FLOW CHART – LAND DIVISION ACT
ACT 288 OF 1967
Rev.12/8/2009
returns to
or
engages
Presents
to
Proprietor obtains
Approval by
informs
Proprietor notifies
and other
agencies
gives to
Surveyor certifies
true copies of final
plat and Proprietor
submits
[Sec 161(3)]
to
to
to to
Proprietor
[Sec 102 (o)]
Surveyor to
prepare
preliminary plat
[Sec 111 (2)]
Proprietor or
agent
[Sec 111]
Governing body
for tentative
approval within
60 or 90 days
[Sec 112]
County Road Commission, County Drain
Commissioner, Dept. of Transportation, Dept. of
Environmental Quality, Health Dept./DEQ
Mandatory Simultaneous submittal approve or
rejects within 30 days. [Sec 112a, 113-118] (as
applicable) [Sec 119 for informational purposes]
Governing body
approves or rejects
preliminary plat within
20 days. [Sec 120]
Proprietor
instructs
surveyor to
prepare final
plat.
[Sec 131(1)]
Surveyor prepares
final plat
[Sec 131-142]
and signs [Sec 143]
Proprietor for
signing Proprietor’s
Certificate
[Sec 144 (2)]
Treasurer’s Certificate(s) as to taxes
[Sec 145]
Mandatory Simultaneous submittal of true
copies to the following four agencies [Sec
161]:
County Drain Commissioner approve or
reject within 10 days [Sec 162-163]
County Road Commission approve or reject
within 15 days [Sec 164-165]
Governing Body approve or reject within 20
days [Sec 166-167]
Department of Transportation approve or
reject within 10 days [Sec 167a]
County Plat Boards
approve or reject
within 15 days
[Sec. 168-169]
forwards final plat &
true copies
Department of
Licensing and
Regulatory Affairs
approve or reject
within 15 days
[Sec. 171]
Register of Deeds
to record upon
receipt
[Sec 172]
Concept plan
meeting option
within 30 days
[Sec 111(3)]
Proprietor obtains signatures on Final
Plat Mylar for sections 145-148 in
any order [Sec 168]
Proprietor provides final plat & true
copies
Rev.6/29/2007
FINAL PLAT APPROVALS
SUBDIVISION NAME____________________________________________________
PROPRIETOR’S NAME ___________________________________________________
Date of Approval
Final Preliminary Plat Approval ________________________
By Governing Body is prerequisite.
Section 120. Automatically expires
In two years.
Section 131(3)
Surveyor’s Certificate ________________________
Sections 142(a) and 143
Proprietor’s Certificate (all) ________________________
Sections 142(b) and 144
County Treasurer’s Certificate ________________________
Sections 142(c) and 145
Expires in one year, Section 131(4)
Treasurer of the Municipality Certificate, ________________________
if applicable.
Section 142(d)
Required only if delinquent taxes are not
returned to State Treasurer per Section 135
of Act 206 P.A. 1893
Proprietor simultaneously submits one
*true certified copy to each of the approval
agencies in Sections 142(e, f, g, and i). ________________________
*Note: true certified copy may be paper copy
County Drain Commissioner’s Certificate ________________________
Sections 142(e), 146, 162, and 163
If no drain commissioner. Governing Body
Certifies compliance with Section 192
Rev.6/29/2007
County Road Commission Certificate ________________________
Sections 142(f), 147, 164, and 165.
Municipal Certificate
Sections 142(g), 148, 166, and 167
Michigan Department of Transportation ________________________
Certificate
Sections 142(i), 150, and 167a.
Required only when subdivision affects
a State Trunkline Highway.
Proprietor obtains signatures on 1
original final Plat Mylar.
Sections 145-148 ________________________
County Plat Board Certificate ________________________
Sections 142(h), 149, 168, and 169
Forwards the final plat and each
of the approved certified true
copies to LARA
Michigan Department of Labor and ________________________
Economic Growth (LARA)
Approval
Sections 142(j), 151, and 171.
County Register of Deeds Subdivision Completed
Recording Certificate
Section 172
