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• Revised Judicature Act of 1961; Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.101
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "revised judicature act of 1961." RJA may be used as an abbreviation for...
• Construction of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.102
  This act is remedial in character, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the intents and purposes thereof.
• Repealed. 1980, Act 438, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Counter Claim; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.111
  The term "counterclaim," as used in this act, includes setoff and recoupment.
• Judgment; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.112
  The term "judgment," as used in this act, includes decree.
• Definitions; Provisions Governing Traffic or Parking Violation or Municipal Civil Infraction Action; Determination by Preponderance of Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.113
  (1) As used in this act: (a) "Civil infraction" means an act or omission that is prohibited by a law and is not a...
• Judicial Power of State; Vesting in Courts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.151
  The judicial power of the state is vested exclusively in 1 court of justice which shall be divided into 1 supreme court, 1 court...
• State Court Fund; Creation; Use; Crediting Deposits and Income From Investments; Unencumbered Balance Remaining in Fund; Distribution of Proceeds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.151a
  (1) The state court fund is created in the state treasury. The money in the fund shall be used as provided in this section....
• Court Equity Fund; Creation; Duties of State Court Administrative Office; Hold Harmless Fund; Payments; Reduced Shares; Retention of Balance in Work Project Account; Formula; Distributions; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.151b
  (1) The court equity fund is created in the state treasury. For each state fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1996, each...
• Local Court Management Council; Creation; Resolution; Delivery of Court Services - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.151c
  A county or a group of counties may by resolution create a local court management council pursuant to Act No. 8 of the Public...
• Juror Compensation Reimbursement Fund; Creation; Use; Deposits; Investments; Disposition of Unencumbered Balance; Transfer to General Fund; Transfer to Court Equity Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.151d
  (1) The juror compensation reimbursement fund is created in the state treasury. The money in the fund shall be used as provided in section...
• Juror Compensation Reimbursement Fund; Distribution; Report; Conditions for Reimbursement; Payments; "Court Funding Unit" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.151e
  (1) The money in the juror compensation reimbursement fund shall be distributed each year as provided in this section. (2) Each court funding unit...
• Chief Justice; Head of Judicial System - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.152
  The chief justice of the supreme court is the head of the judicial system.
• Civil Filing Fee Fund; Creation; Use; Deposits; Investment; Distribution of Proceeds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.171
  (1) The civil filing fee fund is created in the state treasury. The money in the fund shall be used as provided in this...
• Judicial Technology Improvement Fund; Creation; Use; Disposition; Investment; Transfer of Balance to General Fund; Administration; Expenditure; Reimbursement to State Court Administrative Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.175
  (1) The judicial technology improvement fund is created in the state treasury. The money in the fund shall be used as provided in this...
• Justice System Fund; Creation; Use; Disposition; Investment; Distributions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.181
  (1) The justice system fund is created in the state treasury. The money in the fund shall be used as provided in this section....
• Drug Treatment Court Fund; Creation; Use; Disposition; Investment; Administration; Eligibility Conditions; Reimbursement to State Court Administrative Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.185
  (1) The drug treatment court fund is created in the state treasury. The money in the fund shall be used as provided in this...
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 18, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Chief Justice; Selection, Resignation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.202
  A chief justice shall be chosen by the supreme court justices from their own number as provided by the rules of the court. The...
• Justices; Election - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.203
  Justices of the supreme court shall be elected in the manner provided by the constitution and the election laws of the state.
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 18, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Justices; Availability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.205
  At least 1 justice shall at all times be at the seat of government.
• Justices; Oath - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.206
  The supreme court justices shall take and subscribe the oath required by the constitution before entering upon the discharge of their duties.
• Justices; Practice of Law Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.207
  The supreme court justices shall not practice as attorneys or counselors in any court of the state, nor shall they engage in the practice...
• Judges; Salary and Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.208
  (1) Each supreme court justice shall receive an annual salary of $35,000.00, payable out of the moneys appropriated by the legislature. (2) The justices...
• Terms of Court; Quorum - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.211
  (1) There shall be 4 terms of court annually, held at times designated by the court. The court in its discretion may hold special...
• Powers and Jurisdiction; Source - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.212
  The supreme court has all the powers and jurisdiction conferred upon it by the constitution and laws of this state.
• Jurisdiction and Power - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.215
  The supreme court has jurisdiction and power over: (1) any matter brought before it by any appropriate writ to any inferior court, magistrate, or...
• Jurisdiction and Power as to Writs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.217
  The supreme court has jurisdiction and power to issue, hear, and determine writs of: (1) error, (2) habeas corpus, (3) mandamus, (4) quo warranto,...
• Superintending Control Over Inferior Courts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.219
  The supreme court has a general superintending control over all inferior courts and tribunals. The supreme court has authority to issue any writs, directives,...
• Reports Relative to Administration of Justice; Opinions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.221
  The supreme court has authority to publish any reports relative to the administration of justice that it deems proper to facilitate the proper administration...
• Repealed. 1998, Act 298, Eff. Jan. 1, 1999. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Rule - Making Power - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.223
  The supreme court has authority to promulgate and amend general rules governing practices and procedure in the supreme court and all other courts of...
• Meetings Regarding Court Rules or Administrative Orders Open to Public; Procedures; "court" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.224
  (1) The supreme court shall adopt procedures to ensure that, when a majority of the justices of the supreme court or of the judges...
• Assignment of Judges to Serve in Other Courts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.225
  (1) The supreme court may assign an elected judge of any court to serve as a judge in any other court in this state,...
• Municipal Judges Transferred to Other Courts; Compensation and Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.225a
  Municipal judges transferred from one court to another as provided in section 225 shall receive the same salary as the judge to whose court...
• Retired Judges; Authorization to Perform Judicial Duties; Compensation; Applicability of Section - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.226
  (1) The supreme court may authorize any retired judge from any court to perform judicial duties in any court in the state. The authorization...
• Process; Style, Seal, Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.227
  All writs and process issuing out of the supreme court shall be styled: "In the Name of the People of the State of Michigan,"...
• Decisions; Contents, Dissents, Copies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.229
  Decisions of the supreme court, including all cases of mandamus, quo warranto, and certiorari, shall be in writing, with a concise statement of the...
• Equally Divided Court; Affirmance of Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.230
  When the justices of the supreme court are equally divided as to the ultimate decision of any case properly before the court on review,...
• Appeals to Supreme Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.232
  Appeals to the supreme court may be by right or by leave as provided by the rules of the supreme court, except as otherwise...
• Appointment of Chief Judge for Each County; Appointment of Chief Judge of Circuit, Probate, and District Court; Procedures for Assignment of Cases and Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.235
  (1) The supreme court shall appoint a chief judge for each county that is not part of a multicounty judicial circuit. The chief judge...
• Judicial Performance Commission; Creation; Evaluation of Judges; Performance Standards - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.238
  (1) The supreme court shall create a judicial performance commission. The commission shall develop standards for evaluating the performance of all judges in this...
• Operation of Judicial Branch; Line - Item Appropriation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.241
  The legislature shall annually appropriate, by line-item and not lump-sum budget, funds for the operation of the judicial branch.
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Filing Fees to Supreme Court; Waiver; Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.244
  (1) The following fees shall be paid to the supreme court clerk and may be taxed as costs when costs are allowed by the...
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Staff; Budget, Expenditures, Fees and Prerequisites - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.251
  The supreme court may appoint, remove and shall have general supervision of its staff. It shall have control of the preparation of its budget...
• Court of Appeals as Court of Record; Number of Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.301
  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the court of appeals consists of 28 judges and is a court of record. Beginning on the...
• Judicial Districts for Election of Judges of Court of Appeals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.302
  The state is divided into 4 judicial districts for the election of judges of the court of appeals. Except as otherwise provided in this...
• Judicial District; County Lines; Preparation of Map by Secretary of State - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.302a
  Each judicial district described in section 302 shall be drawn on county lines. The secretary of state shall prepare a map of each district...
• Judges; Terms; Oath of Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.303
  (1) Judges of the court of appeals shall be elected at the general November elections and shall take office on the succeeding January 1...
• Transition to 6 Judges in Each District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.303a
  To effectuate the transition to 6 judges in each district, each district is entitled to 6 judges as follows: (a) If there are not...
• Nomination, Election, and Terms of Candidates for New Judgeships - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.303b
  In the primary election of 1974, the 4 candidates for the new judgeships, authorized in each court of appeals district pursuant to sections 301...
• Election of Candidates for New Judgeships; Terms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.303c
  In the general November election of 1988, the 2 candidates for the new judgeships authorized in each court of appeals district pursuant to sections...
• Transition From 3 Judicial Districts to 4 Judicial Districts; Provisions; Offices - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.303d
  (1) To effectuate the transition from 3 districts having a total of 24 judges to 4 districts having a total of 28 judges, the...
• Court of Appeals Judge; Annual Salary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.304
  (1) Effective January 1, 1997, and subject to subsection (2), each judge of the court of appeals shall receive an annual salary equal to...
• Administration of Court; Rules of Practice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.305
  The administration of the court of appeals shall be under the control of the supreme court. The court of appeals has authority to promulgate...
• Temporary Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.306
  The supreme court may transfer judges from the circuit court or probate court or may assign judges pursuant to section 23 of article VI...
• Judges; Practice of Law Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.307
  The judges of the court of appeals shall not practice as attorneys or counselors in any court of the state, nor shall they engage...
• Jurisdiction on Appeals From Orders and Judgments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.308
  (1) The court of appeals has jurisdiction on appeals from the following orders and judgments which shall be appealable as a matter of right:...
• Action Under Const. 1963, Art. 9, S 32; Commencement; Jurisdiction; Limitations; Governmental Unit as Defendant; Officer as Party; Continuation of Action Against Governmental Unit and Officer's Successor; Referral of Action; Findings of Fact; Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.308a
  (1) An action under section 32 of article 9 of the state constitution of 1963 may be commenced in the court of appeals, or...
• Appeals as of Right; Appeals by Leave of Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.309
  Except as provided in section 308, all appeals to the court of appeals from final judgments or decisions permitted by this act shall be...
• Original Jurisdiction; Writs, Directives and Mandates - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.310
  The court of appeals has original jurisdiction to issue prerogative and remedial writs or orders as provided by rules of the supreme court, and...
• Panels; Quorum; Rotation; Assignment of Judges and Cases - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.311
  (1) Unless otherwise provided by supreme court rule, the court of appeals shall sit in panels consisting of not less than 3 judges. (2)...
• Sessions of Court; Office Space - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.312
  (1) The court of appeals shall hold such sessions as are necessary to dispose of the matters before it. (2) The court of appeals...
• Decisions to Be in Writing; Delivery and Printing of Opinions; Effect of Equally Divided Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.313
  (1) Decisions of the court of appeals shall be in writing. Copies of written opinions of the court of appeals shall be delivered to...
• Finality of Decisions; Superintending Control of Supreme Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.314
  (1) The decisions on appeal of the court of appeals are final, except as reviewed by the supreme court as provided by supreme court...
• Process; Style, Execution, Seal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.315
  (1) All writs and process issuing out of the court of appeals shall be styled: "In the name of the people of the state...
• Process; Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.316
  Process issued by the court may be served by any member of the Michigan state police as well as any other officer or person...
• Chief Clerk; Deputy Clerks; Personnel; Duties; Qualifications; Bond; Court Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.317
  (1) There shall be 1 chief clerk who shall be appointed and may be removed by the court of appeals. The office of the...
• Research Law Clerk; Employment; Qualifications - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.318
  (1) Each judge of the court of appeals may employ a research law clerk to assist the judge in connection with the work of...
• Secretarial Personnel; Employment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.319
  Each judge of the court of appeals may employ secretarial personnel to the extent he deems expedient to assist him in connection with the...
• Salaries and Expenses; Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.320
  All salaries and expenses of the court and its employees shall be paid out of appropriations made therefor in accordance with the accounting laws...
• Fees to Court of Appeals; Charge Per Page; Waiver; Deposit; Costs; Use - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.321
  (1) The following fees shall be paid to the clerk of the court of appeals and may be taxed as costs if costs are...
• Plan of Concurrent Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.401
  (1) Within each judicial circuit, subject to approval by the supreme court and to the limitations contained in sections 410, 841, and 8304, a...
• Plan of Concurrent Jurisdiction; Adoption; Options - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.405
  Sections 406, 407, and 408 provide options for adoption of a plan of concurrent jurisdiction in the counties of Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland,...
• Circuit and Probate Judges; Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties; Adoption of Plan of Concurrent Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.406
  (1) Within the counties of Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne, a majority of all of the circuit and probate judges, subject...
• District Judges, Circuit and Probate Judges; Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, and Washtenaw Counties; Adoption of Plan of Concurrent Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.407
  (1) Within the counties of Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, and Washtenaw, a majority of all of the district judges in the county-funded district...
• Trial Court Judges; Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties; Adoption of Plans of Concurrent Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.408
  (1) Within the counties of Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne, the circuit judges, the probate judges, and the district judges in...
• Plan of Concurrent Jurisdiction; Delegation; Prohibition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.410
  A plan of concurrent jurisdiction adopted under this chapter shall not include a delegation of any of the following: (a) A power of appointment...
• Repealed. 2012, Act 338, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Concurrent Jurisdiction Plan in Effect on December 31, 2012; Validity - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.412
  A concurrent jurisdiction plan that was adopted, approved by the supreme court, and in effect on December 31, 2012, is considered valid and in...
• Concurrent Jurisdiction Plans; Design; Objection to Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.413
  (1) Concurrent jurisdiction plans shall be designed to benefit the citizens utilizing the courts involved rather than the courts themselves or any judge or...
• Family Court Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.415
  A plan of concurrent jurisdiction may include a family court plan as provided in chapter 10.
• Record Maintenance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.420
  Unless an alternate method of record maintenance is approved by the county clerk as part of a plan of concurrent jurisdiction, the records of...
• Approval of Plan by Local Funding Units - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.425
  Not later than 30 days before a proposed plan of concurrent jurisdiction under this chapter is submitted to the supreme court for approval, the...
• Judicial Circuits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.501
  The state is divided into judicial circuits as provided in this chapter. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act...
• First Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.502
  The first judicial circuit consists of the county of Hillsdale and has 1 judge.
• Second Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.503
  The second judicial circuit consists of the county of Berrien and has 4 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Third Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.504
  The third judicial circuit consists of the county of Wayne and has the following number of judges: (a) Until 12 noon, January 1, 2013,...
• Fourth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.505
  The fourth judicial circuit consists of the county of Jackson and has 4 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Fifth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.506
  (1) except as provided in subsection (2), the fifth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Barry and Eaton and has 2 judges. (2)...
• Sixth Judicial Circuit; County; Number of Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.507
  (1) The sixth judicial circuit consists of the county of Oakland and, except as provided in subsection (2), has 19 judges. (2) Subject to...
• Seventh Judicial Circuit; County; Number of Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.508
  The seventh judicial circuit consists of the county of Genesee and has 9 judges. Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1...
• Eighth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.509
  The eighth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Ionia and Montcalm and has 2 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963...
• Ninth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.510
  The ninth judicial circuit consists of the county of Kalamazoo and has 4 judges. Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1...
• Tenth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.511
  The tenth judicial circuit consists of the county of Saginaw and has 5 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Eleventh Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.512
  The eleventh judicial circuit consists of the counties of Alger, Luce, and Schoolcraft and has 1 judge. Beginning April 1, 2003, the eleventh judicial...
• Twelfth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.513
  The twelfth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw and has 1 judge.
• Thirteenth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.514
  The thirteenth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Antrim, Grand Traverse and Leelanau and has 2 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan....
• Fourteenth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.515
  The fourteenth judicial circuit consists of the county of Muskegon and has 4 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Fifteenth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.516
  The fifteenth judicial circuit consists of the county of Branch and has 1 judge. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Sixteenth Judicial Circuit; County; Number of Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.517
  (1) The sixteenth judicial circuit consists of the county of Macomb and, except as provided in subsection (2), has 13 judges. (2) Subject to...
• Seventeenth Judicial Circuit; County; Number of Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.518
  The seventeenth judicial circuit consists of the county of Kent and has 9 judges. Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1...
• Eighteenth Judicial Circuit; Bay County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.519
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighteenth judicial circuit consists of the county of Bay and has 3 judges. (2) Beginning on...
• Nineteenth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.520
  The nineteenth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Manistee and Benzie and has 1 judge. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963...
• Twentieth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.521
  The twentieth judicial circuit consists of the county of Ottawa and has 3 judges. Subject to section 550, the twentieth judicial circuit may have...
• Twenty - First Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.522
  The twenty-first judicial circuit consists of the county of Isabella and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1...
• Twenty - Second Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.523
  The twenty-second judicial circuit consists of the county of Washtenaw and has 5 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Twenty - Third Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.524
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the twenty-third judicial circuit consists of the counties of Alcona, Arenac, Iosco, and Oscoda and has 2...
• Twenty - Fourth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.525
  The twenty-fourth judicial circuit consists of the county of Sanilac and has 1 judge. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Twenty - Fifth Judicial Circuit; Marquette - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.526
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the twenty-fifth judicial circuit consists of the county of Marquette and has 2 judges. (2) Beginning on...
• Twenty - Sixth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.527
  The twenty-sixth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Alpena, Alcona, Montmorency, and Presque Isle and has 2 judges. Beginning April 1, 2003, the...
• Twenty - Seventh Judicial Circuit; Newaygo and Oceana Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.528
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the twenty-seventh judicial circuit consists of the counties of Newaygo and Oceana and has 2 judges. (2)...
• Twenty - Eighth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.529
  The twenty-eighth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Missaukee and Wexford and has 1 judge. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963...
• Twenty - Ninth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.530
  The twenty-ninth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Clinton and Gratiot and has 2 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963...
• Thirtieth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.531
  The thirtieth judicial circuit consists of the county of Ingham and has 7 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Thirty - First Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.532
  The thirty-first judicial circuit consists of the county of St. Clair and has 3 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;--...
• Thirty - Second Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.533
  The thirty-second judicial circuit consists of the counties of Gogebic and Ontonagon and has 1 judge.
• Thirty - Third Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.534
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the thirty-third judicial circuit consists of the counties of Charlevoix and Emmet and has 1 judge. (2)...
• Thirty - Fourth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.535
  The thirty-fourth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Arenac, Ogemaw, and Roscommon and has 2 judges. Beginning April 1, 2003, the thirty-fourth judicial...
• Thirty - Fifth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.536
  The thirty-fifth judicial circuit consists of the county of Shiawassee and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, this circuit may have 1 additional...
• Thirty - Sixth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.537
  The thirty-sixth judicial circuit consists of the county of Van Buren and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have...
• Thirty - Seventh Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.538
  The thirty-seventh judicial circuit consists of the county of Calhoun and has 3 judges. Subject to section 550, the thirty-seventh judicial circuit may have...
• Thirty - Eighth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.539
  The thirty-eighth judicial circuit consists of the county of Monroe and has 3 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1. 1963 ;-- Am....
• Thirty - Ninth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.540
  The thirty-ninth judicial circuit consists of the county of Lenawee and has 2 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Fortieth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.541
  The fortieth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Lapeer and Tuscola and has 3 judges. If the county of Lapeer approves the reformation...
• Forty - First Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.542
  The forty-first judicial circuit consists of the counties of Dickinson, Iron, and Menominee and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, this circuit may...
• Forty - Second Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.543
  The forty-second judicial circuit consists of the county of Midland and has 2 judges. History: Add. 1965, Act 284, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965...
• Forty - Third Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.544
  The forty-third judicial circuit consists of the county of Cass and has 1 judge.
• Forty - Fourth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.545
  The forty-fourth judicial circuit consists of the county of Livingston and has 2 judges. History: Add. 1968, Act 127, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1968...
• Forty - Fifth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.546
  The forty-fifth judicial circuit consists of the county of St. Joseph and has 1 judge.
• Forty - Sixth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.547
  The forty-sixth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Kalkaska, Crawford, and Otsego and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, this circuit may...
• Forty - Seventh Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.548
  The forty-seventh judicial circuit consists of the county of Delta and has 1 judge.
• Forty - Eighth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.549
  The forty-eighth judicial circuit consists of the county of Allegan and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, the forty-eighth judicial circuit may have...
• Forty - Ninth Judicial Circuit; Counties; Number of Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.549a
  The forty-ninth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Mecosta and Osceola and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may...
• Fiftieth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.549b
  The fiftieth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Chippewa and Mackinac and has 1 judge. Beginning April 1, 2003, the fiftieth judicial circuit...
• Fifty - First Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.549c
  The fifty-first judicial circuit consists of the counties of Lake and Mason and has 1 judge.
• Fifty - Second Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.549d
  The fifty-second judicial circuit consists of the county of Huron and has 1 judge.
• Fifty - Third Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.549e
  The fifty-third judicial circuit consists of the county of Cheboygan and has 1 judge. Beginning April 1, 2003, the fifty-third judicial circuit consists of...
• Fifty - Fourth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.549f
  If the county of Lapeer approves the reformation of the fortieth judicial circuit pursuant to law, and the county of Tuscola approves the creation...
• Fifty - Fifth Judicial Circuit; Counties; Number of Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.549g
  The fifty-fifth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Clare and Gladwin and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may...
• Fifty - Sixth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.549h
  If the county of Barry approves the reformation of the fifth judicial circuit pursuant to law, and the county of Eaton approves the creation...
• Fifty - Seventh Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.549i
  If the county of Charlevoix approves the reformation of the thirty-third judicial circuit pursuant to law, and the county of Emmet approves the creation...
• Additional Circuit Judgeship; Creation; Approval by County; Resolution; Filing; Valid Approval of Judgeship; Notice to Elections Division; Effect of Approval; State's Obligation; Election; First Term; Temporary Reduction in Number of Circuit Judgeships; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.550
  (1) An additional circuit judgeship permitted by this chapter shall not be authorized to be filled by election unless each county in the circuit,...
• New Judicial Circuit and 1 or More Circuit Judgeships; Creation; Approval by County; Resolution; Filing; Notice to Elections Division; Effect of Approval; State's Obligation; Election; First Term; Approval of County Board of Commissioners Not Required - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.550a
  (1) If a new judicial circuit is proposed by law, that new circuit shall not be created and any circuit judgeship proposed for the...
• Additional Courtroom Facilities in Multi - Judge Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.551
  The boards of supervisors of counties of circuits which have more than 1 circuit judge shall provide additional courtroom facilities as they are required...
• Circuit Judge; Annual Salary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.555
  (1) Subject to subsection (5), each circuit judge shall receive an annual salary payable by the state as provided in this section and may...
• "senior Judge" Defined; Assignment of Senior Judge to Hear and Decide Nonjury Civil Action; Contents and Filing of Stipulation; Fees and Costs; Approval; Powers, Duties, and Immunity of Senior Judge; Provisions Applicable to Senior Judge; Service Not Constituting Retirement Service; Public Trial; Site of Trial; Transcript; Final Judgment; Appeal Not Available; Enforceability of Judgment; Failure to Assign Senior Judge; Inability of Senior Judge to Hear Action; Withdrawal of Stipulation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.557
  (1) As used in this section and sections 557a and 557b, "senior judge" means a former justice of the supreme court, or a former...
• Stipulation Assignment Fee Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.557a
  (1) There is established in the circuit court in each judicial circuit a stipulation assignment fee fund. A stipulation assignment fee of $250.00 shall...
• Senior Judge Civil Action Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.557b
  (1) There is established in the circuit court in each judicial circuit a senior judge civil action fund. The senior judge civil action fund...
• Repealed. 1990, Act 185, Eff. Oct. 1, 1990. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Judges; Absence or Disability, Authority of Judge in Adjoining Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.560
  In case of the absence or disability of all the circuit judges of any judicial circuit in this state, the circuit judge of any...
• Judges; Practice of Law Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.562
  The circuit court judges shall not practice as attorneys or counselors in any court of the state, nor shall they engage in the practice...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Judicial Clerks; Appointment, Duties, Salary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.565
  (1) Upon recommendation of the circuit judges of the county, the governor may (a) appoint the indicated number of judicial clerks in the specified...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Circuit Court Clerks; Duties, Accounting - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.571
  The county clerk of each county shall (a) Be the clerk of the circuit court for the county. (b) Attend the circuit court sessions....
• Deposits With Court; Bond of Clerk - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.572
  The circuit judge in his discretion may (a) make and file with the clerk of the court rules and regulations concerning funds, stocks, or...
• Deposits With Court; Deposit in Bank - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.573
  All funds, stocks, or securities deposited with the court for or by any person and received by the court clerk shall be deposited in...
• Deposits With Court; Certificate; Securities, Accounting - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.574
  Any funds which the clerk deposits in a bank shall be evidenced by a certificate from the bank cashier except for stocks or securities...
• Deposits With Court; Payment on Court Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.575
  Funds which the clerk deposits in a bank to the credit of any officer of the court shall be paid out by the bank...
• Deposits With Court; Liability of Payor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.576
  A person depositing funds, stocks, or securities with the court clerk pursuant to court order is discharged from all further liability to the extent...
• Deputy Circuit Court Clerks; Appointment, Salary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.579
  (1) In counties having a population of more than 1,000,000 or that shall hereafter attain a population of more than 1,000,000 and that have...
• Sheriff and Deputy; Attendance At Court Sessions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.581
  The sheriff of the county, or his deputy, shall attend the circuit court, probate court, and district court sessions, when requested by these courts,...
• Sheriff and Deputy; Officers of Court; Powers; Disobedience or Default - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.582
  The sheriff and his deputies: (a) are officers of the court for the purpose of executing the process of the court; (b) may execute...
• Sheriff and Deputy, Coroner; Aid in Performing Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.584
  The sheriff, his deputies, and any coroner or constable having the power to perform such duty may require suitable aid in (a) serving process...
• Sheriff and Deputy, Coroner; Power of the County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.585
  Whenever the sheriff, a deputy, coroner, or a constable encounters resistance in serving process or reasonably believes that resistance will be encountered, he may...
• Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, or County Medical Examiner Licensed to Practice Law; Prohibited Conduct; Exceptions; Violation as Civil Infraction; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.586
  (1) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, or county medical examiner licensed to practice law in this state shall not do either of the following: (a)...
• Sheriff, Constable, or Other Officer; Wilful Neglect to Execute Process; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.587
  A sheriff, constable, or other officer who wilfully neglects to execute any: (a) attachment, (b) summons, (c) precept to summon a jury, (d) warrant...
• Sheriff and Deputy, Constable; Attending Jury - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.588
  Any sheriff, constable, or other officer, who has summoned any jury as mentioned in section 587 above, shall attend the jury and take charge...
• Fine; Excuse, Remission - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.589
  Upon any fine being imposed in any of the cases hereinbefore specified, notice thereof shall be given to the person fined, to the end...
• Operation of Circuit Court; Appropriation; Employer; Authority; Collective Bargaining; Appointment, Supervision, Discipline, or Dismissal of Employees; Transfer of Employees; Effect of Existing Collective Bargaining Agreement; Control of Employees; Applicability of Subsections (2) to (9) to Third Judicial Circuit Employees; Chief Judge as Principal Administrator; "county - Paid Employees of the Circuit Court" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.591
  (1) The county board of commissioners in each county shall annually appropriate, by line-item or lump-sum budget, funds for the operation of the circuit...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Employee of Circuit Court in Third Judicial Circuit as Employee of Wayne County Judicial Council or of Wayne County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.593
  Effective October 1, 1996, each employee of the former state judicial council serving in the circuit court in the third judicial circuit shall become...
• Wayne County Judicial Council; Creation; Successor Agency; Composition; Employees of Former State Judicial Council Serving in Third Judicial Circuit Court; Authority of Employer or Chief Judge; Collective Bargaining Agent; Election Not to Participate in Collective Bargaining Process; Appointment, Supervision, Discipline, or Dismissal of Employees; Compensation; Chief Judge as Principal Administrator; Transfer of Employees; Effect of Existing Collective Bargaining Agreement; Annual Leave; State Employees' Retirement System - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.593a
  (1) The county board of commissioners of the county of Wayne, by resolution, may create the Wayne county judicial council. The council shall be...
• Employee as Member of State Employees' Retirement System - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.594
  An employee of the former state judicial council serving in the circuit court in the third judicial circuit who becomes an employee of the...
• Circuit Court in Third Judicial Circuit; Ownership and Use of Personal Property; Reimbursement for Property Removed From Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.595
  All personal property, including equipment and furniture, that was owned by the circuit court in the third judicial circuit on the effective date of...
• Employees of Detroit Recorder's Court Transferred to Third Judicial Circuit Court; Rights and Benefits; Collective Bargaining Agreement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.596
  (1) The county-paid employees serving in the recorder's court of the city of Detroit as of September 30, 1997 shall become county-paid employees serving...
• Circuit Court; Jurisdiction and Power - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.601
  (1) The circuit court has the power and jurisdiction that is any of the following: (a) Possessed by courts of record at the common...
• Circuit Court; Original Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.605
  Circuit courts have original jurisdiction to hear and determine all civil claims and remedies, except where exclusive jurisdiction is given in the constitution or...
• Violations by Certain Juveniles; Jurisdiction of Circuit Court; "specified Juvenile Violation" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.606
  (1) The circuit court has jurisdiction to hear and determine a specified juvenile violation if committed by a juvenile 14 years of age or...
• Circuit Court; Orders to Effectuate Judgments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.611
  Circuit courts have jurisdiction and power to make any order proper to fully effectuate the circuit courts' jurisdiction and judgments.
• Superintending Control Over Inferior Courts and Tribunals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.615
  Except as provided in section 10b of Act No. 369 of the Public Acts of 1919, being section 725.10b of the Michigan Compiled Laws,...
• Circuit Court; Rules of Practice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.621
  The circuit courts from time to time may make rules for regulating the practice of the said courts in matters not covered by rule...
• Appeal From Order, Decision, or Opinion of State Board, Commission, or Agency - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.631
  An appeal shall lie from any order, decision, or opinion of any state board, commission, or agency, authorized under the laws of this state...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• General Personal Jurisdiction Over Individuals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.701
  The existence of any of the following relationships between an individual and the state shall constitute a sufficient basis of jurisdiction to enable the...
• Limited Personal Jurisdiction Over Individuals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.705
  The existence of any of the following relationships between an individual or his agent and the state shall constitute a sufficient basis of jurisdiction...
• General Personal Jurisdiction Over Corporations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.711
  The existence of any of the following relationships between a corporation and the state shall constitute a sufficient basis of jurisdiction to enable the...
• Corporations; Limited Personal Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.715
  The existence of any of the following relationships between a corporation or its agent and the state shall constitute a sufficient basis of jurisdiction...
• General Personal Jurisdiction Over Partnerships and Limited Partnerships - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.721
  The existence of any of the following relationships between a partnership or limited partnership and the state shall constitute a sufficient basis of jurisdiction...
• Partnerships; Limited Personal Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.725
  The existence of any of the following relationships between a partnership or limited partnership or an agent thereof and the state shall constitute a...
• General Personal Jurisdiction Over Partnership Associations or Unincorporated Voluntary Associations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.731
  The existence of any of the following relationships between a partnership association or unincorporated voluntary association and the state shall constitute a sufficient basis...
• Partnership Association or Unincorporated Voluntary Association; Limited Personal Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.735
  The existence of any of the following relationships between a partnership association or unincorporated voluntary association or an agent thereof and the state shall...
• Limited Jurisdiction; Bond by Plaintiff - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.741
  In all civil actions where sections 705, 715, 725 or 735 constitute the basis of jurisdiction of a defendant, on such defendant's motion the...
• "state" Defined; Agreement of Parties as Basis for Jurisdiction; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.745
  (1) As used in this section, "state" means any foreign nation, and any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States....
• Jurisdiction Over Land Irrespective of Ownership - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.751
  The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction over land situated within the state whether or not the persons owning or claiming...
• Jurisdiction Over Chattels Irrespective of Ownership - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.755
  The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction over chattels situated within the state whether or not the persons owning or claiming...
• Jurisdiction Over Documents Irrespective of Ownership - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.761
  The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction over documents which are within the state whether or not the persons owning or...
• Jurisdiction Over Corporate Shares Irrespective of Ownership - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.765
  The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction (1) over the shares in a corporation incorporated in the state (subject to the...
• Jurisdiction Over Obligations Irrespective of Creditor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.771
  The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction over obligations owed by persons who are subject to the judicial jurisdiction of the...
• Jurisdiction Over Status - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.775
  The judicial jurisdiction over status granted to the courts of record of this state by the state's constitution, laws, and court rules may be...
• Probate Court as Court of Record; Organization - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.801
  The probate court is a court of record and is organized in accordance with this chapter.
• Probate Judge; Number - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.803
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each county that is not part of a probate court district created by law has 1...
• Additional Probate Judgeship; Creation; Approval by County; Resolution; Filing; Notice to County Clerk; Effect of Approval; State's Obligation; Election; First Term; Exception to Resolution Requirement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.805
  (1) The additional judges of probate permitted by section 803 shall not be filled by election unless the county, by resolution adopted by the...
• Probate Court Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.807
  A probate court district is created in each of the following described districts when a majority of the electors voting on the question in...
• Question of Creation of District; Submission to Electors; Resolution Calling for Special Election; Form of Question; Counting, Canvassing, and Returning Votes; Canvassing and Certifying Results; Effect of Approval; Election of Probate Judge; Reimbursement of Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.808
  (1) When each county board of commissioners of a district described in section 807 agrees by resolution to form a district, the question of...
• Probate Court District; Effective Date; Term of Incumbent Probate Judge; Election of Probate Judge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.809
  (1) Except when the vacancy or vacancies occur after the date established by Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended,...
• Probate Court District; Effective Date; Election of Probate Judge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.810
  Except when section 809 results in an earlier effective date, a probate court district created under section 808 becomes effective upon the beginning date...
• Arenac, Kalkaska, Crawford, Lake, Iron, and Ontonagon Counties; Jurisdiction, Powers, Duties, and Title of Probate Judges; Additional Duties for Probate Judge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.810a
  (1) The probate judges in the counties of Arenac, Kalkaska, Crawford, Lake, Iron, and Ontonagon have the jurisdiction, powers, duties, and title of a...
• Election of Probate Judges; Filing Nominating Petitions and Incumbency Affidavits of Candidacy; Term - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.811
  (1) Judges of probate shall be elected in the manner provided in Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended. For...
• Oath - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.812
  A judge of probate after being elected or appointed shall qualify by taking the constitutional oath of office and shall subscribe the same and...
• Construction of Chapter - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.813
  (1) This chapter shall not be construed to affect the terms of those judges of probate elected before the effective date of this section...
• Terms of Probate Court Prohibited; Probate Court Open At All Reasonable Times; Evening and Weekend Sessions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.815
  The probate court shall not have terms of court. The probate court shall be open at all reasonable times as fixed by the probate...
• Probate Judge; Court Sessions At Regional Diagnostic and Treatment Center; Court Sessions At Places Designated by County Chief Probate Judge; Hearing Regarding Incapacitated or Mentally Ill Person; Site - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.816
  (1) A probate judge shall hold sessions of the probate court at the county seat of each county, unless an alternative primary location is...
• Books, Printed Blanks, and Stationery; Furniture, Equipment, and Supplies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.817
  Each county shall provide all books, printed blanks and other stationery necessary for keeping the records in the office of the judge of probate,...
• Repealed. 2011, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 2011. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Probate Judges; Practice of Law; Annual Salary; County Contribution and Reimbursement; Additional Salary; Increase in Salary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.821
  (1) The following probate judges shall not engage in the practice of law other than as a judge and shall receive, subject to subsection...
• Probate Judges' Federal Social Security and Medicare Taxes; Reimbursement to Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.821a
  In addition to the reimbursement under section 821(2)(b) to a county or to counties for amounts paid for probate judges' salaries, the state shall...
• Probate Judge; Annual Salary Based on Population; Payment; Increase or Decrease in Salary; Representing Party in Contested Proceeding; Additional Salary; Total Annual Salary; State Salary Standardization Payment; Minimum Annual Salary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.822
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (6), a probate judge not included in section 821 shall receive a minimum annual salary of $20,000.00. Six...
• Repealed. 2011, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 2011. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1990, Act 185, Eff. Oct. 1, 1990. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Certain Probate Judges to Assist Other Courts or Probate Judges for Limited Periods or Specific Assignments; Legislative Intent - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.826
  (1) A probate judge who is elected or appointed for a county in which the salary of that office is or would have been...
