Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.1 (2026)

Counties; boundaries.

✓ current as of July 2026

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

45.1 Counties; boundaries.

Sec. 1.

The boundaries of the several counties in this state, shall remain as now established, unless the same shall hereafter be changed by the legislature.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 13 ;-- CL 1857, 300 ;-- CL 1871, 431 ;-- How. 437 ;-- CL 1897, 2439 ;-- CL 1915, 2241 ;-- CL 1929, 1099 ;-- CL 1948, 45.1

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1968–2002 · leading case: Wayne Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners v. Wayne Cnty. Airport Auth., 658 N.W.2d 804 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002).

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Wayne Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners v. Wayne Cnty. Airport Auth., 658 N.W.2d 804 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “Wayne County was *151 organized as a charter county pursuant to the state constitution, Const 1963, art 7, § 2, and pursuant to statute, MCL 45.1. The Wayne County Home Rule Charter, adopted in November of 1981 and effective in 1983, sets forth the powers of the commission.”

Auditor Gen. v. Klenk, 161 N.W.2d 7 (Mich. 1968). “When Michigan became a state, the first Michigan legislature enacted CL 1948, § 45.1 (Stat Ann 1961 Rev § 5.281), the effect of which is to permanently establish county boundaries as they then existed unless they shall be changed by action only of the legislature.”

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