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288-1967-GENERAL-PROVISIONS - General Provisions (560.101...560.109b)
Section 560.101 - Short Title. - Sec. 101. This act shall be known and may be...
Section 560.102 - Definitions. - Sec. 102. As used in this act: (a) "Plat" means...
Section 560.103 - Subdivisions of Land; Surveys and Plats, Requirements. - Sec. 103. (1) An exempt split is not subject to...
Section 560.104 - Replats; Requirements; Vacation of Original Plat. - Sec. 104. A replat of all or any part of...
Section 560.105 - Preliminary or Final Plat; Approval; Conditions. - Sec. 105. Approval of a preliminary plat, or final plat...
Section 560.106 - Approving Authorities; Limitation on Powers of Approval or Rejection. - Sec. 106. No approving authority or agency having the power...
Section 560.107 - Preliminary Plat; Submission, Discretion. - Sec. 107. (1) Nothing contained in this act shall prohibit...
Section 560.108 - Parent Parcel or Parent Tract; Number of Parcels Resulting From Division; Limitations; Requirements. - Sec. 108. (1) A division is not subject to the...
Section 560.109 - Approval or Disapproval of Proposed Division; Requirements; Exemption From Platting Requirements; Notice of Transfer; Form; Sale of Unplatted Land; Statement Contained in Deed; Ordinance; Approval Not Determination of Compliance; Ef... - Sec. 109. (1) A municipality shall approve or disapprove a...
Section 560.109a - Parcel Less Than 1 Acre. - Sec. 109a. (1) If a parcel resulting from a division...
Section 560.109b - Parcels of 20 or More Acres. - Sec. 109b. (1) An exempt split or other partitioning or...
288-1967-PRELIMINARY-PLATS - Preliminary Plats (560.111...560.120)
Section 560.111 - Preliminary Plat; Specifications; Requirements; Preapplication Review Meeting. - Sec. 111. (1) Before making or submitting a final plat...
Section 560.112 - Preliminary Plat; Tentative Approval; Time Period; Extension. - Sec. 112. (1) The proprietor shall submit 4 but not...
Section 560.112a - Preliminary Plat; Submission of Copies to Officer or Agency; Review and Action; Time Period. - Sec. 112a. After the tentative approval by the governing body...
Section 560.113 - Preliminary Plat; County Road Commissioner's Approval or Rejection. - Sec. 113. (1) The proprietor shall submit 3 copies of...
Section 560.114 - Preliminary Plat; County Drain Commissioner's Approval or Rejection. - Sec. 114. (1) The proprietor shall submit 3 copies of...
Section 560.115 - Preliminary Plat; State Transportation Department's Approval or Rejection. - Sec. 115. (1) The proprietor shall submit 3 copies of...
Section 560.116 - Preliminary Plat; Department of Environmental Quality's Approval or Rejection. - Sec. 116. (1) The proprietor shall submit 2 copies of...
Section 560.117 - Preliminary Plat; Approval or Rejection; Fees; Disposition of Fees. - Sec. 117. (1) The proprietor shall submit 2 copies of...
Section 560.118 - Preliminary Plat; Health Department's Approval or Rejection. - Sec. 118. (1) The proprietor shall submit 3 copies of...
Section 560.119 - Preliminary Plat; Submission to County Plat Board and Public Utilities. - Sec. 119. The proprietor shall submit 2 copies of the...
Section 560.120 - Final Approval; Proprietor's Rights and Duties; Procedure; Time Period; Extension. - Sec. 120. (1) After the preliminary plat is approved or...
288-1967-SURVEYS - Surveys (560.125...560.126)
Section 560.125 - Survey Requirements; Monuments. - Sec. 125. (1) For every subdivision of land there shall...
Section 560.126 - Survey Accuracy. - Sec. 126. (1) The survey of all subdivisions shall be...
288-1967-FINAL-PLATS - Final Plats (560.131...560.198)
Section 560.131 - General Survey Requirements; Date of Expiration of Approval. - Sec. 131. (1) Following final approval of the preliminary plat...
Section 560.132 - Plats; Specifications. - Sec. 132. All plats shall be legibly prepared according to...
Section 560.133 - Final Plat; Caption. - Sec. 133. The caption of the final plat shall be...
Section 560.134 - Final Plat; Description of Land. - Sec. 134. There shall be typewritten or printed on the...
Section 560.135 - Map and Engineering Requirements. - Sec. 135. The map of the subdivision, as drawn on...
Section 560.136 - Final Plat; Exterior Boundaries; Requirements, Specifications. - Sec. 136. The exterior boundaries of the subdivision as drawn...
Section 560.137 - Final Plat; Public and Private Grounds, Streets, Roads and Alleys. - Sec. 137. All public or private grounds, streets, roads and...
