Michigan Code — VILLAGES
Browse 259 sections in division VILLAGES of the Michigan code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 61.1. Incorporation of villages; charter.
- § 61.1a. Definitions.
- § 61.1b. Construction of act; validation of bonds.
- § 61.1c. Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities.
- § 61.1d. Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of village charter or ordinance prohibited.
- § 61.12. Village incorporated; body politic; powers.
- § 62.1. Village officers; council; ordinance providing for election and terms of office; adoption; filing petition to delay effect of ordinance; ballot question.
- § 62.2. Additional officers; appointment.
- § 62.3. Appointments; time.
- § 62.4. Term of office.
- § 62.5. Village trustees; term of office; ordinance providing for election and terms of office.
- § 62.5a. Staggered terms of office; resolution; length of initial terms; applicability of subsection (1).
- § 62.6. Appointive officers; term.
- § 62.7. Qualifications for office; void votes; “in default” defined; oath.
- § 62.8. Official bonds; deposit time.
- § 62.9. Additional bonds; removal from office.
- § 62.10. Resignations.
- § 62.11. Office vacancies.
- § 62.12. Failure of officer to give or maintain bond.
- § 62.13. Vacancies; filling; special elections; procedure; expenses.
- § 62.14. Surety not exonerated.
- § 62.15. Property delivered to successor.
- § 63.1. Election; exception; place.
- § 63.2. Special election; resolution.
- § 63.3. Village elections as nonpartisan.
- § 63.4. Voting requirements.
- § 63.7. Conduct of election; designation of term on ballot.
- § 63.14. Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
- § 64.1. President as chief executive officer; duties generally.
- § 64.2. Village president; duties as conservator of peace.
- § 64.3. Suspension or removal of officer; examination and inspection of books, records, and papers; additional duties of president; section subject to ordinance.
- § 64.4. Acting president.
- § 64.5. Clerk; duties.
- § 64.6. Clerk as general accountant; duties; check disbursement.
- § 64.7. Clerk; duties.
- § 64.8. Duties; financial report to council; contents.
- § 64.8a. Functions subject to ordinance.
- § 64.9. Village treasurer; duties.
- § 64.10. Treasurer; reports; contents.
- § 64.11. Treasurer; vouchers.
- § 64.12. Treasurer; disposition of money; private use prohibited.
- § 64.12a. Functions subject to ordinance.
- § 64.21. Village officers; compensation.
- § 65.1. Legislative authority vested in village council.
- § 65.2. Village council; president.
- § 65.3. Village council; president pro tempore.
- § 65.4. Village council; regular meetings; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; special meetings.
- § 65.5. Village council; rules and record of proceedings; quorum; adjournment; compelling attendance; vote; ordinance or resolution appropriating money; publication of proceedings and vote; availability of certain writings to public.
- § 65.7. Village council; audit of accounts; procedure; defenses to action or proceeding.
- § 65.8. Village manager; term; employment contract; powers and duties; ordinance assigning responsibilities to manager.
- § 66.1. Ordinance; style; passage; days required to be effective.
- § 66.2. Violation of ordinance; sanction; designation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime; penalty.
- § 66.2a. Recreational trailway; posting ordinance; prohibited operation of vehicle as municipal civil infraction; penalty.
- § 66.3. Record of ordinances; authentication.
- § 66.3a. Codification of ordinances.
- § 66.4. Publication of ordinance or synopsis; certification; adoption of state statute by reference; penalty.
- § 66.6. Violation of ordinance; commencement of prosecution; judicial district; powers of court.
- § 66.7. Violation of ordinance; civil action to recover penalty; warrant; law governing proceedings.
- § 66.8. Use of county jail; expenses.
- § 66.9. Sufficient statement of cause; right to trial by jury; selecting and summoning jurors; inhabitant of village as juror; applicability of section to civil infraction.
- § 66.10. Appeals to circuit court; proceedings.
- § 66.11. Village lockup or holding facility.
- § 66.12. Security for costs; filing by complaining witness; liability.
- § 66.13. Fines; payment.
- § 66.14. Suit against collector; failure to pay over fines; larceny.
- § 67.1. General powers of council.
- § 67.1a. Locomotives; enforceability of ordinance prescribing maximum speed limit.
- § 67.1a[1]. Powers and immunities of village.
- § 67.2. Licenses; issuance; revocation; sanctions; support of poor.
- § 67.3. Animal pound.
- § 67.4. Acquisition, purchase, and erection of public buildings; purchase, appropriation, and ownership of real estate; purposes; sale of buildings, grounds, or parks.
- § 67.5. Village lockup, holding facility, or hospital; location outside corporate limits; regulations; enforcement.