• Reimbursement for Actual and Necessary Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.828
  In a probate court district a probate judge who holds court in a county other than the county of his residence shall be reimbursed...
• Probate Judge; Additional Salary and Reimbursement for Expenses; Payment of Compensation and Expenses; Voucher; Compensation Provided Pursuant to Mcl 600.225(6) - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.829
  (1) When a probate judge of another county or probate court district is performing duties under sections 824 or 825, he or she shall...
• Powers, Duties, and Compensation of Probate Judges of County Having 2 or More Probate Judges; Power Vested in Chief Probate Judge; Selection, Powers, and Duties of Probate Judges in Counties of 1,000,000 or More - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.831
  (1) The probate judges of a county having 2 or more probate judges shall have equal powers, duties, and compensation except that the power...
• Seal, Records, Books, Files, and Papers; Inspection; Index - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.832
  (1) The probate judge or chief probate judge shall have possession of the seal, records, books, files, and papers belonging to the probate court...
• Probate Register; Appointment; Salary; Oath; Bond; Term; Appointment, Compensation, Term, Powers, and Oath of Deputy Probate Registers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.833
  (1) In each county the probate judge of the county or probate court district, or the chief probate judge in a county having 2...
• Probate Register or Deputy Probate Register; Powers in Uncontested Matter or Hearing; Entry of Judgment Prohibited; Restriction on Powers; Orders and Acts; Trial or Hearing of Issues - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.834
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a probate register or deputy probate register is competent to exercise any of the following powers in...
• Official Court Reporters or Certified Recorders; Salary; Oath; Expenses; Order for Payment; Residence of Reporter or Recorder - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.835
  (1) The probate judge or chief probate judge of any county or probate court district may appoint, and in counties having a population of...
• Allocating Duties; Combining Title and Powers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.836
  The probate judge or chief probate judge may allocate the duties of the deputy registers, clerks, and reporters or recorders, and may combine the...
• Operation of Probate Court; Appropriation; Employer; Authority; Collective Bargaining; Appointment, Supervision, Discipline, and Dismissal of Employees; Transfer of Employees; Effect of Existing Collective Bargaining Agreement; Control of Employees; Chief Judge as Principal Administrator; "county - Paid Employees of the Probate Court" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.837
  (1) The county board of commissioners in each county shall annually appropriate, by line-item or lump-sum budget, funds for the operation of the probate...
• Disqualification of Probate Judge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.838
  (1) A probate judge shall not sit in any proceeding: (a) In which he is a party, or is financially interested. (b) In which...
• Probate Judge, Probate Register, or Employee of Probate Court; Prohibitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.839
  (1) A probate judge, probate register, or employee of the probate court shall not be: (a) A fiduciary or appraiser of an estate under...
• Probate Court; Jurisdiction and Power - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.841
  (1) The probate court has jurisdiction and power as follows: (a) As conferred upon it under the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA...
• Contesting Jurisdiction Based on Residence of Person or Location of Person's Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.843
  Jurisdiction assumed in any case by a judge of probate, so far as it depends on the place of residence of a person, or...
• Concurrent Jurisdiction of Circuit Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.845
  The jurisdiction conferred by this chapter shall not be construed to deprive the circuit court in the proper county of concurrent jurisdiction as originally...
• Removal of Action or Proceeding to Probate Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.846
  In an action or proceeding pending in any other court of this state of which the probate court and the other court have concurrent...
• Powers of Probate Court in Exercise of Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.847
  In the exercise of jurisdiction vested in the probate court by law, the probate court shall have the same powers as the circuit court...
• Rehearings; Modifying and Setting Aside Orders, Sentences, or Judgments; Order With Respect to Original Hearing or Rehearing of Contested Matter; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.848
  (1) Upon petition, where justice requires, and after due notice is given to all parties in interest, the probate court may grant rehearings and...
• Validity of Order or Decree - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.849
  When the validity of any order or sentence of the probate court is in question in any other action or proceeding, everything necessary to...
• Administration of Oaths; Certification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.851
  Oaths required to be taken by fiduciaries, appraisers, and dividers of estates, or by any other person in relation to any proceeding in the...
• Petition, Inventory, Accounting, Proof of Claim, or Proof of Service; Declaration; False Execution and Filing; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.852
  (1) A petition, inventory, accounting, proof of claim or proof of service filed with the probate court need not be verified, acknowledged or made...
• Notice Governed by Supreme Court Rule - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.854
  Except as otherwise provided by law, any notice required by law shall be governed by supreme court rule.
• Form; Approval - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.855
  For the purpose of achieving uniformity of forms throughout this state in the probate court, effective July 1, 1979, only forms approved by the...
• Change of Venue; Procedure; Contested Venue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.856
  (1) The venue of all proceedings or any portion thereof may be changed for the convenience of the parties and witnesses or when an...
• Jury Trial - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.857
  (1) If a party to a proceeding in the probate court would have had a right before January 1, 1971 to demand a jury...
• Security for Costs; Award of Costs in Contested Case - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.858
  (1) When it appears reasonable and proper, the probate court may require a party to a proceeding before a hearing to give sufficient security...
• Taking Testimony; Record; Keeping Index and Original Notes; Transcript; Destruction of Notes - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.859
  (1) The following testimony before a probate judge shall be recorded: (a) Testimony in contested matters. (b) Testimony in matters pertaining to the admission...
• Appeal of Orders as Matter of Right - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.861
  A party to a proceeding in the probate court may appeal the following orders as a matter of right to the court of appeals:...
• Appeal to Circuit Court and Court of Appeals; Interlocutory Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.863
  (1) Except when prohibited by statute, a person aggrieved by an order, sentence, or judgment of the probate court, other than an order appealable...
• Appeals to Be on Record; Trial De Novo Prohibited; Notice of Appeal; Appeals Governed by Supreme Court Rule - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.866
  (1) All appeals from the probate court shall be on a written transcript of the record made in the probate court or on a...
• Cessation of Further Proceedings in Pursuance of Order, Sentence, or Judgment Appealed From; Exception; Suspension of Order; Application for Delayed Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.867
  (1) After an appeal is claimed and notice of the appeal is given at the probate court, all further proceedings in pursuance of the...
• Decedents' Estates; Fees; Payment; Final Accounting; Receipt - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.871
  (1) In all decedents' estates in which proceedings are instituted for probate, the probate court shall charge and collect the following fees as an...
• Decedents' Estates; Fees; Payment; Final Accounting; Receipt; Duties of Probate Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.871amended
  (1) In all decedents' estates in which proceedings are instituted for probate, the probate court shall charge and collect the following fees as an...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1979, Act 69, Imd. Eff. July 25, 1979. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Probate Court; Charge and Collection of Fees; Waiver of Fee for Conduct of Marriage Ceremony; Remittance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.874
  (1) The probate court shall charge and collect the following fees: (a) For performing a marriage ceremony, $10.00. (b) For issuance of a commission...
• Charging Estate; Limitation; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.875
  If the estate of a respondent, minor, legally incapacitated person, or protected person is sufficient, the probate court may charge the estate of the...
• Certified Copies for Which Charges or Fees Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.876
  A charge shall not be made nor shall any fee be collected on account of or by reason of the furnishing of certified copies...
• Payment and Disposition of Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.877
  All fees received by the probate court during each month pursuant to sections 871 to 874 shall be paid on or before the tenth...
• Fees; Time of Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.877.amended
  All fees received by the probate court during each month under sections 871 to 874 shall be paid on or before the tenth day...
• Transcript Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.878
  (1) The probate court reporter or recorder may collect for transcripts of testimony requested by any interested party or ordered by the probate judge,...
• Prohibited Compensation, Fees, or Costs; Violation as Malfeasance in Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.879
  (1) A probate judge, probate register, clerk, or employee of the probate court shall not receive or accept any compensation whatever for collecting from...
• Filing Fees for Civil Action to Probate Register; Exceptions; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.880
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 880a, at the time of commencing a civil action or proceeding in the probate...
• Filing Fee Commencing Guardianship to Probate Register; Exception; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.880a
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 880, at the time of commencing a guardianship or limited guardianship proceeding in the...
• Fees Paid to Probate Register; Exceptions; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.880b
  (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, after the commencement of a civil action or proceeding in the probate court, a party filing a...
• Fees for Bringing Appeal, Registering Trust, or Depositing Will; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.880c
  (1) Upon appeal from the probate court to the circuit court or court of appeals, the party bringing the appeal shall pay a $25.00...
• Waiver or Suspension of Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.880d
  A judge of probate shall order that the payment of any fee required under this chapter be waived or suspended, in whole or in...
• Repeal of Mcl 701.1 to 701.18a, 701.20 to 701.45d, 701.50 to 701.55, and 712a.22 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.899
  Sections 1 to 18a, 20 to 45d and 50 to 55 of chapter 1 and section 22 of chapter 12A of Act No. 288...
• State Bar; Membership; Public Body Corporate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.901
  The state bar of Michigan is a public body corporate, the membership of which consists of all persons who are now and hereafter licensed...
• State Bar; Regulation by Supreme Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.904
  The supreme court has the power to provide for the organization, government, and membership of the state bar of Michigan, and to adopt rules...
• State Bar; Subpoena, Administration of Oaths - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.907
  The state bar of Michigan has the power of subpoena, and the authority to take testimony under oath, which may be exercised by its...
• Granting Immunity to Witness in Lawyer Disciplinary Proceeding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.908
  (1) Upon application filed by the attorney grievance commission, and after affording the witness, the attorney general, and the prosecuting attorney of the county...
• License to Practice Law Subject to Support and Visitation Enforcement Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.909
  A license to practice law in this state is subject to suspension as provided in the support and visitation enforcement act, Act No. 295...
• Admission to Bar; Discipline; Venue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.910
  The supreme court and each circuit court has jurisdiction to admit to the bar of this state, persons who possess the required qualifications, to...
• Admission of Person to Bar; Oath; Fee; Certificate of Admission; Record of Admission; Transmitting Certified Copies of Orders of Admission, Suspension, Disbarment, Contempt, or Reinstatement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.913
  The clerk of the supreme court and of each circuit court shall, when a person is admitted to the bar by that court, administer...
• Unauthorized Practice of Law - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.916
  (1) A person shall not practice law or engage in the law business, shall not in any manner whatsoever lead others to believe that...
• Fees; Solicitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.919
  (1) The measure of the compensation of members of the bar is left to the express or implied agreement of the parties subject to...
• Board of Law Examiners; Membership, Vacancies, Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.922
  There is hereby constituted a board of law examiners consisting of 5 active members of the bar each of whom shall hold office for...
• Board of Law Examiners; Applicants for Admission; Rules and Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.925
  The board of law examiners has charge of the investigation and examination of all persons who initially apply for admission to the bar of...
• Board of Law Examiners; Meetings, Quorum - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.928
  The board of law examiners shall meet at least once in each year at such times and places as the chairman shall determine for...
• Fees for Admission to Bar; Compensation and Expenses of Board of Law Examiners - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.931
  (1) The fees required to be paid by each applicant for admission to the bar shall be paid to the board of law examiners,...
• Qualifications for Admission to Bar; "Good Moral Character" Defined; Election to Use Multi - State Bar Examination Scaled Score; Disclosure of Score - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.934
  (1) A person is qualified for admission to the bar of this state who proves to the satisfaction of the board of law examiners...
• General Education Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.937
  Every applicant for admission to the bar is required to have completed successfully prior to commencement of his legal education at least 2 years...
• Legal Education Requirements; Military Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.940
  (1) Every applicant for examination is required to be a graduate from a reputable and qualified law school duly incorporated under the laws of...
• Examination of Schools and Colleges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.943
  The board of law examiners has the authority to examine, or to cause to be examined, any school, college, junior college, or law school...
• Foreign Attorneys; Admission to Bar, Qualifications, Extension of Term - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.946
  Any person who is duly licensed to practice law in the court of last resort of any other state or territory or the District...
• Investigation of Applicants to State Bar of Michigan; Duty of Law Enforcement Officers; Fingerprinting Required; Disposition of Fingerprint Records - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.949
  (1) It is the duty of all state, county, and city law enforcement officers to aid the state bar of Michigan and the board...
• Family Division of Circuit Court; Creation; Organization - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1001
  The family division of circuit court is created as a division of circuit court and is organized pursuant to this chapter.
• Family Division of Circuit Court to Be in Each Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1003
  Each judicial circuit shall have a family division of circuit court.
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Family Division of Circuit Court; Power and Authority of Judge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1005
  A circuit judge serving in the family division of circuit court retains all the power and authority of a judge of the circuit court....
• Family Division of Circuit Court; County Clerk as Clerk of the Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1007
  As with circuit court, the county clerk is the clerk of the court for the family division of the circuit court.
• Reference to Former Juvenile Division of Probate Court; Construction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1009
  A reference to the former juvenile division of probate court in any statute of this state shall be construed to be a reference to...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Operation of Family Division and Coordination of Agency Services; Agreement; Establishment of Family Court Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1011
  (1) Not later than July 1, 2003, in each judicial circuit, the chief circuit judge and the chief probate judge or judges shall enter...
• Repealed. 2002, Act 682, Eff. Apr. 1, 2003. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1998, Act 298, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1998. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Family Court Judges; Training - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1019
  The Michigan judicial institute shall provide appropriate training for all probate judges and circuit judges who are serving pursuant to the family court plan....
• Family Division of Circuit Court; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1021
  (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the family division of circuit court has sole and exclusive jurisdiction over the following cases commenced on...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Cases Involving Members of Same Family; Assignment of Judge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1023
  When 2 or more matters within the jurisdiction of the family division of circuit court involving members of the same family are pending in...
• Fees; Applicability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1025
  Except as otherwise provided in sections 1027 to 1031, fees payable in civil actions in circuit court apply to cases in the family division.
• Ancillary or Limited Guardianship; Filing Fee; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1027
  (1) At the time of commencing an ancillary guardianship or limited guardianship proceeding in the family division of circuit court, the party commencing the...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Proceedings Not Requiring Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1029
  A fee shall not be charged for any of the following in the family division of circuit court: (a) Commencing an ancillary proceeding under...
• Copies of Letters of Authority or Guardianship; Publication of Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1031
  In an ancillary proceeding under section 1021(2), the family division of circuit court shall make 1 certified copy or exemplification of any letter of...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Suspension of Order Pending Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1041
  The pendency of an appeal from the family division of circuit court in a matter involving the disposition of a juvenile or, in a...
• Assistance to Be Provided to Family Division - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1043
  All of the following shall provide assistance to the family division of circuit court in accordance with the court's jurisdiction: (a) The office and...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1060
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Dating relationship" means that term as defined in section 2950. (b) "Domestic violence offense" means any crime alleged...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Drug Treatment Court; Adoption by Circuit or District Court; Memorandum of Understanding; Parties; Adoption by Family Division of Circuit Court; Training; Transfer of Participant From Another Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1062
  (1) The circuit court in any judicial circuit or the district court in any judicial district may adopt or institute a drug treatment court,...
• Hiring or Contracting With Treatment Providers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1063
  A drug treatment court may hire or contract with licensed or accredited treatment providers, in consultation and cooperation with the local substance abuse coordinating...
• Admission to Drug Treatment Court; Confidentiality of Information Obtained From Preadmission Screening and Evaluation Assessment; Criminal History Contained in L. E. I. N - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1064
  (1) Each drug treatment court shall determine whether an individual may be admitted to the drug treatment court. No individual has a right to...
• Placement of Findings or Statement in Court File - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1066
  Before an individual is admitted into a drug treatment court, the court shall find on the record, or place a statement in the court...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Individual Charged in Criminal Case; Factors for Admission to Drug Treatment Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1068
  (1) If the individual being considered for admission to a drug treatment court is charged in a criminal case or, in the case of...
• Admission of Individual Into Drug Treatment Court; Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1070
  (1) Upon admitting an individual into a drug treatment court, all of the following apply: (a) For an individual who is admitted to a...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 194, Eff. July 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Monitoring, Testing, and Assessments to Be Provided to Participants - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1072
  (1) A drug treatment court shall provide a drug court participant with all of the following: (a) Consistent, continual, and close monitoring of the...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 194, Eff. July 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Continuing and Completing Drug Treatment Court Program; Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1074
  (1) In order to continue to participate in and successfully complete a drug treatment court program, an individual shall comply with all of the...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 194, Eff. July 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Completion or Termination of Drug Treatment Program; Discharge and Dismissal of Proceedings; Effect of Termination - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1076
  (1) Upon completion or termination of the drug treatment court program, the court shall find on the record or place a written statement in...
• Completion or Termination of Drug Treatment Program; Discharge and Dismissal of Proceedings; Effect of Termination; Court Proceedings Open to Public; Retention of Nonpublic Record by Department of State Police - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1076.amended
  (1) Upon completion or termination of the drug treatment court program, the court shall find on the record or place a written statement in...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 194, Eff. July 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Collection and Maintenance of Information - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1078
  (1) Each drug treatment court shall collect and provide data on each individual applicant and participant and the entire program as required by the...
• Disposition of Funds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1080
  (1) The supreme court is responsible for the expenditure of state funds for the establishment and operation of drug treatment courts. Federal funds provided...
• Drug Treatment Court Advisory Committee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1082
  (1) A state drug treatment court advisory committee is created in the legislative council. The state drug treatment court advisory committee consists of the...
• Dwi/sobriety Court Interlock Pilot Project; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1084
  (1) A DWI/sobriety court interlock pilot project is created utilizing the DWI/sobriety courts in this state and in accordance with the provisions of this...
• Court Reporters or Certified Court Recorders; Number - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1101
  Each circuit court in this state shall have as many court reporters or certified court recorders as it has judges. History: 1961, Act 236,...
• Court Reporter or Recorder; Appointment; Oath of Office; Appointment for More Than 1 Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1104
  Every reporter or recorder shall be appointed by the governor after having first been recommended by the judge or judges of the court to...
• Court Reporter or Recorder; Term; Suspension - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1105
  Every reporter or recorder shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor unless suspended for incompetency or misconduct, by the court to which...
• Court Reporter or Recorder; Vacancy; Notice; Temporary Absence; Payment of Reporter or Recorder Pro Tempore - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1106
  In case of a vacancy in the office of the reporter or recorder from any cause of a permanent nature, the appointment shall be...
• Appointment of Assistant or Additional Reporter or Recorder; Power; Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1107
  Every reporter or recorder may appoint 1 or more assistants who have first been approved by the circuit judge or judges and who shall...
• Reporter or Recorder; Duties; Supervision - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1111
  The reporter or recorder shall perform the duties assigned by the rules of the supreme court, and by the court to which he or...
• Reporter or Recorder; Compensation; Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1114
  The reporter or recorder of each circuit shall receive as compensation for his or her services the salary specified in this chapter payable in...
• Reporter or Recorder; Apportionment of Salary in Circuit Composed of More Than 1 County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1115
  In every circuit composed of more than 1 county, unless some other method of apportionment is prescribed in this act to make up the...
• Reporter or Recorder; Membership in Retirement or Social Security Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1116
  All reporters or recorders shall be eligible for membership in and benefits of the retirement or the social security plan by the county or...
• Salary; First Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1121
  In the first circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Second Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1122
  In the second circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Salary; Fourth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1124
  In the fourth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Fifth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1125
  In the fifth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Sixth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1126
  In the sixth circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $14,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1,...
• Salary; Seventh Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1127
  In the seventh circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $14,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1,...
• Salary; Eighth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1128
  In the eighth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Ninth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1129
  In the ninth circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1,...
• Salary; Tenth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1130
  In the tenth circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1,...
• Salary; Eleventh Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1131
  In the eleventh circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Twelfth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1132
  In the twelfth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Thirteenth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1133
  In the thirteenth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Fourteenth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1134
  In the fourteenth circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Fifteenth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1135
  In the fifteenth circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Sixteenth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1136
  In the sixteenth circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $14,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Seventeenth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1137
  In the seventeenth circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $14,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1,...
• Salary; Eighteenth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1138
  In the eighteenth circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Nineteenth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1139
  In the nineteenth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Twentieth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1140
  In the twentieth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Twenty - First Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1141
  In the twenty-first circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Twenty - Second Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1142
  In the twenty-second circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Twenty - Third Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1143
  In the twenty-third circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Twenty - Fourth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1144
  In the twenty-fourth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Twenty - Fifth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1145
  In the twenty-fifth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Twenty - Sixth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1146
  In the twenty-sixth circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Twenty - Seventh Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1147
  In the twenty-seventh circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Twenty - Eighth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1148
  In the twenty-eighth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Twenty - Ninth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1149
  In the twenty-ninth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Thirtieth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1150
  In the thirtieth circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $14,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1,...
• Salary; Thirty - First Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1151
  In the thirty-first circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Thirty - Second Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1152
  In the thirty-second circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Thirty - Third Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1153
  In the thirty-third circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Thirty - Fourth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1154
  In the thirty-fourth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Thirty - Fifth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1155
  In the thirty-fifth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Thirty - Sixth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1156
  In the thirty-sixth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Thirty - Seventh Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1157
  In the thirty-seventh circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1,...
• Salary; Thirty - Eighth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1158
  In the thirty-eighth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Thirty - Ninth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1159
  In the thirty-ninth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Fortieth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1160
  In the fortieth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Forty - First Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1161
  In the forty-first circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am....
• Salary; Forty - Second Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1162
  In the forty-second circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: Add. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;--...
• Salary; Forty - Third Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1162a
  In the forty-third circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: Add. 1972, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1973...
• Salary; Forty - Fourth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1162b
  In the forty-fourth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: Add. 1972, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1973...
• Salary; Forty - Fifth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1162c
  In the forty-fifth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: Add. 1972, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1973...
• Salary; Forty - Sixth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1162d
  In the forty-sixth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: Add. 1972, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1973...
• Salary; Forty - Seventh Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1162e
  In the forty-seventh circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: Add. 1974, Act 145, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1974...
• Salary; Forty - Eighth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1162f
  In the forty-eighth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00. History: Add. 1974, Act 145, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1974...
• Salary; Forty - Ninth Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1162g
  In the forty-ninth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.
• Salary; Fiftieth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1162h
  In the fiftieth judicial circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.
• Judicial Circuit Stenographer; Salary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1162i
  In a judicial circuit created after May 1, 1978, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.
• Repealed. 1980, Act 57, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1980. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Salary Supplement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1168
  The county board of commissioners of the counties comprising any judicial circuit may appropriate annually from the general fund additional amounts to supplement the...
• Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1171
  The reporters or recorders shall be entitled to receive in addition to the salary provided for in this act the necessary and actual expenses...
• Wayne and Kent Counties; Offices - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1175
  In the counties of Wayne and Kent, the county auditor shall provide a suitable office for the use of the reporters or recorders contiguous...
• Assignment of Reporter or Recorder - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1179
  Upon the request of the judge to which the reporter or recorder is assigned, the court administrator may assign a reporter or recorder to...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1200
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Armed forces" means the army, air force, navy, marine corps, coast guard, or other military force designated by...
• Veterans Treatment Court; Compliance; Characteristics; Memorandum of Understanding; Training; Participants From Other Jurisdiction; Validity of Transfer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1201
  (1) A veterans court shall comply with the modified version of the 10 key components of drug treatment courts as promulgated by the Buffalo...
• Hiring or Contracting With Treatment Providers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1202
  A veterans treatment court may hire or contract with licensed or accredited treatment providers, in consultation and cooperation with the local substance abuse coordinating...
• Admission to Veterans Treatment Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1203
  (1) A veterans treatment court shall determine whether an individual may be admitted to the veterans treatment court. No individual has a right to...
• Findings or Statement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1204
  Before an individual is admitted into a veterans treatment court, the court shall find on the record or place a statement in the court...
• Admission of Individual Charged in Criminal Case; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1205
  (1) If the individual being considered for admission to a veterans treatment court is charged in a criminal case, his or her admission is...
• Admission to Veterans Treatment Court; Conditions; Length of Jurisdiction; Collaboration; Fee; Information Contained in L. E. I. N. Pertaining to Criminal History - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1206
  (1) All of the following conditions apply to an individual admitted to a veterans treatment court: (a) For an individual who is admitted to...
• Veterans Treatment Court; Responsibilities to Individual - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1207
  (1) A veterans treatment court shall provide an individual admitted to the court with all of the following: (a) Consistent, continual, and close monitoring...
• Duties of Individual; Notification of New Crime; Payment of Fines, Fees, and Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1208
  (1) In order to continue to participate in and successfully complete a veterans treatment court program, an individual shall do all of the following:...
• Finding or Statement Upon Completion or Termination of Program; Discharge or Dismissal of Proceedings; Duties of Court Upon Successful Completion of Probation or Court Supervision; Termination or Failure to Successfully Complete Program; Duties of Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1209
  (1) Upon completion or termination of the veterans treatment court program, the court shall find on the record or place a written statement in...
• Collection of Data - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1210
  Each veterans treatment court shall collect and provide data on each individual applicant and participant and the entire program as required by the state...
• Funds; Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1211
  (1) Where practicable, the supreme court has authority to expend state funds for the establishment and operation of veterans treatment courts. Federal funds provided...
• State Drug Treatment Court Advisory Committee; Monitoring; Recommendations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1212
  The state drug treatment court advisory committee created under section 1082 shall monitor the effectiveness of veterans treatment courts and the availability of funding...
• Repealed. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1300
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Driver's license list" means a compilation of names of individuals who are 18 years of age or older,...
• Jury Board; Appointment; Qualifications; Terms; Existing Boards; Vacancies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1301
  (1) In counties having a population of less than 2,000,000, the jury board consists of 3 qualified electors of the county appointed by the...
• Courts in Which Selection of Juries Governed by Chapter; Exceptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1301a
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), this chapter governs the selection of juries in the following courts: (a) Circuit court. (b) Probate court....
• Modified System of Jury Selection; Development of Plan; Goals; Review, Approval, Adoption, and Implementation of Plan; Exceptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1301b
  (1) Within 2 years after the effective date of this section each circuit of the circuit court shall develop a plan for the implementation...
• Jury Board; Election of President and Secretary; Salary of Members; Quorum - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1302
  The jury board shall elect annually from its members a president and secretary. The members of the board shall be paid an annual salary...
• Jury Board; Authorization and Salaries of Assistants - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1303
  The county board of commissioners of each county may authorize assistants to the jury board and fix their salaries. History: Add. 1968, Act 326,...
• Jury Board; Oath; Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1303a
  Before members of a jury board begin their duties, they shall take a constitutional oath of office before the chief circuit judge and file...
• Selection of Jurors; List - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1304
  The jury board shall select from a list that combines the driver's license list and the personal identification cardholder list the names of persons...
• Use of Electronic and Mechanical Devices by Jury; Other Method - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1304a
  (1) The jury board may use electronic and mechanical devices in carrying out its duties under this chapter. (2) The jury board may use...
• Jury Board; Meetings; Records; Use as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1305
  The jury board shall meet annually in the month of May. The chief circuit judge shall fix the time and place of the annual...
• Repealed. 1978, Act 11, Eff. Feb. 8, 1981. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Qualifications of Juror; Exemptions; Effect of Payment for Jury Service; "felony" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1307a
  (1) To qualify as a juror, a person shall meet all of the following criteria: (a) Be a citizen of the United States, 18...
• Jurors; Estimate of Number Needed - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1308
  On or before each May 1, the chief judge of each court of record in the county shall estimate the number of jurors that...
• Jurors; List of Those Who Have Served - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1309
  The board shall secure from the clerk of each court of record in the county, and each clerk shall provide, a list of persons...
• Voter Registration Lists and Combined Driver's License and Personal Identification Cardholder List; Procurement; Alternatives; Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1310
  (1) The secretary of state shall transmit annually before April 15 to the clerk of each county at no expense a full, current, and...
• Determination of Key Number - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1311
  The board shall arrive at a key number as follows: (a) Add the number of jurors the judge has estimated will be needed to...
• Key Number; First Jury List; Compilation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1312
  The board shall apply the key number uniformly to the names on the list received pursuant to section 1310 and compile a list or...
• Juror Qualifications Questionnaire; Contents; Completion; Mailing; Removal of Deceased Person From List - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1313
  (1) The board shall supply a juror qualifications questionnaire to each person on the first jury list, regardless of whether the person previously failed...
• Excusal of Exempt Persons; Investigations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1314
  On the basis of answers to the juror qualifications questionnaires the board may excuse from service persons on the first jury list who claim...
• Juror Qualifications Questionnaires; Retention; Confidentiality - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1315
  The juror qualifications questionnaires shall be kept on file by the board for a period of 3 years but the chief circuit judge may...
• Jurors; Appearance Before Board; Notice; Evening Sessions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1316
  The chief circuit judge, or the board, may require any person on the first jury list to appear before a board member at a...
• Jurors; Personal Attendance Excused - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1317
  The board may dispense with the personal attendance of a person notified to appear before the board when another person cognizant of facts which...
• Jurors; Oaths, Administration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1318
  A board member may administer an oath or affirmation in relation to the examination of any matter embraced in this act.
• Record of Persons Examined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1319
  The board shall keep a record of the board member's report on each person examined, and a record showing the qualifications to serve as...
• Preliminary Screening of Prospective Jurors; Excused Persons; Removal of Deceased Person's Name From List; Hardship - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1320
  (1) The board shall make a preliminary screening of the qualifications and exemptions of prospective jurors and shall not include in the second jury...
• Second Jury List; Sealing; Jurisdiction of District Court District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1321
  (1) The names of those persons on the first jury list whom the board accepts as persons qualified for and not exempt from jury...
• Juror Names; Depositing; Withdrawal; Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1322
  The first deposit of names shall take place as soon as the second jury list is prepared. Subsequent deposits shall be made when the...
• Names Not Used; Sealing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1323
  If the names are not to be immediately used, they shall be sealed up by the board and remain in the custody of the...
• Jurors; Selection; Information; Contents; District Court District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1324
  (1) From time to time, the chief judge of each court of record in the county shall order the board to select jurors for...
• Repealed. 1969, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Grand Jurors; Selection; Term - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1326
  If a grand jury is ordered by the court, or required by statute, the board shall select the names of a sufficient number of...
• Jurors; Selection; Time; Notice; Witnesses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1327
  The selection of jurors shall take place in public within the time limit fixed by the chief circuit judge and at a time and...
• Jurors; Selection; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1328
  The board shall proceed in the selection of jurors in a random manner as ordered by the chief circuit judge as provided in this...
• Selection of Jurors; Legality; Challenges; Grounds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1329
  (1) The legality or regularity of the selection of jurors shall not be questioned if the record of the selection is properly signed. If...
• Board Box; Closing, Custody - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1330
  When the drawing is finished, the board box shall be closed and sealed in the presence of the officers. All slips drawn out of...
• Lists of Jurors; Delivery to Clerk - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1331
  The board shall deliver to the clerk lists containing the names and addresses of the jurors selected. History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov....
• Jurors; Summons for Service; Method; Record; Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1332
  The clerk, jury board, or sheriff shall summon jurors for court attendance at such times and in such manner as directed by the chief...
• Jurors; Excuse or Postponement of Services; Application - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1333
  A person who is notified to attend as a juror may apply to the chief judge of the court to be excused or have...
• Jurors; Temporary Excuse; Duty to Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1334
  (1) The chief judge may excuse any juror or jurors from attendance without pay for any portion of the term. The chief judge shall...
• Grounds for Excusing Person From Jury Service; Postponing Jury Service of Student - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1335
  (1) The chief judge of the court to which a person is returned as a juror may excuse the person from serving when it...
• Jurors; Excess; Discharge; Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1336
  If the chief judge finds that the number of jurors in attendance is greater than that needed, the chief judge may order the panel...
• Jurors; Unqualified or Exempt; Discharge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1337
  When the court finds that a person in attendance at court as a juror is not qualified to serve as a juror, or is...
• Jurors; Excused; Removal of Name From List - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1338
  When any person is excused from serving on the ground that he or she is exempt by law from serving on juries or is...
• Jurors; Service Postponed; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1339
  The chief judge shall report to the board the names of all jurors whose service has been postponed to a subsequent time, and the...
• Report of Court Clerk - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1340
  The clerk of the court or the clerk's designee, within 10 days after the close of each term for which jurors have been selected,...
• Additional Jurors; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1341
  The chief judge of a court may order additional jurors selected by the board for service during the period of service of a jury...
• Jurors; New List; Court Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1342
  If the board fails to meet and return the second jury list at the time prescribed or if any list of jurors becomes exhausted...
• Jurors; Term of Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1343
  The term of service of petit jurors shall be determined by local court rule but shall not exceed the term of court, unless at...
• Jurors; Mileage and Compensation; Payment of Jury Fee Where Action Removed From Circuit Court to Lower Court; Fraudulent Issuance of Certificate of Attendance as Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1344
  (1) A juror shall be reimbursed for his or her traveling expenses at a rate, determined by the county board of commissioners, that is...
• Attempts to Influence Board; Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1345
  A board member shall report to the prosecuting attorney and the chief circuit judge the name of any person who in any manner seeks...
• Acts Punishable as Contempts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1346
  The following acts are punishable by the circuit court as contempts of court: (a) Failing to answer the questionnaire provided for in section 1313....
• Jurors; Bribery; Penalty; Embracery; Civil Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1347
  (1) A person selected or summoned as a juror who takes anything to give his or her verdict or receives any gift or gratuity...
• Jurors; Threats, Discharge, or Discipline by Employer; Requiring Additional Hours of Work; Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1348
  (1) An employer or the employer's agent, who threatens to discharge or discipline or who discharges, disciplines, or causes to be discharged from employment...
• Jurors; Nonliability for Verdict; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1349
  No juror may be subject to an action, civil or criminal, on account of any verdict except for corrupt conduct in rendering such verdict...
• Selection and Impaneling of Juries for Condemnation and Grade Separation Cases - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1350
  Juries for condemnation cases and grade separation damage cases shall be selected and impaneled from the persons summoned to serve as petit jurors at...
• Repealed. 1970, Act 118, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Trial by Jury of 6 in Civil Cases; Verdict - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1352
  In civil cases commenced in a court governed by this chapter, when a trial by jury is requested in accordance with rules of the...
• Court Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1353
  The judges of each circuit court may establish rules, not inconsistent with the provisions herein, necessary to carry out these provisions and to insure...
• Noncompliance With Chapter as Grounds for Requesting Continuance or Claiming Invalidity of Verdict; Data Processing Error as Grounds for Questioning List Selected - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1354
  (1) Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall not be grounds for a continuance nor shall it affect the validity of...
• Practices Governed by Supreme Court Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1355
  With respect to the selection and impaneling of jurors, any examination, challenge, replacement, oath or other practice not otherwise governed by the provisions of...
• "one Day, One Trial System" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1371
  As used in sections 1371 to 1376, "one day, one trial system" means a system of selection of jurors which incorporates either of the...
• Applicability of Mcl 600.1371 to 600.1376; Adoption of 1 Day, 1 Trial Jury System - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1372
  (1) Sections 1371 to 1376 apply only to those districts of the district court, circuits of the circuit court, and county or probate court...
• Repealed. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Combined Driver's License and Personal Identification Cardholder List; First Jury List; Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1375
  (1) The secretary of state shall transmit annually, before April 15, to the clerk of each county a full, current, and accurate copy of...
• Plan for Selection of Persons for Jury Service With Aid of Mechanical or Electronic Means; Adoption; Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1376
  (1) Upon recommendation of the district court judge or a majority of the judges of a district, circuit judge or a majority of the...
• Seal Unnecessary on Bonds, Deeds and Contracts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1401
  No bond, deed of conveyance or other contract heretofore or hereafter executed in writing, signed by any party, his agent or attorney, is invalid...
• Nonage as Defense - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1403
  Whenever, in a suit brought for the recovery of goods, wares, merchandise or chattels, or for the value thereof, or for the balance remaining...
• Educational Loans; Definitions; Minors, Enforceability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1404
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Person" means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or...
• Rights of Third Party Beneficiaries; Contracts Included; Time Promise Becomes Legally Binding; Exceptions; Promisee's Rights; Retroactive Construction of Section - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1405
  Any person for whose benefit a promise is made by way of contract, as hereinafter defined, has the same right to enforce said promise...
