Michigan Compiled Laws
288-1967-FINAL-PLATS - Final Plats (560.131...560.198)
Section 560.144 - Proprietor's Certificate.

Sec. 144.
(1) The proprietor's certificate on the plat shall include the following:
(a) The caption of the plat.
(b) A statement that the proprietor has caused the land described on the plat to be surveyed, divided, monumented, mapped, and dedicated as shown on the plat.
(c) A statement that the streets, alleys, parks, and other places shown on it that are usually public are dedicated to the use of the public.
(d) A statement that all public utility easements are private easements and that all other easements are reserved to the uses shown on the plat.
(e) The name of each street, park, or other place that is usually public and that is intended to be reserved to other than public use, and the character and purpose of that use.
(f) A statement that the plat includes all land to the water's edge.
(2) The proprietor's certificate shall be signed by the following, and each signature shall be acknowledged as deeds conveying lands are required to be acknowledged:
(a) All persons holding the title by deed of the lands.
(b) All persons holding any other title of record.
(c) All persons holding title as mortgagee or vendee under land contract or who are in possession but are not renters.
(d) The spouses of persons named in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c).
History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 2002 Popular Name: Plat ActPopular Name: Subdivision Control

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