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Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.166 (2026)

Discontinuing service or instituting action for collection; invalidation or waiver of lien.

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MUNICIPAL WATER LIENS


Act 178 of 1939


123.166 Discontinuing service or instituting action for collection; invalidation or waiver of lien.

Sec. 6.

    A municipality may discontinue water service or sewage system service from the premises against which the lien created by this act has accrued if a person fails to pay the rates, assessments, charges, or rentals for the respective service, or may institute an action for the collection of the same in any court of competent jurisdiction. However, a municipality's attempt to collect these sewage system or water rates, assessments, charges, or rentals by any process shall not invalidate or waive the lien upon the premises.

History: 1939, Act 178, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 123.166 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 1981

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2015–2025 · leading case: NL Ventures VI Farmington, LLC v. City of Livonia, 886 N.W.2d 772 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
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NL Ventures VI Farmington, LLC v. City of Livonia, 886 N.W.2d 772 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “The enforcement and collection of liens is addressed in MCL 123.166 as follows: A municipality may discontinue water service or sewage system service from the premises against which the lien created by this act has accrued if a person fails to pay the rates, assessments,…”
Lyda v. City of Detroit, Mich. (In Re City of Detroit, Mich.), 561 B.R. 684 (6th Cir. 2016). “2005); Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.166 . Accordingly, we previously “reject[ed] the claim that conditioning the receipt of water service on the satisfaction of past due charges .”
Landon v. Flint, City of (E.D. Mich. 2025). “Laws § 123.166 (authorizing municipalities to discontinue water service for non- payment); Halpern 2012, 404 F.”
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