• Legal Impediment to Marriage as Bar to Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1410
  If 2 person have lived together as husband and wife, and a legal impediment existed to the marriage of either of the persons, their...
• Eastern Orthodox Faith; Recognition as Major Faith - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1412
  (1) The Eastern Orthodox faith is hereby recognized as a major faith in this state. (2) In all forms and official papers of the...
• Style of Process - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1414
  The style of process from courts of record shall be: "In the Name of the People of the State of Michigan."
• Courts of Record; Seals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1416
  (1) The following courts are courts of record and possess seals: (a) the supreme court, (b) the several circuit courts, (c) the several probate...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Courts of Record; Discontinuance, Vacancy, New Commission - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1418
  No court of record shall discontinue any matter before it because of a vacancy in the office of any or all of its judges...
• Continuances and Postponements to Assure Adequate Representation; "nonmeeting Day" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1419
  (1) In order to assure adequate representation for the people of this state, when the court knows that a party in a civil action...
• Courts; Sittings to Be Public, Exceptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1420
  The sittings of every court within this state shall be public except that a court may, for good cause shown, exclude from the courtroom...
• Judicial Officers; Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1422
  Except in those situations where fees are expressly authorized by law, no judge, commissioner, or other judicial officer shall demand or receive any fee...
• Sunday Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1425
  Courts shall not transact any business on Sunday unless it is for the purpose of instructing or discharging a jury, or of receiving a...
• Writs, Process and Records; Use of English, Paper, Abbreviations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1427
  All writs, process, proceedings and records in any court within this state, shall be in the English language (except that the proper and known...
• Appearance in Court by Attorney or in Person; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1430
  Every person of full age and sound mind, may prosecute or defend civil actions in any court by an attorney, or may, at his...
• Mode of Administering Oaths; Commencement of Oath; Administration of Oath or Affirmation by Electronic or Electromagnetic Means - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1432
  (1) The usual mode of administering oaths now practiced in this state, by the person who swears holding up the right hand, shall be...
• Opposition to Oath; Affirmation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1434
  Every person conscientiously opposed to taking an oath may, instead of swearing, solemnly and sincerely affirm, under the pains and penalties of perjury.
• Witness; Competency as Affected by Religion - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1436
  No person may be deemed incompetent as a witness, in any court, matter or proceeding, on account of his opinions on the subject of...
• Oath by Mental Incompetent - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1438
  (1) Whenever any pleading is required to be verified by the party, or accompanied by the affidavit of the party, or whenever any other...
• Oath, Affidavit, or Affirmation; Administration; Certification by Military Officer; Force and Effect of Instrument Sworn or Affirmed Before Military Officer; Form of Certificate; Oath or Affirmation Administered by Electronic or Electromagnetic Means of Communication - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1440
  (1) An oath or affidavit other than an oath taken by a witness or a juror in a trial, or an oath required by...
• Oaths or Affidavits; Court Appointee; Stipulation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1442
  Oaths, affidavits and depositions, in any cause, matter or proceeding in any court of record, may also be taken before any person appointed by...
• Physical Examination of Person Ordered by Court, Board or Commission, or Other Public Body or Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1445
  (1) If a court, board or commission, or other public body or officer orders an individual to submit to a physical examination, the order...
• Judicial Meetings; Court Administration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1450
  The court administrator, under the supervision and direction of the supreme court, shall call an annual statewide meeting of the circuit judges and the...
• Judicial Meetings; Presiding Officer, Secretary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1451
  The chief justice of the supreme court, or such person as shall be designated by him, shall preside over such meetings, and the court...
• Judicial Meetings; Expenses of Attendance, Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1452
  The judges shall attend such meetings when and as directed by the court administrator. Each justice of the supreme court, judges of the court...
• Courts of Record; Powers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1455
  The courts of record of this state have the power: (1) To issue process of subpoena, requiring the attendance of any witness in accordance...
• Newspaper; Definition; Publication of Notices - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1461
  (1) The term "newspaper" as used in the revised judicature act of 1961 shall be construed to refer only to a newspaper published in...
• Funds Deposited With County Officer Unavailable for Payment; Appropriation for Restitution; Audit of Claims; Allowance; Limitation; Right of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1465
  (1) Whenever any funds shall be deposited with or paid to, or which heretofore have been deposited with or paid to any court, county...
• Law Clerks; Employment; Qualifications; Compensation; Period of Employment; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1471
  (1) The circuit court in each circuit and the district court in each district may employ law clerks for the court or for each...
• Collection on Judgment; Restitution on Reversal; Interest - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1475
  In case any amount is collected on any judgment or decree, if such judgment or decree be afterward reversed the court shall award restitution...
• Judicial Assistant; Appointment; Oath; Certificate; Qualifications; Duties; Compensation; Term; Public Officer; Civil Service Regulation or Compulsory Retirement Inapplicable; Removal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1481
  (1) In every state court of record in Michigan inferior to the supreme court which has 10 or more judges, the judges may appoint...
• Action for Damages Alleging Medical Malpractice; Limitation on Noneconomic Damages; Exceptions; Itemizing Damages Into Economic and Noneconomic Loss; "noneconomic Loss" Defined; Adjusting Limitation on Noneconomic Loss - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1483
  (1) In an action for damages alleging medical malpractice by or against a person or party, the total amount of damages for noneconomic loss...
• Claim for Damages Alleging Medical Malpractice; Limitation on Noneconomic Damages; Exceptions; Itemizing Damages Into Economic and Noneconomic Loss; "noneconomic Loss" Defined; Adjusting Limitations on Noneconomic Loss - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1483.amended
  (1) In a claim for damages alleging medical malpractice by or against a person or party, the total amount of damages for noneconomic loss...
• Indigent Civil Legal Assistance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1485
  (1) The money in the state court fund created in section 151a that is designated for indigent civil legal assistance shall be expended as...
• Hiring Member of Immediate Family as Court Employee or Process Server - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1486
  A judge or justice shall not hire or employ a member of his or her immediate family as a court employee or a process...
• Contract for Good or Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1487
  A court of this state shall not enter into a contract for $10,000.00 or more for a good or service, but excluding a contract...
• Repealed. 2006, Act 225, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2006. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Definitions; Court Reporter, Court Recorder, Stenomask Reporter, or Owner of Firm; Familial Relationship With Party or Attorney; Disclosure Required; Financial Interest - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1490
  (1) As used in this section and sections 1491, 1492, and 1493: (a) "Blanket contract" means a contract under which a court reporter, court...
• Court Reporter, Court Recorder, Stenomask Reporter, or Owner of Firm; Prohibited Conduct - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1491
  (1) A court reporter, court recorder, stenomask reporter, or owner of a court reporting firm shall not do either of the following: (a) Enter...
• Court Reporter, Court Recorder, Stenomask Reporter; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1492
  (1) A court reporter, court recorder, or stenomask reporter shall do all of the following in the performance of his or her duties: (a)...
• Enforcement of Mcl 600.1490, 600.1491, and 600.1492; Violation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1493
  (1) The state court administrative office is responsible for enforcing sections 1490, 1491, and 1492 through the court recording and reporting board of review...
• Applicability of Mcl 600.1490 to 600.1493; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1494
  Sections 1490 to 1493 do not apply to official court stenographers, recorders, reporters, or stenomask reporters appointed under chapter 8, 11, or 86 while...
• Terms of Court; Continuance; Adjournment; Sessions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1501
  (1) There shall be at least 4 terms of court annually in every county, held at the times designated by the judge or judges...
• Terms of Court; Ingham County Circuit Court; Place of Sitting - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1511
  (1) Regular terms of the circuit court for the county of Ingham in the thirtieth judicial circuit may be designated and held both in...
• Terms of Court; Calhoun County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1513
  (1) Two of the regular terms of the circuit court for the thirty-seventh judicial circuit shall be held each year within the city of...
• Second Judicial Circuit; Site of Hearings, Trials, or Proceedings; Disposition of Records and Files; Naturalization of New Citizens; Educational Ceremonies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1515
  (1) The hearings, trials, or proceedings of the circuit court of the second judicial circuit may be held at the county seat of the...
• Designation of Places Where Regular Terms of Circuit Court and Family Division Sessions May Be Held; Hearings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1517
  (1) Subject to the approvals required under subsections (2) and (3), the chief judge of a circuit may designate 1 or more places in...
• Terms of Court; Special Terms in Other Counties of Circuit; Triable Issues - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1521
  Every term in any county is a special term for every other county in the same circuit. At any term in any county which...
• Terms of Court; Special Terms, Transfer of Files and Papers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1522
  For the purpose of the trial or hearing of any action or proceeding at any special term the clerk of the court shall, at...
• Alternative Time and Place of Court; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1531
  Whenever good cause therefor exists, the judge or judges of the circuit may designate a temporary alternative time and place in the same county...
• Venue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1601
  The provisions of this chapter relate to venue and are not jurisdictional.
• Venue; Real Actions; Replevin - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1605
  The county in which the subject of action, or any part thereof, is situated, is a proper county in which to commence and try...
• Venue; Action on Probate Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1611
  The county in which a probate bond is filed is a proper county in which to commence and try actions upon the bond.
• Venue; Actions Against Governmental Units - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1615
  Any county in which any governmental unit, including but not limited to a public, municipal, quasi-municipal, or governmental corporation, unincorporated board, public body, or...
• Venue; Determination; Exceptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1621
  Except for actions provided for in sections 1605, 1611, 1615, and 1629, venue is determined as follows: (a) The county in which a defendant...
• Repealed. 1976, Act 375, Eff. Jan. 1, 1977. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Venue; County Where Cause of Action Arose; Exceptions; Suits Against Surety of Public Officers or Their Appointees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1627
  Except for actions founded on contract and actions provided for in sections 1605, 1611, 1615, and 1629, the county in which all or a...
• Provisions Applicable in Action Based on Tort; Grounds for Motion for Change in Venue; Determination of Venue in Product Liability Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1629
  (1) Subject to subsection (2), in an action based on tort or another legal theory seeking damages for personal injury, property damage, or wrongful...
• Venue; Action by Attorney General; Other Actions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1631
  The county in which the seat of state government is located is a proper county in which to commence and try the following actions:...
• Venue; Transportation Lines; Plaintiff's Residence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1635
  Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1621 and 1627 actions against any individual or company owning, operating or leasing a street railway or line of...
• Venue; Joinder of Causes of Action; Separation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1641
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if causes of action are joined, whether properly or not, venue is proper in any county in...
• Improper Venue; Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1645
  No order, judgment, or decree shall be void or voidable solely on the ground that there was improper venue.
• Improper Venue; Transfer of Action to Proper County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1651
  An action brought in a county not designated as a proper county may nevertheless be tried therein, unless a defendant moves for a change...
• Motion for Change of Venue in Action Based on Tort; Awarding Expenses and Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1653
  If a party brings a motion for a change of venue in an action based on tort alleging improper venue, the court shall award...
• Venue; Change; Conditions; Expense of Trial - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1655
  On such grounds and conditions as may be provided by court rule, the venue of any civil action brought in a proper county may...
• Transfer of Judgments in Action Affecting Real or Tangible Personal Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1659
  When a civil action affecting the title to or possession of real or tangible personal property has been tried in a county other than...
• Neglect or Violation of Duty or Misconduct; Power to Punish by Fine or Imprisonment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1701
  The supreme court, circuit court, and all other courts of record, have power to punish by fine or imprisonment, or both, persons guilty of...
• Summary Punishment; Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1711
  (1) When any contempt is committed in the immediate view and presence of the court, the court may punish it summarily by fine, or...
• Contempt; Punishment; Fine; Probation; Performance of Act or Duty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1715
  (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, punishment for contempt may be a fine of not more than $7,500.00, or imprisonment which, except in...
• Payment of Damages; Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1721
  If the alleged misconduct has caused an actual loss or injury to any person the court shall order the defendant to pay such person...
• Witnesses; Refusal to Testify; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1725
  If any witness attending pursuant to a subpoena, or brought before any court, judge, officer, commissioner, or before any person before whom depositions may...
• Publication as to Court of Record; Hearing by Judge of Another Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1731
  In proceedings for contempt arising out of the publication of any news, information, or comment concerning a court of record, except the supreme court,...
• Arrest on Bench Warrant; Duties of Sheriff - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1735
  Upon arresting any defendant, on a bench warrant, to answer for any alleged misconduct, the sheriff shall keep such person in his actual custody,...
• Arrest on Bench Warrant; Illness of Arrested Person - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1741
  Whenever an officer is required to keep any person arrested upon a bench warrant in actual custody, and to bring him personally before any...
• Indictment for Contemptuous Conduct; Sentence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1745
  Persons proceeded against according to the provisions of this chapter, shall also be liable to indictment for the same misconduct, if it be an...
• Process; Service and Return; Service on Sheriff or Deputies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1801
  (1) When any process or order, issued by any court of record, or any complaint or other paper, is delivered to any sheriff, under-sheriff...
• Process; Expiration or Vacancy in Office of Sheriff; Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1805
  Sheriffs, under-sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs, may execute all process in their hands at the expiration of the term for which such sheriffs were elected,...
• Process; Amendment of Return - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1809
  All returns made by any sheriff or other officer, or by any court or subordinate tribunal, to any court, may be amended in matter...
• Process; Appointment of Substitute Server - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1811
  (1) The judge of any circuit court of this state may in any suit or proceeding commenced or pending therein, on the application of...
• Capias Ad Respondendum; Abolishment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1815
  The writ of capias ad respondendum is abolished and no civil actions shall be started by arrest.
• Arrest; Exemptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1821
  (1) No officer of the senate or house of representatives is liable to arrest on civil process while in actual attendance upon the duties...
• Arrest; Privileged Persons - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1825
  (1) Every elector is privileged from arrest while going to, attending, and returning from elections in all cases except for treason, felony, or breach...
• Civil Process; Exemptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1831
  (1) Civil process shall not be served on an elector entitled to vote at an election during the day that election is held. However,...
• Civil Process; Privileged Persons - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1835
  (1) All persons going to, attending, or returning from, any court proceedings in any action in which their presence is needed are privileged from...
• Civil Process; Service on Great Lakes or Border Waters - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1841
  Civil process which may be served by law anywhere in the state may be served upon any of the waters of the Great Lakes...
• Confinement in Jail; Liability for Release, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1845
  (1) All prisoners committed to any jail upon process for contempt or committed for misconduct in the cases prescribed by law, shall be actually...
• Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Service of Foreign Process; Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1852
  (1) Any court of record of this state as provided in subsection (2) may order service upon any person who is domiciled or can...
• Service of Process Outside This State; Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1852.amended
  Any court of record of this state in a county in which a person resides, is employed, transacts his or her business in person,...
• Service of Process; Public Bodies, Duties of Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1855
  Service of process on municipal and public corporations and other public bodies shall be made as prescribed by rule of the supreme court. The...
• Service of Process; by Service on Public Officer, Copy to Nongovernmental Defendant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1861
  When service is made on a non-governmental defendant by service on a public officer, the officer or his deputy shall forthwith forward by registered...
• Chapter and Mich. Const., Art. Iv, S 11, Inapplicable to Issuance of Service of Citation Pursuant to Mcl 257.742 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1865
  This chapter and the privilege from civil process provided by section 11 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963 shall not apply...
• Civil Action; Commencement; Filing of Complaint - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1901
  A civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court.
• "victim" Defined; Civil Action Against Victim of Criminal Sexual Conduct or Assault With Intent to Commit Criminal Sexual Conduct; Dismissal; Period of Limitations; Applicability of Section - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1902
  (1) As used in this section, "victim" means any 1 of the following: (a) The person alleging to have been subjected to a crime...
• Summons; Issuance; Duplicate; Form; Contents; Amendment of Process or Proof of Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1905
  (1) Upon the filing of the complaint the clerk of the court in which the complaint is filed shall forthwith issue summons. Separate summons...
• Process; Persons to Make Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1908
  (1) Process in civil actions may be served by any person of suitable age and discretion who is not a party nor an officer...
• Proof of Service; Methods; Failure to Make Proof of Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1910
  (1) Proof of service shall be made by 1 of the following methods: (a) Written acknowledgment of receipt of a summons and a copy...
• Process; Personal Service on Individual - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1912
  Service of process may be made upon an individual by leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with the defendant personally.
• Process; Substituted Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1913
  (1) Service of process may be made, (a) upon an individual nonresident defendant having any of the contacts, ties or relations with this state...
• Process; Service on Partnership or Limited Partnership - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1917
  Service of process upon a partnership or limited partnership may be made by (1) leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with...
• Civil Action; Service of Process on Person Doing Business Under Assumed Name - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1918
  Process issued from any court of record against an individual doing business under an assumed name may be served upon the individual, or by...
• Process; Service on Corporation; Insurers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1920
  Service of process upon a corporation, whether domestic or foreign, may be made by (1) leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint...
• Process; Service on Partnership Association or Unincorporated Voluntary Association - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1923
  Service of process upon a partnership association or unincorporated voluntary association may be made by leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint...
• Process; Service on Public, Municipal or Governmental Corporation, Boards, or Bodies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1925
  Service of process upon public, municipal, quasi-municipal, or governmental corporations, unincorporated boards, or public bodies, may be made by leaving a summons and a...
• Process; Service on Individual's Agent or Public Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1930
  Service of process upon any defendant may be made by leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with an agent authorized by...
• Process; Personal Jurisdiction Not Required; Service of Process - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1940
  In all civil actions in which personal jurisdiction over a defendant is not required, the court may order the defendant to answer or take...
• Process; Order for Substituted Service; Contents; Unknown Defendants - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1945
  The order shall contain the name of the court, the names of the parties, directions as to where and when to answer or take...
• Notice of Pendency of Action; Publication - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1947
  The defendant may be notified of the pendency of the action and his obligation thereto by: (1) publishing a copy of the order in...
• Newspaper; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1950
  (1) The term "newspaper" is limited to a newspaper published in the English language for the dissemination of local or transmitted news and intelligence...
• Mailing of Service; Manner - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1951
  Mailing under section 1947 shall be accomplished by complying with the following: (1) Enclosing a copy of the order as above described in a...
• Substituted Service; Proof - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1955
  Service of process made pursuant to sections 1940 to 1960 shall be proved as follows: (1) If made by publication, by an affidavit of...
• Substituted Service; Jurisdiction on Defendant's Interest - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1960
  Service of process pursuant to sections 1940 to 1960 does not give personal jurisdiction over the person of the defendant but is a reasonable...
• Pleader; Service of Papers; Default; Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1965
  (1) Unless otherwise specifically provided by this act, any party who has filed a pleading or motion shall be served with every written paper...
• Service of Papers; Attorneys; Contempt - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1968
  (1) Except for the original service of the complaint and summons, service required or permitted to be made upon a party represented by an...
• Service of Papers; Delivery to Attorney; Party; Mailing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1970
  Service upon the attorney shall be made by delivering a copy to him or by mailing a copy to him at his last known...
• Service of Papers; Proof of Service; Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1971
  Except as otherwise provided by sections 1912 to 1960, proof of service of all papers required or permitted to be served may be by...
• Service of Papers; Inability to Make; Direction of Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1972
  Whenever service of papers subsequent to the original complaint cannot reasonably be made because of lack of an attorney of record or the inability...
• Service of Papers; Numerous Parties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1973
  In any action in which there are unusually large numbers of parties on the same side, the court upon motion or of its own...
• Filing With Court; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1974
  The filing of pleadings and other papers with the court shall be made by filing them with the office of the clerk of the...
• Married Women; Actions by and Against - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2001
  Actions may be brought by and against a married woman as if she were unmarried.
• Married Women; Tort; Action Against Both Spouses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2005
  No suit may be brought against husband and wife, jointly, or against the husband alone, for any tort of the wife, unless such tort...
• Indians; Judicial Rights and Privileges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2011
  All Indians are capable of suing and being sued in any of the courts of this state in like manner and with the same...
• Foreign Corporations; Actions Based on Forbidden Acts; Exceptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2021
  (1) If a law of this state prohibits a corporation or an association of individuals from performing an act unless the act is expressly...
• Counties; Actions by or Against - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2031
  Whenever any controversy or cause of action exists between any of the counties of this state, or between any county and any individual or...
• Real Party in Interest; Actions on Official or Personal Bonds; Taxpayer's Suit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2041
  Every action shall be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest; but an executor, administrator, guardian, trustee of an express trust,...
• Guardian Ad Litem for Unborn Persons - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2045
  (1) If in an action or proceeding, other than in probate court, it appears that a person not in being may become entitled to...
• Capacity to Sue or Be Sued; Assumed Name; Partnerships; Unincorporated Voluntary Associations; Corporations; State; Governmental Units; Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2051
  (1) Any natural person may sue or be sued in his own name. A person conducting a business under a name subject to certification...
• Cases Tried Without Jury; Objections to Testimony or Evidence; Exclusion of Testimony From Record; Taking of Excluded Testimony; Return of Excluded Testimony to Court of Appeals or Supreme Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2101
  In all cases tried without a jury, the court shall rule upon all objections to the competency, relevancy, or materiality of testimony, or evidence...
• Affidavit Taken in Other State or Country; Authentication - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2102
  In cases where by law the affidavit of any person residing in another state of the United States, or in any foreign country, is...
• Affidavit Taken in Other State or Country; Authentication - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2102.amended
  (1) If by law the affidavit of a person residing in another state of the United States or in a foreign country is required...
• Judicial Records of Other States or Countries; Use as Evidence; Authentication - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2103
  The records and judicial proceedings of any court in the several states and territories of the United States and of any foreign country shall...
• Judicial Records of Foreign Countries; Copies as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2104
  Copies of such records and proceedings in the courts of a foreign country, may also be admitted in evidence upon due proof: (1) That...
• Judicial Records of Foreign Countries; Proof by Common Law Methods - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2105
  Sections 2103 and 2104 shall not prevent the proof of any record or judicial proceedings of the courts of any foreign country, according to...
• Court Order, Judgment, or Decree of Court of Record; Certified Copy as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2106
  A copy of any order, judgment or decree, of any court of record in this state, duly authenticated by the certificate of the judge,...
• Public Records; Certified Transcript as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2107
  Copies of all papers, records, entries and documents, required or permitted by law to be filed by any public officer in his office, or...
• Secretary of State; Certificate of Nonexistence of Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2108
  Whenever the secretary of state charged with the legal custody of any paper, document or record shall certify that he has made diligent examination...
• Recorded Conveyance and Instruments; Certified Copies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2109
  All conveyances and other instruments authorized by law to be filed or recorded, and which shall be acknowledged or proved according to law, and...
• Recorded Conveyances and Instruments; Record in County Other Than Situs; Certified Copies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2110
  The record of deeds or other instruments affecting the title to lands in this state heretofore recorded in counties in any state other than...
• Certificate of Lost Paper as Evidence of Loss - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2111
  Whenever any officer to whom the legal custody of any paper, document or record shall belong, shall certify that he has made diligent examination...
• Certificates of Justices of the Peace of Other States as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2112
  The official certificate of any justice of the peace within any other state of the United States, of the proceedings and judgment in any...
• Constitution, Laws, and Resolutions; Official Publication as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2113
  The printed copies of the constitution, laws and resolutions of this state, whether of a public or private nature, which shall be published under...
• Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Issues of Foreign Law; Notice; Evidence; Duties of Court; Review on Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2114a
  A party who intends to raise an issue concerning the law of any jurisdiction or governmental unit thereof outside this state shall give notice...
• Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Laws, Bylaws, Regulations, Resolutions, and Ordinances of City, Village, or Township as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2116
  All laws, bylaws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances of the common council or of the board of trustees of an incorporated city or village or...
• Device by Way of Seal as Evidence of Seal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2117
  Any device affixed to any deed or instrument in writing by way of seal, by any person signing the same, executed since the thirty-first...
• Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Foreign Records and Laws; Evidence; Copies, Certification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2118a
  (1) An official record kept within the United States, or any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, or the Panama Canal zone, the...
• Judgment; Record of Certified Copy as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2119
  Whenever any certified copy of a judgment or decree shall have been, or shall be recorded in any register of deeds' office, such record...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Certified as Evidence; United States Land Office Records - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2122
  Copies of all papers, documents, plats, maps, entries, or records filed, entered, or recorded in any land office of the United States situated in...
• Certified Copies as Evidence; Records of Board of Control of Saint Mary's Falls Ship Canal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2123
  Copies of all papers, documents, maps, plats, entries, or records filed with the board of control of the Saint Mary's Falls ship canal, or...
• Certified Copies as Evidence; United States Weather Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2124
  Any copy of the record of observations in regard to the condition of the weather taken under the direction of the department of agriculture...
• Proof of Publication; Notice of Application to Court or Judicial Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2125
  When notice of any application to any court or judicial officer for any proceeding authorized by law, is required by law to be published...
• Proof of Publication; Notice of Sale of Real Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2126
  When any notice of a sale of real property is required by law to be published in any newspaper, an affidavit of the publisher...
• Proof of Publication; Presumptive Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2127
  The original affidavit so filed pursuant to the 2 last sections 2125 and 2126, and copies thereof duly certified by the officer in whose...
• Proof of Publication; Prima Facie Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2128
  The affidavit of the publisher of a public newspaper, published in this state, or the affidavit of his agent, of the publication of any...
• Proof of Publication; Copy of Record of Document; Certification; Court Orders; Seal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2129
  (1) Whenever a certified copy of any affidavit, record, document or paper, is declared by law to be evidence, such copy shall be certified...
• Schedules, Classifications, Tariffs, and Supplements Filed With Regulatory Commissions; Copies as Evidence; Presumption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2130
  Printed copies of schedules and classifications and tariffs of rates, fares and charges, and supplements thereto, filed with any federal or state regulatory commission,...
• Written Instruments; Proof; Acknowledgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2131
  Every written instrument, except promissory notes and bills of exchange, and except the last wills of deceased persons, may be proved or acknowledged in...
• Marriage Certificates and Records as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2132
  The original certificates and records of marriage made by the minister, judge, or other person authorized to solemnize marriages, as prescribed by law, and...
• Marriage License or Certificate; Record as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2133
  The record of any license to marry, or of any marriage certificate, in any county clerk's office, or a certified copy thereof, shall be...
• Purchase of Public Lands; Certificates as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2134
  Certificates of the purchase of public lands, signed by the receiver, shall be evidence in any court in this state, that the possession of...
• Breed of Horses; Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2135
  Whenever it becomes necessary to show the breeding of any horse in any action at law or in equity, the same may be shown...
• Library Record, Book, or Paper; Copy or Reproduction Admissible as Evidence; Fee; False Certification; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2136
  (1) A copy of a record, book, or paper belonging to or in the custody of a public, college, or university library, or an...
• Reproduction of Court Records; Maintenance in Archives; Disposition or Destruction of Records; Reproduction or Copy Admissible in Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2137
  (1) If a public officer reproduces court records kept by him or her pursuant to the records reproduction act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401...
• Filed or Recorded Documents; Copy or Replacement; Certification; Admissibility as Evidence; Transcript or Certified Copy; Filing or Inserting Correction, Alteration, Indorsement, or Entry - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2138
  (1) If a public officer performing duties under this act is required or authorized by law to record, copy, recopy, or replace a document,...
• Seal; Presumptive Evidence of Consideration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2139
  In any action upon a sealed instrument, and where a counterclaim is founded on any sealed instrument, the seal thereof shall only be presumptive...
• Corporate Existence; Proof - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2140
  In any suit or proceeding, civil or criminal hereafter instituted in any of the courts of this state, wherein it shall become material or...
• Copartnership; Proof - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2141
  In any suit or proceeding hereafter instituted in any of the courts of this state, wherein it shall become material or necessary to prove...
• Seal; Prima Facie Proof of Lawful Execution of Instruments by Corporations, Other Firms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2142
  Any corporation, joint stock company, or partnership association, limited, may have a common seal which it may alter at pleasure, and such seal affixed...
• Subscribing Witness to Instrument Need Not Be Called; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2143
  Whenever upon the trial of any action, civil or criminal, or upon the hearing of any judicial proceedings, a written instrument is offered in...
• Signature or Handwriting; Proof - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2144
  Whenever in any suit or proceeding in any of the courts of this state, it shall be necessary or proper to prove the signature...
• Open Account or Account Stated; Proof, Counterclaim - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2145
  In all actions brought in any of the courts of this state, to recover the amount due on an open account or upon an...
• Writing or Record Made in Regular Course of Business; Reproduction Admissible in Evidence; Other Circumstances; Lack of Entry; Reproduction as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2146
  A writing or record, whether in the form of an entry in a book or otherwise, made as a memorandum of an act, transaction,...
• Business Record Prepared or Entered in Regular Course of Business; Reproduction as Evidence; Delivery of Copy to Adverse Party - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2147
  Notwithstanding any law of this state to the contrary, an individual, firm, association, or corporation may introduce in evidence at a trial or hearing...
• Reproduced Records of Business Firms; Disposal of Original Record; Admissibility of Reproduction in Evidence; "person" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2148
  (1) A person, firm, or corporation engaged in business may cause records kept by the business to be reproduced pursuant to the records media...
• Loss of Instrument; Proof and Disproof - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2149
  Whenever a party to any instrument shall have been permitted to prove by his own oath the loss of any instrument, in order to...
• Repealed. 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Admission of Member of Corporation as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2151
  In suits by or against a corporation, the admission of any member thereof not named on the record as a party to such suit...
• Mental Competency of Testator; Presumption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2152
  In proceedings for the probate of wills, it shall not be necessary for the proponent in the first instance to introduce any proof to...
• Public Officers; Administration of Oaths for Certain Purposes - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2153
  Whenever any application is made to any public officer or board of officers to do any act in an official capacity, and such officer...
• Witness; Obligation to Answer Through Revealing Civil Liability; Self - Incrimination - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2154
  Any competent witness in a cause shall not be excused from answering a question relevant to the matter in issue, on the ground merely...
• Statement, Writing, or Action Expressing Sympathy, Compassion, Commiseration, or Benevolence; Admissibility in Action for Malpractice; "Family" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2155
  (1) A statement, writing, or action that expresses sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence relating to the pain, suffering, or death...
• Minister, Priest, or Christian Science Practitioner; Nondisclosure of Confessions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2156
  No minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, or duly accredited Christian Science practitioner, shall be allowed to disclose any confessions...
• Physician - Patient Privilege; Waiver - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2157
  Except as otherwise provided by law, a person duly authorized to practice medicine or surgery shall not disclose any information that the person has...
• Definitions; Consultation Between Victim and Sexual Assault or Domestic Violence Counselor; Admissibility - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2157a
  (1) For purposes of this section: (a) "Confidential communication" means information transmitted between a victim and a sexual assault or domestic violence counselor, or...
• Confidential Communication to Crime Stoppers Organization; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2157b
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) or (3), a person shall not be required to do either of the following in a civil...
• Crime; Interest or Relationship of Witness, Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2158
  No person shall be excluded from giving evidence on any matter, civil or criminal, by reason of crime or for any interest of such...
• Parties as Witnesses; Depositions; Comment on Failure of Criminal Defendant to Testify - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2159
  On the trial of any issue joined, or in any matter, suit or proceeding, in any court, or on any inquiry arising in any...
• Repealed. 1967, Act 263, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Cross Examination of Opposite Party or Agent - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2161
  In any suit or proceeding in any court in this state, either party, if he shall call as a witness in his behalf, the...
• Husband or Wife as Witness for or Against Other - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2162
  (1) In a civil action or administrative proceeding, a husband shall not be examined as a witness for or against his wife without her...
• Repealed. 1998, Act 323, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1998. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Definitions; Prosecutions and Proceedings to Which Section Applicable; Use of Dolls or Mannequins; Support Person; Notice; Videorecorded Statement; Special Arrangements to Protect Welfare of Witness; Videorecorded Deposition; Section Additional to Other Protections or Procedures; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2163a
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Custodian of the videorecorded statement" means the department of human services, investigating law enforcement agency, prosecuting attorney,...
• Expert Witnesses; Fees; Contempt for Excessive Fees; Number; Application of Section - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2164
  (1) No expert witness shall be paid, or receive as compensation in any given case for his services as such, a sum in excess...
• Expert Witness; Testimony At Trial by Video Communication Equipment; Motion; Payment of Cost - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2164a
  (1) If a court has determined that expert testimony will assist the trier of fact and that a witness is qualified to give the...
• Disclosure of Students' Records or Communications by School Teacher or Employee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2165
  No teacher, guidance officer, school executive or other professional person engaged in character building in the public schools or in any other educational institution,...
• Admissibility of Evidence in Action by or Against Person Incapable of Testifying - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2166
  (1) In an action by or against a person incapable of testifying, a party's own testimony shall not be admissible as to any matter...
• Preliminary Examination or Grand Jury Proceeding; Receiving Technician's Report in Evidence; Furnishing Copies to Attorney; Notice; Adjournment; Testimony by Technician, Forensic Pathologist, or Medical Examiner; Use of Video or Voice Communication Equipment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2167
  (1) In a preliminary examination or grand jury proceeding, a report of the findings of a technician of the division of the department of...
• Qualifications of Expert Witness in Action Alleging Medical Malpractice; Determination; Disqualification of Expert Witness; Testimony on Contingency Fee Basis as Misdemeanor; Limitations Applicable to Discovery - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2169
  (1) In an action alleging medical malpractice, a person shall not give expert testimony on the appropriate standard of practice or care unless the...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2181.added
  This chapter may be referred to and cited as the "uniform unsworn foreign declarations act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2182.added
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Boundaries of the United States" means the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States...
• Applicability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2183.added
  This chapter applies to an unsworn declaration by a declarant who at the time of making the declaration is physically located outside the boundaries...
• Unsworn Declaration; Effect Same as Sworn Declaration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2184.added
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), if a law of this state requires or permits use of a sworn declaration, an unsworn...
• Presentation of Unsworn Declaration; Medium - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2185.added
  If a law of this state requires that a sworn declaration be presented in a particular medium, an unsworn declaration must be presented in...
• Unsworn Declaration; Form - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2186.added
  An unsworn declaration under this chapter must be in substantially the following form: I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the...
• Uniformity of Law - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2187.added
  In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject...
• Effect of Federal Law - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2188.added
  This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 USC 7001 to 7031, except that it...
• Effective Date of Chapter - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2190.added
  This chapter takes effect April 1, 2013.
• Chapter to Be Known as "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act." - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2201.added
  This chapter may be referred to and cited as the "uniform interstate depositions and discovery act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2202.added
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Foreign jurisdiction" means a state other than this state. (b) "Foreign subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority...
• Foreign Subpoena; Submission to Circuit Court Clerk; Issuance; Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2203.added
  (1) To request issuance of a subpoena under this section, a party must submit a foreign subpoena to the clerk of the circuit court...
• Service; Compliance With Court Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2204.added
  A subpoena issued by a clerk of the circuit court under section 2203 shall be served in compliance with Michigan court rules.
• Applicable Court Rules and Statutes - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2205.added
  Michigan court rules and statutes of this state applicable to compliance with subpoenas and requests for the production of documents and things or entry...
• Protective Order or Order to Enforce, Quash, or Modify Subpoena; Compliance With Court Rules; Submission to Circuit Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2206.added
  A motion for a protective order or an order to enforce, quash, or modify a subpoena issued by a clerk of the circuit court...
• Uniformity of Law - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2207.added
  In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject...
• Applicability of Chapter - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2208.added
  This chapter applies to requests for discovery in actions pending on April 1, 2013.
• Effective Date of Chapter - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2209.added
  This chapter takes effect April 1, 2013.
• Amendment of Process or Pleadings Before Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2301
  The court in which any action or proceeding is pending, has power to amend any process, pleading or proceeding in such action or proceeding,...
• Answer to Amended Pleading - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2305
  If such amendment is made to any pleading in matter of substance, the adverse party shall be allowed an opportunity, according to the course...
• Amendment of Process or Pleadings After Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2311
  After judgment rendered in any cause, any defect or imperfections in matter or form, contained in the record, pleadings, process, entries, returns, or other...
• Defects Not Affecting Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2315
  When a verdict has been rendered in a cause, the judgment thereon shall not be stayed, nor shall any judgment upon confession, or default,...
• Immaterial Defects; Amendments to Correct - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2321
  The omissions, imperfections, variances and defects in section 2315 enumerated, and all others, of the like nature, not being against the right and justice...
