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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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. ...
• Repealed. 1980, Act 438, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.103
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to inapplicability of act to common pleas court. ...
• Counter Claim; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.111
  The term "counterclaim," as used in this act, includes setoff and recoupment. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1. 1963 ...
• Judgment; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.112
  The term "judgment," as used in this act, includes decree. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1. 1963 ...
• 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 crime ...
• 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. (2) ...
• 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 county ...
• 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 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.151d
  (2) The state treasurer shall credit to the juror compensation reimbursement fund deposits of proceeds from the collection of driver license clearance fees as provided ...
• Juror Compensation Reimbursement Fund; Distribution; Report; Conditions For Reimbursement; Payments; "Court Funding Unit" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.151e
  (2) Each court funding unit shall submit a report semiannually to the state court administrator, for each court for which it is a 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• 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 section. ...
• 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
  (2) The state treasurer shall credit to the judicial technology improvement fund deposits of proceeds from the collection of revenue from court fees as provided ...
• 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. (2) ...
• 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 section. ...
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 18, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.201
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided that the supreme court should consist of a chief justice and 7 associate justices. ...
• 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. History: 1961, ...
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 18, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.204
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided for filling vacancies in the office of supreme court justice. ...
• Justices; Availability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.205
  At least 1 justice shall at all times be at the seat of government. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• 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. History: 1961, ...
• 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 shall ...
• 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 or ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, ...
• 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 Section 600.222
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to creation of trial court assessment commission. ...
• 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 of ...
• 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, except ...
• 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 may ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 state. ...
• 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. History: Add. 1996, Act 374, ...
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.242
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to qualifications, term, and duties of research law clerks. ...
• 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 supreme ...
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.245
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to secretarial personnel. ...
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.247
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to salaries of officers. ...
• Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.250
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to expenses of officers. ...
• 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
  The court of appeals consists of 28 judges and is a court of record. History: Add. 1964, Act 281, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1964 ...
• 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. Each district is entitled to 7 ...
• 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 in ...
• Repealed. 1982, Act 149, Imd. Eff. May 6, 1982 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.303a
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to nominating petitions for new or existing judgeships. ...
• 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
  (a) The judgeship in district 1 filled on October 13, 1993 by an incumbent whose term expires January 1, 1995 and who is not eligible ...
• 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 the ...
• 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: (a) ...
• 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 in ...
• 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) A ...
• 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 shall ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 rule. ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 chief ...
• 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 his ...
• 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; Waiver; Deposit; Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.321
  (a) For an appeal as of right, for an application for leave to appeal, or for an original proceeding, $375.00. This fee shall be paid ...
• Plan Of Concurrent Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.401
  (1) Within a county or judicial circuit, subject to approval by the state supreme court and subject to the limitations contained in sections 410, 601, ...
• 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 Court And Probate Court; 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, the circuit judges and the probate judges, subject to approval by the ...
• Trial Courts; 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, the circuit judges, the probate judges, and the district judges in the county-funded ...
• Trial Courts; 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 1 ...
• Plan Of Concurrent Jurisdiction; Delegation; Prohibition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.410
  (a) A power of appointment to a public office delegated by constitution or statute to the circuit court or a circuit judge. (b) A power ...
• Plan Of Concurrent Jurisdiction; Probate Judge; Jurisdiction, Powers, And Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.411
  History: Add. 2005, Act 326, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2005 ...
• 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. History: Add. 2002, Act 678, Eff. Apr. 1, ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• 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
  (1) The third judicial circuit consists of the county of Wayne and has the following number of judges: (a) Until 12 noon, January 1, 2003, ...
• 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) If ...
• Sixth Judicial Circuit; County; Number Of Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.507
  History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 179, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 284, Imd. Eff. ...
• Seventh Judicial Circuit; County; Number Of Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.508
  History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 284, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 22, Imd. ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, ...
• 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
  History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 187, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1962 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 198, Imd. ...
• Seventeenth Judicial Circuit; County; Number Of Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.518
  History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 262, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1964 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 22, Imd. ...
