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Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.486 (2026)

Health order; repairs to buildings, other structures.

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HOUSING LAW OF MICHIGAN


Act 167 of 1917


125.486 Health order; repairs to buildings, other structures.

Sec. 86.

    Repairs to buildings, etc. Whenever any dwelling or any building, structure, excavation, business pursuit, matter or thing, in or about a dwelling, or the lot on which it is situated, or the plumbing, sewerage, drainage, light or ventilation thereof, is in the opinion of the health officer or such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate in a condition or in effect dangerous or detrimental to life or health, the health officer or such other appropriate public official as the mayor may designate may declare that the same to the extent he may specify is a public nuisance, and may order the same to be removed, abated, suspended, altered or otherwise improved or purified as the order shall specify.

History: 1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2574 ;-- CL 1948, 125.486

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Bonner v. City of Brighton, 848 N.W.2d 380 (Mich. 2014).
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Bonner v. City of Brighton, 848 N.W.2d 380 (Mich. 2014). “To affirm the lower courts’ conclusion to the contrary would appear to subject the City’s demolition process to heightened scrutiny by requiring that BCO § 18-59 be narrowly tailored to minimize the denial of a repair option.”
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