Section 560.138 - Final Plat; Flood Plains. - Sec. 138. When any part of a subdivision lies within...
Section 560.139 - Public Utilities; Easements. - Sec. 139. All public utility easements included in the plat...
Section 560.140 - Lots and Outlots; Description. - Sec. 140. All lots and outlots included in the plat...
Section 560.141 - Improvements. - Sec. 141. When the plat includes or abuts certain improvements...
Section 560.142 - Certificate Required for Recording. - Sec. 142. The proprietor shall provide a true copy of...
Section 560.143 - Surveyor's Certificate. - Sec. 143. The certificate of the surveyor who surveyed, divided...
Section 560.144 - Proprietor's Certificate. - Sec. 144. (1) The proprietor's certificate on the plat shall...
Section 560.145 - County Treasurer's Certificate. - Sec. 145. (1) A certificate shall be signed and dated...
Section 560.146 - County Drain Commissioner's Certificate. - Sec. 146. A certificate shall be signed and dated by...
Section 560.147 - County Road Commissioner's Certificate. - Sec. 147. (1) A certificate shall be signed by the...
Section 560.148 - Municipality Governing Board's Certificate. - Sec. 148. (1) A certificate shall be signed by the...
Section 560.149 - County Plat Board's Certificate. - Sec. 149. (1) A certificate shall be signed and dated...
Section 560.150 - State Highway Commission's Certificate. - Sec. 150. (1) A certificate shall be signed and dated...
Section 560.151 - Certificate Signed by Director of Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth; Approval of Plat. - Sec. 151. (1) A certificate shall be signed and dated...
Section 560.161 - Approval; General Requirements. - Sec. 161. (1) The final plat shall be submitted in...
Section 560.162 - Drain Commissioner; Number of Copies. - Sec. 162. The proprietor shall submit 1 true copy of...
Section 560.163 - Drain Commissioner; Approval Procedure. - Sec. 163. Within 10 days after the date of receiving...
Section 560.164 - Board of County Road Commissioners; Submission of Plat. - Sec. 164. The proprietor shall submit 1 true copy of...
Section 560.165 - Board of County Road Commissioners; Approval Procedure. - Sec. 165. Within 15 days after the date of receiving...
Section 560.166 - Municipality Governing Body; Submission of Plat. - Sec. 166. The proprietor shall submit 1 true copy of...
Section 560.167 - Municipality Governing Body; Approval Procedure. - Sec. 167. (1) At its next regular meeting, or at...
Section 560.167a - State Transportation Department; Receipt of Plat. - Sec. 167a. Within 10 days of receipt of the plat...
Section 560.168 - Forwarding to County Plat Board; Procedure of Board. - Sec. 168. (1) Upon notice of each approval, the proprietor...
Section 560.169 - Forwarding Approval and Plat Copies to State Administrator. - Sec. 169. Upon approval of the plat by a majority...
Section 560.169a - Repealed. 1993, Act 67, Eff. Oct. 1, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to forwarding approved plat...
Section 560.170 - Repealed. 2004, Act 525, Eff. July 1, 2005. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to procedures to be...
Section 560.171 - Department of Labor and Economic Growth; Plat Approval or Rejection; Recording. - Sec. 171. Within 15 days after receipt of the plat...
Section 560.172 - Register of Deeds; Recordings; Notice to Director of Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth. - Sec. 172. Upon receipt of the plat from the director...
Section 560.173 - Director of Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth; Procedure Following Notice of Recording. - Sec. 173. When notification of recording of 1 copy of...
Section 560.181 - Final Plat; Streets, Alleys, Roads and Highways; General Requirements. - Sec. 181. All streets, alleys, roads and highways shown, or...
Section 560.182 - Final Plat; Streets, Alleys, and Roads; Municipal Requirements; Deposit; Rebate; Rejection of Plat; Circumstances. - Sec. 182. (1) The governing body of a municipality in...
Section 560.183 - Final Plat; Highways, Streets, and Alleys; Private Roads; County Road Commission Requirements; “County Road Commission” Defined. - Sec. 183. (1) The county road commission may require the...
Section 560.184 - State Highways; Dedication; Other Highways and Streets. - Sec. 184. (1) The department of state highways may require,...
Section 560.186 - Final Plat; Lots and Outlots; Waiver; Applicability of Subsection (3); Maintaining Recorded Plat. - Sec. 186. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...
Section 560.188 - Improvements. - Sec. 188. (1) If the subdivision includes or abuts certain...
Section 560.190 - Public Utility Easements. - Sec. 190. The proprietor shall provide public utility easements in...