• Eighteenth Judicial Circuit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.519
  The eighteenth judicial circuit consists of the county of Bay and has 3 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. ...
• 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
  The twenty-third judicial circuit consists of the counties of Iosco and Oscoda and has 1 judge. Beginning April 1, 2003, the twenty-third judicial circuit ...
• 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 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.526
  The twenty-fifth judicial circuit consists of the county of Marquette and has 2 judges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. ...
• 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 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.528
  The twenty-seventh judicial circuit consists of the counties of Newaygo and Oceana and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• 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) If ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, Act 127, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1968 ...
• 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. History: Add. 1970, Act 30, Imd. Eff. June 11, ...
• 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. History: Add. 1974, Act 145, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1974 ...
• 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
  History: Add. 1976, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1976 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 100, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 2006 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section ...
• 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. History: Add. 1978, Act 164, Imd. Eff. May ...
• 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. History: Add. 1978, Act 164, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1978 ...
• 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
  History: Add. 1981, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1981 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 102, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 2006 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 ...
• 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 - 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, by ...
• 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 circuit ...
• 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 receive ...
• "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 judge ...
• 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 be ...
• 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 shall ...
• Repealed. 1990, Act 185, Eff. Oct. 1, 1990 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.558
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to visiting judges. ...
• 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 Section 600.563, 600.564
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to executive committee and executive chief judge. ...
• 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 circuits ...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.567
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to executive court administrator. ...
• 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 adopted ...
• 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) Serve ...
• 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 court ...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.592
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to employees of state judicial council serving in circuit court in third judicial circuit. ...
• 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 created ...
• 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 in ...
• Circuit Court; Jurisdiction And Power - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.601
  (a) Possessed by courts of record at the common law, as altered by the state constitution of 1963, the laws of this state, and the ...
• 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 older ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, ...
• 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 Section 600.641
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to removal or remand of action to district court. ...
• Repealed. 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.651-600.673
  ...
• 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. (2) ...
• 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. History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. July 1, ...
• Probate Judges; Number - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.803
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each county which is not part of a probate court district created pursuant to sections 808 to ...
• Additional Probate Judgeship; Creation; Approval By County; Resolution; Filing; Notice To County Clerk; Effect Of Approval; State's Obligation; Election; First Term - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.805
  (1) The additional judges of probate permitted by section 803 shall not be authorized to be filled by election unless the county, by resolution adopted ...
• Probate Court Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.807
  (a) The first district consists of the counties of Houghton and Keweenaw. (b) The fifth district consists of the counties of Schoolcraft and Alger. (c) ...
• 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
  (2) The question relative to creating the district shall be in substantially the following form: "Shall this county join in a probate court district, which ...
• 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, being ...
• Probate Court District; Effective Date; Election Of Probate Judge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.810
  History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. July 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 326, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2005 ...
• Arenac, Kalkaska, Crawford, Lake, Iron, And Ontonagon Counties; Jurisdiction, Powers, Duties, And Title Of Probate Judges; Additional Probate Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.810a
  (2) Beginning January 2, 2007, in addition to the probate judges described in subsection (1), the probate judges in the counties of Alcona, Baraga, Benzie, ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 or ...
• 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 designated ...
• 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, ...
• Annual Convention; Election Of State Presiding Probate Judge; Designation Of Successor; Appointment Of Probate Judges; Election Of President And Other Officers; Powers And Duties; Committee On Rules And Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.819
  The several probate judges may meet in annual convention before October 1 of each year, at which convention they shall elect from among the ...
• Probate Judges; Practice Of Law; Annual Salary; County Contribution And Reimbursement; Additional Salary; Increase In Salary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.821
  (a) A probate judge of a county that is not described in section 807. (b) The probate judge in each probate court district described in ...
• 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 thousand ...
• Circuit Judge Temporarily Serving As Probate Judge; Powers And Duties; Entry Of Reason In Records - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.824
  (1) If the office of probate judge is vacant or the judge is temporarily absent from the county or probate court district, is performing other ...