- § 67.6. Public parks and grounds; powers of council.
- § 67.7. Public highways, bridges, grounds; supervision; liability for damages; bridges.
- § 67.8. Sidewalks; construction; maintenance; expenses; allocation.
- § 67.9. Sidewalks; removal of snow and ice; ordinance authorized.
- § 67.10. Sidewalks; failure of abutting owner; assessment; collection.
- § 67.11. Sidewalks; regulation of things on, over and under.
- § 67.12. Public improvement; powers of council; expenses; assessment.
- § 67.13. Vacating, discontinuing, or abolishing highway, street, lane, alley, or public ground; resolution; meeting; objections; notice of meeting; filing objection; record.
- § 67.14. Public highways; survey; vacation resolution, recording, evidence.
- § 67.15. Street grades; conformity with adjacent lands; record, diagram.
- § 67.16. Street or sidewalk grades; change; damage to property owner; payment; assessment.
- § 67.17. Bridges, culverts, and streets; construction, maintenance.
- § 67.18. Bridges, streets, and highways; expenses; payment; tax levy; “paving” defined.
- § 67.19. Bridges, streets, and highways; principles of tax apportionment.
- § 67.20. Obstructions, encroachments; removal; offenders, punishment.
- § 67.21. Trees in highways; street lighting.
- § 67.22. Public streets; excavation, regulation.
- § 67.23. Public streets; regulations; enforcement; council; powers.
- § 67.24. Sewers, drains, watercourses; construction; condemnation.
- § 67.25. Sewers, drains, and watercourses; expense of construction; methods of payment.
- § 67.26. Sewers, drains, watercourses; special assessment; map of sewer district; contents; filing with cost estimate; hearing; notice; special assessments.
- § 67.29. Private drains; construction, regulation; work at private expense.
- § 67.30. Private drains; connection with public sewers.
- § 67.31. Private drains; connection to public sewers; charge; collection.
- § 67.33. Sewers, ditches, water systems, and watercourses; repair expense.
- § 67.34. Public sewers and drain ordinances.
- § 67.35. Public wharves, piers and levees; construction, regulation, leasing of privileges.
- § 67.36. Public wharves; conformity with grade; line limit.
- § 67.37. Public wharves; rates and charges.
- § 67.38. Preservation of purity of water; regulation of navigable waters; duties of council.
- § 67.39. Harbor master; appointment; duties; compensation.
- § 67.40. Ferry licenses; terms and restrictions; sanctions.
- § 67.41. Markets; establishment; regulation.
- § 67.42. Regulations; adoption, enforcement.
- § 67.43. Ordinances and laws; fence viewers.
- § 67.55. Interments; regulation.
- § 67.56. Cemeteries; appropriation by council.
- § 67.57. Board of cemetery trustees; appointment; terms; removal; compensation.
- § 67.58. Board of cemetery trustees; chairperson; clerk; powers; duties.
- § 67.59. Board of cemetery trustees; duties; directions of council.
- § 67.60. Board of cemetery trustees; cemetery employees; ordinances, enforcement; rules.
- § 67.61. Board of trustees; cemetery fund; use; reports to council; contents; verification.
- § 67.62. Necessary ordinances; enforcement.
- § 67.63. Cemetery trustees; power to accept gifts; use.
- § 67.64. Board of cemetery trustees; rules and bylaws; recording bylaws; appointment, duties, and bond of treasurer; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public.
- § 68.31. Expense of local public improvement or repair; special assessments.
- § 68.32. Ordinance providing special assessment procedure; contents; additional assessments; disposition of excess assessments; payment of future due installments.
- § 68.33. Special assessment as lien and debt; collection.
- § 68.34. Action to contest collection of special assessment; illegal assessment roll.
- § 68.35. Bonds.
- § 68.36. Energy conservation improvements; acquisition or financing; resolution; payment; scope of improvements; acquisition of improvements by contract, lease-purchase agreement, or notes; reports; forms; terms of lease-purchase agreement.
- § 69.1. Authority of council to levy taxes; general fund.
- § 69.2. Authority of council to levy taxes; general highway fund.
- § 69.4. Authority of council to levy taxes; cemeteries; tax limit.
- § 69.5. Authority of council to levy taxes; street and other local improvements; special assessment proceeds.
- § 69.6. Taxation for payment of interest, principal, sinking fund deposits, evidences of indebtedness, assessments, or contract obligations; credit for surplus money.
- § 69.7. Auditing and settling accounts; statement.
- § 69.7a. Commencement of fiscal year.
- § 69.8. Village taxes; annual assessment roll; contents; certification of determination.
- § 69.9. Assessment roll; review by township board of review.