Section 560.192 - Storm Water Drainage Requirements as Condition of Final Plat Approval. - Sec. 192. The county drain commissioner or the governing body...
Section 560.192a - Operation and Maintenance of Retention Basins; Annual Appropriation; Creation of Special Assessment District; Establishment of Boundaries; Hearing on Creation of District; Duties of Governing Body Creating District; Hearing on Obje... - Sec. 192a. (1) If approval of the final plat was...
Section 560.194 - Flood Plains; Prohibit Occupancy; Alterations. - Sec. 194. If any part of a proposed subdivision lies...
Section 560.196 - Subdivision Names; Consecutive Numbering of Additions. - Sec. 196. The following shall apply to all subdivisions as...
Section 560.198 - Correction of Errors; Surveyor's Affidavit. - Sec. 198. Subject to review and approval at a meeting...
288-1967-ASSESSORS-PLATS - Assessor's Plats (560.201...560.213)
Section 560.201 - Assessor's Plat; Compliance; Conditions for Ordering; Resolution; Report; Estimated Cost. - Sec. 201. (1) An assessor's plat shall comply with sections...
Section 560.201a - Assessor's Plat; Additional Conditions for Ordering. - Sec. 201a. Notwithstanding the conditions specified in sections 201(1) (a)...
Section 560.201b - Assessor's Plat; Additional Conditions for Ordering. - Sec. 201b. Notwithstanding the conditions specified in section 201(1), an...
Section 560.202 - Name and Boundary Description; Plat Made by Surveyor. - Sec. 202. (1) The plat shall be called an assessor's...
Section 560.203 - Assessor's Plat; Payment of Costs and Expenses; Cost Charged to Land. - Sec. 203. The actual and necessary costs and expenses of...
Section 560.204 - Survey Requirements; Setting of Monuments. - Sec. 204. (1) The surveyor making the plat shall survey...
Section 560.205 - Notice to Proprietors. - Sec. 205. The proprietors of record of lands in the...
Section 560.206 - Reconciliation of Boundaries Within Plat. - Sec. 206. (1) The surveyor making the plat shall reconcile...
Section 560.207 - Boundaries and Numbering of Lots Within Plat. - Sec. 207. (1) On every assessor's plat, as certified to...
Section 560.208 - Surveyor's Certificate. - Sec. 208. The sworn certificate of the surveyor who made...
Section 560.209 - Filing; County Road Commission Approval; Publication; Action to Correct Plat. - Sec. 209. (1) When completed, the assessor's plat shall be...
Section 560.210 - Local Authorities Approval; Acknowledgment; Review by Director of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth; Recording. - Sec. 210. The plat, when completed and certified as provided...
Section 560.211 - Recording; Notification of Local Authorities; Apportionment of Taxes. - Sec. 211. When an assessor's plat is recorded, the register...
Section 560.212 - References to Plat Descriptions; Use; Plats as Evidence. - Sec. 212. Reference to any land, as it appears on...
Section 560.213 - Plat Recorded After Tax Day; Substitution of Plat Description; Certification of Acquisition of Public Lands. - Sec. 213. (1) Whenever a parcel of land has been...
288-1967-PLAT-CHANGES - Plat Changes (560.221...560.229)
Section 560.221 - Vacation, Correction, or Revision of Plat. - Sec. 221. The circuit court may, as provided in sections...
Section 560.222 - Complaint; Filing. - Sec. 222. Except as provided in section 222a, to vacate,...
Section 560.222a - Public Utility Easement as Part of Recorded Plat; Relinquishment by Written Agreement; Parties; Requirements. - Sec. 222a. (1) Notwithstanding section 222, a public utility easement...
Section 560.223 - Complaint; Contents. - Sec. 223. The complaint shall set forth: (a) The part...
Section 560.224 - Repealed. 1978, Act 367, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1978. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to notice of petition.Popular...
Section 560.224a - Joinder of Parties Defendant. - Sec. 224a. (1) The plaintiff shall join as parties defendant...
Section 560.225 - Repealed. 1978, Act 367, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1978. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to service.Popular Name: Plat...
Section 560.226 - Trial and Hearing; Order to Vacate, Correct, or Revise Recorded Plat; Exceptions; Plat Recording Resulting in Loss of Public Access to Lake or Stream; Reservation of Easement; Operation and Maintenance of Property by State or Local... - Sec. 226. (1) Upon trial and hearing of the action,...
Section 560.227 - Repealed. 1978, Act 367, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1978. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to vesting of vacated...
Section 560.227a - Vesting of Title Upon Vacation of Plat, Street, or Alley; Legal Description of Abutting Lot. - Sec. 227a. (1) Title to any part of the plat...
Section 560.228 - Recording of Judgment. - Sec. 228. Within 30 days after entry of judgment, for...
