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Michigan law requires each new parcel created by a split to have legal access to a public or approved private road. Without it, a division gets denied even if the parcel technically retains division rights.

Michigan law requires each new parcel created by a split to have legal access to a public or approved private road. Without it, a division gets denied even if the parcel technically retains division rights.
A parcel of land may have remaining division rights available under the Michigan Land Division Act, but that does not necessarily mean that it can indeed be divided. One of the most common reasons parcel splits cannot be approved is road access. In Michigan, newly created parcels generally must have legal access to a public road or an approved private road.