Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.73 (2026)

Powers of municipality.

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BLIGHTED AREA REHABILITATION

Act 344 of 1945

125.73 Powers of municipality.

Sec. 3.

A municipality may bring about the rehabilitation of blighted areas and the prevention, reduction, or elimination of blight, blighting factors, or causes of blight, and for that purpose may do any of the following:

(a) Acquire real property by purchase, gift, or exchange.

(b) Acquire under this act blighted property by condemnation.

(c) Lease, sell, renovate, improve, or exchange blighted property or other real property acquired by other means in accordance with the state constitution of 1963 and this act.

History: 1945, Act 344, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 125.73 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 320, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1986 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 677, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2007

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1976–1976 · leading case: In Re Lansing Urban Renewal, 242 N.W.2d 51 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976).

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In Re Lansing Urban Renewal, 242 N.W.2d 51 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). “Section 3 of the law, MCLA 125.73; MSA 5.3503, provides for the use of condemnation but the law contains no procedural guidelines for such measures.”

City of Lansing v. Wery, 242 N.W.2d 51 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). “Section 3 of the law, MCLA 125.73; MSA 5.3503, provides for the use of condemnation but the law contains no procedural guidelines for such measures.”

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