# Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.51: Definitions > Michigan · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.51 ## Section - **Citation:** Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.51 - **Heading:** Definitions - **Jurisdiction:** Michigan - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-87-of-1980 / Section 213.51 ## Text Sec. 1. As used in this act: "Acquire" or "take" means to secure transfer of ownership of property to an agency by involuntary expropriation. "Acquisition" or "taking" means the transfer of ownership of property to an agency by involuntary expropriation. "Agency" means a public agency or private agency. "Appraisal" means an expert opinion of the value of property taken or damaged, or other expert opinion pertaining to the amount of just compensation. "Constructive taking" or "de facto taking" means conduct, other than regularly established judicial proceedings, sufficient to constitute a taking of property within the meaning of section 2 of article X of the state constitution of 1963. "Owner" means a person, fiduciary, partnership, association, corporation, or a governmental unit or agency having an estate, title, or interest, including beneficial, possessory, and security interest, in a property sought to be condemned. "Parcel" means an identifiable unit of land, whether physically contiguous or not, having substantially common beneficial ownership, all or part of which is being acquired, and treated as separate for valuation purposes. "Private agency" means a person, partnership, association, corporation, or entity, other than a public agency, authorized by law to condemn property. "Property" means land, buildings, structures, tenements, hereditaments, easements, tangible and intangible property, and property rights whether real, personal, or mixed, including fluid mineral and gas rights. "Public agency" means a governmental unit, officer, or subdivision authorized by law to condemn property. History: 1980, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1980; Am. 1996, Act 474, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1996 ## Nearby sections - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.51 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.51.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.51a Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.51a.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.52 Standards provided; limitations; applicable laws and court rules; commencement of condemnation action; proof of taking of property; certificate of public necessity as condition of instituting judicial proceedings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.52.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.53 Fluid mineral and gas rights.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.53.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.54 Payment of just compensation for property if practical value or utility of remainder destroyed; zoning variance; entry upon property; purpose; notice; restitution for actual damages; “actual damage” defined; civil action for order permitting entry; contents of complaint; granting limited license for entry; terms; manner of entry under subsection (3); “environmental inspection” defined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.54.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.55 Just compensation; amount; written notice to occupants; offer; review of appraisal; filing complaint for acquisition; "comparable replacement dwelling" defined; financial information; documents; determination of just compensation; items annexed to complaint; deposit; payment of additional amount for property which is principal residence; "taxable value" defined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.55.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.56 Challenge by owner; motion to review necessity; hearing; determination by public agency binding on court; judicial determination of public necessity in acquisition by private agency; certificate by public service commission or federal agency as prima facie case; decision of court; final judgment; appeal; conclusive presumption of necessity.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.56.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.56a Reversal of agency's election of reservation of rights; revised good faith offer; stipulation to reverse agency election and waive cost recovery claim against owner.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.56a.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.57 Vesting of title in agency; vesting of right to just compensation; delay or denial.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.57.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.58 Payment by escrowee of money deposited; funds remaining in escrow as security for remediation costs; court order; released funds; circumstances; reversal of agency's election under MCL 213.56a(1); applicability of subsections (2) and (3); "principal residence" defined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.58.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.59 Surrender of possession of property to agency; time and terms; enforcement; granting interim possession to private agency; indemnity bond; appeal; liability for damages; repayment as condition of order setting aside determination of public necessity; delay or denial; escrow payment; relocation; "comparable replacement dwelling" defined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.59.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.60 Order fixing date for hearing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.60.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.61 Scheduling order; exchange of appraisal reports; opportunity for discovery; appraisal report; testimony relating to value of real property; orders to facilitate compliance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.61.md) - [Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.62 Just compensation; trial by jury.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.62.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C213_AAct-87-of-1980_S213.51. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.