Michigan Compiled Laws
283-1909-I - Chapter I Laying Out, Altering and Discontinuing Highways (221.1...221.30)
Section 221.20h - Acquisition of Property by Township by Gift, Purchase, or Condemnation; Petition; Order of Taking.

Sec. 20h.
The township may acquire property by gift, purchase, or condemnation as it deems necessary to establish a road as a public highway or for improvement of a road following a court order that the road is a public highway. For purposes of condemnation the township may proceed under Act No. 295 of the Public Acts of 1966, as amended. The complaint filed under this act, or any amendment thereof, may serve as the petition required under that act if it contains all elements required therein. An order of taking shall not be entered until a road has been determined to be a public highway.
History: Add. 1974, Act 336, Imd. Eff. Dec. 17, 1974

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapters 220 - 244 - General Highway Law

Act 283 of 1909 - Public Highways and Private Roads (220.1 - 244.10)

283-1909-I - Chapter I Laying Out, Altering and Discontinuing Highways (221.1...221.30)

Section 221.1-221.19 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

Section 221.20 - Public Highway; Definition, Width.

Section 221.20a - Declaration of Road as Public Highway; Consent; Petition; Action in Circuit Court; Order; Purchase or Condemnation.

Section 221.20b - Declaration of Road as Public Highway; Complaint; Deposit.

Section 221.20c - Order Fixing Date for Hearing; Contents of Order; Service of Complaint and Order; Notice of Hearing; Service and Publication of Complaint.

Section 221.20d - Determining Sufficiency of Petition; Trial Date; Order.

Section 221.20e - Applicability of Rules for Civil Actions.

Section 221.20f - Notice of Filing of Complaint; Contents; Recordation.

Section 221.20g - Improvement of Road by Township; Standards; Special Assessment; Petition; Acceptance of Public Highway; Maintenance.

Section 221.20h - Acquisition of Property by Township by Gift, Purchase, or Condemnation; Petition; Order of Taking.

Section 221.21 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

Section 221.22 - Public Highway; Discontinuance.

Section 221.23-221.26 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

Section 221.27 - Repealed. 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994.

Section 221.28-221.30 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.