Under Michigan's Noxious Weed Act, a landowner must destroy noxious weeds before they go to seed. Enforcement runs through a local noxious-weed commissioner appointed by your city, village, or township, backed by county-level authority.
Michigan's Noxious Weed Act (Act 359 of 1941) defines noxious weeds — including Canada thistle, dodders, mustards, wild carrot, bindweed, perennial sowthistle, hoary alyssum, giant hogweed, common and giant ragweed, poison ivy, and poison sumac — and makes the landowner responsible for destroying them before they reach a seed-bearing stage. Each city, village, or township may appoint a commissioner of noxious weeds who inquires into infestations and can order abatement. This overlays the ordinary local grass/weed-height nuisance ordinances (see Grass Height). Kent County communities enforce it through their own code-compliance and weed-commissioner processes, with abatement costs charged back to the owner.
MCL 247.64: after 10 days' notice on subdivided or platted land, the local unit may destroy the weeds and assess the cost against the property; costs can become a lien collected with taxes.
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