{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.33924","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.33924","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Sec. 33924.\n\nAs used in this part:\n\n(a) \"Department\" means the department of natural resources unless expressly indicated otherwise.\n\n(b) \"Possession\", \"occupancy\", and \"improvement\" include dredging or ditching, the throwing up of embankments, sheetpiling, filling in, the erection of fences, a boathouse, land made by dredging and filling, or building structures.\n\n(c) \"Person\" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other nongovernmental legal entity.\n\n(d) \"Well maintained\" means that any structure on the land complies with township building codes and current county and state sanitation codes and part 325 and that the land is adequately protected from erosion.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 324","Act Act-451-of-1994"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-324-33924","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"3da438f617b6cc681b0ce4649c45e22aef90102283ccd8a7b2f4a7ab4b0e93ae","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.33921","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.33926"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}