• Amendment Only on Order of Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2325
  No process, pleading or record, shall be amended or impaired by the clerk or other officer of any court, or by any other person,...
• Imperfection in Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2331
  No appeal shall be dismissed on account of any informality or imperfection in the bond, affidavit or other proceedings, for the taking of such...
• Taxation of Costs; Regulation by Supreme Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2401
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, the supreme court shall by rule regulate the taxation of costs. When costs are allowed in any action...
• Costs; Items Taxable - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2405
  The following items may be taxed and awarded as costs unless otherwise directed: (1) Any of the fees of officers, witnesses, or other persons...
• Special Costs in Action Against Public Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2411
  In the following actions, if the defendant prevails, he shall be awarded costs and in addition, 1/2 thereof: (1) In actions against public officers...
• Costs; Liability of Next of Friend or Guardian - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2415
  Any person who brings an action as next of friend for an infant, or a person who is insane or otherwise mentally incompetent, shall...
• Civil Actions by or in Name of People; Liability for Costs; Warrant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2421
  (1) Except as provided in sections 2421a to 2421d and as otherwise provided by law, in all civil actions by or in the name...
• Meanings of Words and Phrases in Mcl 600.2421c to 600.2421f - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2421a
  For the purposes of sections 2421c to 2421f, the words and phrases described in section 2421b have the meanings ascribed to them in that
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2421b
  (1) "Costs and fees" means the normal costs incurred in being a party in a civil action after an action has been filed with...
• Awarding Costs and Fees; Determining Frivolous Position of State; Motion; Matters to Be Established; Reduction or Denial of Award; Amount of Costs and Fees; Applicability of Section - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2421c
  (1) The court that conducts a civil action brought by or against the state as a party, except for a civil infraction action, shall...
• Judicial Review of Final Action in Contested Case; Award of Costs and Fees; Finding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2421d
  If the court awards costs and fees to a prevailing party upon judicial review of the final action of a presiding officer in a...
• Annual Report; Payment of Costs and Fees; Applicability of Mcl 600.2421a to 600.2421d - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2421e
  (1) The director of the department of management and budget shall report annually to the legislature regarding the amount of costs and fees paid...
• Recovery of Same Costs Under Law or Court Rule Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2421f
  If a prevailing party recovers costs and fees under sections 2421a to 2421f in a civil action, that prevailing party is not entitled to...
• Applicability of Mcl 600.2421a to 600.2421f to Civil Actions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2421g
  Sections 2421a to 2421f shall apply to civil actions commenced after September 30, 1984. History: Add. 1984, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984...
• Costs; Abatement of Public Nuisance; Private Citizen Plaintiff; Intervention by Attorney General or Prosecuting Attorney - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2425
  (1) If an action to abate a public nuisance is brought by a private citizen, whether or not the attorney general or prosecuting attorney...
• Costs; Foreclosure of Mortgage by Advertisement; Attorney's Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2431
  (1) The expenses of foreclosing any mortgage by advertisement shall be taxed in the circuit court as in civil actions upon the request of...
• Costs; Supplementary Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2435
  The court may allow to the judgment creditor, or to any person examined, whether a party to the action or not, witness fees and...
• Costs; Costs Additional in Civil Actions in Supreme Court and Circuit Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2441
  (1) In all civil actions or special proceedings in the supreme court, whether heard as an original proceeding or on appeal, the following amounts...
• Costs on Appeal to Circuit Court, Court of Appeals, or Supreme Court; Damages for Delay and Vexation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2445
  (1) Costs on appeal to the circuit court, the court of appeals, or to the supreme court shall be awarded in the discretion of...
• Taxation of Costs in Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2451
  Costs in the supreme court and in the court of appeals shall be taxed by 1 of the justices or judges or the clerk...
• Taxation of Costs in Circuit Court, District Court, and Municipal Courts of Record; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2455
  Costs in the circuit court, in the district court, and in municipal courts of record having civil jurisdiction, may be taxed by any of...
• Costs; Duties of Taxing Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2461
  Every officer authorized to tax costs in any court for services rendered in any proceeding authorized by law, shall examine the bills presented to...
• Fees; Allowance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2501
  For the services mentioned in this chapter, hereafter done or performed in the several courts in this state, by the officers thereof, or in...
• Fees; Special Allowance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2504
  The allowance of any fees by this chapter, shall not apply to any case where special provision is otherwise made by law for any...
• Documents; State Officers; Request for Searches and Obtaining Certified Copies; Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2507
  (1) The secretary of state, the auditor general, the state treasurer, and the attorney general may require searches in the respective offices of each...
• "page" Defined; Compliance With Format Prescribed by State Court Administrative Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2510
  (1) When used as a measure for computing fees or compensation, "page" is defined as follows: a page shall consist of 25 lines written...
• Allowable Fees, Compensation, or Reward for Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2513
  A judge of any court, sheriff, bailiff, district court magistrate, or other officer, or other person except attorneys at law to whom any fees...
• Fees; for Services Actually Rendered - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2516
  No fee or compensation allowed by law, shall be demanded or received by any officer or person for any service, unless such service was...
• Fees; Violation; Misdemeanor; Civil Liability; Forfeiture of Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2519
  A violation of either section 2513 or 2516 shall be deemed a misdemeanor; and the person guilty thereof shall be liable to the party...
• Fees; Taxation for Services Actually Rendered - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2522
  No fee shall be taxed for services as having been rendered by any attorney, clerk, sheriff, or other officer, in the progress of a...
• Fees; Receipt; Liability for Refusal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2525
  Every officer, upon receiving any fees for any official duty or service, shall, if required by the person paying the same, make out in...
• Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Fees Paid to Clerk of Circuit Court; Payment in Full; Payment of Fees to County Treasurer; Deposit and Use to Fund Certain Services; Waiving or Suspending Fees; Affidavit of Indigency or Inability to Pay; Court Order to Pay All or Part of Fee to Other Party - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2529
  (1) In the circuit court, the following fees shall be paid to the clerk of the court: (a) Before a civil action other than...
• Deposit of Fees in Friend of the Court Fund; Exception; Appropriation by County Board of Commissioners; Remitting Sums Collected to State; Appropriation by Legislature; Remittance to Law Enforcement Agency - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2530
  (1) Except in any judicial circuit in which employees serving in the circuit court are employees of the state judicial council, the county treasurer...
• Repealed. 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Oath of Office; Administration Without Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2531
  No fee may be charged by any officer, for administering the oath of office to any member of the legislature, to any military officer,...
• Publication of Legal Notice, Order, Citation, Summons, Advertisement, or Other Matter; Rates - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2534
  (1) For publishing a legal notice or an order, citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter arising out of judicial proceedings required by law to...
• Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Payments of Support or Maintenance Collected by Friend of the Court or State Disbursement Unit; Fee; Notice; Contempt for Failure or Refusal to Pay Fee; Centralized Receipt and Disbursement of Support; Creation of Attorney General's Operations Fund; "state Disbursement Unit" or "sdu" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2538
  (1) For services provided that are not reimbursable under the provisions of part D of title IV of the social security act, 42 USC...
• Compensation of Juror for Attendance on Inquest - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2540
  Each juror sworn before any medical examiner or judge, on an inquest taken by either of them on view of any dead body, is...
• Circuit Court Reporters or Recorders; Fees for Transcripts; Fees as Part of Taxable Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2543
  (1) The circuit court reporters or recorders are entitled to demand and receive per page for a transcript ordered by any person the sum...
• Certified Copies, Exemplifications of Records, Pleadings, and Proceedings; Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2546
  Except as otherwise provided by law, in the circuit court, district court, or probate court, for all certified copies, and exemplifications of records, pleadings...
• Depositions and Certified Copies; Fees Taxable as Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2549
  Reasonable and actual fees paid for depositions of witnesses filed in any clerk's office and for the certified copies of documents or papers recorded...
• Witness Fees; Traveling Expenses; Attorneys as Witnesses; Incarcerated Witness; Inquests; Per - Mile Rate of Reimbursement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2552
  (1) A witness who attends any action or proceeding pending in a court of record shall be paid a witness fee of $12.00 for...
• Process Server; Traveling Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2555
  A person authorized by this act or supreme court rule to serve process or a paper issued by or filed with a court in...
• Fees of Sheriff; Increase; Mileage; Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2558
  (1) The sheriff is entitled to the fees provided in this section and section 2559. (2) The following fees of the sheriff are allowed:...
• Fees for Service of Process; Fee for Process With Incorrect Address; Mileage; Fee for Service of Execution and Advertising; Liability; "order for the Seizure of Property" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2559
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the following is the schedule of fees allowed for process or papers served out of a court...
• Fees for Service of Process; Fee for Process With Incorrect Address; Mileage; Fee for Advertising; Liability; Charging Fee in Excess of Law; Tax Costs; "Order for the Seizure of Property" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2559.amended
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (8), the following is the schedule of fees allowed for process or papers served out of...
• Coroners; Compensation or Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2561
  Coroners shall be entitled to such compensation as shall be determined by the board of supervisors, or to the following fees: (1) For all...
• Repealed. 2003, Act 238, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Fees of Register of Deeds; Imposition of Fee by Charter County; "Page" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2567
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a register of deeds is entitled to the following fees, which are not taxable as costs except...
• Fee for Recording Instrument; Amount and Payment; Additional to Other Fees; Remittance and Disposition of Fees; Limitation; Applicability of Section; "county Plan" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2567a
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), the county register of deeds shall collect a fee for recording any instrument. Before January 1,...
• Automation Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2568
  (1) Each county in this state shall establish an automation fund, and that fund shall receive money deposited by the register of deeds of...
• Fees of Appraisers; Mileage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2570
  All appraisers of property taken on any writ of attachment, and sheriffs' aids in criminal cases or in the execution of legal process, where...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Counties Over 1,000,000; Proceedings Relating to Realty; Fees; Dispositions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2576
  (1) Before any action or proceeding for the recovery of possession of lands and buildings shall be commenced before referees, in counties having a...
• Supreme Court Crier; Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2579
  For the service of all orders, processes or writs issued from the supreme court, the supreme court crier shall collect for such service the...
• Service on Corporation and Securities Commission; Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2582
  If service on a corporation is made by service on the corporation and securities commission, there shall be paid to the corporation and securities...
• Frivolous Civil Action or Defense to Civil Action; Awarding Costs and Fees to Prevailing Party; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2591
  (1) Upon motion of any party, if a court finds that a civil action or defense to a civil action was frivolous, the court...
• Bonds; Form; Defect; Amendment; New Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2601
  (1) Whenever a bond is required by law to be given by any person in order to entitle him to any right or privilege...
• Stay of Proceedings Without Bond; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2605
  If the party applying for a stay of proceedings is unable to give a stay bond by reason of poverty, the judge may, upon...
• Stay Pending Appeal of Judgment; Amount of Bond; Limitation; Rescission of Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2607
  (1) The amount of a bond issued to stay execution on a judgment while an appeal is pending shall be determined according to the...
• Bond Not Required of State or Municipal Corporation; Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2611
  In any suit or proceeding in which the state, or any state officer duly authorized for that purpose, or any corporate body in charge...
• Bond Not Required of State or Municipal Corporation; Process - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2615
  No bond, obligation, or security may be required of the state of Michigan, or of any of its departments, institutions or subdivisions in any...
• Single Corporate Surety; Sufficiency - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2621
  Unless otherwise expressly provided, a statute requiring a bond with 2 sureties on the bond may be satisfied by having, as surety on the...
• Oath to Sureties or Bail - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2625
  Whenever any officer is authorized to take any sureties or bail, he is authorized to administer an oath to every person who is offered...
• Cash or Securities in Lieu of Bail or Bond; Deposit; Receipts; Discharge; Interest; Substitution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2631
  In any civil cause, action, proceeding or matter before any court, board or commission in this state or upon appeal from any action of...
• Change in Parties; Effect; New Bonds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2641
  No change in parties, made by order of court, shall impair any previous attachment of the estate of any person remaining a defendant in...
• Liability of Officer if Sureties Insufficient; Recovery of Penalty by State or County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2645
  (1) If on the return of an execution, duly issued upon any judgment obtained on a bond, it appears that the sureties taken therein...
• Joint Defendants; Appeal Bond; Judgment Against Sureties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2651
  If the defendants, or any 2 or more of them, have taken any cause where they are joint defendants by appeal to any court,...
• Security for Costs; Judgment Against Surety - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2655
  Whenever any person becomes security for costs for another, in any court in this state, whether such security is required by law to be...
• Actions on Probate Bonds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2661
  All actions may be commenced in this state by order of a probate court, upon any bond required by law to be filed with...
• Attorney Not to Post Bond; Probate Fiduciary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2665
  No practicing attorney or counselor shall become a surety or post bond for any client in criminal or civil matters. This section shall not...
• Notice Lis Pendens; Recording; Copy as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2701
  (1) To render the filing of a complaint constructive notice to a purchaser of any real estate, the plaintiff shall file for record, with...
• Notice Lis Pendens; Filing by Defendant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2711
  Where a defendant sets up in his answer a counterclaim, upon which he demands an affirmative judgment affecting the title to, or the possession,...
• Notice Lis Pendens; Duration; Extension - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2715
  (1) A notice of pendency hereafter filed for record shall be effective as notice for a period of 3 years from the date of...
• Notice Lis Pendens; Index by Register of Deeds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2721
  Each register of deeds shall enter in an index to be kept in his office, such references to the said notices, as will enable...
• Notice Lis Pendens; Cancellation; Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2725
  (1) If a plaintiff filing the notice before the service of the summons fails to serve the same within the time prescribed in this...
• Notice Lis Pendens; Cancellation; Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2731
  (1) In any pending or future action, other than an action to foreclose a mortgage or for the partition of real property or for...
• Notice Lis Pendens; Suits in Federal Courts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2735
  (1) This chapter applies to suits affecting title to real property in the federal courts. (2) The register of deeds shall file and index...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2801
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Judgment" means a final judgment of 1 of the following: (i) A court of record of this state....
• Attachment; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2803
  A judgment lien attaches to a judgment debtor's interest in real property if a notice of judgment lien is recorded in accordance with this...
• Notice of Judgment Lien; Certification; Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2805
  (1) The clerk of a court that entered a judgment shall certify a notice of judgment lien that has been filed with the court...
• Property Owned as Tenants by the Entirety; Priority; Exceptions; Sale or Refinance of Property Subject to Judgment Lien; Limitation on Proceeds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2807
  (1) A judgment lien does not attach to an interest in real property owned as tenants by the entirety unless the underlying judgment is...
• Judgment Lien; Expiration; Rerecording; Tolling or Suspension of Time Period; Judgment Lien Extinguished - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2809
  (1) Unless subsection (2) or (3) applies, a judgment lien expires 5 years after the date it is recorded. (2) Unless subsection (3) applies,...
• Recording Discharge or Partial Discharge of Judgment Lien - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2811
  Within 28 days after payment in full of the amount due on a judgment that is the basis for a judgment lien, the judgment...
• Failure of Judgment Creditor to Record Discharge of Judgment Lien; Liability; Filing of Affidavit by Judgment Debtor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2813
  (1) A judgment creditor that has not recorded a discharge of judgment lien as required by section 2811 shall record the discharge within 14...
• Person With Same or Similar Name as Judgment Debtor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2815
  (1) A person who has the same or a similar name as a judgment debtor may demand in writing that a judgment creditor that...
• Judgment Lien; Additional and Separate From Remedy or Interest Created by Law or Contract - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2817
  A judgment lien is in addition to and separate from any other remedy or interest created by law or contract.
• Foreclosure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2819
  There is no right to foreclose a judgment lien created under this chapter. At the time the judgment debtor makes a conveyance, as that...
• Actions Abolished; Alienation of Affections, Criminal Conversation, Seduction, and Breach of Contract to Marry - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2901
  The following causes of action are abolished: (1) alienation of the affections of any person, animal, or thing capable of feeling affection, whatsoever; (2)...
• Actions Abolished; Certain Real Actions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2902
  All writs of right, writs of dower, writs of entry, and writs of assize, all fines and common recoveries, and all other real actions...
• Judgment in Tort; Renewal; Continuance of Remedies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2903
  Any judgment in tort heretofore or hereafter rendered and of record in any court of record in this state may be sued on and...
• Repealed. 1964, Act 170, Eff. July 1, 1965. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Civil Actions by State; Laws Applicable - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2905
  Every suit or proceeding in a civil cause instituted in the name of the people of this state, by any public officer duly authorized...
• Confession of Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2906
  Judgments may be entered in any circuit court at any time, upon a plea of confession, signed by an attorney of such court, although...
• Malicious Prosecution or Action; Civil Liability, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2907
  Every person who shall, for vexation and trouble or maliciously, cause or procure any other to be arrested, attached, or in any way proceeded...
• Violation of Mcl 565.25; Liability to Owner of Encumbered Property; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2907a
  (1) A person who violates section 25 of chapter 65 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 565.25 of the Michigan Compiled Laws,...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Stockholders; Individual Liability for Corporate Debts; Enforcement; Labor Debts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2909
  Whenever any stockholders are individually liable for the debts of a corporation the remedy for the enforcement of their liability shall be as prescribed...
• Action for Seduction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2910
  Actions for seduction are subject to the following provisions and limitations: (1) In any action for seduction it is necessary to allege and prove...
• Action for Libel or Slander - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2911
  (1) Words imputing a lack of chastity to any female or male are actionable in themselves and subject the person who uttered or published...
• Actions for Malpractice; Member of State Licensed Profession - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2912
  (1) A civil action for malpractice may be maintained against any person professing or holding himself out to be a member of a state...
• Action Alleging Malpractice; Burden of Proof - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2912a
  (1) Subject to subsection (2), in an action alleging malpractice, the plaintiff has the burden of proving that in light of the state of...
• Action Alleging Medical Malpractice; Notice; Mailing; Notice Period; Statement; Access to Medical Records; Tacking Successive Notice Periods; Response; Failure to Receive Response; Health Professional or Facility Not Intending to Settle - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2912b
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not commence an action alleging medical malpractice against a health professional or health...
• Action Alleging Medical Malpractice; Filing Affidavit Certifying Noninvolvement; Dismissal of Claim; Reinstatement of Party; Discovery - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2912c
  (1) In an action alleging medical malpractice, a party named as a defendant in the action may, instead of answering or otherwise pleading, file...
• Action Alleging Medical Malpractice; Complaint to Be Accompanied by Affidavit of Merit; Filing Extension; Failure to Allow Access to Medical Records - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2912d
  (1) Subject to subsection (2), the plaintiff in an action alleging medical malpractice or, if the plaintiff is represented by an attorney, the plaintiff's...
• Action Alleging Medical Malpractice; Filing Answer to Complaint; Filing Affidavit of Meritorious Defense; Failure to Allow Access to Medical Records - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2912e
  (1) In an action alleging medical malpractice, within 21 days after the plaintiff has filed an affidavit in compliance with section 2912d, the defendant...
• Action Alleging Medical Malpractice; Filing Answer to Complaint; Filing Affidavit of Meritorious Defense; Failure to Allow Access to Medical Records - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2912e.amended
  (1) In an action alleging medical malpractice, within 21 days after the plaintiff has filed an affidavit in compliance with section 2912d, the defendant...
• Waiver of Privilege; Permissible Communication; Disclosure Not as Violation of Law - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2912f
  (1) A person who has given notice under section 2912b or who has commenced an action alleging medical malpractice waives for purposes of that...
• Arbitration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2912g
  (1) Subject to subsection (2), at any time after notice is given as required under section 2912b, if the total amount of damages claimed...
• Settlement Agreement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2912h
  (1) If the plaintiff in an action alleging medical malpractice enters into a settlement agreement with a defendant concerning the action, whether or not...
• Minor Maliciously or Wilfully Destroying Property or Causing Bodily Harm or Injury to Person; Recovery of Damages From Parents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2913
  A municipal corporation, county, township, village, school district, department of the state, person, partnership, corporation, association, or an incorporated or unincorporated religious organization may...
• Discharge in Bankruptcy; Cancellation of Judgment, Procedure; Notice to Judgment Creditor; Judgments From Other States; "judgment" Defined; Judgments Under Mcl 257.513 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2914
  After a bankrupt has been discharged from his debts pursuant to the federal laws relating to bankruptcy, the bankrupt, his receiver, his trustee, or...
• Actions for Taxes Due Other States; Reciprocity - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2915
  Any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any state of the United States has the right to sue...
• Lethal Gases for Fumigation; Liability; Damages; Means of Ingress; Locking; Posting; Permission to Enter; Notice; Violation as Felony; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2916
  (1) Any person who uses any substance which, by itself or in combination with any other substance, emits or liberates a gas, fume or...
• Liability of Library, Merchant, Agent, or Independent Contractor for Conduct Involving Person Suspected of Larceny of Goods or Library Materials, or of Violating Mcl 750.356c or Mcl 750.356d; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2917
  (1) In a civil action against a library or merchant, an agent of the library or merchant, or an independent contractor providing security for...
• Detention of Individual Believed by Owner or Lessee of Theatrical Facility to Have Violated Mcl 750.465a - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2917a
  The owner or lessee of a theatrical facility where a motion picture is being exhibited or the authorized agent or employee of the owner...
• Damages for Forcible Entry and Detainer; Damages for Unlawful Interference With Possessory Interest; Action for Possession; Claim for Injunctive Relief; Joinder; Waiver; Limitations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2918
  (1) Any person who is ejected or put out of any lands or tenements in a forcible and unlawful manner, or being out is...
• Damage or Waste to Land; Damages; Injunction; Contempt - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2919
  (1) Any person who: (a) cuts down or carries off any wood, underwood, trees, or timber or despoils or injures any trees on another's...
• Recovery of Damages, Costs, and Attorney's Fees by Person Damaged; Remedy Cumulative - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2919a
  (1) A person damaged as a result of either or both of the following may recover 3 times the amount of actual damages sustained,...
• Unlawful Taking or Detention of Goods or Chattels; Civil Action to Recover Possession and Damages; Conditions; Surrender or Recovery of Books or Papers Pertaining to Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2920
  (1) A civil action may be brought to recover possession of any goods or chattels which have been unlawfully taken or unlawfully detained and...
• Survival of Actions; Death of Injured Person During Pendency of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2921
  All actions and claims survive death. Actions on claims for injuries which result in death shall not be prosecuted after the death of the...
• Death by Wrongful Act, Neglect, or Fault of Another; Liability; Action by Personal Representative; Limitation; Notice; Approval or Rejection of Proposed Settlement; Award and Distribution of Damages; Presentation of Claim for Damages; Advising Attorney for Personal Representative of Material Facts; Applicability of Mcl 700.3924 to Distribution of Proceeds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2922
  (1) Whenever the death of a person, injuries resulting in death, or death as described in section 2922a shall be caused by wrongful act,...
• Wrongful or Negligent Act Resulting in Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Physical Injury; Liability; Exceptions; "physician or Other Licensed Health Professional" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2922a
  (1) A person who commits a wrongful or negligent act against a pregnant individual is liable for damages if the act results in a...
• Use of Deadly Force or Other Than Deadly Force by Individual in Self - Defense; Immunity From Civil Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2922b
  An individual who uses deadly force or force other than deadly force in self-defense or in defense of another individual in compliance with section...
• Individual Sued for Using Deadly Force or Force Other Than Deadly Force; Award of Attorney Fees and Costs; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2922c
  The court shall award the payment of actual attorney fees and costs to an individual who is sued for civil damages for allegedly using...
• Action on Official or Other Bond; Assignment of Specific Breaches; Pendancy of Suit; Notice by Surety; Damages Paid Equal or Less Than Liability of Surety; Execution; Levy; Judgments in Excess of Liability; Unsatisfied Executions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2923
  (1) When an action is prosecuted in any court upon any bond of any public officer, or upon any bond for the breach of...
• Bill of Discovery - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2924
  An equitable action seeking relief in the nature of a bill of discovery may be filed and the defendant shall be compelled to answer,...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 318, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1974. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Right of Contribution Where Judgment Not Recovered; Limitation on Recovery; Effect of Settlement; Defenses; Intervention; Subrogation; Right of Indemnity; Breach of Fiduciary Obligation; Liability of Secretary of State - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2925a
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, when 2 or more persons become jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury...
• Determining Pro Rata Shares of Tortfeasors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2925b
  Except as otherwise provided by law, in determining the pro rata shares of tortfeasors in the entire liability as between themselves only and without...
• Enforcement of Contribution; Absence of Judgment as Bar to Contribution; Discharge of Other Tort - Feasors; Judgment Binding in Determining Right to Contribution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2925c
  (1) Whether or not judgment has been entered in an action against 2 or more tort-feasors for the same injury or wrongful death, contribution...
• Effect of Release, Covenant Not to Sue, or Covenant Not to Enforce Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2925d
  If a release or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment is given in good faith to 1 of 2 or...
• Jurisdiction to Appoint Receivers; Termination - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2926
  Circuit court judges in the exercise of their equitable powers, may appoint receivers in all cases pending where appointment is allowed by law. This...
• Cemetery Receivers and Conservators; Appointments; Term; Accounting; Compensation and Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2926a
  (1) Circuit court judges in the exercise of their equitable powers in matters relating to cemeteries or other entities regulated under the cemetery regulation...
• Mortgaged Property; Nonpayment of Taxes or Insurance as Waste; Appointment of Receiver; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2927
  (1) The parties to any mortgage, trust mortgage, or deed of trust of real property, or any extension thereof, may, by agreement herein contained...
• Land of Infants and Incompetents; Disposition; Discharge of Incumbrance; Effect of Will or Conveyance; Proceeds of Sale; Dower; Court Orders; Infant or Incompetent as Ward of Court; Proceedings; Delivery of Guardianship Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2928
  (1) The circuit court may order the sale, lease, exchange, conveyance, and if necessary or desirable, the platting, of all or any part of...
• Lands Held in Trust; Sale by Fiduciary, Orders of Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2929
  (1) Actions for equitable relief by any fiduciary seeking authority to sell any lands, tenements, or hereditaments which he is holding in trust for...
• Life Estate; Sale on Order of Court; Bond; Confirmation; Effect of Conveyance, Will, or Order of Court; Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2930
  (1) Circuit courts may order any lands, tenements, or hereditaments which are held for life, with or without power of appointment by will or...
• Barring Dower of Incompetent Wife; Action by Husband; Determination by Court; Disposition of Proceeds; Action by Guardian; Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2931
  (1) The husband of an insane or otherwise incompetent wife or any other person who has an interest in the real estate in which...
• Quieting Title; Interest of Plaintiff; Action by Mortgagee; Establishment of Title; Tenancy in Common; Actions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2932
  (1) Any person, whether he is in possession of the land in question or not, who claims any right in, title to, equitable title...
• Dower; Admeasurement Procedure; Award of Money in Lieu of Dower; Actions Equitable in Nature - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2933
  (1) A widow entitled to dower, or a woman entitled to dower and her husband, may maintain a claim to recover her dower in...
• Quieting Title; Lands Owned by Corporation After Expiration of Term; Complaint; Stockholders and Creditors of Corporation as Defendants; Service; Judgment; Damages; Costs; Actions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2934
  (1) Notwithstanding the expiration of the term of private corporations organized for the conduct of business of any kind, under the laws of this...
• Quieting Title; Recording of Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2935
  If the effect of a judgment is to quiet the title to lands, or if it in any way concerns the title to real...
• Probate in Chancery of Foreign Will; Proof by Copy; Legal Representative's Bill of Peace - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2936
  (1) Whenever it is necessary to probate in this state, the last will of any deceased person which was either (a) executed in a...
• Obstructions and Encroachments on Public Highways, Streets and Alleys; Circuit Court; Relief - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2937
  All claims for relief from obstructions and encroachments on the public highways, streets, and alleys in cities, incorporated villages, and organized townships in this...
• Obscene Matter; Injunction; Adjudication; Temporary or Preliminary Injunction; Effect of Injunction; Distribution of Obscene Matter After Summons and Complaint; Delegation of Authority; Criminal Prosecution; Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2938
  (1) The chief executive or legal office of any city, village or charter township or prosecuting attorney of the county may institute and maintain...
• Gaming; Action by Loser; Oath of Parties; Prosecution According to Common Law; Forfeiture; Limitation; Securities; Lands Enuring of Benefit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2939
  (1) In any suit brought by the person losing any money or goods, against the person receiving the same, when it appears from the...
• Nuisance; Abatement; Circuit Court; Injunction; Private Nuisance; Damages; Warrant to Abate and Remove Nuisance; Expense; Actions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2940
  (1) All claims based on or to abate nuisance may be brought in the circuit court. The circuit court may grant injunctions to stay...
• Artesian or Flowing Well; Certain Condition Deemed Nuisance; Abatement; Damages; Unreasonable or Unnecessary Waste; Order or Judgment; Reopening - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2941
  (1) Any artesian or flowing well, the water of which is unnecessarily allowed to run to waste in an unreasonable manner to the depletion...
• Public Securities Validation; Action to Contest Validity; Counterclaim; Third Party Complaint; Continuances; Amendment; Notice to Appear; Service; Publication of Order to Appear; Parties; Other Actions; Intervention; Final Judgment; Appeal; Upholding Validity of Securities; Definitions; Short Title; Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2942
  (1) If an action contesting the validity of any securities proposed to be issued or any aspect of such validity is brought against any...
• Quieting Title; Relief to Defendant on Rehearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2943
  When any rehearing of an action quieting title to real estate is ordered on petition of a defendant, the relief to be granted the...
• Access to Adjoining Property for Repairs or Improvements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2944
  When an owner or lessee seeks to make improvements or repairs to real property so situated that the improvements or repairs cannot reasonably be...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2945
  As used in this section and sections 1629, 2945 to 2949a, and 5805: (a) "Alteration" means a material change in a product after the...
• Product Liability Action; Admissible Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2946
  (1) It shall be admissible as evidence in a product liability action that the production of the product was in accordance with the generally...
• Determination of Damages; Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2946a
  (1) In an action for product liability, the total amount of damages for noneconomic loss shall not exceed $280,000.00, unless the defect in the...
• Product Liability Action; Liability of Manufacturer or Seller - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2947
  (1) A manufacturer or seller is not liable in a product liability action for harm caused by an alteration of the product unless the...
• Death or Injury; Warnings as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2948
  (1) Evidence is admissible in a product liability action that, before the death of the person or injury to the person or damage to...
• Repealed. 1995, Act 249, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Knowledge of Defective Product - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2949a
  In a product liability action, if the court determines that at the time of manufacture or distribution the defendant had actual knowledge that the...
• Personal Protection Order; Restraining or Enjoining Spouse, Former Spouse, Individual With Child in Common, Individual in Dating Relationship, or Person Residing or Having Resided in Same Household From Certain Conduct; Respondent Required to Carry Concealed Weapon; Omitting Address of Residence From Documents; Issuance, Contents, Effectiveness, Duration, and Service of Personal Protection Order; Entering Order Into L. E. I. N.; Notice; Failure to Comply With Order; False Statement to Court; Enforcement; Minor; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2950
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (27) and (28), by commencing an independent action to obtain relief under this section, by joining a claim...
• Personal Protection Order Restraining or Enjoining Individual From Engaging in Conduct Prohibited Under Mcl 750.411h, 750.411i, or 750.411s; Facts Alleging Stalking; Conduct; Respondent Required to Carry Concealed Weapon; Omitting Address of Residence From Documents; Reasons for Issuing or Refusing to Grant Order; Mutual Order Prohibited; Effectiveness, Issuance, Contents, and Duration of Order; Duties of Court Clerk; Entering Order Into L. E. I. N.; Service; Notice to Law Enforcement Agency; Enforcement; Refusal or Failure to Comply; False Statement to Court; Purchase or Possession of Firearm; Minor; Issuance to Prisoner Prohibited; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2950a
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (28), (29), and (31), by commencing an independent action to obtain relief under this section, by joining a...
• Forms; Liability of Individual Providing Assistance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2950b
  (1) The state court administrative office shall develop and make available forms for use by an individual who wishes to proceed without an attorney....
• Assistance With Personal Protection Order; Domestic Violence Victim Advocate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2950c
  (1) The family division of the circuit court in each county may provide a domestic violence victim advocate to assist victims of domestic violence...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2950h
  As used in this section and sections 2950i, 2950j, 2950k, 2950l, and 2950m: (a) "Foreign protection order" means an injunction or other order issued...
• Foreign Protection Order; Validity; Affirmative Defenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2950i
  (1) A foreign protection order is valid if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The issuing court had jurisdiction over the parties...
• Foreign Protection Order; Subject to Full Faith and Credit and Enforcement; Child Custody or Support Provision - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2950j
  (1) A valid foreign protection order shall be accorded full faith and credit by the court and shall be subject to the same enforcement...
• Foreign Protection Order; Issuance Against Petitioner and Respondent; Conditions; "spouse or Intimate Partner" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2950k
  (1) A foreign protection order sought by a petitioner against a spouse or intimate partner and issued against both the petitioner and respondent is...
• Foreign Protection Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2950l
  (1) Law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and the court shall enforce a foreign protection order other than a conditional release order or probation order issued...
• Foreign Protection Order; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2950m
  A person who violates a foreign protection order that is a conditional release order or a probation order issued by a court in a...
• "approved Signaling Device" and "pistol" Defined; Use of Approved Signaling Device; Strict Liability for Damages; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2951
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Approved signaling device" means a pistol that is a signaling device approved by the United States coast...
• Failure of Maker to Pay Amount of Dishonored Check, Draft, or Order; Liability; Written Demand for Payment; Delivery and Text; Effect of Payment Before Trial; Jurisdiction of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2952
  (1) In addition to applicable penal sanctions, a person who makes, draws, utters, or delivers a check, draft, or order for payment of money...
• Retail Fraud; Liability; Civil Damages; Demand for Payment; Text; Noncompliance; Effect of Payment; Jurisdiction; Civil Action Against Parent; Formal Police Report; Violation by Merchant Precluding Recovery - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2953
  (1) In addition to applicable penal sanctions, a person who commits an act for which he or she could be charged with retail fraud...
• Motion Picture Recording Violation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2953a
  (1) A person who commits an act that constitutes a motion picture recording violation is liable to a person injured by the violation for...
• Maintaining Civil Action Against Individual Engaging in Prohibited Conduct; "victim" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2954
  (1) A victim may maintain a civil action against an individual who engages in conduct that is prohibited under section 411h or 411i of...
• Scientific or Expert Opinion or Evidence; Admissibility - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2955
  (1) In an action for the death of a person or for injury to a person or property, a scientific opinion rendered by an...
• Impaired Ability to Function Due to Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Controlled Substance as Absolute Defense; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2955a
  (1) It is an absolute defense in an action for the death of an individual or for injury to a person or property that...
• Plaintiff's Action for Individual's Bodily Injury or Death During Commission of Felony; Dismissal With Prejudice; Stay of Civil Action Until Final Disposition; Period of Limitations; Applicability; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2955b
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the court shall dismiss with prejudice a plaintiff's action for an individual's bodily injury or death...
• Several and Joint Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2956
  Except as provided in section 6304, in an action based on tort or another legal theory seeking damages for personal injury, property damage, or...
• Determination and Allocation of Fault; Action Against Nonparty; Amendment of Pleading; Assessment of Fault Against Nonparty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2957
  (1) In an action based on tort or another legal theory seeking damages for personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death, the liability of...
• Plaintiff's Contributory Fault Not as Bar to Recovery of Damages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2958
  Subject to section 2959, in an action based on tort or another legal theory seeking damages for personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death,...
• Comparative Fault; Reduction of Damages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2959
  In an action based on tort or another legal theory seeking damages for personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death, the court shall reduce...
• Comparative Fault; Reduced Damages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2959.amended
  In an action based on tort or another legal theory seeking damages for personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death, the court shall reduce...
• Burden of Proof; Cause of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2960
  (1) The person seeking to establish fault under sections 2957 to 2959 has the burden of alleging and proving that fault. (2) Sections 2957...
• Definitions; Determining When Commission Due; Payment of Commissions; Liability; Attorney Fees and Costs; Jurisdiction; Contract Waiver Void; Applicability of Section - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2961
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Commission" means compensation accruing to a sales representative for payment by a principal, the rate of which...