- § 69.12. Annual assessment roll; certification of board of review.
- § 69.13. Assessment roll; council's certificate to treasurer; contents.
- § 69.14. Assessment roll; tax apportionment by assessor.
- § 69.15. Delivery of certified assessment roll to treasurer; collection warrant; renewal of warrant.
- § 69.16. Taxes; treasurer to collect; fees.
- § 69.17. Taxes; collection by seizure of personal property.
- § 69.18. Taxes as lien against property; interest; fees and charges; taxes returned delinquent; resolution; tax bill or enclosure to specify where delinquent taxes to be paid; adding fees and interest to taxes; return of unpaid taxes on real property to county treasurer; collection; rate of interest and fees; delinquent taxes as lien; return to department of treasury.
- § 69.19. Tax sales; proceeds, deposit with county treasurer.
- § 69.20. Tax on personal property; collection suit.
- § 69.21. Borrowing in anticipation of revenue sharing or taxes.
- § 69.22. Raising additional amounts by tax or loan; approval of electors; limitation on taxation and indebtedness; exclusions from limitation; validation of prior bonds or obligations; computation of net indebtedness for purposes of subsection (2).
- § 69.23. Bonds; approval of electors required; exemption of certain bonds and obligations; expenses.
- § 69.24. Disbursements; procedures.
- § 69.25. Loans; issuance and execution of bonds; validation of prior bonds or indebtedness.
- § 70.1. Ordinances and regulations; fire department and fire companies; fire fighters; rules and regulations.
- § 70.2. Vehicles and equipment; water supply.
- § 70.3. Necessary buildings for keeping vehicles and equipment.
- § 70.4. Chief of fire department; appointment; duties; section subject to ordinance.
- § 70.6. Storage and handling of hazardous substances; prevention and suppression of fires; ordinance; fire inspectors; authority subject to state and federal law.
- § 70.9. Building or structure as nuisance; abatement or removal.
- § 70.10. Compensation of officers, fire fighters, and employees; compensation for injuries.
- § 70.11. Authorized razing of buildings; damages; determination by jury.
- § 70.12. Watercraft on navigable streams; regulation.
- § 70.13. Police force; employment; compliance with standards.
- § 70.14. Police officers; powers, duties, and authority.
- § 70.15. Police chief; nomination; appointment; service; duties.
- § 70.16. Village police officer; powers vested; authority.
- § 70.18. Department of public safety; creation; director; officers; structure.
- § 71.1. Water works; establishment; maintenance.
- § 71.2. Water works or filtration plant; authorized acquisitions, construction, and maintenance.
- § 71.3. Borrowing; purpose; limitations.
- § 71.4. Estimate of expense; specially assessing cost of certain water improvements.
- § 71.5. Private connections; manner; permit; repairs at owner's expense.
- § 71.6. Water rates; ordinance; terms.
- § 71.7. Water works; ordinances.
- § 71.8. Water works; location outside corporate limits; control by council.
- § 71.9. Water works; use of street or highway.
- § 71.10. Water works; condemnation.
- § 71.11. Water supply contract; use of streets, wharves, and public grounds.
- § 71.12. Street administrator; duties.
- § 71.13. Street administrator; report.
- § 71.14. Department of public works; performance of duties of administrator; director.
- § 72.1. Authorized village lighting.
- § 72.3. Authorized village lighting; acquisition estimate; referendum; restriction on council.
- § 72.4. Authorized village lighting; borrowing; limitation; payment; bonds; terms.
- § 72.5. Lighting works; repairs, alterations, or extensions; raising and expenditure of funds; title retention contract providing for payment from available net revenues; construction.
- § 72.6. Light rates.
- § 72.7. Lighting; condemnation of property.
- § 72.8. Lighting; contract; users of streets, wharves, public grounds.
- § 72.9. Lighting works; control and preservation; ordinances and resolutions.
- § 73.1. Condemnation.
- § 73.2. Condemnation; acquisition of property; resolution.
- § 73.3. Condemnation; record of proceedings; admissible as evidence.
- § 73.4. Condemnation; assessment.
- § 73.5. Condemnation by negotiation and purchase.
- § 74.1. Village; construed.
- § 74.2. Village not to own stock.
- § 74.3. Affidavit or certificate of publication; filing; evidence.
- § 74.5. Board of trustees; construction.
- § 74.6. Changing boundaries; order, copy to secretary of state, evidence.
- § 74.6a. Petition for annexation or detachment; prohibition.
- § 74.7. Reincorporation of villages; repeal.
- § 74.8. Reincorporation of villages; rights, obligations; remedies.
- § 74.10. Reincorporation; existing by-laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.
