Section 560.133. Surveyor's certificate on assessor's plat.

 (1)  The purpose of this rule  is   to  prescribe   the  form  and content of the  certificate on an assessor's plat, as required by the act.

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

(a)    Name of the surveyor who either personally performed  or  had  direct charge of the survey and making of the plat map.

(b)     Description of the land, as follows:

(i)     Name of plat.

(ii)     Quarter section, government lot number, or name of tract.

(iii)     Section number, if applicable.

(iv)     Private claim number when applicable.

(v)     Township and range when applicable.

(vi)         Name of municipality. The caption shall also include the name  of municipality having jurisdiction for plat approval when the land is under a conditional transfer agreement in parenthesis. The transfer agreement filed with the secretary of state's office of the great seal  shall  accompany the final plat, when applicable.

(vii)     Name of county.

(viii)     State of Michigan.

(ix)     Any part of an original plat being replatted, if applicable.

(x)     Description of the exterior boundaries of the subdivision as required by the act. If a segment of the plat boundary has a curvilinear line,  the direction of the curve shall be stated in addition to the required curve data.

(xi)        Name and the liber and page or document number of abutting plats    and condominiums.

(xii)       Statement that plat includes all lands between intermediate traverse line and water's edge when applicable.

(xiii)     Number of lots, outlots, parks, and other grounds.

(xiv)     )  Acreage shown to 1/10th of an acre.

(c)     Title of the approving body and name of municipality.

(d)    Date on which plat was ordered made.

(e)     ) Date of certification.

(f)     Surveyor's handwritten signature as printed in subdivision (a) of this subrule. If the surveyor is also a partner or principal officer, the office held shall be indicated below the signature.

(g)     Michigan license number.

(h)     Surveyor's seal (facsimile in durable, pigment based black  ink  shall be used).

(3)     If a firm of surveyors, name and legal address of the firm, a partner or principal officer shall also hand-sign the certificate above its printed name and license number unless the surveyor signing in subdivision (2)(f)  is a partner or principal officer.

SURVEYOR’S CERTIFICATE

I,                  (a)                        , surveyor, certify:

That I have surveyed, divided and mapped the land shown on this plat, described as follows:

                                      (b)                        

That I have made such survey, land division and plat by the direction of            (c)          , on         (d)        .

That such plat is a correct representation of all the exterior boundaries of the land surveyed and the subdivision of it.

That the required monuments and lot markers have been located in the ground That the accuracy of survey is within the limits required by the act.

That the bearings shown on the plat are expressed as required by the act and as explained in the legend.

                               (e)                                           (3) Print name of firm here and

      and complete address                     

   (3)                                                      (Print principal’s name, title, and

license number here)

                             (h)                                                                      (f)                              

                          (g)                              

Note: (a) to (h) refer to identically lettered paragraphs of the rule and (3) refers to paragraph (3) of the rule.

History: 1979 AC; 2008 AACS.