• Malpractice Action Against Certified Public Accountant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2962
  (1) This section applies to an action for professional malpractice against a certified public accountant. A certified public accountant is liable for civil damages...
• Definitions; Unauthorized Receipt of Cable or Satellite Television Service; Action to Enjoin; Damages; Actual Damages Not Required; Separate Causes of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2962[1]
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Cable or satellite system equipment" means any cables, converters, decoders, descramblers, devices, instruments, or other equipment owned...
• Definitions; Injunction; Damages; Civil Action; Court Actions; Actual Damages or Convictions Not Prerequisite to Action; Additional Penalties or Remedies; Separate Causes of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2962a
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Telecommunications service" means that term as defined in section 219a of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA...
• Commencement of Civil Action or Filing Appeal in Civil Action by Prisoner; Payment of Filing Fees and Costs; Claim of Indigency; Failure to Pay Fees and Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2963
  (1) If a prisoner under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections submits for filing a civil action as plaintiff in a court of...
• Social Security or Credit Card Number on Check as Condition of Acceptance; Requirement Prohibited; Exceptions; Prima Facie Evidence of Identity; Violation; Penalty; "sale At Retail" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2964
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person shall not require that a social security or credit card number be written on a...
• Recovery of Damages by Firefighter or Police Officer; Preclusion Abolished - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2965
  The common law doctrine that precludes a firefighter or police officer from recovering damages for injuries arising from the normal, inherent, and foreseeable risks...
• Injury to Firefighter or Police Officer; Governmental Immunity - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2966
  The state, a political subdivision of this state, or a governmental agency, governmental officer or employee, volunteer acting on behalf of a government, and...
• Recovery of Damages by Firefighter or Police Officer; Circumstances as Proof; Construction of Section; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2967
  (1) Except as provided in section 2966, a firefighter or police officer who seeks to recover damages for injury or death arising from the...
• Improper Gift or Service to Student Athlete as Interference; Liability to Institution of Higher Education; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2968
  (1) If a person interferes with the prospective advantage accorded an institution of higher education by virtue of its relationship with an intercollegiate athletics...
• Repealed. 1999, Act 239, Eff. Jan. 1, 2003. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1999, Act 240, Eff. Jan. 1, 2003. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Wrongful Birth or Wrongful Life Claims; Prohibitions; Exceptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2971
  (1) A person shall not bring a civil action on a wrongful birth claim that, but for an act or omission of the defendant,...
• Allegation of Domestic Violence; Consideration of Motion to Seal Court Records; "domestic Violence" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2972
  (1) When considering a motion to seal court records in a civil or criminal matter, if the motion involves an allegation of domestic violence,...
• Field Crop Produced for Crop Research or Testing; Intentional Damage or Destruction; Damage Award; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2973
  (1) A person who intentionally damages or destroys all or part of a field crop belonging to another person produced for crop research or...
• Limitation of Civil Liability for Weight Gain or Obesity; Requirements for Cause of Action; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2974
  (1) Subject to subsection (2), a manufacturer, packer, distributor, carrier, holder, seller, marketer, promoter, or advertiser of a food or an association that includes...
• Publishing Instructions for Manufacture or Creation of Methamphetamine; Commencement of Action; Court Order; Relief; Exception; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2975
  (1) The attorney general may commence an action against a person who develops or maintains a website or page on a website for the...
• Entry of Judgment for Damages; Notice to Department - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2975a
  Upon entry of a judgment for damages against a licensee under article 24 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.2401 to 339.2412,...
• Seller or End User Who Stores, Secures, Uses, Transports, or Protects Anhydrous Ammonia; Immunity From Tort Liability; Applicability; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2976
  (1) A seller or end user who stores, secures, uses, transports, or protects anhydrous ammonia in compliance with AASSPs is immune from tort liability...
• Cumulative Successor Asbestos - Related Liability of Corporation; Definitions; Limitations; Determination of Fair Market Value of Total Gross Assets; Increase; Adjustment; Prospective Application of Provision; Severability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3001
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Asbestos claim" means a claim for damages, loss, indemnification, contribution, or other relief arising out of, based...
• Jurisdiction of Circuit Court to Foreclose Mortgages of Real Estate and Land Contracts; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3101
  The circuit court has jurisdiction to foreclose mortgages of real estate and land contracts. However, the procedures set forth in this chapter shall not...
• Mortgage; Land Contract; Foreclosure Proceeding; Unsatisfied Execution on Judgment At Law; Separate Proceeding; Consolidation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3105
  (1) If a judgment has been obtained in any other civil action for the money, or part thereof, demanded in the complaint in an...
• Foreclosure of Interest or Installment; Payment Before Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3110
  Whenever a complaint is filed for the satisfaction or foreclosure of any mortgage on real estate or land contract, upon which there is due...
• Foreclosure Proceeding; Sale, Time - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3115
  Whenever a complaint is filed for the foreclosure or satisfaction of any mortgage on real estate or land contract, the court has power to...
• Foreclosure Proceeding; Judgment of Sale; Payment of Principal, Interest, and Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3120
  If, after a judgment of sale is entered against him, the defendant brings into court the principal and interest due with costs, the proceedings...
• Sale of Land on Foreclosure; Authorized Persons; Public Sale; Time; Place; Mcl 600.6091 Applicable - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3125
  All sales of land on foreclosure of a land contract or mortgage on real estate shall be made by the county clerk of the...
• Sale of Land on Foreclosure; Deed - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3130
  (1) The person making the sale shall execute deeds specifying the names of the parties in the action, the date of the land contract...
• Proceeds of Sale; Application; Disposition and Investment of Surplus - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3135
  (1) The proceeds of every sale under a judgment shall be applied to the discharge of the debt adjudged by the court to be...
• Mortgage Foreclosure Sale; Redemption; Amount Stated in Recorded Affidavit; Portions of Premises - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3140
  (1) The mortgagor, the mortgagor's heirs, executors, or administrators, or any person lawfully claiming from or under the mortgagor or the mortgagor's heirs, executors,...
• Redemption From Sale; Additional Sums for Taxes and Insurance Premiums - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3145
  The court may make provision in any judgment of foreclosure for the adding to the amount determined in the judgment to be due, any...
• Original Judgment in Foreclosure Cases; Determination of Personal Liability; Execution for Amount of Deficiency; Delivery of Possession - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3150
  In the original judgment in foreclosure cases the court shall determine and adjudge which defendants, if any, are personally liable on the land contract...
• Upset Price At Sale - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3155
  In any forfeiture, foreclosure, or specific performance case based upon a mortgage on real estate or land contract the court may fix and determine...
• Persons Other Than Mortgagor or Vendee Securing Debt - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3160
  If the land contract or mortgage debt is secured by the obligation or other evidence of debt of any other person besides the vendee...
• Sale of Premises Sufficient to Satisfy Amount Due; Judgment as Security; Default; Sale of Whole Premises - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3165
  (1) If the defendant does not bring into court the amount due, with costs, or if for any other cause a judgment is entered...
• Trust Mortgage Property; Authority of Trustee to Bid in At Foreclosure for Bondholders, Effect of Acquisition on Rights of Parties; Management After Acquisition; Powers and Duties of Trustee; Disposal; Report; Accounting; Construction of Section; Supplementation by Court Rule - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3170
  (1) When a complaint is filed in any circuit court for the foreclosure of any trust mortgage or deed of trust given to a...
• Discharge of Mortgage on Real Property, Land Contract or Tax Lien; Action; Evidence of Payment; Lapse of 15 Years; Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3175
  (1) When a recorded mortgage on real property, land contract, or tax lien (except tax liens held by the state or any political subdivision...
• Actions Equitable in Nature - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3180
  Actions under this chapter are equitable in nature.
• Mortgage Foreclosure; Defendant as Service Member or Deployed in Overseas Service; Actions by Court; Mortgage and Land Contract Entered Into Before Effective Date of Act; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3185
  (1) If a defendant in an action to foreclose a mortgage on real estate or a land contract is a service member and either...
• Foreclosure by Advertisement of Mortgage Containing Power of Sale; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3201
  Every mortgage of real estate, which contains a power of sale, upon default being made in any condition of such mortgage, may be foreclosed...
• Foreclosure by Advertisement; Circumstances; Installments as Separate and Independent Mortgage; Redemption; Chain of Title; Commencement of Proceedings Prohibited; Conditions; Applicability of Subsection (4); "Federal Acts" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3204
  (1) Subject to subsection (4), a party may foreclose a mortgage by advertisement if all of the following circumstances exist: (a) A default in...
• Designation of Individual to Service as Contact; Authorization to Facilitate Negotiation or Attend Meetings; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3205
  (1) For a foreclosure proceeding in which the first notice under section 3205a is mailed to the borrower on or after February 1, 2012,...
• Notice From Foreclosing Party to Borrower; Contents; List of Housing Counselors; Service; Publication; Failure of Service; Applicability of Section and Sections 3205b and 3205c - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3205a
  (1) Subject to subsection (6), before commencing a proceeding under this chapter to which section 3204(4) applies, the foreclosing party shall serve a written...
• Modification of Mortgage Loan; Negotiations; Contacting Designated Person or Housing Counselor; Providing Documents; Scheduling Meeting - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3205b
  (1) If a borrower wishes to participate in negotiations to attempt to work out a modification of a mortgage loan, within 30 days after...
• Loan Modification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3205c
  (1) If a borrower has, either directly or through a housing counselor, contacted a person designated under section 3205a(1)(c) under section 3205b but the...
• Housing Counselors; List; Prohibitions; Violation of Subsection (2) or (3) as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3205d
  (1) The Michigan state housing development authority shall develop a list of housing counselors approved by the United States department of housing and urban...
• Repeal of Mcl 600.3205a to 600.3205d - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3205e
  Sections 3205a to 3205d are repealed effective June 30, 2013. History: Add. 2009, Act 31, Eff. July 5, 2009 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 72,...
• Notice of Foreclosure; Publication; Posting - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3208
  Notice that the mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, shall be given by publishing...
• Notice of Foreclosure by Advertisement; Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3212
  Every notice of foreclosure by advertisement shall include all of the following: (a) The names of the mortgagor, the original mortgagee, and the foreclosing...
• Sale; Time and Place - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3216
  The sale shall be at public sale, between the hour of 9 o'clock in the forenoon and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at the...
• Sale; Adjournment; Notice; Posting; Publication - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3220
  Such sale may be adjourned from time to time, by the sheriff or other officer or person appointed to make such sale at the...
• Sale of Distinct Parcels - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3224
  If the mortgaged premises consist of distinct farms, tracts, or lots not occupied as 1 parcel, they shall be sold separately, and no more...
• Sale; Purchase by Mortgagee or Assigns - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3228
  The mortgagee, his assigns, or his or their legal representatives, may, fairly and in good faith, purchase the premises so advertised, or any part...
• Deed of Sale; Endorsement; Deposit With Register; Recording; Entry Upon Redemption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3232
  The officer or person making the sale shall forthwith execute, acknowledge, and deliver, to each purchaser a deed of the premises bid off by...
• Deed of Sale; Effect Upon Failure to Redeem; Prior Liens - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3236
  Unless the premises described in such deed shall be redeemed within the time limited for such redemption as hereinafter provided, such deed shall thereupon...
• Redemption of Premises; Payment; Redemption of Senior Lien; Defenses; Recordation; Redemption Periods; Amount Stated in Recorded Affidavit; County Having Population of More Than 750,000 and Less Than 1,500,000; Limitation on Amount Charged by Register of Deeds; Use of Property for Agricultural Purposes; Presumption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3240
  (1) A purchaser's deed is void if the mortgagor, the mortgagor's heirs or personal representative, or any person lawfully claiming under the mortgagor or...
• Abandonment of Premises; Presumption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3241
  For purposes of this chapter, abandonment of premises shall be conclusively presumed upon satisfaction of the following requirements: (a) Within 30 days before the...
• Abandonment of Premises; Residential Property Not Exceeding 4 Units; Presumption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3241a
  For purposes of this chapter, if foreclosure proceedings have been commenced under this chapter against residential property not exceeding 4 units, abandonment of premises...
• Redemption; Destruction of Deed; Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3244
  Upon the payment of the entire sum bid at such sale, and interest thereon, and the fee of $5.00 mentioned in section 3240 to...
• Redemption; Refusal to Certify Payment; Civil Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3248
  If any person entitled to receive such redemption moneys, shall, upon payment or tender thereof to him, refuse to make and acknowledge such certificate...
• Disposition of Surplus Money - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3252
  If after any sale of real estate, made as herein prescribed, there shall remain in the hands of the officer or other person making...
• Affidavits to Perpetuate Evidence of Sale; Endorsement or Annexation to One Instrument - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3256
  (1) Any party desiring to perpetuate the evidence of any sale made in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter, may procure: (a) An...
• Affidavits to Perpetuate Evidence of Sale; Persons to Take - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3260
  The affidavits specified in section 3256 may be taken and certified by any officer authorized by law to administer oaths.
• Affidavits to Perpetuate Evidence of Sale; Record; Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3264
  Such affidavits shall be recorded at length by the register of deeds of the county in which the premises are situated, in a book...
• Marginal Notes to Record of Mortgages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3268
  A note referring to the page and book where the evidence of any sale having been made under a mortgage, is recorded, shall be...
• Repealed. 2004, Act 538, Eff. Mar. 30, 2005. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Posting of Notices; Mortgagee's Right of Entry - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3276
  Incident to the foreclosure of a mortgage pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the mortgagee, his agents and assigns shall have a right...
• Physical Injury to Property; Liability; Damages; Joinder With Action for Possession of Premises - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3278
  (1) During the period of redemption following a foreclosure sale of property under this chapter, the mortgagor and any other person liable on the...
• Foreclosure by Advertisement; Deficiency; Defenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3280
  When, in the foreclosure of a mortgage by advertisement, any sale of real property has been made after February 11, 1933, or shall be...
• Validity of Foreclosure; Violation of Subsection (2); Penalty; Filing of Action by Attorney General; Applicability of Section to Mortgage Entered Into Before Effective Date of Act; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3285
  (1) If a mortgagor is a service member, either the mortgagor entered into the mortgage before becoming a service member or the mortgagor is...
• Partition of Lands; Jurisdiction of Circuit Court; Actions Equitable in Nature - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3301
  Actions containing claims for the partition of lands may be brought in the circuit courts, including, but not limited to, the matters covered in...
• Partition of Lands; Joint Tenants; Tenants in Common - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3304
  All persons holding lands as joint tenants or as tenants in common may have those lands partitioned.
• Partition of Lands; Estate in Possession; Inapplicable to Reversions or Remainders - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3308
  Any person who has an estate in possession in the lands of which partition is sought may maintain a claim for partition of those...
• Mineral Rights - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3312
  Any person who has an estate in possession of any ores, minerals, or metals in lands may maintain a claim for partition. But the...
• Undivided Interest in Estate in Possession or in Expectancy Deemed Fee Simple - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3316
  Any person who owns an undivided interest, however acquired, in all of the estates in possession and in expectancy in the land of which...
• Guardian; Authority to Agree to Division; Report; Infants; Infant as Married Woman; Delivery of Guardianship Property to Probate Court Guardian; Disharge of Circuit Court Guardian - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3320
  (1) The circuit court may direct and authorize general guardians or guardians ad litem to agree to a division or a sale of the...
• Lands Held in Trust; Parties; Division Among Heirs or Devisees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3324
  (1) The provisions concerning partition are applicable to lands held by a trustee for the benefit of others, and a claim for partition may...
• Partition Against State; Service of Papers; Appearance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3328
  Partition proceedings may be brought in the circuit courts against the state of Michigan whenever any lands are held jointly or as tenants in...
• Indivisible Premises; Division of Part of Premises; Minimum Price - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3332
  If the court finds that all the lands and tenements of which division or partition is sought are so situated, or that any district,...
• Owelty; Adjustment of Equities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3336
  (1) When it appears to the court ordering partition that partition cannot be made equally between the parties without prejudice to the rights and...
• Sales Under Partition; Settlement of Value of Inchoate, Contingent, or Vested Rights - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3340
  In all cases of sales under judgment in partition where it appears that any married woman has an inchoate right of dower in any...
• Release of Interest by Married Woman; Payment From Proceeds of Sale; Effect on Rights - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3344
  Any married woman may release her right, interest, or estate to her husband and lawfully acknowledge this release. If the release is executed outside...
• Receiver; Appointment; Protection From Waste, Trespass, or Injury - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3348
  Whenever it appears that to do so would benefit any part owner of the premises of which partition is sought, the court may appoint...
• Claims Barred by Statute of Limitations; Acquiescence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3352
  The authority given by this chapter to partition real estate does not authorize the revival or prosecution of any claim to lands which otherwise...
• Creditor With Lien; Transfer; Impairment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3356
  The partition of the premises shall not alter or impair the lien of any creditor on the premises in question, except that when the...
• Division of Property Among Cestuis Que Trust in Lieu of Sale; Authority From Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3360
  In any estate vested in a trustee or trustees for the benefit of any person or corporation, whether by will or other grant or...
• Division of Property Among Cestuis Que Trust in Lieu of Sale; Procedure When All Parties Do Not Consent - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3364
  In all cases except where all the parties to be benefited by the distribution of the proceeds of the sale of the trust estate...
• Division of Property Among Cestuis Que Trust in Lieu of Sale; Procedure When All Parties Consent - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3368
  Such division or distribution of a trust estate may be made by a trustee without obtaining the authority of the court as aforesaid, when...
• Division of Property Among Cestuis Que Trust in Lieu of Sale; Consent of Guardian of Minor, Insane, or Incompetent Person - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3372
  When any of the persons entitled to share in the distribution of the proceeds of the sale of such trust estate is a minor,...
• Voluntary Dissolution of Corporations; Actions Equitable in Nature; Stockholders and Creditors as Parties Defendant; Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3501
  (1) Whenever the directors, trustees, or other officers who have the management of the affairs of any corporation, or the majority of them, discover...
• Voluntary Dissolution of Corporations; Dissolution; Receiver; Temporary Receiver - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3505
  If it appears to the court that the corporation is insolvent or that dissolution thereof would be beneficial to the stockholders and not injurious...
• Receiver; Bond; Powers; Duties; Administration of Estate; Common Law Assignments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3510
  (1) Upon giving bond and qualifying, as the court may direct, such permanent receiver is vested with all the estate, real and personal, of...
• Sales, Transfers, and Levies Subsequent to Application for Dissolution; Validity - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3515
  All sales, assignments, transfers, mortgages and conveyances of any part of the assets of such corporation made after the filing of such application for...
• Repealed. 2002, Act 433, Imd. Eff. June 10, 2002. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Chapter Inapplicable to Library; Lyceums; Religious Corporation; Academy; Select School; Burying Ground Corporations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3525
  The provisions of this chapter do not extend to any incorporated library or lyceum society; to any religious corporation; to any incorporated academy or...
• Restraint of Unauthorized Exercise of Corporate Rights, Privileges, or Franchises; Injunction Before Answer; Continuance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3601
  (1) Upon complaint being filed by the attorney general, the circuit court may enjoin any corporation from assuming or exercising any franchise, liberty, or...
• Circuit Courts; Power; Jurisdiction; Plaintiffs; Visitorial Powers Vested in Corporate Body or Public Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3605
  (1) Circuit courts have the power, and actions may be brought in the circuit courts: (a) to compel persons to account for their conduct...
• Sequestration of Corporate Property; Distribution of Assets Upon Final Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3610
  (1) Whenever a judgment is obtained against any corporation, incorporated under the laws of this state, and an execution issued upon the judgment is...
• Repealed. 2002, Act 433, Imd. Eff. June 10, 2002. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Creditor's Bill Against Directors or Stockholders; Jurisdiction of Circuit Court; Accounts; Receivers; Determination of Liability; Distribution of Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3620
  (1) Whenever any creditor of a corporation seeks to charge the directors, trustees or other superintending officers of such corporation, or the stockholders thereof,...
• Debt; Enforcement of Payment; Stock Subscriptions; Determination of Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3625
  (1) In all cases in which the directors or other officers of a corporation, or the stockholders thereof, are parties to the action in...
• Discovery of Corporate Assets; Answer by Officer, Agent, or Stockholder; Answers and Examinations of Witnesses; Use of Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3630
  (1) Upon any application to the court having jurisdiction, in any of the cases provided in this chapter, such court may compel such corporation...
• Injunction Against Other Proceedings by Creditors; Notice to Creditors to Exhibit Claims; Failure to Exhibit Claims and Become Parties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3635
  (1) Whenever any complaint is filed or any application is made against any corporation, its directors or other superintending officers, or its stockholders, according...
• Inapplicability of Chapter; Library; Lyceum; Religious Corporation; Academy; Select School; Burying Ground Corporation; Insurance or Fraternal Benefit Association - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3640
  The provisions of this chapter do not extend to any incorporated library or lyceum society; to any religious corporation; to any incorporated academy or...
• Actions Equitable in Nature - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3645
  Actions brought under this chapter are equitable in nature.
• Nuisance; Injunction; Abatement; Guilt; "Controlled Substance" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3801
  (1) A building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or place is a nuisance if 1 or more of the following apply: (a) It is used for...
• Action to Abate; Parties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3805
  The attorney general of the state of Michigan, the prosecuting attorney or any citizen of the county, may maintain an action for equitable relief...
• Owner; Definition; Authority of Court; Closing of Premises; Vehicles; Parties - Defendant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3810
  (1) An owner of the premises within the meaning of this chapter is deemed to be the grantee or vendee of the last recorded...
• Admissible Evidence; Unnecessary Proof; Judgment and Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3815
  (1) In any action brought under this chapter, evidence of the general reputation of the building, vehicle, boat, aircraft or place is admissible for...
• Contempt; Punishment; Procedure; Bail - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3820
  If any order or injunction granted under the provisions of this chapter is violated, the court may summarily try and punish the offender as...
• Order of Abatement; Closing of Building; Removal of Contents; Sale; Vehicles; Personal Property; Use of Closed Building; Contempt - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3825
  (1) If the existence of the nuisance is established in an action as provided in this chapter, an order of abatement shall be entered...
• Removal and Sale of Property; Fees; Closing of Building; Loss of Property Exemptions; Liability of Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3830
  (1) For removing and selling the movable property, the officer is entitled to charge and receive the same fees as he would for levying...
• Proceeds From Sale of Personalty; Application - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3835
  The proceeds of the sale of the personal property, as provided in section 3830, shall be applied in payment of the costs of the...
• Delivery of Premises to Owner; Conditions; Bond; Abatement; Liability of Sureties; Appeal; Stay of Order of Abatement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3840
  (1) If the owner of such building or place pays all costs of the proceeding, and files a bond with sureties approved by the...
• Attachment; Ex Parte Application; Service of Writ; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4001
  Upon ex parte application showing that the person against whom a claim is asserted is not subject to the judicial jurisdiction of the state...
• Garnishment; Property or Obligation Applicable to Satisfaction of Claim; Jurisdiction; State and Governmental Units as Garnishees; Ex Parte Application for Writ of Garnishment; Service; Conditions to Commencement of Garnishment Proceeding; Immunity of Sheriff or Other Public Officer; Fee; Conveyance of Money or Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4011
  (1) Subject to sections 4061 and 4061a, and the conditions in subsections (2) to (10), the court has power by garnishment to apply the...
• Writ of Garnishment as to Periodic Payments; Duration; Priority; Liability of Garnishee Defendant; Fee; "periodic Payments" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4012
  (1) Except for garnishment of a tax refund under section 4061a or garnishment of wages, salary, commissions, or other earnings, and subject to subsection...
• Actions as Cause of Discipline or Discharge of Principal Defendant From Employment; Reinstatement; Civil Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4015
  A garnishee defendant shall not use the fact that the principal defendant has had 1 or more actions brought against him under the provisions...
• Attachment; Venue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4021
  The county in which some of the property to be attached is situated is a proper county of venue for attachment. History: 1961, Act...
• Venue; Garnishment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4025
  The county which would be a proper county of venue as designated in RJA chapter 16 of an action against the defendant who is...
• Exemptions; Attachment and Garnishment; Partial Exemptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4031
  (1) The provisions of the statutes relating to exemptions from execution, and the manner of levying upon property belonging to a class or species...
• Attachment; Effect; Personalty; Realty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4035
  An attachment shall bind goods and chattels from the time they were attached. An attachment of realty or any right or interest therein shall...
• Attachment on Realty; Discharge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4041
  Any attachment on realty or any right or interest therein shall be discharged upon the record thereof by the register of deeds whenever there...
• Attachment or Garnishment; Dissolution by Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4045
  In every case where property is attached or garnishment is served, the attachment or garnishment may be dissolved by the posting of a bond...
• False Answer by Garnishee or Agent; Civil Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4051
  Any person summoned as a garnishee or any officer, agent, or other person who appears and answers for a corporation summoned as a garnishee,...
• Garnishment Against State; Employees Designated to Receive Process; Procedures - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4061
  (1) A plaintiff shall serve garnishment process issued from a court in Michigan against the state of Michigan upon the state treasurer or other...
• Interception of State Tax Refund or Credit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4061a
  (1) The state treasurer shall intercept a state tax refund or credit that is subject to a writ of garnishment served upon the state...
• Evidence in Criminal Proceedings; Disclosure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4065
  No disclosure made under the provisions of the garnishment statutes or rules shall be used in evidence upon a criminal prosecution except upon a...
• Habeas Corpus; Provisions of Chapter; Applicability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4301
  The provisions of sections 4301 to 4379 shall be construed to apply to every writ of habeas corpus authorized to be issued under any...
• Habeas Corpus; Power to Issue Writ - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4304
  The writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of detention, or an order to show cause why the writ should not issue,...
• Habeas Corpus; Right to Bring Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4307
  An action for habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of detention may be brought by or on the behalf of any person restrained...
• Habeas Corpus; Persons Not Entitled to Writ - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4310
  An action for habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of detention may not be brought by or on behalf of the following persons:...
• Habeas Corpus; Refusal to Consider; Malfeasance of Judge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4313
  Any judge who wilfully or corruptly refuses or neglects to consider an application, action, or motion for habeas corpus, is guilty of malfeasance in
• Habeas Corpus; Granting of Writ - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4316
  Any court or judge empowered to grant the writ of habeas corpus shall, upon proper application, grant the preliminary writ (or an order to...
• Habeas Corpus; Custody of Child - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4319
  If the action for habeas corpus is brought by a parent, foster-parent, or other relative of the child, to obtain custody of a child...
• Habeas Corpus; "prisoner" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4322
  The term "prisoner", as used in connection with habeas corpus, means the person on whose behalf the writ is issued, such as an inmate...
• Habeas Corpus; Person Served; Duty to Bring Body of Prisoner - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4325
  If a writ of habeas corpus is issued, the person on whom it is served shall bring the body of the person in his...
• Habeas Corpus; Sickness or Infirmity of Prisoner - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4328
  If, from the sickness or infirmity of the prisoner directed to be produced by any writ of habeas corpus, the prisoner cannot, without danger,...
• Habeas Corpus; Refusal or Neglect to Obey; Arrest; Close Custody; Proceeding Against Sheriff; Prisoner to Be Brought Before Court; Power of County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4331
  (1) If the person upon whom the writ of habeas corpus was duly served refuses or neglects to obey the writ without sufficient excuse,...
• Arrest in Support of Writ - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4334
  If any person attempts wrongfully to carry the prisoner out of the county or state after service of a writ of habeas corpus or...
• Warrant for Prisoner in Lieu of Habeas Corpus; Issuance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4337
  Whenever it appears by satisfactory proof, that anyone is held in illegal confinement or custody, and that there is good reason to believe that...
• Arrest of Person Having Custody of Prisoner; Warrant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4340
  When the proof mentioned in section 4337 is sufficient to justify an arrest of the person having the prisoner in his custody, as for...
• Arrest of Person Having Custody of Prisoner; Execution of Warrant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4343
  Any officer or person to whom the warrant is directed shall execute the warrant by bringing the prisoner therein named, and the person who...
• Arrest of Person Having Custody of Prisoner; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4346
  If the person having the prisoner in his custody is brought before the court or judge, as for a criminal offense, he shall be...
• Custody of Prisoner - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4349
  The court or judge issuing the writ of habeas corpus may commit the prisoner to the custody of such individual or individuals as the...
• Discharge of Prisoner; Enforcement of Order; Obedience by Sheriff or Other Custodian - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4352
  (1) If no legal cause is shown for the restraint, or for the continuation thereof, the court or judge shall discharge the person restrained...
• Remanding of Prisoner - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4355
  The court or judge shall forthwith remand the person restrained if the person restrained is detained in custody, either: (1) By virtue of process...
• Discharge of Prisoner in Civil Cases - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4358
  If the prisoner is in custody by virtue of civil process from any court legally constituted, or issued by any officer in the course...
• Remanding or Commitment of Prisoner - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4361
  If the prisoner is not entitled to his discharge, and is not bailed, the court or judge shall place him under the restraint from...
• Recommitment of Prisoner; Causes - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4364
  No person who has been discharged by the order of any court or judge upon habeas corpus shall be again restrained for the same...
• Recommitment of Prisoner; Violation of Section; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4367
  If any person knowingly: (1) violates section 4364, or (2) causes section 4364 to be violated, or (3) aids or assists in the violation...
• Concealment of Prisoner; Misdemeanor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4370
  Any one having under his power any person who would be entitled to a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of...
• Concealment of Prisoner; Aiding; Misdemeanor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4373
  Every person who knowingly aids or assists in the violation of section 4370 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• Concealment of Prisoner; Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4376
  Every person convicted of any of the misdemeanors specified in sections 4367, 4370 and 4373 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00,...
• Refusal to Deliver Copy of Authority for Detention of Prisoner; Time; Civil Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4379
  Any officer or other person who refuses or neglects for 6 hours to deliver a copy of any order, warrant, process or other authority...
• Habeas Corpus for Witness; Issuance; Transfer of Prisoner - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4385
  (1) The judges of every court of record have the power to issue a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of bringing before...
• Habeas Corpus; Liability of Officer for Disobedience to Writ - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4387
  Whenever any writ of habeas corpus is issued pursuant to section 4385, the officer on whom the writ is served shall obey the writ...
• Action for Mandamus Against State Officer; Commencement; Rule for Joinder of Claims or Consolidation of Actions; Rule for Referral of Action to Circuit Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4401
  (1) An action for mandamus against a state officer shall be commenced in the court of appeals, or in the circuit court in the...
• Mandamus; Violation; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4411
  Whenever mandamus is directed to any public officer, body or board, corporation or corporate officer, commanding them to perform any duty, specially enjoined upon...
• Mandamus; Payment of Fine; Bar to Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4421
  The payment of such fine shall be a bar to any action for any penalty incurred by such officer, or member of such body...
• Mandamus; Damages; Costs; Public Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4431
  Damages and costs may be awarded in an action for mandamus. No damages may be allowed in mandamus against a public officer who, in...
• Quo Warranto; Attorney General; Private Party - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4501
  The attorney general shall bring an action for quo warranto when the facts clearly warrant the bringing of that action. If the attorney general...
• Usurpation of Office; Determination; Judgment for Relator; Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4505
  (1) In actions brought against persons for usurpation of office, the judgment may determine the right of the defendant to hold the office. If...
• Usurpation of Office; Damages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4511
  When an action is brought against a person for usurping an office and the person rightfully entitled to the office is a party and...
• Usurpation of Office; Ouster; Costs; Fine - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4515
  Whenever any defendant in a quo warranto proceeding is found or adjudged guilty of usurping or intruding into or unlawfully holding or exercising any...
• Judgment Against Corporation; Dissolution; Fine - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4521
  If a corporation has, by any misuser, nonuser, or surrender, forfeited its corporate rights, privileges and franchises, the judgment in an action for quo...
• Judgment Against Corporation; Collection of Fine and Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4525
  If such judgment is rendered or if fine is imposed against any corporation, or against any persons claiming to be a corporation, the court...
• Judgment Against Corporation; Restraint; Receiver; Accounting; Distribution of Assets; Duty of Attorney General - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4531
  Whenever any such judgment is rendered, any court having equity jurisdiction has the same powers to restrain the corporation against which it is rendered;...
• Judgment; Filing of Record of Judgment; Notice; Publication - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4535
  Whenever any such judgment is rendered against a corporation, a copy of the record of such judgment shall be forthwith filed in the office...
• Forfeited Property; Recovery by Attorney General - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4541
  Whenever by the provisions of law or order of the court any property, real or personal, is forfeited to the people of this state...
• Election Fraud or Error; Circuit Court; Time for Filing Action; Plaintiffs; Defendant; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4545
  (1) An action may be brought in the circuit court of any county of this state whenever it appears that material fraud or error...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4701
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Crime" means committing, attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, or soliciting another person to commit any of the...
• Property Subject to Seizure and Forfeiture; Encumbrances; Substituted Proceeds of Crime - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4702
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following property is subject to seizure by, and forfeiture to, a local unit of government...
• Order of Seizure; Seizure Without Process; Order Authorizing Filing of Lien Notice; Return of Property to Victim; Property in Custody of Seizing Agency; Powers of Seizing Agency; Disposition of Seized Money - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4703
  (1) Personal property subject to forfeiture under this chapter may be seized pursuant to an order of seizure issued by the court having jurisdiction...
• Seizure of Computer or Computer Information Storage Device; Copy Provided to Court; Retention as Confidential Record; "computer" and "computer Storage Device" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4703a
  (1) If a computer or computer information storage device is seized for a violation of Act No. 53 of the Public Acts of 1979,...
• Notice Generally - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4704
  (1) Within 7 days after personal property is seized or a lien notice is filed against real property under section 4703, the seizing agency...
• Motion to Return Property or Discharge Lien; Grounds; Hearing; Burden of Proof; Order; Filing Lien Against Vehicle and Returning Vehicle to Owner; Admissibility of Testimony in Criminal Prosecution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4705
  (1) A person who did not have prior knowledge of, or consent to the commission of, the crime may move the court having jurisdiction...
• Return of Personal Property to Owner; Discharge of Lien Against Real Property or Motor Vehicle; Time Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4706
  Except as otherwise provided by law, personal property seized pursuant to section 4703 shall be returned to the owner, or a lien filed against...
• Notice That Property Returned or Lien Discharged - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4706a
  (1) Within 7 days after personal property is returned to the owner, or a lien filed against real property or a motor vehicle is...
• Notice of Seizure of Property or Filing of Lien and Intent to Begin Forfeiture and Disposal Proceedings; Time Limitation; Filing Claim; Civil Action for Forfeiture; Burden of Proof - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4707
  (1) If property subject to forfeiture under this chapter has a total value of less than $100,000.00, within 7 days after the conviction of...
• Sale of Property; Disposition of Proceeds or Other Things of Value; Priority; Appointment, Compensation, and Authority of Receiver - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4708
  (1) When property is forfeited under this chapter, the unit of government that seized or filed a lien against the property may sell the...
• Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4709
  The forfeiture action and related proceedings provided for in this chapter shall be brought in the district court pursuant to that court's equity jurisdiction...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4801
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Costs" means any monetary amount that the court is authorized to assess and collect for prosecution, adjudication, or...
• Penalty, Fee, or Costs; Failure to Pay as Subject to Late Penalty; Waiver; Disposition of Late Penalty; "funding Unit" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4803
  (1) A person who fails to pay a penalty, fee, or costs in full within 56 days after that amount is due and owing...
• Penalty; Recovery - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4805
  (1) Unless otherwise specially provided for by law, if a penalty is incurred by any person and the act or omission for which the...
• Penalty; Amount Not Specified, Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4811
  When a penalty is imposed by law for any act or omission, not exceeding any specified sum, an action may be brought for the...
• Fines and Costs; Execution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4815
  Execution may issue for the collection of fines and costs imposed for misdemeanors, or offenses punishable by fine or imprisonment, or fine and imprisonment,...
• Execution on Forfeited Recognizance; Redemption of Real Estate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4821
  If any recognizance to the people of this state is forfeited, judgment shall be for the amount of the penalty of the recognizance. Execution...
• Penalty; Township Officers; Notice to Prosecuting Attorney - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4825
  Every township officer who knows, or has good reason to believe, that any penalty has been incurred within his township, shall forthwith give notice...