• Repealed. 1990, Act 185, Eff. Oct. 1, 1990 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.825
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to probate judge serving as probate judge in another county or probate court district. ...
• 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 increased ...
• 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 S 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 receive ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 in ...
• 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 or ...
• 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 an ...
• 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 50,000 ...
• 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 court ...
• 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 he ...
• 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 the ...
• Probate Court; Jurisdiction And Power - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.841
  (a) As conferred upon it under the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.1101 to 700.8102. (b) As conferred upon it under ...
• 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 modify ...
• 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 on ...
• 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. History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. ...
• 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 impartial ...
• 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 to ...
• 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 for ...
• Taking Testimony; Record; Keeping Index And Original Notes; Transcript; Destruction Of Notes - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.859
  (a) Testimony in contested matters. (b) Testimony in matters pertaining to the admission to a hospital or other facility for mentally ill or developmentally disabled ...
• 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 under ...
• 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 record ...
• 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 order, ...
• Decedents' Estates; Fees; Payment; Final Accounting; Receipt - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.871
  (a) In an estate of value of less than $1,000.00, $5.00 plus 1% of the amount over $500.00. (b) In an estate of value of ...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.872
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to exemplifications and certified copies. ...
• Repealed. 1979, Act 69, Imd. Eff. July 25, 1979 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.873
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to certified copy or exemplification of record, paper, or proceeding. ...
• Marriage Ceremony, Commission To Take Testimony, And Depositions; Fees; Waiver - 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 to ...
• 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 ...
• 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, other ...
• 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 a ...
• 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 court, ...
• 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 probate ...
• 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 motion, ...
• 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 fee ...
• 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 SS 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 where ...
• 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 he ...
• 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 the ...
• 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, and ...
• 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
  (2) A person may elect to use the multi-state bar examination scaled score that the person achieved on a multi-state bar examination administered in ...
• 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 this ...
• 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 of ...
• 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. History: Add. 1996, ...
• 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. History: Add. 1996, Act 388, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998 ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1004
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to presiding circuit court commissioner. ...
• 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. History: Add. 1996, ...
• 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 Section 600.1010
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to continuance in office of incumbent circuit court commissioner. ...
• 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 into ...
• Repealed. 2002, Act 682, Eff. Apr. 1, 2003 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1013
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to assignement of judges to family division. ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1016
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to oath of office of circuit court commissioner. ...
• Repealed. 1998, Act 298, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1998 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1017
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to assignment of judge not licensed to practice law. ...
• 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 or ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1022
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to powers of circuit court commissioner. ...
• 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 proceeding ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1028
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to limitations of powers on circuit court commissioners. ...
• 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 Section 600.1034
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to discharge of former duties of masters in chancery by circuit court commissioner. ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1037
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to discharge of former duties of injunction masters by circuit court commissioner. ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1040
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to transfer of records to circuit court commissioner. ...
• 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 Section 600.1046
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to process and duties of circuit court commissioner for other absent or otherwise disqualified commissioner. ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1049
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to sale of property by circuit court commissioner pursuant to judgment of court. ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1052
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to duties performed by circuit court commissioner in adjoining counties where no commissioner is legally qualified to act. ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1055
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to suspension of circuit court commissioner by circuit judge. ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1058
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to vacancies in office of circuit court commissioner. ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1060
  (a) "Dating relationship" means that term as defined in section 2950. (b) "Domestic violence offense" means any crime alleged to have been committed by an ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1061
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to protections provided by circuit court commissioners for infants and mentally incompetent persons. ...
• 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
  (2) The family division of circuit court in any judicial circuit may adopt or institute a juvenile drug treatment court, pursuant to statute or 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 be ...
• 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 Section 600.1067
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to salary of circuit court commissioner. ...
• 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 a ...
• 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 drug ...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 194, Eff. July 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1071
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to service of process by bailiffs. ...
• 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 participant ...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 194, Eff. July 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1073
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to eligibility, number, and vacancies of bailiffs. ...
