Act No. 132
Public Acts of 1970
Approved by Governor
July 29, 1970
as amended by
Act 280, Public Acts of 1972
Approved by Governor - October 19, 1972
and
Act 24, Public Acts of 1988
Approved by Governor - February 24, 1988

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. (1) Whenever lands are surveyed into 4 parcels or less, or a greater number when such parcels are of 10 acres or more,or any boundary survey where permanent corners are monumented, a certified copy may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the land is situated, if such survey meets the requirements of this act. [As amended by Act 280, P.A. 1972.] (2) If a survey is made for the purposes of describing the parcel in a conveyance of title, a certified copy of that survey shall be recorded at the time of recording the conveyance of title with the register of deeds in the county in which the land is situated. The requirements of this act are in addition to Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, being sections 560.101 to 560.923 of the Compiled Laws of 1948. Land platted in accordance with Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, or land previously surveyed and recorded and for which no change in boundary description is made from a previously recorded survey need not be recorded. Surveys solely for mortgage certificate purposes need not be recorded. [As added by Act 280, P.A. 1972 to take immediate effect.]

Sec. 2 (1) The survey shall be performed and the map prepared by a land surveyor licensed in this state. [As amended by Act 24, P.A. 1988] (2) All corners shall be monumented in the field with permanent markers which posess a magnetic field unless previously monumented with iron stakes, capped with some device legibly showing the license number of the licensed land surveyor placing them, and shall include points of intersection of boundary or lot lines with highways, streets, alleys, section lines, and meander lines, and corners of the United States public land survey from which the parcel or parcels are described. [As amended by Act 24, P.A. 1988.]

Sec. 3. The map shall be prepared on durable white paper 8 1/2 inches wide by 14 inches long. All lines shall be made with nonfading black ink on a scale of not more than 500 feet to an inch, and shown thereon, or, instead of the above, the map may be prepared on tracing cloth or paper, and a true scale photostat, or microfilm record of the map may be recorded and shall include all of the following: [As amended by Act 24, P.A. 1988.] (a) A certificate signed and sealed by the licensed land surveyor who surveyed and mapped the parcel or parcels, typed, lettered, or reproduced legibly with nonfading ink, giving a clear concise description of the land surveyed by bearings and distances, commencing with some corner marked and established in the United States public land survey, or reestablished in accordance with the accepted methods. The certificate shall also include the ratio of closure of latitudes and departures, which shall be within limits accepted by the profession of land surveying and certification by the licensed land surveyor that the requirements of this section have been met. [As amended by Act 24, P.A. 1988.] (b) The exterior boundaries of the land surveyed and divided, together with the line or lines leading to the United States public land survey corner, or corners, from which the land is described. Boundaries along a lake or stream shall be defined by a meander line connecting the side boundaries of the parcel. If a lot in a recorded subdivision is divided, the exterior boundaries of the lot surveyed and divided shall be referenced to existing lot corners and the con- trollint monuments used for that survey. [As amended by Act 24, P.A. 1988.] (c If the boundary of the parcel follows or parallels a section line, the section line shall be defined at its extremities by a corner established in the United States public land survey or reestablished in accordance with accepted methods. All corners of the United States public land survey shall be duly witnessed to permanent objects, and king of object, and the bearings and distances thereto, together with the kind and material of monumentation marking the corner shall be shown on the map. [As amended by Act 24, P.A. 1988.] (d) Curved boundaries or curved highway, street lines and lot lines, when the curve is contained within the line, shall be defined by the points of curvature and tangency and compound curvature, central angle, length of arcs, degree of curvature, length and bearing of the long chord, or, when only partially contained within the line, by the length of arc along the curve, degree of curvature, length and bearing of the short chord, or by traverse courses and distances where the curve is not regular. (e) If the exterior boundary lines show bearings or lengths which vary from those recorded in abutting plats or certified surveys, there shall be the following note placed along such lines "recorded as (show bearings or lengths or both)". [As amended by Act 24, P.A. 1988.] {f) Lengths and bearings of all lines. (g) Exact widths of streets, highways, alleys, and easements. {h) Distances on boundaries or lot lines from the point of intersection with a meander line to apparent ordinary high water line of Great Lakes waters and to the water's edge of inland lakes and streams. (i) A north point properly located thereon. {j) Certified survey maps prepared in accordance with this section shall be accepted, upon payment of the regular fee schedule as provided in section 2567(1)(a) of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.2567 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and numbered consecutively by the register of deeds and shall be recorded in bound volumes, or in a manner adapted to a microfilm system of preserving records, and known as the "certified survey maps of ........ county", and shall become a part of the land records thereof, and a separate card file shall be kept showing by section, township and range and also by title of recorded plat if a resurvey within such plat, the designating number liber and page of the certified maps filed in the bound volume or microfilm record. [As amended by Act 24, P.A. 1988.] (k) If a certified survey map has been recorded in accordance with this section, the parcels of land in the map may be described with a supplemental reference to the number of the survey, the volume and page where recorded, and the name of the county, for all purposes, including assessment, taxation, devise, descent, and conveyance. [As amended by Act 24, P.A. 1988.]

All three acts (132 of 1970, 280 of 1972, and 24 of 1988) were given immediate effect at time of enactment.