• Penalty; Prosecution by Prosecuting Attorney - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4831
  (1) Where the prosecuting attorney knows, or has reason to believe, that a penalty has been incurred within his county, or has been notified...
• Penalty; Remission by Circuit Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4835
  The circuit court for the county in which such court was held, or in which such recognizance was taken, may, upon good cause shown,...
• Collections; Payment to County Treasurer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4841
  (1) All officers or other persons who collect or receive any moneys on account of any penalty shall pay over the same to the...
• Moneys From Fines and Penalties; Duties of County Treasurer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4845
  (1) The county treasurer shall credit all fines for the violation of the penal laws to the library fund and all other penalties to...
• County Law Library Fund; Maximum Sums Credited From Library Fund; Payment Upon Order of Circuit Judge or Presiding Judge; Annual Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4851
  (1) In each county the county treasurer shall credit semiannually to a fund to be known as the county law library fund, from the...
• "panel" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4901
  As used in this chapter, "panel" means a mediation panel selected pursuant to section 4905.
• Mediation of Action Alleging Medical Malpractice; Time for Referring Action to Mediation; Hearing by Mediation Panel - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4903
  (1) An action alleging medical malpractice shall be mediated pursuant to this chapter. (2) The judge to whom an action alleging medical malpractice is...
• Mediation Panel; Selection and Qualifications of Members; Judge as Member; Grounds for Disqualification as Mediator - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4905
  (1) A mediation panel shall be composed of 5 voting members, 3 of whom shall be licensed attorneys, 1 of whom shall be a...
• Mediation Clerk; Designation; Setting Time and Place for Mediation Hearing; Notice; Adjournments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4907
  (1) The court shall designate the clerk of the court, the court administrator, the assignment clerk, or some other person to serve as the...
• Mediation Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4909
  (1) Within 14 days after the mailing of the notice of the mediation hearing, each party shall submit payment to the mediation clerk of...
• Submission of Documents and Brief or Summary to Mediation Clerk; Penalty for Failure to Submit Materials - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4911
  (1) At least 7 days before the mediation hearing date, each party shall submit to the mediation clerk 5 copies of the documents pertaining...
• Right of Party to Attend Mediation Hearing; Personal Appearance to Demonstrate Unusual Conditions; Testimony Prohibited; Rules of Evidence Inapplicable; Factual Information; Limitation on Oral Presentation; Requests and Inquiries by Panel; Admissibility of Statements, Briefs, or Summaries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4913
  (1) A party has the right, but is not required, to attend a mediation hearing. If scars, disfigurement, or other unusual conditions exist, they...
• Evaluation by Panel; Notice; Contents of Evaluation; Determination That Action or Defense Is Frivolous; Posting Cash or Surety Bond; Payment of Costs and Attorney Fees; Separate Awards; Treating Claims as Single Claim - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4915
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), within 14 days after the mediation hearing, the panel shall make an evaluation and notify the...
• Filing Written Acceptance or Rejection of Evaluation; Failure to File as Acceptance; Disclosure of Acceptance or Rejection; Notice; Rules Applicable in Mediations Involving Multiple Parties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4917
  (1) Each party shall file a written acceptance or rejection of the mediation panel's evaluation with the mediation clerk within 28 days after service...
• Entry of Judgment; Action to Proceed to Trial Upon Rejection; Placing Copies of Evaluation, Acceptances, and Rejections in Sealed Envelope; Filing Envelope With Clerk of Court; Opening Envelope; Evaluation Not Exceeding Jurisdictional Limitation of District Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4919
  (1) If all the parties accept the mediation panel's evaluation, judgment shall be entered in that amount, which shall include all fees, costs, and...
• Payment of Actual Costs; Adjustment of Verdict; Scope of Actual Costs; Condition Prohibiting Award of Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4921
  (1) If a party has rejected an evaluation and the action proceeds to trial, that party shall pay the opposing party's actual costs unless...
• Delay of Trial Date Scheduled in Advance of Date Set for Mediation Hearing; Applicability of Section - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4923
  A trial date scheduled in advance of the date set for a mediation hearing shall not be delayed because the mediation hearing was not...
• Mediation of Civil Action Based on Tort; Exception; Time for Referring Action to Mediation; Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4951
  (1) Each civil action based on tort in which it is claimed that damages exceed $10,000.00, except an action alleging medical malpractice, shall be...
• Mediation Panel; Selection and Qualifications of Member; Judge as Member; Grounds for Disqualification as Mediator - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4953
  (1) Mediation panels shall be composed of 3 members. (2) The procedure for selecting mediation panel members and their qualifications shall be as prescribed...
• Mediation Clerk; Designation; Setting Time and Place for Mediation Hearing; Notice; Adjournments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4955
  (1) The court shall designate the clerk of the court, the court administrator, the assignment clerk, or some other person to serve as the...
• Mediation Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4957
  (1) Within 14 days after the mailing of the notice of the mediation hearing, each party shall submit payment to the mediation clerk of...
• Submission of Documents and Brief or Summary to Mediation Clerk; Penalty for Failure to Submit Materials - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4959
  (1) At least 7 days before the mediation hearing date, each party shall submit to the mediation clerk 3 copies of the documents pertaining...
• Right of Party to Attend Mediation Hearing; Personal Appearance to Demonstrate Unusual Conditions; Testimony Prohibited; Rules of Evidence Inapplicable; Factual Information; Limitation on Oral Presentation; Requests and Inquiries by Panel; Admissibility of Statements, Briefs, or Summaries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4961
  (1) A party has the right, but is not required, to attend a mediation hearing. If scars, disfigurement, or other unusual conditions exist, they...
• Evaluation by Panel; Notice; Indicating Award Not Unanimous; Determination That Action or Defense Is Frivolous; Posting Cash or Surety Bond; Payment of Costs and Attorney Fees; Separate Awards; Treating Claims as Single Claim - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4963
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), within 14 days after the mediation hearing, the panel shall make an evaluation and notify the...
• Filing Written Acceptance or Rejection of Evaluation; Failure to File as Rejection; Disclosure of Acceptance or Rejection; Notice; Provisions Applicable to Mediations Involving Multiple Parties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4965
  (1) Each party shall file a written acceptance or rejection of the mediation panel's evaluation with the mediation clerk within 28 days after service...
• Entry of Judgment; Action to Proceed to Trial Upon Rejection; Placing Copies of Evaluation, Acceptances, and Rejections in Sealed Envelope; Filing Envelope With Clerk of Court; Opening Envelope; Evaluation Not Exceeding Jurisdictional Limitation of District Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4967
  (1) If all the parties accept the mediation panel's evaluation, judgment shall be entered in that amount, which shall include all fees, costs, and...
• Payment of Actual Costs; Adjustment of Verdict; Scope of Actual Costs; Condition Prohibiting Award of Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4969
  (1) If a party has rejected an evaluation and the action proceeds to trial, that party shall pay the opposing party's actual costs unless...
• Arbitration Agreements; Parties; Award; Enforcement; Rescission; Collective Labor Contracts Excepted - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5001
  (1) All persons, except infants and persons of unsound mind, may, by an instrument in writing, submit to the decision of 1 or more...
• Arbitration of Claims to Real Estate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5005
  A submission to arbitration shall not be made respecting the claim of any person to any estate, in fee, or for life, in real...
• Arbitration Agreements; Revocation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5011
  Neither party shall have power to revoke any agreement or submission made as provided in this chapter without the consent of the other party;...
• Arbitration Agreements; Appointment of Arbitrators - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5015
  If the arbitration agreement provides a method of appointment of arbitrators, this method shall be followed. In the absence thereof, or if the agreed...
• Arbitration Agreements; Conduct of Arbitration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5021
  The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of the supreme court.
• Arbitration Agreements; Circuit Courts; Enforcement; Judgment on Award - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5025
  Upon the making of an agreement described in section 5001, the circuit courts have jurisdiction to enforce the agreement and to render judgment on...
• Arbitration Agreement; Venue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5031
  All proceedings in court under this chapter shall be had in the circuit court of the county provided in the agreement. In the absence...
• Confirmation of Arbitration Award Rendered in Another State; Judgment; Modifying, Correcting, or Refusing to Confirm Award - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5033
  (1) A court of competent jurisdiction may confirm an arbitration award rendered in another state and enter judgment thereon. (2) The court may modify,...
• Construction of Chapter - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5035
  Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to impair, diminish, or in any manner to affect the equitable power and authority of any...
• Repealed. 1993, Act 78, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Scope of Chapter - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5070
  (1) This chapter provides for and governs arbitration in domestic relations matters. Arbitration proceedings under this chapter are also governed by court rule except...
• Scope of Chapter - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5070.amended
  (1) This chapter provides for and governs arbitration in domestic relations matters. Arbitration proceedings under this chapter are also governed by court rule except...
• Stipulation to Binding Arbitration; Agreement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5071
  Parties to an action for divorce, annulment, separate maintenance, or child support, custody, or parenting time, or to a postjudgment proceeding related to such...
• Court Order to Participate in Arbitration; Conditions; Domestic Violence Exclusion; Waiver; Child Abuse or Neglect Exclusion - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5072
  (1) The court shall not order a party to participate in arbitration unless each party to the domestic relations matter acknowledges, in writing or...
• Arbitrator; Appointment; Qualifications; Immunity; List of Qualified Arbitrators - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5073
  (1) Arbitration under this chapter may be heard by a single arbitrator or by a panel of 3 arbitrators. The court shall appoint an...
• Arbitrator; Powers and Duties; Sworn Statement Listing Party's Place of Employment, Sources of Income, and Assets and Liabilities; Release - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5074
  (1) An arbitrator appointed under this chapter shall hear and make an award on each issue submitted for arbitration under the arbitration agreement subject...
• Disqualification of Arbitrator - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5075
  (1) An arbitrator, attorney, or party in an arbitration proceeding under this chapter shall disclose any circumstance that may affect an arbitrator's impartiality, including,...
• Meeting With Arbitrator; Order to Produce Material Information - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5076
  (1) As soon as practicable after the appointment of the arbitrator, the parties and attorneys shall meet with the arbitrator to consider all of...
• Record of Arbitration Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5077
  (1) Except as provided by this section, court rule, or the arbitration agreement, a record shall not be made of an arbitration hearing under...
• Award; Error or Omissions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5078
  (1) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties and arbitrator in writing or on the record, the arbitrator shall issue the written award on each...
• Enforcement of Arbitration Award or Order; Filing Judgment, Order, or Motion to Settle Judgment With Circuit Court; Sanctions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5079
  (1) The circuit court shall enforce an arbitrator's award or other order issued under this chapter in the same manner as an order issued...
• Vacation or Modification of Award Concerning Child Support, Custody, or Parenting Time; Standards and Procedures Regarding Review of Arbitration Awards - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5080
  (1) Subject to subsection (2), the circuit court shall not vacate or modify an award concerning child support, custody, or parenting time unless the...
• Vacation or Modification of Arbitration Award; Application; Grounds; Rehearing; Other Standards and Procedures Relating to Review of Arbitration Awards - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5081
  (1) If a party applies to the circuit court for vacation or modification of an arbitrator's award issued under this chapter, the court shall...
• Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5082
  An appeal from an arbitration award under this chapter that the circuit court confirms, vacates, modifies, or corrects shall be taken in the same...
• Common Law Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors; Requirements for Validity; Bond of Assignee; Filing; Approval; Attachment or Execution on Assigned Property; Acknowledgment; Inventory - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5201
  (1) All assignments commonly called common law assignments for the benefit of creditors are void unless the same are without preferences as between such...
• Property Conveyed; General Powers of Assignee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5205
  Such assignment shall be deemed to convey to the assignee all property of the assignor not exempt from execution, and all rights legal or...
• Specific Powers of Assignee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5211
  Among other things the assignee has the power to: (1) Sue in his own name as such assignee and recover all the estate, debts...
• Appraisal of Property; Sale; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5215
  As soon as practicable after receiving said assignment, the assignees shall cause an appraisement of such property to be made by 2 disinterested competent...
• Proof of Claims; Notice; Filing; List of Creditors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5221
  Within 10 days after receiving such trust, the assignee shall give notice to all creditors personally or by mail (accompanied by blank proof of...
• Proof of Claims; Contents; Verification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5225
  Each proof of claim must be sworn to and must state the actual amount unpaid and owing, the actual consideration thereof, when the same...
• Contest of Claims; Procedure, Costs; Filing Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5231
  The assignee may contest any claim. Any creditor desirous of having a claim contested may by writing request the assignee to do so and...
• Set - Off of Mutual Debts and Credits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5235
  In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between the estate of an assignor and a creditor, the account shall be stated and...
• Circuit Courts; Jurisdiction; Supervisory Powers; Specific Powers; Examination; Assignor and Others; Assignee; Orders; Circuit Court Commissioner - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5241
  Circuit courts have original jurisdiction to hear and determine matters concerning assignments, commonly called common law assignments for the benefit of creditors, according to...
• Assignee; Accounts; Reports; Completion of Duties; Extension of Time; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5245
  The assignee shall keep a regular account of all money received by him, to which account every creditor or other interested person shall be...
• Payment of Claims; Order; Method; Time - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5251
  (1) Funds available for distribution shall be applied to the payment of the following items and in the following order: (a) All taxes legally...
• Compensation of Assignee; Application; Notice to Creditors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5255
  The assignee shall receive for his services, such compensation as may be allowed by the court. In the event of an estate being administered...
• Civil Action for Enforcement of Trust; Grounds; Appointment of Receiver or Assignee; Summary Examination; Powers, Duties, and Compensation of Receiver - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5261
  In case there is any fraud in the matter of the assignment, or if the assignee fails to file it, or to qualify or...
• Nature of Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5265
  Proceedings under this chapter, except the contest of claims under section 5231, are equitable in nature.
• Assignment of Future Wages; Notice to Creditor and Employer; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5301
  Any person employed by any person, firm, corporation, a local government or agency, or the state, or an agency thereof, who is or may...
• List of Creditors; Contents of Petition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5305
  The list of creditors above mentioned shall be in the form of a petition under oath and under the pains and penalties of perjury,...
• Exemptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5311
  After the filing of such petition and assignment of wages, the court shall make an order directing the clerk to pay the petitioner his...
• Exemptions by Agreement; Support of Children - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5315
  If all creditors sign a written agreement so to do, the debtor may be paid more than the amounts herein provided for. If the...
• Distribution of Balance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5321
  The court shall further direct the clerk to pay the remainder of any moneys in his possession, over and above the exemptions of the...
• Clerk as Agent of Listed Creditors; Title to Funds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5325
  The clerk of the court shall be the agent of each creditor listed, as to funds paid into court to which such creditors are...
• Fixing Amount of Claim; Disputed Claim; Costs; Intervention - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5331
  (1) The judge shall fix the amount of each claim, regardless of whether or not it exceeds the jurisdiction of the court in civil...
• Payment of Wages by Employer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5335
  Payment by any employer to the clerk of the court in pursuance of notice from the court to him or it of the filing...
• Garnishment; Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5341
  No creditor so named in this proceeding shall have any right to garnishee the petitioner therein, and it shall be the duty of the...
• Duration of Assignment Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5345
  Such proceedings shall be continued indefinitely until all debts of said petitioner are paid or they may be dismissed by the court after notice...
• Secured Creditors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5351
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deprive the creditor holding security from pursuing his rights under the instrument giving him such security,...
• Notices; Manner of Giving; Change of Employment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5355
  All notices provided for in this chapter may be given by registered mail with return receipt demanded, and if the return receipt is not...
• Debts Incurred After Filing Petition; Not Included - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5361
  The petitioner shall not have the right to file or list any indebtedness incurred after the filing of the petition.
• Statute of Limitations Tolled During Pendency of Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5365
  The statute of limitations shall not run against any debt or liability of a petitioner during the pendency of the proceedings herein provided for,...
• Court Fees Upon Petition; Defrayment of Incidental Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5371
  Upon the filing of the petition and assignment of wages as herein provided, said petitioner shall pay to the clerk of said court the...
• Repealed. 1969, Act 209, Eff. Jan. 1, 1970. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Bankruptcy; Exemptions From Property of Estate; Exception; Exempt Property Sold, Damaged, Destroyed, or Acquired for Public Use; Amounts Adjusted by State Treasurer; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5451
  (1) A debtor in bankruptcy under the bankruptcy code, 11 USC 101 to 1532, may exempt from property of the estate property that is...
• Civil Action Concerning Prison Conditions; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5501
  A civil action concerning prison conditions shall be brought in the circuit court or the court of claims, as appropriate.
• Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies; Dismissal; Appointment of Counsel; Prohibition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5503
  (1) A prisoner shall not file an action concerning prison conditions until the prisoner has exhausted all available administrative remedies. (2) The court shall...
• Applicability of Mcl 600.2963; Conditions for Dismissal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5505
  (1) Section 2963 applies to civil actions concerning prison conditions. (2) The court shall dismiss a case at any time, regardless of any filing...
• Claim of Indigency; Limitations; Exceptions; Disclosure of Previous Civil Actions and Appeals; Conditions for Dismissal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5507
  (1) A prisoner shall not claim indigency under section 2963 in a civil action concerning prison conditions or an appeal of a judgment in...
• Complaint; Review by Court; Dismissal; Reply; Waiver; Requirement; Reasons for Decision by Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5509
  (1) The court shall review as soon as practicable a complaint in a civil action in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental...
• Action for Mental or Emotional Injury Suffered While in Custody; Showing of Physical Injury; Payment of Damages to Prisoner; Satisfaction of Outstanding Restitution Orders; Notification to Crime Victims - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5511
  (1) A person shall not bring an action against this state or a subdivision of this state, or an official, employee, or agent of...
• Revocation of Prisoner's Good Time or Disciplinary Credit; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5513
  In a civil action brought by a prisoner, the court may order the revocation of a prisoner's good time credit, disciplinary credit, or both,...
• Participation of Prisoner in Pretrial or Hearing Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5515
  (1) To the extent practicable, in an action brought by a prisoner, pretrial proceedings in which the prisoner's participation is required or permitted shall...
• Prospective Relief; Conditions; Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5517
  (1) The court shall not grant or approve any prospective relief in a civil action concerning prison conditions unless the court finds that the...
• Preliminary Injunctive Relief - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5519
  The court may enter a temporary restraining order or an order for preliminary injunctive relief in a civil action concerning prison conditions to the...
• Prospective Relief; Termination or Modification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5521
  (1) Except as provided in sections 5519 and 5523, prospective relief ordered in a civil action concerning prison conditions shall be terminable upon the...
• Immediate Termination of Prospective Relief; Court Findings; Limitations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5523
  (1) A defendant or intervenor is entitled to the immediate termination of a prospective relief ordered in a civil action concerning prison conditions if...
• Consent Decree - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5525
  In a civil action concerning prison conditions, the court shall not enter or approve a consent decree unless it complies with the limitations on...
• Prospective Relief; Ruling on Motion; Automatic Stay; Postponement of Stay for Good Cause; Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5527
  (1) The court shall promptly rule on a motion to modify or terminate prospective relief in a civil action concerning prison conditions. (2) Any...
• Actions Dismissed as Frivolous; Compilation, Maintenance, and Use of List - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5529
  (1) The state court administrative office shall compile and maintain a list of the civil actions concerning prison conditions brought by a prisoner that...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5531
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Civil action concerning prison conditions" means any civil proceeding seeking damages or equitable relief arising with respect to...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 120, Eff. July 1, 1972. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5701
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Summary proceedings" means a civil action to recover possession of premises and to obtain certain ancillary relief as...
• Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5704
  The district court, municipal courts and the common pleas court of Detroit have jurisdiction over summary proceedings to recover possession of premises under this
• Venue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5706
  (1) This section governs venue in all courts having jurisdiction over summary proceedings and is not jurisdictional. (2) In districts where the district court...
• Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5708
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the procedure in summary proceedings shall be regulated by rules adopted by the supreme court and by...
• Entry - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5711
  A person may not make any entry into or upon premises unless the entry is permitted by law. If entry is permitted by law,...
• Summary Proceedings to Recover Possession of Premises; Holding Over by Tenant or Occupant of Public Housing or by Tenant of Mobile Home Park - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5714
  (1) A person entitled to premises may recover possession of the premises by summary proceedings in the following circumstances: (a) When a person holds...
• Demand for Possession or Payment; Form and Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5716
  A demand for possession or payment shall be in writing, addressed to the person in possession and shall give the address or other brief...
• Demand for Possession or Payment; Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5718
  The demand provided for in section 5716 may be served by delivering it personally to the person in possession, or by delivering it on...
• Judgment for Possession of Premises for Alleged Termination of Tenancy; Grounds for Not Entering; Retaliatory Termination of Tenancy; Presumptions; Burden - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5720
  (1) A judgment for possession of the premises for an alleged termination of tenancy shall not be entered against a defendant if 1 or...
• Recovery of Possession Following Forfeiture of Executory Contract for Purchase of Premises; Accelerated Indebtedness - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5726
  A person entitled to any premises may recover possession thereof by a proceeding under this chapter after forfeiture of an executory contract for the...
• Prerequisites to Recovery of Possession Under Mcl 600.5726; Contents of Notice of Forfeiture - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5728
  (1) Possession may be recovered under section 5726 only after the vendee or person holding possession under him has been served with a written...
• Service of Notice of Forfeiture - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5730
  The notice of forfeiture provided for in section 5728 may be served by delivering it personally to the vendee or person holding possession under...
• Powers of Court Having Jurisdiction Over Summary Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5732
  Pursuant to applicable court rules, a court having jurisdiction over summary proceedings may provide for pleadings and motions, issue process and subpoenas, compel the...
• Summons; Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5735
  (1) The court in which a summary proceeding is commenced shall issue a summons, which may be served on the defendant by any officer...
• Jury Trial - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5738
  Any party to summary proceedings may demand a trial by jury within the time and manner provided by court rule. Procedures for selecting, impaneling...
• Joinder of Claims and Counterclaims for Money Judgment; Separate Disposition of Claim for Possession; Damages for Labor Expended by Either Landlord or Tenant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5739
  (1) Except as provided by court rules, a party to summary proceedings may join claims and counterclaims for money judgment for damages attributable to...
• Entry and Enforcement of Judgment for Possession; Determination of Amount Due; Award of Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5741
  If the jury or the judge finds that the plaintiff is entitled to possession of the premises, or any part thereof, judgment may be...
• Issuance of Writ of Restitution; Conditions; Foreclosure of Equitable Right of Redemption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5744
  (1) Subject to the time restrictions of this section, the court entering a judgment for possession in a summary proceeding shall issue a writ...
• Judgment for Defendant for Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5747
  If the plaintiff fails to prosecute his complaint, or if upon trial or motion the plaintiff is found not entitled to possession of the...
• Summary Proceedings Not Exclusive of Other Remedies; Merging or Barring of Claims; Damages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5750
  The remedy provided by summary proceedings is in addition to, and not exclusive of, other remedies, either legal, equitable or statutory. A judgment for...
• Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5753
  Any party aggrieved by the determination or judgment of the court under this chapter may appeal to the circuit court of the same county....
• Filing Fees; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5756
  (1) If the complaint is for the recovery of possession of premises only, the fee for filing a proceeding under this chapter is $45.00....
• Fee for Certain Writs and for Judgment Debtor Discovery Subpoena - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5757
  A fee of $15.00 shall be charged for each writ of restitution, garnishment, attachment, or execution and for each judgment debtor discovery subpoena issued....
• Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5759
  (1) In proceedings under this chapter, costs may be allowed in the same amounts as are provided by law in other civil actions in...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5771
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Mobile home" means a mobile home as defined in section 2 of the mobile home commission act, Act...
• Termination of Tenancies in Mobile Home Parks; Jurisdiction; Venue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5773
  (1) The district court has jurisdiction under this chapter over proceedings for termination of tenancies in mobile home parks. (2) Section 5706 shall govern...
• "just Cause" Required for Termination of Tenancy; "just Cause" Defined; Change of Rental Payments or Terms or Conditions of Tenancy - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5775
  (1) The tenancy of a tenant in a mobile home park shall not be terminated unless there is just cause for the termination. (2)...
• In - Person Conference With Owner or Operator of Mobile Home Park - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5777
  Within 10 days of service of a demand for possession of premises for just cause, a tenant in a mobile home park shall have...
• Payment of Rent and Other Charges During Pendency of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5779
  In every action to terminate a tenancy in a mobile home park for just cause, the tenant shall continue to pay all rent and...
• Sale of Mobile Home on Site; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5781
  If a tenancy in a mobile home park is terminated for just cause, the tenant may sell his or her mobile home on-site, as...
• Judgment for Possession; Right of Tenant to Sell Mobile Home on Site; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5783
  Every judgment for possession resulting from an action to terminate a tenancy in a mobile home park for just cause shall set forth the...
• Contested Action to Terminate Tenancy; Liquidated Damages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5785
  In every contested action to terminate a tenancy in a mobile home park for just cause, the court shall award liquidated damages to the...
• Limitation on Actions; Time Periods; Defendant Claiming Title Under Deed, Court - Ordered Sale, Tax Deed, or Will; Other Cases - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5801
  No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless,...
• Foreclosure of Mortgages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5803
  No person shall bring or maintain any action or proceeding to foreclose a mortgage on real estate unless he commences the action or proceeding...
• Injuries to Persons or Property; Period of Limitations; "dating Relationship" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5805
  (1) A person shall not bring or maintain an action to recover damages for injuries to persons or property unless, after the claim first...
• Damages for Breaches of Contract; Specific Performance; Fiduciary Bonds; Deeds; Mortgages; Surety Bonds; Appeal Bonds; Public Obligations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5807
  No person may bring or maintain any action to recover damages or sums due for breach of contract, or to enforce the specific performance...
• Action to Enforce Noncontractual Money Obligations; Limitations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5809
  (1) A person shall not bring or maintain an action to enforce a noncontractual money obligation unless, after the claim first accrued to the...
• Common Carriers; Charges and Overcharges; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5811
  (1) All actions by common carriers for the recovery of all or any part of their charges arising out of the intrastate transportation of...
• Other Personal Actions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5813
  All other personal actions shall be commenced within the period of 6 years after the claims accrue and not afterwards unless a different period...
• Scope of Limitations; Legal and Equitable; Laches - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5815
  The prescribed period of limitations shall apply equally to all actions whether equitable or legal relief is sought. The equitable doctrine of laches shall...
• Recovery of Land; Recovery of Public Ground; Personal Actions; Maintenance, Care, and Treatment of Persons in State Institutions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5821
  (1) Actions for the recovery of any land where the state is a party are not subject to the periods of limitations, or laches....
• Counterclaims - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5823
  To the extent of the amount established as plaintiff's claim the periods of limitations prescribed in this chapter do not bar a claim made...
• Effect of Limits Running in Favor of Some Joint Obligors but Not All - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5825
  (1) In actions commenced against 2 or more joint obligators, or joint executors or administrators of any contractor, if it is shown that the...
• Accrual of Claim - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5827
  Except as otherwise expressly provided, the period of limitations runs from the time the claim accrues. The claim accrues at the time provided in...
• Accrual of Claim; Right of Entry or Recovery of Possession of Land - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5829
  The right to make an entry on, and the claim to recover land accrue: (1) Whenever any person is disseised, his right of entry...
• Accrual of Claim; Mutual and Open Account Current - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5831
  In actions brought to recover the balance due upon a mutual and open account current, the claim accrues at the time of the last...
• Accrual of Claim; Breach of Warranty of Quality or Fitness - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5833
  In actions for damages based on breach of a warranty of quality or fitness the claim accrues at the time the breach of the...
• Accrual of Claim; Common Carriers; Charges; Overcharges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5834
  In actions brought by common carriers to recover for charges arising out of intrastate transportation and in actions brought against common carriers to recover...
• Accrual of Claim; Life Insurance; Presumption of Death - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5835
  In actions on life insurance contracts where the claim is based on the 7-year presumption of death, the claim accrues at the end of...
• Accrual of Claim; Installment Contracts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5836
  The claims on an installment contract accrue as each installment falls due.
• Accrual of Claim; Alimony - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5837
  The claims for alimony payments accrue as each payment falls due.
• Claim Based on Malpractice; Accrual; Commencement of Action; Burden of Proof; Limitations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5838
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 5838a or 5838b, a claim based on the malpractice of a person who is, or holds himself...
• Claim Based on Medical Malpractice; Accrual; Definitions; Commencement of Action; Burden of Proof; Applicability of Subsection (2); Limitations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5838a
  (1) For purposes of this act, a claim based on the medical malpractice of a person or entity who is or who holds himself...
• Action for Legal Malpractice; Commencement; Limitation; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5838b
  (1) An action for legal malpractice against an attorney-at-law or a law firm shall not be commenced after whichever of the following is earlier:...
• Period of Limitations on Actions Against Licensed Architect, Professional Engineer, Contractor, or Licensed Professional Surveyor; Definitions; Applicability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5839
  (1) A person shall not maintain an action to recover damages for injury to property, real or personal, or for bodily injury or wrongful...
• Accrual of Claim; to Person Other Than Person Bringing Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5841
  If the claim first accrues to an ancestor, predecessor, or grantor of the person who brings the action or makes the entry, or to...
• Accrual of Claim; Regaining Possession of Land; Subsequent Loss; Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5843
  If the person who has a right to make an entry on land or a claim for the possession of land regains possession of...
• Disabilities of Infancy or Insanity; Tacking of Successive Disabilities Prohibited; Year of Grace; Removing Disability of Infancy; Claim Alleging Medical Malpractice Accruing to Person 8 Years Old or Less or 13 Years Old or Less; Disability of Imprisonment; "release From Imprisonment" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5851
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (7) and (8), if the person first entitled to make an entry or bring an action under...
• Death Before Period of Limitations Has Run or Within 30 Days Thereafter; Commencement of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5852
  If a person dies before the period of limitations has run or within 30 days after the period of limitations has run, an action...
• Death Before Period of Limitations Has Run or Within 30 Days Thereafter; Commencement of Action; Death or Legal Incapacitation of Personal Representative; Limitation on Commencement of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5852.amended
  (1) If a person dies before the period of limitations has run or within 30 days after the period of limitations has run, an...
• Absence From State - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5853
  If any person is outside of this state at the time any claim accrues against him the period of limitation shall only begin to...
• War; Inability to Prosecute; Period of Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5854
  If any person is unable to prosecute an action in the courts of this state because he is a citizen or subject of any...
• Fraudulent Concealment of Claim or Identity of Person Liable; Discovery - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5855
  If a person who is or may be liable for any claim fraudulently conceals the existence of the claim or the identity of any...
• Tolling of Statute of Limitations or Repose - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5856
  The statutes of limitations or repose are tolled in any of the following circumstances: (a) At the time the complaint is filed, if a...
• Cause of Action Accruing Without State; Limitation on Commencement of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5861
  An action based upon a cause of action accruing without this state shall not be commenced after the expiration of the statute of limitations...
• Endorsement or Memorandum of Payment; Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5865
  No endorsement or memorandum of any payment, written or placed upon any promissory note, bill of exchange, or other writing, by or on behalf...
• Revival of Barred Claim; Written Acknowledgment of Obligor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5866
  Express or implied contracts which have been barred by the running of the period of limitation shall be revived by the acknowledgment or promise...
• Presumption as to Possession of Land; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5867
  In every action for the recovery or possession of real estate, the person establishing the legal title to the premises is presumed to have...
• Entry and Possession - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5868
  No person shall be deemed to have been in possession of any lands, within the meaning of this chapter merely by reason of having...
• Rights Governed by Law Under Which Right Accrued - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5869
  All actions and rights shall be governed and determined according to the law under which the right accrued, in respect to the limitations of...
• Persons to Whom Execution Issued - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6001
  Whenever a judgment is rendered in any court, execution to collect the same may be issued to the sheriff, bailiff, or other proper officer...
• Execution; Indorsement; Date; Return; Death or Incapacity of Officer Serving Execution; Certificate; Jurisdiction as to Joint or Joint and Several Obligors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6002
  (1) Upon receipt of any execution the sheriff or other officer receiving the execution shall indorse thereon the year, month, day, and hour of...
• Execution on Transcript of Judgment by District, Municipal, or Common Pleas Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6003
  Whenever a transcript of a judgment rendered by a district, municipal, or common pleas court is filed and docketed by the clerk of the...
• Execution Against Realty; Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6004
  Executions against realty shall command the officer to whom they are directed to make execution against the realty of the judgment debtor only after...
• Successive or Alias Executions; Several Executions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6005
  Successive or alias executions may be issued one after another upon return of any execution unsatisfied in whole or in part, for the amount...
• Execution; New - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6006
  If an execution is returned satisfied in whole or in part, by the sale of any property which afterwards appears not to belong to...
• Execution; Precedence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6007
  If there are 1 or more executions or attachments issued against the same judgment debtor or his property, the execution or attachment first delivered...
• Execution; Set - Off; Balance on Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6008
  (1) Executions between the same parties may be set off one against another, if required by either party as follows: (a) When 1 of...
• Execution; Officer's Security; Recovery of Expense - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6009
  Whenever there is any reasonable doubt as to the ownership by a judgment debtor of any personal property, or as to their liability to...
• Execution; Return; Misconduct of Officer; Civil Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6010
  The officer who makes any sale on execution shall, in his return on the execution, specify the articles sold, and the sum for which...
• Effect of Order to Stay Proceedings on Execution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6011
  When an execution has been issued, an order to stay proceedings thereon shall not prevent a levy on property by virtue of the execution,...
• Execution; Property Bound From Time of Levy - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6012
  Whenever an execution issues against the property of any person, his goods and chattels, lands and tenements, levied upon by such execution, shall be...
• Interest on Money Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6013
  (1) Interest is allowed on a money judgment recovered in a civil action, as provided in this section. However, for complaints filed on or...
• Interest on Money Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6013.amended
  (1) Interest is allowed on a money judgment recovered in a civil action, as provided in this section. However, for complaints filed on or...
• Execution; Personalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6017
  Except as otherwise provided by law, execution may be made against all personal property of the judgment debtor that is liable to execution at...
• Execution; Realty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6018
  All the real estate of any judgment debtor, including, but not limited to, interests acquired by parties to contracts for the sale of land,...
• Judgments; Nonissuance of Execution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6021
  No execution may issue upon a judgment against: (1) Any township, village, city, or against the trustees or common council, or officers thereof where...
• Persons Whose Property Is Exempt - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6022
  Executions shall not issue: (1) In the case of a debt due from a deceased person, against the body or property of his or...
• Property Exempt From Levy and Sale Under Execution; Lien Excluded From Exemption; Homestead Exemption; Rents and Profits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6023
  (1) The following property of a judgment debtor and the judgment debtor's dependents is exempt from levy and sale under an execution: (a) All...
• Property Held Jointly by Husband and Wife; Exemption Under Judgment Entered Against 1 Spouse - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6023a
  Property described in section 1 of 1927 PA 212, MCL 557.151, or real property, held jointly by a husband and wife as a tenancy...
• Exemptions From Sale on Execution; Taxation; Exception; Purchase Money Mortgage Sale; Effect of Sale of Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6024
  (1) Nothing in this chapter shall be considered as exempting real estate from taxation or sale for taxes. (2) No specific piece of property...
• Execution; Exemptions; Inventory; Appraisal; Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6025
  (1) When a levy is made upon property of any class or species, which is exempt by law from execution to a specified number,...
• Selection From Inventory; Selection of Homestead; Survey; Sale of Property Levied Upon; Deed - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6026
  (1) Upon inventory and appraisal, the defendant in execution, or his authorized agent, may select from the inventory the number of items or animals,...
• Homestead Valued At More Than $3,500; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6027
  If the homestead of any debtor is appraised at a value of more than $3,500.00, and cannot be divided, the debtor shall not for...
• Execution Sale; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6031
  No sale of any goods or chattels may be made by virtue of any execution, unless at least 10 days' previous notice of such...
• Execution Sale; Personalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6032
  No personal property may be exposed for sale on execution, unless the same is present and within the view of those attending such sale;...
• Execution; Property Partially Exempt; Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6033
  Whenever a levy is made upon any article, belonging to a class or species which is exempt from execution to a specified amount or...
• Execution; Property Subject to Chattel Mortgage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6034
  The purchaser at a sale of goods or chattels pledged by way of mortgage or otherwise shall be entitled to pay, before foreclosure, to...
