{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-117.9b","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.9b","heading":"Detachment of territory from city; conditions; intergovernmental agreement imposing conditions on detachment; reannexation to detaching city; detached territory not subject to annexation.","body":"Sec. 9b.\n\nIn addition to the detachment procedures otherwise authorized by this act, territory may be detached from a city if all of the following conditions are met:\n\nThe territory to be detached was annexed to the city after the city was incorporated.\n\nThe territory to be detached is to be reattached to the municipality from which that territory was annexed.\n\nThe city does not provide water or sewer service in the territory to be detached.\n\nThe council of the city from which the territory is being detached approves a resolution authorizing the detachment of the territory and confirming an agreement relating to the detachment.\n\nThe legislative body of the municipality from which the territory to be detached was annexed approves a resolution authorizing detachment of the territory and confirming an agreement related to the detachment.\n\nThe city and municipality involved in a detachment under this section may enter into an intergovernmental agreement which imposes conditions on the detachment. The conditions may include, but need not be limited to, building restrictions and zoning within the territory to be detached.\n\nTerritory detached under this section is immediately reannexed to the detaching city if any of the following occurs:\n\nThe city can and agrees to provide water and sewer services, the city certifies these facts to the state boundary commission, and the state boundary commission finds that the city can provide water and sewer services to this territory.\n\nThe municipality to which the territory was reattached fails to comply with the intergovernmental agreement, the city certifies that fact to the state boundary commission, and the state boundary commission finds that the municipality is not in compliance.\n\nReannexation pursuant to subsection (3) shall not be subject to the annexation requirements and restrictions of this act; Act No. 191 of the Public Acts of 1968, being sections 123.1001 to 123.1020 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; or Act No. 359 of the Public Acts of 1947, being sections 42.1 to 42.34 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.\n\nAll or part of territory detached under this section shall not be subject to annexation.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 117","Act Act-279-of-1909"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-117-9b","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"8c47b2e78aaff1bb373c2180a292cce9fcdaeb1864274bab579981b8eb6c55b7","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-117.9a","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-119.51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}