Section 560.229 - Preparation and Form of New Plat; Filing Copies; Caption; Approval; Distribution of Copies; Fees. - Sec. 229. (1) If the court orders a plat to...
288-1967-FEES-AND-ADMINISTRATION - Fees and Administration (560.241...560.259)
Section 560.241 - Submission of Final Plat; Filing and Recording Fee; State Plat Review Fee; Disposition of Fee. - Sec. 241. (1) When a final plat is submitted to...
Section 560.241a - Repealed. 1993, Act 67, Eff. Oct. 1, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to submission of final...
Section 560.242 - Director of Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth; Records and Indexing; Fees. - Sec. 242. (1) The director of the department of energy,...
Section 560.243 - Register of Deeds; Maintaining Permanent File; Expense; Fee. - Sec. 243. (1) The register of deeds shall maintain a...
Section 560.244 - Proprietor's Copy. - Sec. 244. (1) If the proprietor of a subdivision desires...
Section 560.245 - Abstract of Title or Title Policy; Attorney's Opinion in Lieu of Abstract. - Sec. 245. The proprietor submitting the plat for approval shall...
Section 560.246 - Governing Body; Fees. - Sec. 246. (1) The governing body of a municipality may...
Section 560.247 - County Plat Board; Compensation. - Sec. 247. (1) Each member of the county plat board...
Section 560.248 - County Road Commission; Fees. - Sec. 248. The county road commission may adopt as part...
Section 560.249 - Board of Supervisors; Fees. - Sec. 249. The county board of supervisors may adopt a...
Section 560.251 - Recorded Plats; Evidence. - Sec. 251. A certified copy of the recorded plat in...
Section 560.252 - Instruments Affecting Title; Prohibit Recording Unless Plat Recorded. - Sec. 252. The register of deeds shall not accept for...
Section 560.253 - Dedication of Plats; Reservation of Mineral Rights. - Sec. 253. (1) When a plat is certified, signed, acknowledged...
Section 560.254 - Restrictions; Enforcement. - Sec. 254. Any restriction required to be placed on platted...
Section 560.255 - Lot Numbers Use. - Sec. 255. When a subdivision plat has been recorded, the...
Section 560.255a - Land Revised, Altered, or Vacated by Order of Circuit Court in County in Which Land Situated. - Sec. 255a. Land in a subdivision dedicated to the use...
Section 560.255b - Presumption of Acceptance of Land Dedicated to Use of Public; Rebuttal. - Sec. 255b. (1) Ten years after the date the plat...
Section 560.256 - Opening, Vacating, Extending, Widening, or Changing Name of Street or Alley; Recording Certified Copy of Ordinance or Resolution; Copy to Director of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth. - Sec. 256. Subject to the restrictions prescribed in section 255a,...
Section 560.257 - Discontinuance of Street, Alley, or Other Public Land; Reservation of Easement; Recording Resolution or Ordinance; Copy to Director of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth. - Sec. 257. (1) Subject to the restrictions prescribed in section...
Section 560.258 - Public Lands; Agreements for Maintenance. - Sec. 258. As a condition of final plat approval the...
Section 560.259 - Minimum Standards. - Sec. 259. The standards for approval of plats prescribed in...
288-1967-PENALTIES - Penalties (560.261...560.293)
Section 560.261 - Sale of Land; Written Disclosures to Buyer; Voidability of Sale. - Sec. 261. No person shall sell any lot in a...
Section 560.262 - Monuments; Removal or Disturbance. - Sec. 262. No person shall knowingly remove or disturb any...
Section 560.263 - Lots; Further Division; Regulation. - Sec. 263. No lot, outlot or other parcel of land...
Section 560.264 - Sale of Land; Noncompliance With Act; Penalty. - Sec. 264. (1) Any person who sells or agrees to...
Section 560.265 - Enforcement of Act; Injunctive Proceedings; Venue. - Sec. 265. Any municipality, board of county road commissioners or...
Section 560.266 - Enforcement of Act; Prosecution, Venue. - Sec. 266. The attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of...
Section 560.267 - Sale of Lands in Violation of Act; Voidability of Sale. - Sec. 267. Any sale of lands subdivided or otherwise partitioned...
Section 560.290 - Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth; Employee in Charge of Plat Section; Qualifications. - Sec. 290. The employee in direct charge of the plat...
Section 560.291 - Plats in Process, Approval. - Sec. 291. Any preliminary or final plat which on January...
Section 560.292 - Plat Recorded Under Former 1839 Pa 91; Conflict or Inconsistency. - Sec. 292. A plat recorded under former 1839 PA 91...
Section 560.293 - Effective Date. - Sec. 293. This act shall take effect on January 1,...