• Levy on Perishable Property; Sale; Order of Court; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6035
  (1) Whenever the officer by virtue of any execution issued by a court, levies upon any perishable property, he shall proceed to sell it...
• Execution; Growing Grain or Unharvested Crops - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6036
  When a levy is made upon grain while growing, or on any unharvested crops by virtue of any execution, the officer making such levy...
• Execution; Corporate Shares; Seizure by Officer; Furnishing Certificates of Shares Held by Defendant; Writ; Record of Transfer; Restraint on Transfer; Dividends After Levy - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6037
  (1) No attachment or levy upon shares of stock for which a certificate is outstanding, is valid until such certificate is actually seized by...
• Execution; Franchise of Corporation Authorized to Receive Toll; Notice; Adjournment; Person Deemed Highest Bidder; Rights of Purchaser; Transfer; Injury to Franchise; Recovery of Penalties; Powers, Duties, and Liabilities; Redemption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6038
  (1) The officer having execution against any corporation authorized to receive tolls, shall, 30 days, at least, before the day of sale of the...
• Execution; Fees and Charges of Sale - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6041
  The lawful fees and charges of the sale upon any execution in the manner prescribed in this chapter, shall, in all cases, be added...
• Postponement of Sale; Public Declaration; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6042
  If, at the time appointed for the sale of any real or personal property on execution, the officer shall deem it expedient and for...
• Execution; Where More Than One Levy - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6043
  In case of levies made on more than 1 of the executions provided for in section 6005, sale shall only be made on 1...
• Execution; Surplus; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6044
  If, after any sale made as herein prescribed there remains in the hands of the officer any surplus money after satisfying the writ or...
• Execution; Refusal of Highest Bidder to Take Property; Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6045
  (1) If the highest bidder for any property at any sale on execution refuses to take and pay for it, he is liable for...
• Execution; Officer Not to Purchase or Be Interested - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6046
  The sheriff or other officer to whom execution is directed, and the deputies of such officers, shall not directly or indirectly, purchase or be...
• Payment by Debtor of Judgment Debtor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6047
  After issuing execution to collect a judgment, any person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the officer having the execution the amount...
• Execution Against Real Estate; Effect; Notice; Invalid After 5 Years - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6051
  No levy by execution on real estate is valid: (1) Against bona fide conveyances made subsequent to such levy, until a notice thereof, containing...
• Notice of Time and Place of Sale - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6052
  Prior to the sale of any real estate taken on execution, notice of the time and place of holding the sale, the notice to...
• Execution; Time, Place, Adjournment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6053
  (1) The sale of real estate by virtue of any execution shall be by public sale, between the hour of 9 o'clock in the...
• Execution; Irregular Sale; Taking Down or Defacement of Notice; Liability; Irregularities Not to Invalidate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6054
  (1) Any officer who sells any real estate, without the previous notice herein directed, or otherwise than in the manner herein prescribed, shall be...
• Execution; Certificates, Contents; Filing; Disposition; Recording; Use as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6055
  (1) Upon the sale of any real estate by virtue of an execution, the officer making the same shall make and subscribe as many...
• Separate Exposure of Lots, Tracts, or Parcels for Sale; Sale of Undivided Interest - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6056
  (1) When any real estate offered for sale by virtue of any execution consists of several known lots, tracts, or parcels, such lots, tracts,...
• Execution; Leasehold Interest; Rights of Purchaser; Conveyance; Deposit; Recording; Filing Notice of Levy; Effect; Payment of Rent - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6057
  (1) When a leasehold interest is sold on execution, the purchaser is entitled to all the rights and privileges of the defendant in and...
• Repealed. 2004, Act 538, Eff. Mar. 30, 2005. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Execution; Homestead; Sale in Case Surplus Not Paid - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6059
  In case the surplus, or the amount due on the execution or judgment is not paid according to the provisions of section 6027 of...
• Execution; Not Made on Equity of Redemption on Certain Judgment; Endorsement on Execution; Direction to Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6060
  (1) When judgment is recovered for a debt or any part of a debt secured by mortgage of real estate, there can be no...
• Execution; Rights of Purchaser - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6061
  When any sale, by virtue of any execution, or attachment, becomes absolute, the purchaser at such sale acquires all the rights and interests that...
• Redemption of Real Estate; Time; Persons Entitled to Make; Effect on Sale and Certificate; Amount Stated in Recorded Affidavit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6062
  (1) Not later than 1 year from the date when sale on execution is made, the real estate sold or any distinct lot, tract,...
• Acquisition by Creditor of Interest Vested in Original Purchaser by Sale; Terms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6063
  (1) In case the persons entitled as hereinbefore provided omit to redeem the premises sold, or any part of them, within the year prescribed,...
• Acquisition by Creditor of Interest Vested in Original Purchaser by Sale; Purchase by Other Creditors; Acquisition by Original Purchaser, Execution Plaintiff, or Mortgagee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6064
  (1) Whenever any creditor, or purchaser, acquires the title of the original purchaser pursuant to the foregoing provisions, any other creditor who might have...
• Acquisition of Interest of Original Purchaser; Evidence of Right of Creditor to Purchase - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6065
  To entitle any creditor to acquire the title of the original purchaser, or to become a purchaser from any other creditor, he shall present...
• Acquisition of Interest of Original Purchaser; Transfer of Title; Automation Fund - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6066
  (1) The sums required to be paid under this act, to acquire the title of the original purchaser or to become a purchaser from...
• Right to Deed; Assignments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6067
  When the premises mentioned in any officer's certificate of sale of real estate under execution is not redeemed, the legal holder of the certificate...
• Vesting of Title; Action for Injury to Realty by Grantee in Deed; Action for Waste, Injury, or Removal of Realty or Fixtures for Benefit of Person Acquiring Rights - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6068
  (1) The right and title of the person against whom execution was issued, to any real estate sold thereon, shall not be divested by...
• Conveyance of Premises; Time; Effect; Executor, Administrator, or Person Equitably Entitled; Real Estate Held in Trust - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6069
  (1) After the expiration of 15 months from the time of the sale of any real estate, if any part of the premises sold...
• Redemption; Discharge of Levy, Judgment, or Mortgage; Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6070
  In all cases of redemption of lands sold on execution, or in all cases of the sale of lands on mortgage foreclosure, whether by...
• Contribution Among Several Judgment Debtors; Order of Contribution; Enforcement; Lien of Original Judgment; Affidavit; Recording - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6071
  (1) When lands and tenements, in the hands of several persons, are liable to satisfy any judgment, and the whole of such judgment, or...
• Eviction of Purchaser; Recovery of Purchase Price; Further Execution for Benefit of Purchaser; Validity of Original Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6072
  (1) If the purchaser of any real estate, sold by virtue of an execution, his heirs or assigns, shall be evicted from the possession...
• Civil Arrest; Grounds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6075
  Except as otherwise provided by law, no person is liable to arrest or imprisonment on any civil process unless: (1) In a proceeding for...
• Civil Arrest; Prerequisite - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6076
  Except in a contempt proceeding, no warrant for civil arrest shall issue unless: (1) Execution has been made and returned against all the property...
• Warrant to Arrest Judgment Debtor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6077
  (1) Upon satisfactory proof of any of the grounds for civil arrest named in subsections (2) and (3) or section 6075, any judge of...
• Hearing; Detention of Judgment Debtor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6078
  (1) Upon delivery of the judgment debtor to the judge, the judge shall hold a hearing and, after hearing the proofs, the allegations of...
• Civil Arrest; Discharge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6079
  The judgment debtor may avoid commitment or be discharged from commitment by: (1) Paying the amount due on the judgment with interest and costs;...
• Civil Arrest; Bail - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6080
  (1) Any person arrested on civil process is entitled to bail during the time within which he may appeal the proceeding on which the...
• Civil Arrest; Bail; Bond; Forfeiture; Release - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6081
  (1) If, within the time prescribed in subsection (1) of section 6080, the judgment debtor is not discharged, and fails to surrender himself for...
• Imprisonment; Segregation From Criminals; Payment of Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6082
  (1) Those persons committed on civil process shall be segregated from those committed on criminal process. (2) The board of any person committed under...
• Imprisonment; Sheriff's Liability for Escape - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6083
  (1) All prisoners committed on civil process shall be actually confined in jail until discharged according to law; and if any sheriff or keeper...
• Imprisonment; Discharge; Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6084
  Discharge of the judgment debtor from imprisonment only bars further civil arrest of the judgment debtor on the same judgment, and does not preclude...
• Removal or Concealment of Property to Avoid Execution; Misdemeanor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6085
  Any person who removes any of his property out of any county, with intent to prevent the same from being levied upon by an...
• Transfer of Property by Judgment Debtor After Commitment; Validity - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6086
  Transfers by the judgment debtor of any property, except property exempt from execution, made after the judgment debtor's commitment, or while he is free...
• Sale of Real Estate Pursuant to Judgment; Notice; Procedure; Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6091
  Any person duly authorized by an order of the court to sell real estate in pursuance of any judgment, except as otherwise provided by...
• Judgment Against Absent, Concealed, or Nonresident Defendant; Sequestration of Realty or Personalty; Delivery of Possession of Property; Satisfaction Out of Estate and Effects Sequestered - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6092
  (1) In the case of a judgment against an absent, concealed, or nonresident defendant, process may issue to compel the performance of such judgment...
• Recovery of Judgment Against Township, Village, City, or County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6093
  (1) Whenever judgment is recovered against any township, village, or city, or against the trustees or common council, or officers thereof, in any action...
• Recovery of Judgment Against School District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6094
  (1) Whenever any final judgment is obtained against the school district, if it is not removed to any other court, the treasurer of the...
• Collection of Judgment; Against State Institution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6095
  When any judgment or decree is obtained against any corporate body, or unincorporated board, now or hereafter having charge or control of any state...
• Repealed. 1984, Act 393, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1984. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Judgment Against Municipality; Issuance of Certificates of Indebtedness or Bonds to Pay Judgment; Amount; Interest; Sale; Duration; Bonds Not Subject to Mcl 117.5; "municipality" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6097
  (1) If a judgment of a court or administrative agency is rendered against any municipality, the legislative body of that municipality, unless otherwise provided,...
• Review of Verdict in Action Alleging Medical Malpractice or Personal Injury Action; Duties of Judge; Reinstatement of Original Verdict; Affirming Orders and Judgments Granting Additur or Remittitur - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6098
  (1) A judge presiding over an action alleging medical malpractice shall review each verdict to determine if the limitation on noneconomic damages provided for...
• Proceedings Supplementary to Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6101
  A proceeding under this chapter may be maintained until the judgment is satisfied, vacated, or barred by the statute of limitations.
• Powers of Judge After Rendition of Judgment for Money - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6104
  After judgment for money has been rendered in an action in any court of this state, the judge may, on motion in that action...
• Installment Payments From Income; Reasonable Value of Services to Relative; Earning Ability; Modification of Order; Moneys Awarded in Matrimonial Action; Statute of Limitations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6107
  (1) Whether or not the judgment creditor has resorted to any remedy available under the garnishment or execution statutes, the court may order the...
• Subpoena Requiring Appearance of Judgment Debtor or Person Having Money or Property of Judgment Debtor; Affidavit; Examination; Adjournment; Immunity - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6110
  (1) Upon an affidavit, showing to the satisfaction of the judge that any person has money or property of the judgment debtor, or is...
• Special Proceedings; Hearings; Attendance, Mileage, and Expenses of Judgment Debtor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6113
  (1) Proceedings under this chapter are special proceedings, and shall be heard by the judge without a jury, except as provided in subsection (3)...
• Transfer of Debtor's Property; Duration of Restraint - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6116
  (1) An order for examination of a judgment debtor may contain a provision restraining the judgment debtor from making or suffering any transfer or...
• Transfer of Property by Third Party; Prohibition; Violation; Contempt; Liability; Transfer of Property Apparently Belonging to Others; Duration of Restraint - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6119
  (1) When a third party having in his or its possession property or moneys belonging to the judgment debtor or who is indebted to...
• Transfer of Property by Third Party; Rights of Judgment Creditor; Negotiable Instruments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6122
  (1) Every transfer by the judgment debtor by assignment or otherwise of any property held by, or debt due from a third party upon...
• Injunction; Vacation; Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6125
  Any person restrained by any injunction under this chapter from transferring or disposing of any property or paying any moneys or indebtedness, may move...
• Trying Title to Debt or Property; Third Party Claimant; Jury - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6128
  (1) Where it appears to the court that: (a) The judgment debtor may have an interest in or title to any real property, and...
• Prima Facie Case; Burden of Proof; Proceedings Before Sale on Execution; Transfer of Property Within 1 Year Prior to Commencement of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6131
  (1) The complainant shall make a prima facie case by introducing in evidence the judgment against the principal defendant and proof of the conveyance...
• Fraudulent Transfers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6134
  For the purposes of this chapter a person is deemed to be indebted to the judgment debtor, although any debt in question has been...
• Payment by Debtor of Judgment Debtor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6137
  Any person indebted to a judgment debtor may pay to the clerk of the court the amount of his debt, or so much thereof...
• Orders Affecting Alienability of Land; Recording - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6140
  Any order under this chapter which affects or may limit the alienability of real property, or a certified copy thereof, may be filed for...
• Scope of Chapter - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6143
  This chapter is in addition to and does not affect enforcement of judgments or proceedings supplementary thereto, by any other methods now or hereafter...
• Order Permitting Payment of Judgment in Installments; Showing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6201
  (1) The judge of any court having civil jurisdiction at the time of the rendition of a judgment, upon proper showing made by the...
• Payment of Judgment in Installments; Notice; Petition; Affidavit; Garnishment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6205
  (1) At any time after the rendition of a judgment or the filing of a transcript of a judgment the defendant may file a...
• Judgment; Payment by Installments; Service of Notice; Hearing; Garnishment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6211
  (1) Such notice shall be served at least 4 days before the date set for hearing the motion, by placing the same in the...
• Cross - Examination; Order to Pay; Stay of Garnishment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6215
  (1) On the date set for the hearing, the plaintiff may cross-examine the moving party as to the facts set forth in the motion,...
• Altering Amounts and Times of Installment Payments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6221
  The judge may, on motion of either party, following due notice to the other, alter the amounts and times of payment of the installments...
• Force and Effect of Agreement for Payment of Judgment in Installments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6225
  A written agreement for the payment of a judgment in installments, signed by the parties, their attorneys, or authorized agents of record in the...
• Garnishment Without Order Prohibited and Void; Notice of Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6231
  The garnishment of any money due or to become due for the personal work and labor of the defendant upon a judgment made payable...
• Judgment; Payment by Installments; Statute of Limitations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6235
  The statute of limitations shall not run against a judgment during the time it is payable in installments as provided in this chapter.
• Execution of Powers and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6241
  In any court having more than 1 judge, all powers granted and duties imposed by this chapter may be executed in accordance with the...
• Judgment; Payment by Installments; Collection of Judgment; Other Methods - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6245
  Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit and shall not prohibit a plaintiff from taking any legal means for the collection...
• Judgment; Payment by Installments; Record; Affidavit for Transcript; Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6251
  Every proceeding instituted by a judgment debtor pursuant to this chapter shall appear upon and as part of the record of the judgment. No...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6301
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Future damages" means damages arising from personal injury which the trier of fact finds will accrue after the...
• Payment of Plaintiff's Expense or Loss by Collateral Source; Notice to Contractual Lien Holder; Failure to Exercise Right of Subrogation; Contracts to Which Subsection (3) Applicable; "collateral Source" Defined; Benefits From Collateral Source as Payable or Receivable - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6303
  (1) In a personal injury action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover for the expense of medical care, rehabilitation services, loss of earnings,...
• Personal Injury Action Involving Fault of More Than 1 Party to Action; Instructing Jury to Answer Special Interrogatories; Findings of Court; Determining Percentages of Fault; Determining Award of Damages; Release From Liability; Amount of Damages; Reducing Award of Damages; Reallocation of Uncollectible Amount; Liability of Governmental Agency; "fault" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6304
  (1) In an action based on tort or another legal theory seeking damages for personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death involving fault of...
• Verdict or Judgment; Specific Findings; Basis of Calculation of Future Damages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6305
  (1) Any verdict or judgment rendered by a trier of fact in a personal injury action subject to this chapter shall include specific findings...
• Entering Order of Judgment; Order; Judgment Amounts; Definition; Reduction of Judgment Amount - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6306
  (1) After a verdict rendered by a trier of fact in favor of a plaintiff, an order of judgment shall be entered by the...
• Entering Order of Judgment; Order; Judgment Amounts; "Gross Present Cash Value" Defined; Reduced Judgment Amount - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6306.amended
  (1) After a verdict is rendered by a trier of fact in favor of a plaintiff in a personal injury action other than an...
• Verdict in Favor of Plaintiff in Medical Malpractice Action; Order of Judgment; Amounts; Percentage of Fault; Reduced Judgment Amount; Joint and Severable Liability; "Gross Present Cash Value" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6306a.added
  (1) After a verdict is rendered by a trier of fact in favor of a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action, an order of...
• Purchase of Annuity Contract - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6307
  In an action alleging personal injury, if the amount of future damages, as described in section 6306(1)(c) and (e), in the judgment exceeds $250,000.00...
• Purchase of Annuity Contract - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6307.amended
  In an action alleging personal injury, if the amount of future damages, as described in section 6306(1)(c) and (e) or 6306a(1)(c) and (e), as...
• Plan for Structured Payment of Future Damages; Determination as to Future Collectibility of Annuity Contract or Qualified Assignment; Owner of Annuity Contract; Making Qualified Assignment; Effect of Qualified Assignment; Recipients of Structured Payments Guaranteed by Annuity Contract - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6309
  (1) Subject to section 6307, if the plaintiff and the defendant agree to a plan for the structured payment of future damages within 35...
• Certain Provisions Inapplicable to Plaintiff 60 Years of Age or Older - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6311
  Sections 6306(1)(c), (d), and (e), 6307, and 6309 do not apply to a plaintiff who is 60 years of age or older at the...
• Joint and Several Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6312
  A defendant that is found liable for an act or omission that causes personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death is jointly and severally...
• Court of Claims; Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6401
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "the court of claims act".
• Court of Claims; Creation; Jurisdiction; Disability, Absence, or Death of Judge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6404
  The court of claims is created as a function of the circuit court for the thirtieth judicial circuit. A circuit judge of the thirtieth...
• Sessions; Number; Location; Notice; Court Officer; Space and Equipment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6407
  The court shall hold at least 4 sessions in each year. Sessions of the court of claims may be held in the various circuits...
• Court of Claims; Appointment or Removal of Clerk; Copies of Records, Proceedings, and Testimony; Fees of Clerk, Reporter, or Recorder; No Charge to State; Service of Process - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6410
  (1) The circuit judges of the thirtieth judicial circuit shall appoint or remove the clerk of the court of claims. (2) For making copies...
• Costs of Implementing Jurisdictional Duties in Circuit Court; Reimbursement of Ingham County; Quarterly Submission of Itemized Costs; Reasonableness of Costs; Payment; Transfer of Employees of Court of Claims to Circuit Court for Thirtieth Judicial Circuit; Preservation of Rights and Benefits; Retirement Benefits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6413
  (1) The state shall reimburse the county of Ingham for the reasonable and actual costs incurred by that county for implementing jurisdictional duties in...
• Court of Claims; Representation of State by Attorney General or Assistants - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6416
  The attorney general, or his assistants, shall appear for and represent the interests of the state in all matters before the court.
• Court of Claims; Exclusive Jurisdiction; Exceptions; Claims Less Than $1,000.00; Claims and Demands Ex Contractu and Ex Delicto; Counterclaims; Res Adjudicata; Setoff, Recoupment, or Cross Declaration; Writs of Execution or Garnishment; No Jurisdiction of Claim for Compensation Under Mcl 418.101 et Seq. and Mcl 419.101 et Seq.; Jurisdiction of Circuit Court Over Certain Actions and Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6419
  (1) Except as provided in sections 6419a and 6440, the jurisdiction of the court of claims, as conferred upon it by this chapter, shall...
• Court of Claims; Concurrent Jurisdiction of Demand for Equitable Relief and Declaratory Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6419a
  In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred upon the court of claims by section 6419, the court of claims has concurrent jurisdiction of...
• Delegation of Authority for Claim by State Employee of $500.00 or Less; Certification of Loss or Damage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6420
  The state administrative board may delegate the authority vested in it by section 6419(1) for any claim of $500.00 or less for damage or...
• Joinder of Cases - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6421
  Cases in the court of claims may be joined for trial with cases arising out of the same transaction or series of transactions which...
• Court of Claims; Practice and Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6422
  Practice and procedure in the court of claims shall be in accordance with the statutes and court rules prescribing the practice in the circuit...
• Court of Claims; Depositions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6425
  The statutes and rules governing the taking of depositions in suits in the circuit courts of this state shall govern in the court of...
• Court of Claims; Witnesses; Power to Compel Attendance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6428
  The court of claims is hereby given the same power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of books, papers, records, documents and any...
• Court of Claims; Notice of Intention to File Claim; Contents; Time; Verification; Copies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6431
  (1) No claim may be maintained against the state unless the claimant, within 1 year after such claim has accrued, files in the office...
• Pleadings; Verification and Service of Complaint; Copies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6434
  (1) Except as provided in this section, the pleadings shall conform to the rules for pleadings in the circuit courts. (2) The complaint shall...
• Court of Claims; Judgment on Stipulated Facts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6437
  The court may order entry of judgment against the state or any of its departments, commissions, boards, institutions, arms or agencies based upon facts...
• Court of Claims; Remedy in Federal Court as Bar to Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6440
  No claimant may be permitted to file claim in said court against the state nor any department, commission, board, institution, arm or agency thereof...
• Court of Claims; Trial by Court Without Jury; New Trial - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6443
  The case shall be heard by the judge without a jury. The court may grant a new trial upon the same terms and under...
• Appeals to Court of Appeals; Procedure; Notice of Entry of Final Order or Judgment; Time for Appeal as of Right - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6446
  (1) Appeals shall lie from the court of claims to the court of appeals in all respects as if the court of claims was...
• Costs; Security for Costs on Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6449
  (1) If the state shall put in issue the right of claimant to recover, the court may allow costs to the prevailing party from...
• Court of Claims; Filing of Claim; Time; Limitation of Actions; Right of Attorney General to Petition for Administration of Estate or Appoint Guardian of Minor or Disabled - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6452
  (1) Every claim against the state, cognizable by the court of claims, shall be forever barred unless the claim is filed with the clerk...
• Interest Rate on Judgments; Effect of Settlement Offer; Rejection of Offer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6455
  (1) Interest shall not be allowed upon any claim up to the date of the rendition of judgment by the court, unless upon a...
• Court of Claims; Judgment Against State; Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6458
  (1) In rendering any judgment against the state, or any department, commission, board, institution, arm, or agency, the court shall determine and specify in...
• Court of Claims; Clerk's Report to Legislature; State Treasurer and Budget Director - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6461
  (1) At the commencement of each session of the legislature and at such other times during the session as he or she may consider...
• Court of Claims; Judgment; Discharge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6464
  The payment of any amount due as found by the judgment of the court of claims, including interest and costs, shall operate as a...
• Court of Claims; State Agencies to Furnish Information Upon Request - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6467
  The court shall have power to call upon any officer, department, institution, board, arm or agency of the state government for any examination, information...
• Court of Claims; Fraud in Connection With Claim; Forfeiture - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6470
  Any person who corruptly practices, or attempts to practice, any fraud against the state of Michigan, in the proof, statement, establishment, or allowance of...
• Court of Claims; Actions Involving Negligent Operation of Motor Vehicles or Aircraft; Defense of Governmental Function - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6475
  In all actions brought in the court of claims against the state to recover damages resulting from the negligent operation by an officer, agent...
• Chapter Applicable to District Court, Municipal Court, and Common Pleas Court of Detroit; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6501
  The provisions of this chapter apply to the district court, to municipal courts and to the common pleas court of Detroit, except as otherwise...
• Matters Governed by Statutes and Supreme Court Rules; Exception; References to Justice Courts or Justices of the Peace - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6502
  All matters relating to the organization and financing of courts of limited jurisdiction or to the selection, terms, compensation, and duties of their judges...
• Jurisdiction in Civil Actions At Law Against School Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6511
  Courts of limited jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction in all civil actions at law against school districts, when the amount claimed or matter in controversy...
• Jurisdiction Over Actions At Law; One Form of Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6521
  Except as otherwise provided or limited in statutes specifically applicable to courts of limited jurisdiction, the courts have jurisdiction over actions at law, including...
• Municipal Court; Verdict in Civil Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6525
  In every municipal court retained after the establishment of the district court pursuant to sections 9928 and 9930, a verdict in a civil action...
• Appeal; Payment of Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6536
  In every appeal from a district, municipal, or common pleas court, the appellant shall pay to the clerk of the trial court the taxable...
• Original Jurisdiction Over Civil Infraction Actions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6537
  A municipal court shall have original jurisdiction over civil infraction actions involving civil infractions occurring within its jurisdiction.
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1970, Act 37, Imd. Eff. June 24, 1970;--1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Appeal to Circuit Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.7701
  Any party to a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace, conceiving himself aggrieved thereby, may appeal therefrom to the circuit court for...
• Repealed. 1991, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1991. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed. 2006, Act 232, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2006. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Definitions; Business or Commercial Disputes - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8031
  (1) As used in this section to section 8047: (a) "Business court" means a special docket as described and organized under section 8033 and...
• Business Court; Operation; Plan; Administrative Order; Purpose - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8033
  (1) Every circuit with not fewer than 3 circuit judges shall have a business court and shall submit a plan for the operation of...
• Business Court; Jurisdiction; Venue; Assignment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8035
  (1) A business court has jurisdiction over business and commercial disputes in which the amount in controversy exceeds $25,000.00. (2) Venue of a suit...
• Business Court; Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8037
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (7), a business court consists of sitting circuit judges assigned by the supreme court in a number reasonably...
• Commencement of Action; Electronic Filing; Standards; Availability of Written Opinions; Practice and Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8039
  (1) Whenever possible, an action commenced in a business court shall be filed by electronic communications. (2) A business court shall meet minimum standards...
• Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8041
  (1) An appeal from a business court shall be to the court of appeals, as prescribed by supreme court rules. (2) The time within...
• Judges; Training - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8043
  The Michigan judicial institute shall provide appropriate training for all circuit judges serving as business court judges.
• Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8045
  The fees payable in civil actions in circuit court apply to cases in a business court, unless otherwise provided by law.
• Case Pending on Pilot Business Court Docket - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8047
  Any case that is pending on a pilot business court docket on January 1, 2013 shall remain on that pilot business court docket and...
• District Court; Establishment; Court of Record; Judicial Districts; City Located in More Than One District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8101
  (1) A district court is established in the state. The district court is a court of record. The state is divided into judicial districts...
• Election Divisions; Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8102
  The provisions for election divisions of a judicial district have no effect on the administration of a judicial district.
• Districts, Classes; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8103
  (1) A district of the first class is a district consisting of 1 or more counties and in which each county comprising the district...
• "district Funding Unit" or "district Control Unit" Defined; Responsibilities; Agreement to Share Expenses; Supplying Law Books and Legal Reference Resources - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8104
  (1) The term "district funding unit" or "district control unit" means: (a) The county in districts of the first and second class. (b) The...
• District Court in Thirty - Sixth District; Functioning - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8105
  The district court in the thirty-sixth district shall not function for judicial purposes until September 1, 1981. History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff....
• First District; Monroe County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8111
  The first district consists of the county of Monroe, is a district of the first class and has 3 judges.
• Second District; Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties; Creation of Second - a District and Second - B District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8112
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the second district consists of the counties of Lenawee and Hillsdale, is a district of the first...
• Third, Third - A, and Third - B Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8113
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), the third district consists of the counties of St. Joseph and Branch, is a district...
• Fourth District; Cass County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8114
  The fourth district consists of the county of Cass, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.
• Fifth District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8115
  The fifth district consists of the county of Berrien, is a district of the first class and has 5 judges. History: Add. 1968, Act...
• Seventh District; Van Buren County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8116
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the seventh district consists of the county of Van Buren, is a district of the first class,...
• Eighth District; Kalamazoo County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8117
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighth district consists of the county of Kalamazoo, is a district of the first class, and...
• Tenth District; Calhoun County and City of Battle Creek - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8118
  The tenth district consists of the county of Calhoun and the city of Battle Creek, is a district of the first class and has...
• Twelfth District; Jackson County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8119
  (1) The twelfth district consists of the county of Jackson except the city of Jackson, is a district of the second class and has...
• Fourteenth, Fourteenth - A, Fourteenth - B, and Fifteenth Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8120
  (1) The fourteenth district consists of the county of Washtenaw except the city of Ann Arbor, is a district of the second class, and...
• Sixteenth District to Thirty - Fifth District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8121
  (1) The sixteenth district consists of the city of Livonia, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges. (2) The seventeenth...
• Thirty - Sixth District; City of Detroit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8121a
  (1) The thirty-sixth district consists of the city of Detroit and is a district of the third class. (2) Commencing September 1, 1981, the...
• Thirty - Seventh District to Forty - Second District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8122
  (1) The thirty-seventh district consists of the cities of Warren and Center Line, is a district of the third class, and has 4 judges....
• Forty - Third District to Fifty - Second District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8123
  (1) The forty-third district consists of the cities of Madison Heights, Ferndale, and Hazel Park, is a district of the third class, and has...
• Fifty - Third District; Livingston County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8124
  The fifty-third district consists of the county of Livingston, is a district of the first class, and has 2 judges. Subject to section 8175,...
• Fifty - Fourth - a District, Fifty - Fourth - B District, and Fifty - Fifth District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8125
  (1) The fifty-fourth-a district consists of the city of Lansing, is a district of the third class, and has the following number of judges:...
• Fifty - Sixth District; Creation of Fifty - Sixth - a District and Fifty - Sixth - B District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8126
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the fifty-sixth district consists of the counties of Barry and Eaton, is a district of the first...
• Fifty - Seventh District; Allegan County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8127
  The fifty-seventh district consists of the county of Allegan, is a district of the first class and has 2 judges. History: Add. 1968, Act...
• Fifty - Eighth District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8128
  The fifty-eighth district consists of the county of Ottawa, is a district of the first class and has 3 judges. Subject to section 8175,...
• Fifty - Ninth District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8128a
  The fifty-ninth district consists of the cities of Grandville and Walker, is a district of the third class and has 1 judge.
• Sixtieth District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8129
  (1) The sixtieth district consists of the county of Muskegon, is a district of the first class and, through December 31, 1992, has 5...
• Sixty - First to Sixty - Third District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8130
  (1) The sixty-first district consists of the city of Grand Rapids, is a district of the third class and has 5 judges. Subject to...
• Sixty - Fourth - a District and Sixty - Fourth - B District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8131
  (1) The sixty-fourth-a district consists of the county of Ionia, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge. (2) The sixty-fourth-b...
• Sixty - Fifth - a District; Sixty - Fifth - B District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8132
  (1) Until 12 noon, January 1, 2015, the sixty-fifth-a district consists of the county of Clinton, is a district of the first class, and...
• Sixty - Sixth District; Shiawassee County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8133
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the sixty-sixth district consists of the county of Shiawassee, is a district of the first class, and...
• Sixty - Seventh and Sixty - Eighth Districts; Resolution Designating County Seat as Place Where Court for Sixty - Seventh District Sits in Central Court Facility - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8134
  (1) The sixty-seventh district consists of the county of Genesee except the city of Flint, is a district of the second class, and is...
• Seventieth District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8135
  The seventieth district consists of the county of Saginaw, is a district of the first class, and is divided into the following election divisions:...
• Seventy - First - a and Seventy - First - B Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8136
  (1) The seventy-first-a district consists of the county of Lapeer, is a district of the first class, and has 2 judges. Beginning 12 noon,...
• Seventy - Second District; St. Clair County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8137
  The seventy-second district consists of the county of St. Clair, is a district of the first class and has 3 judges.
• Seventy - Third - a and Seventy - Third - B Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8138
  (1) The seventy-third-a district consists of the county of Sanilac and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge...
• Seventy - Fourth District; Bay County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8139
  The seventy-fourth district consists of the county of Bay, is a district of the first class and has 3 judges.
• Seventy - Fifth District; Midland County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8140
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the seventy-fifth district consists of the county of Midland, is a district of the first class, and...
• Seventy - Sixth District; Isabella County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8141
  The seventy-sixth district consists of the county of Isabella, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.
• Seventy - Seventh District; Mecosta and Osceola Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8142
  The seventy-seventh district consists of the counties of Mecosta and Osceola, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.
• Seventy - Eighth District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8143
  The seventy-eighth district consists of the counties of Newaygo and Lake, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning April...
• Seventy - Ninth District; Lake and Mason Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8144
  (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the seventy-ninth district consists of the counties of Lake and Mason, is a district of the...
• Eightieth District; Clare and Gladwin Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8145
  The eightieth district consists of the counties of Clare and Gladwin, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.
• Eighty - First District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8146
  (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the eighty-first district consists of the counties of Alcona, Arenac, Iosco, and Oscoda, is a district...
• Eighty - Second District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8147
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighty-second district consists of the county of Ogemaw, is a district of the first class, and...
• Eighty - Third District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8148
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighty-third district consists of the county of Roscommon, is a district of the first class, and...
• Eighty - Fourth District; Wexford and Missaukee Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8149
  The eighty-fourth district consists of the counties of Wexford and Missaukee, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.
• Eighty - Fifth District; Manistee and Benzie Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8150
  The eighty-fifth district consists of the counties of Manistee and Benzie and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate...
• Eighty - Sixth District; Grand Traverse, Antrim, and Leelanau Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8151
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighty-sixth district consists of the counties of Grand Traverse, Antrim, and Leelanau, is a district of...
• Eighty - Seventh - a District; Eighty - Seventh - B District; Eighty - Seventh - C District; Otsego, Kalkaska, and Crawford Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8152
  (1) The eighty-seventh-A district consists of the county of Otsego, is a district of the first class, and has the following number of judges:...
• Eighty - Eighth District; Alpena and Montmorency Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8153
  (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the eighty-eighth district consists of the counties of Alpena and Montmorency, is a district of the...
• Eighty - Ninth District; Cheboygan and Presque Isle Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8154
  (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the eighty-ninth district consists of the counties of Cheboygan and Presque Isle, is a district of...
• Ninetieth District; Emmet and Charlevoix Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8155
  The ninetieth district consists of the counties of Emmet and Charlevoix, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.
• Ninety - First District; Chippewa County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8156
  Until April 1, 2012, the ninety-first district consists of the county of Chippewa, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge....
• Ninety - Second District; Mackinac and Luce Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8157
  The ninety-second district consists of the counties of Mackinac and Luce, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.
• Ninety - Third District; Schoolcraft and Alger Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8158
  (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the ninety-third district consists of the counties of Schoolcraft and Alger, is a district of the...
• Ninety - Fourth District; Delta County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8159
  The ninety-fourth district consists of the county of Delta, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.
• Ninety - Fifth - a District and Ninety - Fifth - B District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8160
  (1) The ninety-fifth-a district consists of the county of Menominee, is a district of the first class, and has the following number of judges:...
• Ninety - Sixth District; Marquette County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8161
  The ninety-sixth district consists of the county of Marquette, is a district of the first class and has 2 judges.
• Ninety - Seventh District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8162
  The ninety-seventh district consists of the counties of Houghton, Keweenaw and Baraga, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge. History:...
• Ninety - Eighth District; Ontonagon and Gogebic Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8163
  (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the ninety-eighth district consists of the counties of Ontonagon and Gogebic, is a district of the...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1972. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Changes in Districts; Supreme Court Recommendations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8171
  The supreme court may make recommendations to the legislature in regard to changes in the number of judges, the creation, alteration and discontinuance of...
• Additional District Judgeships; Creation; Approval by District Control Unit; Resolution; Filing; Valid Approval of Judgeship; Notice to Elections Division; State's Obligation; Election; First Term - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8175
  (1) The additional district judgeships permitted by this chapter shall not be authorized to be filled by election unless each district control unit of...