• 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 following: ...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 194, Eff. July 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1075
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to rotation of process among bailiffs, writs of restitution, and service of process. ...
• 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 the ...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 194, Eff. July 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1077
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to bailiffs as peace officers. ...
• 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 state ...
• 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 to ...
• 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 following ...
• 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 Section 600.1123
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to third circuit salary. ...
• 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. History: Add. 1976, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1976 ...
• 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. History: Add. 1976, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 21, ...
• 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. History: Add. 1978, Act 164, ...
• Repealed. 1980, Act 57, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1980 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1165
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to filing statement of fees and additional compensation. ...
• 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 ...
• Repealed. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1201-600.1239
  ...
• Repealed. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1241-600.1250
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• Repealed. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1255-600.1260
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• Repealed. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1265-600.1297
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• 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 county ...
• 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. (c) ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 Section 600.1306, 600.1307
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to qualifications of jurors. Subsequent to its repeal, § 600.1306 was amended by Act 438 of 1980. ...
• Qualifications Of Juror; Exemption; Effect Of Payment For Jury Service; "Felony" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1307a
  (1) To qualify as a juror a person shall: (a) Be a citizen of the United States, 18 years of age or older, and a ...
• 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 accurate ...
• 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
  (a) Select by a random method a starting number between 0 and the key number. (b) Count down the list the number of names to ...
• 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 persons on the first jury list. This questionnaire shall contain blanks for the information the ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, ...
• 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 service ...
• 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 jury ...
• Repealed. 1969, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1325
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section required presiding judge to notify board as to number of jurors required. ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 excuse ...
• 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 appears ...
• 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 not ...
• 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 from ...
• 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 or ...
• 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 Section 600.1351
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided that in civil cases by 12 jurors, verdict shall be received when 10 jurors agree. ...
• 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 a ...
• 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 SS 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 districts ...
• Repealed. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1374
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to removing name of deceased person from qualifed jurors' list and voter registration list. ...
• 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 a ...
• 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 circuit ...
• 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 association, ...
• 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 government ...
• 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." History: 1961, Act ...
• 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 courts, ...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1417
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to courtroom security in recorder's court. ...
• 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 is ...
• 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 observed ...
• 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. History: ...
• 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 ...
• 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
  (2) If the person making the oath, affidavit, or an affirmation is serving in or with the armed forces of the United States, or is ...
• 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
  (2) Except as otherwise determined by the court, board or commission, or other public body or officer, the order may provide that the individual shall, ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 officer, ...
• 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 judge ...
• 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 an ...
• 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 recoverable ...
• 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 provided ...
• 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 Section 600.1487[1]
  Compiler's Notes: Sec. 1487, as added by Act 428 of 1996, appears here as MCL 600.1487[1] to disguinguish the section from another sec. 1487, ...
• 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 recorder, ...
• 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 into ...
• 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) Deliver ...
• Enforcement Of SS 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 or ...
• Applicability Of SS 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 of ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 Battle ...
• 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 county ...
• 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 the ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• 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. History: ...
• 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 Section 600.1625
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section defined "established" for purposes of all matters pertaining to venue. ...
• 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 death, ...
• 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 which ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. ...
• 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
  (a) Disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior, committed during its sitting, in its immediate view and presence, and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or impair ...
• 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 imprisonment, ...
• Contempt; Punishment; Fine; Probation; Performance Of Act Or Duty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1715
  (2) If the contempt consists of the omission to perform some act or duty that is still within the power of the person to perform, ...
• 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 or ...
• 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 any ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 of ...
• Civil Process; Exemptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1831
  (2) Civil process shall not be served or executed on a person attending a worship meeting of a religious organization that has tax exempt status ...
• 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 service ...
• 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 confined ...
• Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.1851
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section related to uniform foreign depositions act. ...
• 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 be ...
• 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 S 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• "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 described ...
• 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 may ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 of ...
• 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. History: ...
• 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 as ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 subsequently ...
• 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 attorney ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• 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 authorized ...
• 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 a ...
