• Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.278
  This act shall take effect January 1, 1991. History: 1990, Act 345, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991 ...
• Conditional Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 54.279
  This act shall not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 381 of the 85th Legislature is enacted into law. History: 1990, Act 345, Eff. ...

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