Section 560.117. Proprietor's certificate; trust.

(1) The purpose of this rule is to  prescribe   the  form  and content of the certificate as required by the act when the proprietor of a proposed subdivision is a trust.

(2)     The surveyor shall affix on the plat and a proprietor, which is  a trust, shall use the certificate which  follows  and  it  shall  contain  the following:

(a)    ) Name of trust

(b)         Name and legal address of each trustee who is authorized to sign the certificate.

(c)     ) Reference to the plat streets, roads, alleys, walks, parks, and  other grounds.

(d)     Statement that the areas in subdivision (c) of this subrule are dedicated to public use or only to the use of lot owners, including lot owners in future contiguous subdivisions, if so intended.

(e)     A lot access restriction statement  imposed   by  the  agency  with jurisdiction for the  road  or roads  to  which  access  is  restricted,  if applicable.

(f)     Statement that the plat includes all land to the water's edge when lots abut a lake, river, or stream. If this is not the  intent  of  the proprietor, the limits of the  lots with  respect  to  the  water shall  be indicated with an appropriate statement.

(g)      Signatures of each trustee, exactly as their names  appear  in subdivision (a) of this subrule as required by 1937 PA 103,  MCL  565.201  to 565.203.

(h)        Show the liber and page or document number and county where the trust agreement or certificate of trust existence and authority has been recorded.A copy of the recorded document shall accompany the final plat.

Proprietor’s certificate

I (we) as proprietors certify that I (we) caused the land described in this plat to be surveyed divided, mapped, and dedicated as represented on this plat and that the                    (c)        are for the use of         (d)                                 ; that the public utility easements are private easements and that all other easements are for the uses shown on the plat; (e) and (f).

(a)  Print name of trust

Liber   (h)    and page     (h)      or document     (h)     ,

    (h)       County records

                  (b) and (g)                                                   Printed name & address

(Trustee or co-trustee)

Note: (a) to (h) refer to identically lettered paragraphs of the rule.

History: 2008 AACS.