Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 229.4 (2026)

Certificate of determination; appraisal of damages; laying out road; recordation.

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PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND PRIVATE ROADS

Act 283 of 1909

229.4 Certificate of determination; appraisal of damages; laying out road; recordation.

Sec. 4.

If the jury determines that the road applied for is necessary, they shall make and subscribe a certificate of the determination and their appraisal of the damages, and shall deliver the same to the township supervisor who shall thereupon lay out the road, describing the same particularly by its bounds, courses and distances, and shall cause a record thereof to be made in the clerk's office of the proper township, which shall be recorded in the same manner as is required of public roads.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 4450 ;-- CL 1929, 4065 ;-- CL 1948, 229.4 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973

FormerLaw Notes:

See section 4 of Ch. VIII of Act 243 of 1881, being How., § 1391, and CL 1897, § 4145.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1992–1999 · leading case: Bieker v. Suttons Bay Twp. Supervisor, 496 N.W.2d 398 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992).

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Bieker v. Suttons Bay Twp. Supervisor, 496 N.W.2d 398 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 4× “MCL 229.4; MSA 9.284. The applicant is then to pay the damages to the supervisor, along with the expenses of the proceedings.”

McKeigan v. Grass Lake Twp. Supervisor, 587 N.W.2d 505 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “MCL 229.4; MSA 9.284. “The taking is only justifiable where no other way of access to the lands of the applicant can be found.”

McKeighan v. Grass Lake Twp. Supervisor, 593 N.W.2d 605 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 4× “MCL 229.4; MSA 9.284. 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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