Michigan § 87.21 - City surveyor; powers, duties.
Full text of Michigan Michigan Compiled Laws § 87.21 — City surveyor; powers, duties., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 87.21. City surveyor; powers, duties.
The surveyor shall have and exercise within the city, the like powers and duties as are conferred by law upon county surveyors; and the like effect and validity shall be given to his official acts, surveys and plats, as are given by law to the acts and surveys of county surveyors. He shall make all necessary plats, maps, surveys, diagrams and estimates, plans and specifications required by the council or officers of the city, relating to the public improvements, buildings, grounds and streets of the city, and all plats, maps, surveys and diagrams made by him as such surveyor shall be the property of the city, and shall be delivered by him to his successor in office.
Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 87.21 ("City surveyor; powers, duties.") is part of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the codified statutory law of Michigan. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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