Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 220.1 (2026)

Highways and private roads; establishment and maintenance; authority of municipalities; highway officials, duties.

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PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND PRIVATE ROADS

Act 283 of 1909

220.1 Highways and private roads; establishment and maintenance; authority of municipalities; highway officials, duties.

Sec. 1.

Public highways and private roads may be established, opened, improved and maintained within this state under the provisions of this act, and the counties, townships, cities, villages and districts of this state shall possess the authority herein prescribed for the building, repairing and preservation of bridges and culverts; the draining of highways, cutting of weeds and brush in the improvement of highways and the duties of state, county, township, city, village and district highway officials shall be as defined in this act.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 4287 ;-- CL 1929, 3916 ;-- CL 1948, 220.1

FormerLaw Notes:

See Act 243 of 1881, being CL 1897, §§ 4035 to 4050, 4057 to 4070, and 4072 to 4192; Act 306 of 1905; Act 62 of 1889, being CL 1897, §§ 4051 to 4056; Act 163 of 1889, being CL 1897, § 4071; Act 173 of 1897, being CL 1897, §§ 4193 to 4197; Act 154 of 1869, being CL 1897 §§ 4198 to 4201; Act 176 of 1881, being CL 1897, § 4202; Act 60 of 1883, being CL 1897, §§ 4203 to 4209; Act 71 of 1881, being CL 1897, §§ 4210 and 4211; Act 72 of 1881, being CL 1897, §§ 4212 and 4213; Act 234 of 1879, being CL 1897, §§ 4214 and 4215; Act 149 of 1855, being CL 1897, §§ 4216 to 4219; Act 16 of 1883, being CL 1897, §§ 4220 to 4223; Act 57 of 1883, being CL 1897, §§ 4224 and 4225; Act 13 of 1885, being CL 1897, § 4228; Act 149 of 1893, being CL 1897, §§ 4262 to 4290; Revised Statutes of 1846, Ch. 44, being CL 1897, §§ 4291 to 4297; Act 264 of 1887, being CL 1897, §§ 3441 to 3445; Act 159 of 1903; Act 21 of 1893; Act 72 of 1899; Act 76 of 1899; Act 56 of 1903; Act 203 of 1903; Act 231 of 1903; Act 69 of 1905; Act 146 of 1905; Act 247 of 1905; Act 108 of 1907; Act 166 of 1907; Act 168 of 1907; Act 263 of 1907; Act 327 of 1907; Act 268 of 1907; Act 249 of 1897, being CL 1897, §§ 3499 to 3511; Act 261 of 1859, being CL 1897, §§ 5707 and 5708; and Act 292 of 1887, being CL 1897, §§ 5516 to 5521.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1961–2018 · leading case: Streng v. Bd. of MacKinac Cnty. Road Commissioners, 890 N.W.2d 680 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).

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Streng v. Bd. of MacKinac Cnty. Road Commissioners, 890 N.W.2d 680 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “21 under the highway code, MCL 220.1 et seq. The GTLA grants immunity from tort liability “if the governmental agency is engaged in the exercise or discharge of a governmental function.”

Mechay v. City of Detroit, 111 N.W.2d 820 (Mich. 1961). · cites it 2× “NOTES [*] PA 1909, No 283, as amended (CL 1948, § 220.1 et seq., as amended [Stat Ann 1958 Rev § 9.”

Ryan Harston v. Cnty. of Eaton, 922 N.W.2d 391 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “21(3) in the highway code, MCL 220.1 et seq ., rather than the notice provision at MCL 691.”

Eyde Bros. Dev. Co. v. Eaton Cnty. Drain Comm'r, 377 N.W.2d 857 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). “Ill Defendants, however, claim that the general highway law, MCL 220.1 et seq.; MSA 9.1 et seq., gives them the statutory right to construct the sewers.”

Ryan Harston v. Cnty. of Eaton (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “We hold that Streng applies retroactively. We reverse the trial court’s order ruling otherwise, although we affirm the trial court’s ruling that the Road Commission was not required to assert defective notice as an affirmative defense, and we remand these cases for further…”

Walsh v. Consumers Power Co., 112 N.W.2d 448 (Mich. 1961). “* PA 1909, No 283, as amended (CL 1948, § 220.1 et seq., as amended [Stat Ann 1958 Rev § 9.”

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