Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.167 (2026)

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MUNICIPAL WATER LIENS

Act 178 of 1939

123.167 Construction of act.

Sec. 7.

This act shall not repeal any existing statutory charter or ordinance provisions providing for the assessment or collection of water or sewage system rates, assessments, charges, or rentals by a municipality, but shall be construed as an additional grant of power to any power now prescribed by other statutory charter or ordinance provisions, or as a validating act to validate existing statutory or charter provisions creating liens which are also provided for by this act.

History: 1939, Act 178, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 123.167 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 1981

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · 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 2× “[MCL 123.167 (emphasis added).] Under the statutory provisions of 1939 PA 178 , the trial court erred by dismissing and invalidating defendant’s liens on plaintiffs real property for the unpaid water charges.”

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