The Plat Board is define by statute MCL560.102(r). The County Plat Board, consists of the Register of Deeds, Paul DeYoung, who shall act as Chairperson, the county Clerk, Suzie Roehm, who shall act as secretary, and the county treasurer, Trisha Nesbitt. The Plat Board serves as board that approves preliminary and final Plats (Subdivisions) before they are approved by LARA. Plats are used as mechanism to make land divisions in real estate.