Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30111 (2026)
Rights of riparian owner as to water frontage and exposed bottomland.
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NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT
Act 451 of 1994
324.30111 Rights of riparian owner as to water frontage and exposed bottomland.
Sec. 30111.
This part does not deprive a riparian owner of rights associated with his or her ownership of water frontage. A riparian owner among other rights controls any temporarily or periodically exposed bottomland to the water's edge, wherever it may be at any time, and holds the land secure against trespass in the same manner as his or her upland subject to the public trust to the ordinary high-water mark.
History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
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case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Twp. of Grayling v. Alan Berry (Mich. Ct. App. 2019).
Twp. of Grayling v. Alan Berry (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “APPLICABILITY OF MCL 324.30111(b) The residents argue that because Walnut Plaisance and Lincoln Park Boulevard as platted in the fourth addition have never been improved or opened and are not available for vehicular travel, the roads are not “lawfully open for public use” and…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30111(b) — 1 case
Twp. of Grayling v. Alan Berry (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “APPLICABILITY OF MCL 324.30111(b) The residents argue that because Walnut Plaisance and Lincoln Park Boulevard as platted in the fourth addition have never been improved or opened and are not available for vehicular travel, the roads are not “lawfully open for public use” and…”
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