- § 74.12. Reincorporation; granted licenses.
- § 74.18a. Disincorporation of village; procedure.
- § 74.19. Vacating incorporation of village; submission of transcript to county board of commissioners.
- § 74.20. Vacation of village incorporation; disposition of village property; assessment; levy; placement in separate fund.
- § 74.21. Vacation of village incorporation; apportionment of indebtedness; village in more than one township or county.
- § 74.22. Placing property outside corporate limits; procedure; resolution, board of supervisors.
- § 74.23. Resolution for election of procedures.
- § 74.23a. Disincorporation commission; composition; appointment of members.
- § 74.23b. Disincorporation commission; oath of office; vacancy.
- § 74.23c. Disincorporation commission; chairperson; secretary; officers; bylaws; quorum; conducting business at public meetings.
- § 74.23d. Disincorporation commission; contract for consultants and advisors; funds.
- § 74.23e. Disincorporation plan; elements to be included; findings.
- § 74.23f. Disincorporation plan; submission; ratification.
- § 74.23g. Disincorporation plan; approval; ballot; form; special election; failure of commission to adopt plan.
- § 74.23h. Disincorporation; approval by electors.
- § 74.23i. Filing new petition; limitation.
- § 74.24. Modification of act.
- § 74.25. Short title.
- § 78.1. Short title; corporate existence of villages to continue; village subject to general laws; seal; suit.
- § 78.1a. Conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public.
- § 78.1b. Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities.
- § 78.2. Incorporation, detachment or addition of territory, or consolidation; petition; signatures; incorporation of summer resort association; proceedings; certification; appointment, oath, duties, and compensation of enumerators; sworn statement; “qualified electors” defined.
- § 78.2a. Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
- § 78.3. Petitions; contents.
- § 78.4. Petition; presentation; action of county board of commissioners; resolution; vote; review.
- § 78.5. Incorporation, consolidation or change of boundaries; affected district; referendum; authorizing vote.
- § 78.5a. Annexation; petition; vote; approval of adjoining city, village or township.
- § 78.6. Petition and resolution; certified copies, transmittal to local clerks, time; election notices.
- § 78.7. Villages in more than 1 county; incorporation, consolidation or change in boundary; procedure.
- § 78.8. Returns canvass.
- § 78.9. Proceedings; copy filed with secretary of state; recording; change effected; certificate to state treasurer; time.
- § 78.10. Annexation of entire village or township; incorporation of village from part of township; annexation of part of city, village, or township by village.
- § 78.11. New village; charter commission, election, manner, duties, oath; proposed charter, vote, manner; notices.
- § 78.12. Village charter; rejection; effect; president de facto; resubmission; revert to prior status.
- § 78.13. Village charter; new charter commission, petition, procedure, duties; eligibility; expenses, payment; territory, control.
- § 78.14. Village charter; revision.
- § 78.15. Election of charter commission; details fixed by legislative body.
- § 78.16. Charter commission; quorum.
- § 78.17. Charter; amendments, submission.
- § 78.18. Charter commission; prosecuting attorneys to give advice; charter vote prerequisites.
- § 78.19. Charter; publication prerequisites.
- § 78.20. Charter of amendment; approval; filing time.
- § 78.21. Election; expenses; manner of conducting.
- § 78.22. Police officers of village; powers.
- § 78.22a. District court or municipal court; hearing and determining cases.
- § 78.22b. Police officer; authority to execute bench warrant.
- § 78.23. Village charter; mandatory provisions.
- § 78.24. Village charter; permissible provisions.
- § 78.24a. Codification of ordinances.
- § 78.24b. Energy conservation improvements; acquisition or financing; resolution; payment; scope of improvements; acquisition of improvements by contract, lease-purchase agreement, or notes; reports; forms; terms of lease-purchase agreement.
- § 78.24c. Acquisition of land for disposal of sewage or protection of water supply.
- § 78.24d. Staggered terms of office; resolution; length of initial terms; applicability of subsection (1).
- § 78.24e. Terms of office; applicability after December 31, 2024.
- § 78.25. Statutory provisions; adoption.
- § 78.25a. Ordinance; designation of violation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime.
- § 78.25b. Recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; prohibited violation of ordinance as municipal civil infraction; penalty.
- § 78.26. Prohibited powers; computation of indebtedness.
- § 78.26a. Locomotives; enforceability of ordinance prescribing maximum speed limit.
- § 78.27. Village charter; prohibited conflicts.
- § 78.28. Construction of act.
- § 79.11. Lighting facilities; legalized existing actions and franchises.
- § 79.21. Sprinkling fund.
- § 79.22. Sprinkling fund; disbursements.