{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.12756","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12756","heading":"Tap-in fee for connection; deferment of payment by reason of hardship; application; evidence of hardship; ordinance defining hardship and permitting deferred or partial payment; condition to granting deferred or partial payment.","body":"Sec. 12756.\n\nAn owner of property who by reason of hardship is unable to comply with provisions of sections 12752 to 12758 requiring connection to an available sanitary sewer system when the local unit of government charges a tap-in fee for connection may have the fee payment deferred by application to the assessing officer. Upon receipt of evidence of hardship, the local unit of government may defer partial or total payment of the fee.\n\nThe local unit of government may enact ordinances to define hardship in its area and to permit deferred or partial payment of the tap-in fee. As a condition to the granting of the deferred or partial payment of the tap-in fee, the local unit of government may require mortgage security on the real property of the beneficiary payable on or before death, or, in any event, on the sale or transfer of the property.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 333","Act Act-368-of-1978"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-12756","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"2be52eba384dcb3237feffd50fde845adb01282f44903fe8b409250ff8f50ad5","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.12754","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-333.12757"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}