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Office Location: 6546 Mercantile Way, Lansing, MI 48911
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 30704, Lansing, MI 48909
517-241-6321

The Office of Land Survey and Remonumentation ensures an orderly and consistent review of subdivision plats, conducts final review of plat maps, administers the statewide program of monumenting and remonumenting the original U.S. government public land survey property controlling corners and handles general questions.

Subdivisions

The Office of Land Survey and Remonumentation administers the applicable provisions of the Land Division Act, P.A. 288 of 1967 in order to ensure the orderly development of land division in the State of Michigan. Staff conducts final reviews of plat maps to ensure compliance with the Act and authorizes final plats to be submitted to the Register of Deeds for proper recordation.

Notice: The Michigan Subdivisions of Land Rules have been updated.
The Michigan Subdivision Rules have been updated to reflect statutory changes to certificate forms, executive order directives, changes in the Land Division Act and other related statutes. Amendments to these rules became effective June 16, 2008. Provided below are links to the Subdivisions of Land Rules.

• Statewide Search for Subdivision Plats

• Data Downloads

• Administrative Rules
Subdivisions of Land:

• Part 1. Department of Labor and Economic Growth R 560.101 - 560.135 (Newly Revised June 16, 2008)

• Part 2. Department of Transportation R 560.201 - 560.205

• Part 3. Department of Environmental Quality R 560.301 - 560.304

• Part 4. Department of Environmental Quality R 560-401 - 560.428

Survey and Remonumentation

The Office of Land Survey and Remonumentation is responsible for the administration of the Survey and Remonumentation Act, P.A. 345 of 1990. For the first time in 175 years a concerted effort has been made to identify and remark the approximately 300,000 property controlling corners in the state. All land ownership in Michigan, both public and private, are located from these property controlling corners.

• Calendar of Events - 2008-2009 PDF icon

• Statewide Search for Remonumentation Data

• County Remonumentation Data Entry

• Information Memorandum Index

• Model County Plan PDF icon

• County Grant Administrators & Representatives PDF icon

• 8th Biennial Report to the Legislature PDF icon

• Summary of County Work Programs Completed through 2005 PDF icon

• 2009 Survey and Remonumentation Program - Available County Grants PDF icon

• 2008 Application for a Survey and Remonumentation Grant PDF icon

• 2008 Completion Report PDF icon

• 2008 Expedited Program - Supplement A PDF icon

• 2008 Request for Start-up Payment - 40% Advance PDF icon

• 2008 Survey and Remonumentation Grants PDF icon

• 2008 Work Progress Report PDF icon

• Documentation Requirements PDF icon

• Data Downloads

• State Plane Coordinate Certification PDF icon

• Administrative Rules

• Survey and Remonumentation General Rules - R 54.201 - 54.210

State Boundary Commission

Created in 1968, the State Boundary Commission is responsible for adjudicating most municipal boundary adjustments as a nonpartisan, general neutral, quasi-judicial body. In administering the provisions of the Boundary Commission Act (P.A. 191 of 1968) and Administrative Rules, the State Boundary Commission adjudicates all city and village incorporations, all city, village and township consolidations, and certain types of annexations from a township to a city.

The Commission is comprised of three at-large appointees designated by the governor, and four local commissioners who are appointed by the chief probate judge of the county involving a respective petition.

Petitions can only be filed at the business location of the Commission Office, either by mail or in person.

• State Boundary Commission Responsibilities and Meeting Schedule

• Active Petitions and Docket Material

• State Boundary Commission Public Hearings

• Criteria for Annexation, Incorporation & Consolidation PDF icon

• Legal Sufficiency Checklist PDF icon

• Docket Assignment Procedures PDF icon

• Commission Decision Definitions PDF icon

• Petition Signature Collection Form 2010-2002 PDF icon

• Public Acts and Administrative Rules

• State Boundary Commission Act - 1968 PA 191

• The Home Rule City Act - 1909 PA 279

• The Home Rule Village Act - 1909 PA 278