• Creation of New District and Judgeship; Conditions; Notification of Elections Division; Resolution; Exercise of Option; Obligation of State; Election and Term of Judgeship; Approval of District Control Unit Not Required - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8176
  (1) If a new district is proposed by law, that new district shall not be created and any district judgeship proposed for the district...
• Consolidation of District of Third Class With District of Second Class; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8177
  (1) If it is proposed by law to consolidate a district of the third class into or with a district of the second class,...
• Failure to Adopt Resolution Approving Consolidation; Submission of Question to Vote of Electors; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8178
  (1) If it is proposed by law to consolidate 2 or more districts and 1 or all of the district control units fail, not...
• Consolidation of Twelfth and Thirteenth Districts; Expenses and Capital Improvements; Judges' Salaries; Costs of State Requirements; Filing Copies of Resolutions and Agreements; Notification of Elections Division; Transfer of Employees; Rights and Benefits of Employees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8180
  (1) Because the city of Jackson on April 2, 1985 and the county of Jackson on March 28, 1985 have approved the consolidation of...
• Record of Proceedings; Reports - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8181
  Each district court shall keep a record of its proceedings in accordance with rules prescribed by the supreme court and make such reports as...
• District Judges; Qualifications - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8201
  A candidate for and a judge of the district court shall be licensed to practice law in this state and shall be a registered...
• District Judge; Annual Salary; Additional Salary; Compensation and Expenses; Increase or Decrease in Salary; Michigan Judges Retirement System; Evening and Saturday Sessions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8202
  (1) Subject to subsection (3), a district judge shall receive an annual salary payable by this state as provided in this section. (2) In...
• District Judges; Practice of Law Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8203
  Upon taking office, a district judge shall not engage in the practice of law other than as a judge.
• District Judges; Nonpartisan Election - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8204
  Judges of the district court shall be nominated and elected on nonpartisan judicial ballots in the manner provided by law.
• Temporary Service as District Judge in Adjoining District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8212
  The chief judge of any district upon the request of the chief judge of an adjoining district may direct a district judge within the...
• Presiding Judge; Election; Term; Vacancies; Authority - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8221
  The judges in each district shall meet and by a majority vote of all the judges serving in the district elect a presiding judge...
• District Judges; Meetings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8222
  All district judges of a district shall meet on call of the presiding judge to discuss problems pertinent to the operations of the court.
• Statewide and Regional Meetings; Purpose; Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8231
  (1) The court administrator, under the supervision and direction of the supreme court, shall call an annual statewide meeting of the judges of the...
• Places of Sitting of District Court; "Population" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8251
  (1) In districts of the first class, the court shall sit at each county seat. In districts of the first class consisting of 1...
• Court Facilities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8261
  Court facilities shall be provided at those places where the court sits. In districts of the first and second class they shall be provided...
• Magistrates' Facilities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8262
  Facilities for magistrates shall be provided by the district control unit.
• Rental of Facilities; Contracts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8263
  Rental of court or magistrate facilities constitutes the providing of such facilities and those units of government responsible for providing same may contract with...
• Operation of District Court; Appropriation; Employer; Authority; Collective Bargaining; Appointment, Supervision, Discipline, or Dismissal of Employees; Transfer of Employees; Effect of Existing Collective Bargaining Agreement; Control of Employees; Applicability of Subsections (2) to (11) to Employees in Thirty - Sixth District; Employees of Abolished Courts; Chief Judge as Principal Administrator; "locally - Funded Employees of the District Court" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8271
  (1) The governing body of each district funding unit shall annually appropriate, by line-item or lump-sum budget, funds for the operation of the district...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Employee of Former Judicial Council Serving in Thirty - Sixth District Court as Employee of Detroit Judicial Council or City of Detroit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8273
  Effective October 1, 1996, each employee of the former state judicial council serving in the district court in the thirty-sixth district shall become an...
• Detroit Judicial Council; Creation; Employees of Former State Judicial Council in Thirty - Sixth District Court; Employer; Authority; Collective Bargaining; Appointment, Supervision, Discipline, or Dismissal of Employees; Chief Judge as Principal Administrator; Transfer of Employees; Effect of Existing Collective Bargaining Agreement; Annual Leave; State Employees' Retirement System - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8274
  (1) The city council of the city of Detroit, by resolution, may create the Detroit judicial council. The council shall be created not later...
• Employee of State Judicial Council Serving in Thirty - Sixth District Court; Member of State Employees' Retirement System; Submission of Reports and Contributions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8275
  An employee of the state judicial council serving in the district court in the thirty-sixth district who becomes an employee of the Detroit judicial...
• Clerk of Court and Deputy Clerks; Appointment; Term - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8281
  (1) In each county within a district of the first class, in each district of the second class, and in each political subdivision where...
• Court Security - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8283
  In the thirty-sixth district, the district control unit shall be responsible for maintaining court security. Persons providing security services shall be assigned subject to...
• Repealed. 1981, Act 146, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Exclusive Jurisdiction in Civil Actions; Jurisdiction Over Civil Infraction Actions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8301
  (1) The district court has exclusive jurisdiction in civil actions when the amount in controversy does not exceed $25,000.00. (2) The district court has...
• Equitable Jurisdiction and Authority; Injunctive Order; Order Rescinding or Reforming Contract; Equitable Claims; Judgment or Order; Jurisdiction and Authority of District and Circuit Courts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8302
  (1) In addition to the civil jurisdiction provided in sections 5704 and 8301, the district court has equitable jurisdiction and authority concurrent with that...
• Forfeiture Proceedings Under Chapter 47 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8303
  The district court shall have equitable jurisdiction over forfeiture proceedings brought under chapter 47. The district court may hear and determine a forfeiture action...
• District Court; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8304
  In a district court district in which the district court is affected by a plan of concurrent jurisdiction adopted under chapter 4, the district...
• Power With Respect to Attachment and Garnishment; Conditions Upon Which Relief Available; Compliance With Rules; Garnishment Proceedings as Auxiliary Actions; Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8306
  (1) Subject to the limitations of jurisdictional amount and venue otherwise applicable in the particular court, the district court and municipal courts shall have...
• Actions as Cause of Discipline or Discharge of Principal Defendant From Employment; Reinstatement; Civil Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8307
  A garnishee defendant shall not use the fact that the principal defendant has had 1 or more actions brought against him under the provisions...
• Unlawful Taking or Detention of Goods or Chattels; Civil Action to Recover Possession; Power of District Court, Municipal Court, and Common Pleas Court; Conditions; Delivery Before Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8308
  (1) Subject to the limitations of jurisdictional amount and venue otherwise applicable in the particular court, the district court, municipal court, and a common...
• District Court; Criminal Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8311
  The district court shall have jurisdiction of: (a) Misdemeanors punishable by a fine or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or both. (b) Ordinance and...
• Venue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8312
  (1) In a district of the first class, venue in criminal actions for violations of state law and all city, village, or township ordinances...
• Prosecution of Violations; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8313
  (1) A violation of state criminal law shall be prosecuted in the district court by the prosecuting attorney. A violation of an ordinance of...
• Probation Departments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8314
  In each district of the district court, the judge or judges of the district may establish a probation department within a district control unit....
• Actions Prohibited; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8315
  The district court shall not have jurisdiction in actions for injunctions, divorce or actions which are historically equitable in nature, except as otherwise provided...
• Marriages; Authority to Perform; Fee; Indigent Parties; Waiver - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8316
  (1) District judges and magistrates may perform marriages and shall charge a fee of $10.00 that shall be deposited in the treasury of the...
• Powers of District Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8317
  The district court has the same power to issue warrants; subpoena witnesses; and require the production of books, papers, records, documents, and other evidence;...
• Pleadings and Procedures; Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8318
  Pleadings and procedures in the district court shall be governed by rules established by the supreme court and the district court under supervision of...
• Basis and Exercise of Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8319
  Except as to an action commenced in the small claims division, the existence of any basis of jurisdiction provided for in chapter 7 shall...
• Definitions; Multiple District Plans; Assignment as District Judge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8320
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Multiple district area" means an area composed of either of the following: (i) Two or more districts...
• Civil Process; Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8321
  (1) Civil process in the district court shall be served by a sheriff, deputy sheriff or a court officer appointed by the judges of...
• Bailiff of Common Pleas Court as Bailiff of Thirty - Sixth District Court; Court Officer; Rotation of Process; Surety Bond; Powers; Bearing of Arms; Term; Vacancy; Peace Officer; Record of Financial Transactions; Audit; Compensation; Contributions to Retirement System in Which Bailiff Member; Payments to Wayne County Retirement System; Review of Retirement Fund; Copies of Actuarial Reports - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8322
  (1) A person serving as a bailiff of the common pleas court of Detroit on August 31, 1981, pursuant to an appointment under section...
• District Court; Witnesses, Fees; Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8323
  Witnesses in the district court shall be entitled to receive the same fees and mileage allowances to which witnesses in circuit court are entitled....
• Service of Process; Schedule of Fees; Mileage Rate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8326
  The schedule of fees and the rate for mileage provided in section 2559 shall be the fees and the rate of mileage for process...
• Proceedings to Be Recorded - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8331
  All proceedings in the district court, except as otherwise provided by law or supreme court rule, shall be recorded. History: Add. 1968, Act 154,...
• Appeals on Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8341
  Appeals from the district court shall be on a written transcript of the record made in the district court or on a record settled...
• Appeals From District Court; Appeals to Court of Appeals From Circuit Court or Recorder's Court; Appeals Based on Pleas of Guilty or Nolo Contendere - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8342
  (1) Appeals from the district court shall be to the circuit court in the county in which the judgment is rendered. (2) Except as...
• Judgments of Abolished Courts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8343
  All orders and judgments entered prior to January 1, 1969 by courts abolished under section 9921 shall be appealable in like manner and to...
• Disposal of Documents, Records, Recordings, and Notes; Schedule; Destruction of Notes, Tapes, and Recordings; Register of Actions as Official Record; Applicability of Section - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8344
  Except as provided in this section, not less than 6 years after the entry of a judgment in a civil action, including a summary...
• Causes Transferred From Abolished Courts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8345
  All causes of action transferred to the district court by the provisions of this act from any court abolished by the provisions of this...
• Jurors; Selection; Compensation; Failure to Respond to Jury Duty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8351
  Jurors for the district court shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of chapter 13. Jurors in the district court shall be paid...
• Civil Jury; Number; Verdict - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8353
  In civil actions in the district court the jury shall consist of 6 persons. The court shall receive the verdict of 5 of such...
• Criminal Jury; Number; Verdict - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8355
  In criminal actions in the district court the jury shall consist of 6 persons. The court shall receive only a unanimous verdict.
• Repealed. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Filing Fees Paid to Clerk of District Court; Disposition; Waiver or Suspension; Exception; Filing Fee for Civil Action; Fee in Trial by Jury; Motion Filing Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8371
  (1) In the district court, the fees prescribed in this section shall be paid to the clerk of the court. (2) Before a civil...
• Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Assessment of Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8375
  The district court may assess the same costs as are permitted in the circuit court. In civil infraction actions, the district court may assess...
• Fines and Costs Assessed in District Court; Payment; Disposition; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8379
  (1) Fines and costs assessed in the district court shall be paid to the clerk of the court who shall appropriate them as follows:...
• Fines and Costs; Conviction; Civil Infraction Determination, Guilty Plea, or Civil Infraction Admission; Disposition; Court Filing Fee Report; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8381
  (1) Until October 1, 2003, when fines and costs are assessed by a magistrate, a traffic bureau, or a judge of the district court,...
• Traffic Bureau; Establishment; Administration; Purpose; Authority Over Personnel; Location and Number of Offices; Appeals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8391
  With the approval of the governing body of a district control unit, the district court may establish within the court a traffic bureau which...
• State Civil Infraction Bureau - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8392
  (1) Upon the approval of the governing body of a district control unit, the district court may establish within the court a state civil...
• Parking Violations Bureau; Establishment; Purpose; Operating Expense; Operation by Downtown Development Authority; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8395
  (1) A city, village, or township may establish a parking violations bureau to accept civil infraction admissions in parking violation cases and to collect...
• Municipal Ordinance Violations Bureau - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8396
  A county, city, village, or township may by ordinance establish a municipal ordinance violations bureau to accept admissions of responsibility for municipal civil infractions...
• Small Claims Division; Creation; Judge; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8401
  A small claims division is created in each district as a division of the district court. A judge of the district court shall sit...
• Instruction Sheets - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8401a
  (1) The state court administrator shall prepare instruction sheets clearly explaining in plain English how the small claims division functions and how to commence...
• Commencement of Action; Filing, Form, and Contents of Affidavit; Notice; Name of Plaintiff; Removal; Waiver - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8402
  (1) An action shall be commenced in the small claims division by filing with the clerk or a deputy clerk of the district court...
• Affidavit Forms; Availability; Preparation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8403
  Printed affidavit forms for the commencement of actions in the small claims division shall be available at the office of each clerk and deputy...
• Service of Affidavit and Notice on Defendant; Form and Contents of Notice; Evening and Saturday Court Hours - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8404
  (1) Upon the filing of the affidavit, the clerk or deputy clerk shall cause a copy of the affidavit to be served upon each...
• Service; Manner; Proof - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8405
  Except as otherwise provided in this section, service of the affidavit and notice to appear and answer shall be made upon the defendant by...
• Appearances; Copy of Affidavit and Notice of Hearing; Application for New Notice; Jurisdiction to Render Judgment; Continuance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8406
  (1) The date for the appearance of the defendant provided in the notice shall not be less than 15 days nor more than 45...
• Filing of Claim in Small Claims Division; Restrictions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8407
  (1) A claim shall not be filed or prosecuted in the small claims division by an assignee of a claim or by a third...
• Parties; Representation; Request for Trial Before District Court Judge; Removal; Waiver - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8408
  (1) An attorney at law, except on the attorney's own behalf, a collection agency or agent or employee of a collection agency, or a...
• Attachment or Garnishment Prohibited; Execution; Judgment, Enforcement; Instruction Sheets - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8409
  (1) Attachment or garnishment shall not issue from the small claims division prior to judgment but execution may issue in the manner prescribed by...
• Settlement; Payment of Judgment; Execution, Attachment, or Garnishment; Warning; Examination of Assets; Payment of Judgment in Full; Copy of Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8410
  (1) Before or at the hearing the parties may make a settlement upon those terms as they may agree. The settlement shall be in...
• Writ of Garnishment as to Periodic Payments Issued by Small Claims Division of District Court; Duration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8410a
  A writ of garnishment issued by the small claims division of the district court remains in effect as to periodic payments as provided in...
• Removal; Waiver; Hearings; Manner of Conducting; No Jury or Verbatim Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8411
  (1) Before the commencement of a trial in the small claims division, the district court judge or magistrate shall inform both parties, orally or...
• Waiver of Rights - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8412
  Unless a party removes a small claims action to the district court pursuant to section 8408(4), all parties to an action in the small...
• Judgments; Conclusiveness; Form - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8413
  All judgments of the small claims division shall be conclusive upon the plaintiff and the defendant and shall be in a form prescribed by...
• Venue of Actions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8415
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4), in districts of the first class actions in the small claims division shall be filed...
• Location of Small Claims Division; Filing of Claims After Regular Court Hours; Scheduling of Small Claims Hearings; Hearings After Regular Court Hours - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8416
  (1) The small claims division of the district court shall sit at least once each 30 days at the locations at which the district...
• Judgments; Certification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8418
  If the defendant fails to pay the judgment according to the terms and conditions thereof, the clerk or deputy clerk of the court, on...
• Forms and Stationery - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8419
  Every clerk and deputy clerk of the district court shall be furnished a reasonable supply of all forms and stationery necessary for the expeditious...
• Fees; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8420
  (1) A fee of the following amount, as applicable, shall be charged and collected for the filing of the affidavit for the commencement of...
• Costs to Prevailing Party - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8421
  The prevailing party in any action in the small claims division is entitled to costs of the action and also the costs of execution...
• Counterclaim; Continuance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8422
  If the defendant files a verified answer stating any new matter which constitutes a counterclaim, the court may grant a continuance upon request of...
• Separate Action by Defendant; Transmittal Fee; Transfer of Cause - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8423
  (1) If a defendant in a small claims action has a claim against the plaintiff, which claim is for an amount over the jurisdiction...
• Actions for Fraud, Libel, Slander, Assault, Battery, or Other Intentional Torts; Governmental Agency as Party - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8424
  (1) Actions of fraud and actions of libel, slander, assault, battery, or other intentional torts shall not be instituted in the small claims division....
• Limitation on Claim or Recovery; Amendment Increasing Amount Claimed - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8425
  (1) A person having a claim in excess of the applicable jurisdictional amount as prescribed by section 8401 may institute an action in the...
• Name in Which Defendant Sued; Validity of Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8426
  An individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation may be sued in the small claims division in any name used in any advertisement, sign, invoice,...
• Conduct of Small Claims Hearing by District Court Judge or Magistrate; Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8427
  A small claims hearing may be conducted either by a district court judge or by a district court magistrate who is an attorney licensed...
• District Court Magistrates; Number; Appointment; Approval; Qualifications; Thirty - Sixth District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8501
  (1) In a county which elects by itself fewer than 2 district judges, the county board of commissioners shall provide for 1 district court...
• District Court of First or Second Class; Clerk or Deputy Clerk as Magistrate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8503
  Subject to the provisions of section 8501, the judges of the district court within a district of the first or second class may appoint...
• Magistrates; Qualifications; Term; Oath; Bond; Temporarily Absent or Incapacitated Magistrate; Ordering Temporary Service of Magistrate of Another County; Reimbursement; Service of Magistrate in Another County; Service of Magistrate Pursuant to Multiple District Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8507
  (1) Magistrates shall be registered electors in the county in which they are appointed. All magistrates appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the...
• Repealed. 1969, Act 333, Imd. Eff. Nov. 4, 1969. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• District Court Magistrate; Jurisdiction and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8511
  A district court magistrate has the following jurisdiction and duties: (a) To arraign and sentence upon pleas of guilty or nolo contendere for violations...
• Civil Infractions; Authority of District Court Magistrate; Special Training Course; Limitation on Authority - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8512
  (1) A district court magistrate may hear and preside over civil infraction admissions and admissions with explanation and conduct informal hearings in civil infraction...
• Powers of District Court Magistrate Generally - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8512a
  Only to the extent expressly authorized by the chief judge, presiding judge, or only judge of the district court district, a district court magistrate...
• Additional Powers of District Court Magistrate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8513
  (1) When authorized by the chief judge of the district and whenever a district judge is not immediately available, a district court magistrate may...
• Administration of Oaths; Examination of Witnesses; Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; Recommending Judgment; Functions of Magistrate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8514
  A district court magistrate who is an attorney licensed to practice law in this state, if authorized by the chief judge of the district,...
• Appeals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8515
  Appeals as of right may be taken from the district court magistrate to the district court. Appeal shall be taken within 7 days after...
• Magistrates; Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8521
  (1) Magistrates shall be paid by the county in districts of the first and second class and by the district control unit or units...
• Practice of Law Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8525
  An attorney at law who is a magistrate shall be prohibited from the practice of law in the district court for the district in...
• Disposition of Fines and Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8535
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), district court magistrates shall pay all fines and costs received by them to the clerk of the...
• Superintending Control of District Judge; Limitation; Functions and Duties of District Judge in Chambers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8541
  (1) The judges of the district court shall exercise superintending control over all magistrates within their districts. A district judge may not extend the...
• Small Claims Division; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8545
  Magistrates shall exercise the same powers and perform the same duties as deputy clerks of the district court for the purpose of carrying out...
• Magistrates to Sit At County Seat, City, or Other Determined Location - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8551
  Magistrates shall sit at any county seat and city or other locations as determined by the presiding judge. History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd....
• Repealed. 2005, Act 326, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2005. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Certified Recorder or Reporter; Number; Functions and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8601
  There shall be not less than 1 district court certified recorder or reporter for each judge of the district court who, in addition to...
• Appointment of Recorder or Reporter; Appointment of Additional Recorders or Reporters; Functions and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8602
  (1) Each judge of the district court shall appoint his or her own recorder or reporter. (2) Pursuant to supreme court rule, the chief...
• Repealed. 2005, Act 326, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2005. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Annual Salary of District Court Recorders or Reporters - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8615
  The annual salary of district court recorders or reporters appointed pursuant to section 8602(1) shall be not less than $8,000.00 per year. History: Add....
• Court Recorders and Reporters; Salaries; Payment; Contributions; Recording Devices - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8621
  (1) District court recorders and reporters shall be paid by each district control unit. In districts consisting of more than 1 district control unit,...
• Recorders or Reporters; Expenses; Sworn Statement; Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8625
  The recorders or reporters of district courts composed of more than 1 county shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the salary provided...
• Residence of Recorder or Reporter - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8626
  For the purposes of this chapter, the residence of a recorder or reporter who does not reside in the district in which he or...
• Fees for Transcripts; Fees as Part of Taxable Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8631
  (1) A district court recorder or reporter shall be entitled to receive for a transcript ordered by any person the same fees as provided...
• Reduction of Record to Writing; Costs; Transcript of Trial or Other Proceeding Ordered Other Than for Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8635
  (1) An original and copy of the verbatim record of all preliminary examinations in which the defendant is bound over to the circuit court...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8701
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Authorized local official" means a police officer or other personnel of a county, city, village, township, or regional...
• Municipal Civil Infraction; Commencement; Political Subdivision as Plaintiff; Jurisdiction of Courts; Time and Place of Appearance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8703
  (1) A municipal civil infraction action is commenced upon the issuance of a citation as provided in section 8707. The plaintiff in a municipal...
• Citation; Numbering; Form; Contents; Modification; Treatment as Under Oath - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8705
  (1) Each citation shall be numbered consecutively, be in a form as approved by the state court administrator, and consist of the following parts:...
• Citation; Preparation; Issuance; Service; Municipal Ordinance Violation Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8707
  (1) An authorized local official who witnesses a person violate an ordinance a violation of which is a municipal civil infraction shall prepare and...
• Citation; Contents; Trailway Municipal Civil Infraction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8709
  (1) A citation issued pursuant to section 8707 shall contain the name of the plaintiff, the name and address of the defendant, the municipal...
• Citation; Admission; Denial of Responsibility; Filing of Sworn Complaint; Failure to Appear; Warrant for Arrest - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8711
  If an authorized local official issues a citation under section 8707, the court may accept an admission with explanation or an admission or denial...
• Materially False Statement; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8713
  An authorized local official who, knowing the statement is false, makes a materially false statement in a citation issued under section 8707 is guilty...
• Citation; Appearance; Response to Allegations; Acceptance of Admission; Sanctions; Admission of Responsibility With Explanation; Effect; Denial of Responsibility; Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8715
  (1) A person to whom a citation is issued under section 8707 shall appear by or at the time specified in the citation and,...
• Request for Formal Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8717
  (1) The court shall schedule a formal hearing if either the defendant or the plaintiff expressly requests a formal hearing as provided by this...
• Informal Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8719
  (1) An informal hearing shall be conducted by a district court magistrate, if authorized by the judge or judges of the district court district,...
• Formal Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8721
  (1) A formal hearing shall be conducted only by a judge of the district court or a municipal court. (2) In a formal hearing,...
• Failure to Appear; Default Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8723
  If the defendant fails to appear as directed by the citation or other notice at a scheduled appearance under section 8715(3)(b) or (4), at...
• Issuance of Citation; Fee Prohibited; Violation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8725
  (1) An authorized local official issuing a citation under this chapter for a municipal civil infraction shall not accept a fee for issuing the...
• Municipal Civil Infraction; Civil Fine, Costs, Justice System Assessments, Damages, and Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8727
  (1) A municipal civil infraction is not a lesser included offense of a criminal offense or an ordinance violation that is not a civil...
• Payment of Fine, Costs, Assessment, Damages, or Expenses; Default as Civil Contempt - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8729
  (1) If a defendant defaults in the payment of a civil fine, costs, assessment, or, if applicable, damages or expenses as provided in section...
• Violation Involving Land, Building, or Other Structure; Nonpayment of Civil Fine, Costs, or Installment; Lien - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8731
  (1) If a defendant does not pay a civil fine, costs, or assessment or an installment ordered under section 8727 within 30 days after...
• Trailway Municipal Civil Infraction; Seizure and Impoundment of Vehicle; Lien; Bond; Payments; Forfeiture and Application of Bond; Enforcement of Lien by Foreclosure Sale; Notice; Distribution of Proceeds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8733
  (1) An authorized local official may seize and impound a vehicle operated in the commission of a trailway municipal civil infraction. Upon impoundment, the...
• Municipal Civil Infraction; Additional Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8735
  If the defendant in a municipal civil infraction action is determined responsible for a municipal civil infraction, the judge or district court magistrate, in...
• Applicability of Chapter; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8801
  (1) This chapter applies only to a state civil infraction action involving a violation of state law that is designated as a state civil...
• State Civil Infraction; Commencement of Action; State as Plaintiff; Jurisdiction; Time; Place; Venue; Rights of Minor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8803
  (1) A state civil infraction action is commenced upon the issuance of a citation as provided in section 8807. The plaintiff in a state...
• Citation; Numbering; Parts; Modification; Complaint Treated as Under Oath - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8805
  (1) Each citation shall be numbered consecutively, be in a form as approved by the state court administrator, and consist of the following parts:...
• Issuance of Citation by Law Enforcement Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8807
  (1) A law enforcement officer who witnesses a person violating state law, the violation of which is a state civil infraction, may stop the...
• Citation Issued to Nonresident of State; Leaving Deposit With Officer or Court; Failure to Appear; Default Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8808
  (1) When a person who is not a resident of this state is issued a citation for a civil infraction under section 8807, the...
• Citation; Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8809
  (1) A citation issued pursuant to section 8807 shall name the state as the plaintiff and shall contain the name and address of the...
• Civil Infraction; Citation; Necessity of Sworn Complaint - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8811
  If a law enforcement officer issues a citation under section 8807, the court may accept an admission with explanation or an admission or denial...
• Citation; Materially False Statement Knowingly Made by Officer; Felony; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8813
  A law enforcement officer who, knowing the statement is false, makes a materially false statement in a citation issued under section 8807 is guilty...
• Citation; Response to Allegations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8815
  (1) A person to whom a citation is issued under section 8807 shall appear by or at the time specified in the citation and...
• Informal Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8819
  (1) An informal hearing shall be conducted by a district court magistrate, if authorized by the judge or judges of the district court district,...
• Formal Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8821
  (1) A formal hearing shall be conducted only by a judge of the district court or a municipal court. (2) In a formal hearing,...
• Failure of Defendant to Appear At Scheduled Appearance, Informal Hearing, or Formal Hearing; Failure of Officer to Appear At Informal Hearing; Failure of Prosecutor to Appear At Formal Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8823
  (1) If the defendant fails to appear as directed by the citation or other notice, at a scheduled appearance under section 8815(3)(b) or (4),...
• Acceptance of Fee by Law Enforcement Officer Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8825
  (1) A law enforcement officer issuing a citation under this chapter for a state civil infraction shall not accept a fee for issuing the...
• Sanctions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8827
  (1) A state civil infraction is not a lesser included offense of a criminal offense. (2) If a defendant is determined to be responsible...
• Default in Payment of Fines, Costs, Assessment, or Installment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8829
  (1) If a defendant defaults in the payment of a civil fine, costs, or assessment or of any installment, as ordered pursuant to section...
• Fines Ordered Under Mcl 600.8831; Application to Libraries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8831
  (1) A civil fine which is ordered under section 8827 for a violation of state statute shall be exclusively applied to the support of...
• Additional Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8835
  If the defendant in a state civil infraction action is determined responsible for a state civil infraction, the judge or district court magistrate, in...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• State Judicial Council; Pay Raises and Benefit Plan Changes Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9108
  The state judicial council shall not, from the effective date of this section until the transfer of employees to the appropriate employer, grant any...
• Payroll Services - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9109
  Notwithstanding the employer status of the county-paid employees serving in the circuit court in the third judicial circuit, or serving in the recorder's court...
• Repeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9901
  The following acts and parts of acts, as amended, are hereby repealed: (1) Revised Statutes of 1846, Chapter Section Numbers Compiled Law Sections (1948)...
• Savings Clause; Special Cases and Proceedings; Law Applicable - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9905
  (1) Except as specifically stated or reasonably inferred from the provisions of this act, this act shall not impair or affect any act done,...
• Special Nonsevering Clause as to Court Fees and Retirement Funds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9906
  Notwithstanding section 5 of chapter 1 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 8.5 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, if any part...
• Effective Date of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9911
  This act shall become effective on January 1, 1963.
• Courts Abolished; Extension of Term of Certain Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9921
  (1) Effective January 1, 1969, the following courts are abolished except as provided in section 9928: (a) Justices of the peace. (b) Circuit court...
• Transfer of Duties and Powers to District Court; Circuit Court Referees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9922
  All duties and powers which by law may be performed by justices of the peace, circuit court commissioners, judges of municipal courts, judges of...
• Municipal Judges in Third Class Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9923
  (1) After December 31, 1968, any elected incumbent associate municipal judge who is prohibited from practicing law pursuant to state statute or city charter...
• Transfer of Files, Records, Funds, and Pending Cases of Abolished Courts to District Court; Powers and Jurisdiction of District Court; Orders and Judgments Appealable; Exceptions; Effect of Reconstituting District Court Districts Into Single District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9924
  (1) All files, records, funds, and pending cases of the courts abolished under section 9921 or courts or divisions of courts abolished on or...
• Destruction of Documents or Records; Exceptions; Right to Move for Order Setting Aside Conviction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9924a
  The records, files, pleadings, process, papers, dockets, journals and indices of justices of the peace, justice courts, municipal courts, police courts and the recorders...
• Primary Election in 1968 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9925
  In the primary election of judges of the district court to be held in 1968, all candidates for the office shall file petitions or...
• Election in 1968; Terms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9926
  (1) The first general election of judges of the district court shall be held in 1968 and in that election only, the terms of...
• Repealed. 1982, Act 149, Imd. Eff. May 6, 1982. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Election of 1968; Terms; Determination - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9927
  The candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the 1968 general election shall serve the longest terms available at such election.
• Municipal Courts; Third Class District; Retention in Certain Cities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9928
  (1) The district court shall not function nor shall district judges be elected in any district of the third class in which 1 or...
• Municipal Courts; Abolition; Function of District Court; Judges; Transfer of Cases; Employees; Municipal Judge as District Judge; Retention of Municipal Court; Resolutions; Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9930
  (1) Effective January 1, 1971, all municipal courts which were not abolished by section 9921 due to the action of municipal governing bodies pursuant...
• Detroit Recorder's Court; Abolishment; Merger; Incumbent Judges; Transfer of Files, Records, and Pending Cases; Jurisdiction; Appropriation by Wayne County; Appointment, Supervision, Discipline, or Dismissal of Employees; Personal Property of Court; Reimbursement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9931
  (1) The recorder's court of the city of Detroit is abolished and merged with the third judicial circuit of the circuit court effective October...
• Judge of Municipal Court of Record; Chief Judge; Recorder; Salary; Additional Salary; Increase; Cost - of - Living Allowance or Other Cash - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9932
  (1) The salary of each judge of a municipal court of record, including the chief judge and recorder, shall be determined as provided in...
• Commencement of District Court Function in Forty - Fifth - a and Forty - Fifth - B Districts; Abolition of Municipal Courts; Judges of Forty - Fifth - a and Forty - Fifth - B Districts; Terms; Affidavit of Candidacy; Designation of Judge on Ballot - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9934
  (1) The district court shall commence to function in the forty-fifth-a and forty-fifth-b districts as of January 1, 1975 and as of that date...
• Twenty - Fourth, Twenty - Fifth, and Twenty - Seventh Districts; Commencement of District Courts and Abolition of Municipal Courts; Municipal or Associate Municipal Judges as Judges of District Courts; Election to District Court; Affidavit of Candidacy; Designation on Ballot; Terms of District Judges; Certain Elections Canceled or Rendered Null and Void - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9935
  (1) Effective December 1, 1977, the district court shall commence to function in the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-seventh districts and as of that date,...
• Fortieth District and Fourth Division of Fifty - Second District; Commencement of District Courts and Abolition of Municipal Courts; Municipal or Associate Municipal Judges as Judges of District Court; Election to District Court; Affidavit of Candidacy; Designation on Ballot; Terms of District Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9936
  (1) Effective November 1, 1978, the district court shall commence to function in the fortieth district and in the fourth division of the fifty-second...
• Twenty - Sixth, Twenty - Eighth, Thirtieth, Thirty - First, Thirty - Second - A, and Sixty - Second - B Districts; Commencement of District Courts and Abolition of Municipal Courts; Municipal Judge as District Court Judge; Reduction of District Judges by 1; Election to District Court; Affidavit of Candidacy; Designation on Ballot; Election and Terms of District Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9937
  (1) Effective January 1, 1979, the district court shall commence to function in the twenty-sixth, twenty-eighth, thirtieth, thirty-first, thirty-second-a, sixty-second-a and sixty-second-b districts and...
• Twenty - Third and Fifty - Ninth Districts; Commencement of District Courts and Abolition of Municipal Courts; Municipal Judges as District Court Judges; Election to District Court; Affidavit of Candidacy; Designation on Ballot; Terms of District Judges; Election and Term of District Judge in Fifty - Ninth District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9938
  (1) Effective January 1, 1980, the district court shall commence to function in the twenty-third district and as of that date, the municipal court...
• Thirty - Eighth District; Function and Establishment of District Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9938a
  (1) Effective January 1, 2004, the district court shall commence to function in the thirty-eighth district and, as of that date, the municipal court...
• Causes of Action Transferred to District Court Valid and Subsisting; Orders and Judgments Appealable; Rights and Privileges Applicable to Employees of Abolished Municipal Courts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9939
  (1) All causes of action transferred to the district court pursuant to section 9924 (1) shall be as valid and subsisting as they were...
• District Court; Commencement in Thirty - Second - B District; Abolition of Municipal Courts; Expiration of Terms of Incumbent Municipal Judges; Election and Term of District Court Judge; Causes of Action, Orders, and Judgments; Rights and Privileges of Employees of Abolished Municipal Courts; Resolution Approving Establishment of District Court and District Judgeship; Adoption and Filing; Notice to State Court Administrator; Second District Court Judgeship; Effect of Approval; Expenses and Capital Improvements; Obligation of State - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9940
  (1) Subject to subsection (5), the district court shall commence to function as of January 1, 1983 in the thirty-second-b district and as of...
• District Court in Thirty - Sixth District; Commencement; Abolition of Common Pleas Court and Traffic and Ordinance Division of Recorder's Court; Election of District Judges; Incumbent Judge of Common Pleas Court as Judge of District Court; Affidavit of Candidacy; Elections to Fill New District Judgeships; Terms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9941
  (1) Effective September 1, 1981, the district court shall commence to function in the thirty-sixth district and as of that date the common pleas...
• District Court in Thirty - Sixth District; Administrative Duties and Powers; Facilities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9943
  (1) Commencing on the effective date of this section and until September 1, 1981, the judges of the common pleas court of the city...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• District Court in Thirty - Sixth District; Definitions; Ownership and Use of Personal Property; Reimbursement of State for Property Removed and for Compensation of Employees; Payments to State in Quarterly Installments; Appropriation of Funds for Operating and Maintaining Court; Cost of New Facilities; Revenue Generated by Parking Violation Bureau; Audits; Applicability of Subsections (1) and (3) Through (9) - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9945
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Base personnel expense" means the total cost of compensation of employees of the state judicial council serving...
• Expired. 1981, Act 2, Eff. June 30, 1985 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9946
  600.9946 Expired. 1981, Act 2, Eff. June 30, 1985. Compiler's Notes: The expired section provided for a joint legislative committee on state assumption of...
• Appropriation of Funds; Purpose; Applicability of Section; Trial Court Operational Expenses; Monitor of Ratio of Court Operational Expenses to Court Revenues; Report; Offset to Funds to Which County or District Funding Unit Entitled Under Subsection (1); "court Revenues" Defined; Receipt of Funds by County or Political Subdivision - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9947
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the legislature shall appropriate sufficient funds in order to fund at least 31.5% of all net...
• Repealed. 2002, Act 92, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003. - Mich. Comp. Laws

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