MI · encoded, in review
Right-of-way and eminent domain acquisition in Michigan.
Michigan has no waiting period before filing, which is the thing most summaries get wrong. Under MCL §213.55(2) the agency may file once it cannot agree after a good faith written offer. The deadline that matters is the necessity challenge: §213.56(1) borrows the time to responsively plead, 21 days after personal service and 28 where service was by mail or outside Michigan, and missing it makes necessity conclusively presumed.
Michigan is encoded but not released
The Michigan pack exists and every statement on this page was read against primary sources on 17 August 2026. It is not shipped: the pack is marked partially verified, MI is not in the platform's contract jurisdiction list, and the deadline interface cannot drive it. So the product will not derive a Michigan date for you today, and we are not selling Michigan pilots.
We publish this because the work is real and you should be able to see it before you commit to anything. Texas and Indiana are the two states that ship. Tell us you need Michigan and it moves up the queue.
What the Michigan pack encodes
Deadlines derived per parcel
The pack turns Michigan procedural requirements into concrete dates and required steps on each tract, so the clock is visible before a date slips rather than after.
Every rule carries its citation
Each requirement traces back to the statute it came from, and each pack is versioned, so you can see which version of the rules a parcel was worked under.
Counsel approves before it goes out
Offers, notices, and filings route to attorneys through review gates. The platform prepares the work; counsel decides what is sent.
A record built as you work
Every offer, notice, appraisal, and approval lands in the audit trail as it happens, so each parcel carries a complete binder if the taking heads to condemnation.
Statutes the Michigan pack is built on
- MCL §213.51 et seq. (UCPA)
- Mich. Const. Art. X §2
- MCL §213.55
- MCL §213.56
- MCR 2.108(A)
This page is not legal advice. It describes what the Michigan rule pack tracks inside LandGrantIQ, and it summarizes published statutes and decisions with the source attached so you can read them yourself. It does not tell you what any of it requires of your project, it is no substitute for your own counsel's judgment, and no part of it creates an attorney-client relationship. Filings always require attorney review and approval.
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