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Mich. Comp. Laws § 229.2 (2026)

Jury; formation; citation; conducting business at public meeting; notice.

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PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND PRIVATE ROADS

Act 283 of 1909

229.2 Jury; formation; citation; conducting business at public meeting; notice.

Sec. 2.

At the time and place designated for selecting a jury the township supervisor shall direct a disinterested person to record the names of 12 disinterested property owners, from which the owner or occupant of the land to be crossed by the road and the applicant for the road shall strike out 3 names each. The balance remaining on the list shall form the jury. If the owner or occupant or the applicant is not present, or being present, shall neglect or refuse to strike the names, the supervisor shall strike for the party absent, neglecting, or refusing. The supervisor shall issue a citation to the property owners to appear before him or her to determine the necessity of the road and the damages resulting from the road if the road is considered necessary. The business which the jury may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the jury held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976. The hearing of the application shall stand continued until the time when the citation is returnable. When a sufficient number of jurors to form a panel shall not appear at the time given in the notice, the supervisor may direct a disinterested property owner to write down the names of disinterested property owners in an amount equal to twice the number of vacancies to be filled. The supervisor shall strike off 1/2 of the names from the list, and shall issue a citation to the property owners to appear.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- Am. 1911, Act 64, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 4448 ;-- CL 1929, 4063 ;-- CL 1948, 229.2 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 264, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1978

FormerLaw Notes:

See section 2 of Ch. VIII of Act 243 of 1881, as amended by Act 59 of 1883, being How., § 1389, and CL 1897, § 4143.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1976–2001 · leading case: Tolksdorf v. Griffith, 626 N.W.2d 163 (Mich. 2001).

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Tolksdorf v. Griffith, 626 N.W.2d 163 (Mich. 2001). · cites it 2× “MCL 229.2; MSA 9.282. If a private road is authorized, the jury then sets a dollar amount that the petitioner must pay to compensate the owner of the land where the road is built.”

Michigan Oil Co. v. Nat. Resources Comm'n, 249 N.W.2d 135 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “'" [20] Most recently 1921 PA 17 , § 2; MCLA 229.2; MSA 13.2. The power to make the value determinations which concerned the circuit judge does exist in the discretionary power thus conferred on the commission to select state lands for oil and gas leasing.”

Bieker v. Suttons Bay Twp. Supervisor, 496 N.W.2d 398 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “MCL 229.2; MSA 9.282. If the jury determines the road is necessary, it is to appraise the damages of the landowner.”

McKeigan v. Grass Lake Twp. Supervisor, 587 N.W.2d 505 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 3× “[MCL 229.2; MSA 9.282.] Such freeholders, when met, shall be sworn by the commissioner well and truly to examine in regard to the necessity of such road, and in case they shall decide that such road is necessary, to justly and impartially appraise the damages of the owner or…”

McKeighan v. Grass Lake Twp. Supervisor, 593 N.W.2d 605 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 4× “Pursuant to the act, the applicant pays the determined damages and expenses incurred in the proceedings to the supervisor, who in turn reimburses the landowner for the appropriate damages.”

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