• 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 pursuant ...
• 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 ...
• 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 Section 600.2114
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section stated conditions under which printed copies of constitution, laws, and resolutions of any other of the United States, of ...
• 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 Section 600.2115
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section stated conditions under which printed books or pamphlets would be admissible as prima facie evidence of session or other ...
• 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 Section 600.2118
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section stated that common law of any other of the United States, of any territory thereof, or of any foreign ...
• 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 trust ...
• 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 Section 600.2120, 600.2121
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to proof of proceedings before justice of peace. ...
• 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 by ...
• 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 incorporated ...
• Reproduction Of Court Records; Placement In Department 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 media act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401 to ...
• 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, plat, ...
• 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 act, ...
• 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 Section 600.2150
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to suit founded on lost negotiable bill or note. ...
• 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 ...
• Repealed. 1984, Act 274, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2155
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to obligation of witness to answer. ...
• 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 between ...
• Confidential Communication To Crime Stoppers Organization; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2157b
  (a) Disclose, by way of testimony or otherwise, a confidential communication to a crime stoppers organization. (b) Produce, under subpoena, any records, documentary evidence, opinions, ...
• 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 Section 600.2160
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided for admissibility of testimony of opposite party on matters equally within knowledge of deceased or mentally incompetent person. ...
• 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 consent ...
• Repealed. 1998, Act 323, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1998 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2163
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to children under 10 years as witnesses. ...
• 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; Videotape 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 family independence agency, investigating law enforcement agency, prosecuting attorney, or department ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 which, ...
• 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 state ...
• 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 person ...
• 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 of ...
• Meanings Of Words And Phrases In SS 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 the ...
• 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 award ...
• 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 SS 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 by ...
• 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 SS 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 intervenes, ...
• 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 any ...
• 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 shall ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 other ...
• "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 on ...
• 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 Section 600.2528
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to fees to clerk of circuit court in county of less than 100,000. ...
• Fees Paid To Clerk Of Circuit Court; Sums Held As Payment In Full; Payment Of Fees To County Treasurer; Deposit To Fund Created Under Mcl 400.236a; Waiving Or Suspending Fees; Affidavit Of Indigency Or Inability To Pay - 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 an ...
• 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 shall ...
• Repealed. 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2530a
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to remittance of revenue to the state treasurer. ...
• 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
  (2) Each year for 5 years beginning March 1, 2008, the rates described in subsection (1) shall be adjusted by the percentage increase in the ...
• Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2537
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to jury fees. ...
• Payments Of Support Or Maintenance Collected By Friend Of The Court Or State Disbursement Unit; Fee; Notice; Transition To Centralized Receipt And Disbursement Of Support And Fees; "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, chapter 531, 49 ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 each ...
• 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: (a) ...
• 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 in ...
• 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 Section 600.2564
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to fees of notaries public. ...
• Fees Of Register Of Deeds; Imposition Of Fee By Charter County; "Page" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2567
  (a) For entering and recording a deed, mortgage, certified copy of an attachment, notice of the pendency of a suit, or other instrument, $8.00 for ...
• 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
  (2) The fee required by this section is in addition to any fees required in section 2567 or fees or charges otherwise required by law ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 Section 600.2573
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to fees of circuit court commissioners. ...
• 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 population ...
• 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 that ...
• 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 conferred ...
• 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 applicable ...
• 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 were ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 filing. ...
• 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 chapter, ...
• 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 dower, ...
• 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 notices ...
• 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 and ...
• 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 entered ...
• 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, if ...
• 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 days ...
• 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 has ...
• 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. History: Add. 2004, Act ...
• 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 Section 600.2904
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section abolished governmental immunity of political subdivisions in actions arising out of operation of motor vehicles, and provided for payment ...
• 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 S 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, by ...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2908
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to civil actions against stockholders for labor performed for the corporation. ...
• 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 them ...
• 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 licensed ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 facility ...
• 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 with ...
• 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 attorney ...
• 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 shall ...
• 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 claim ...
• 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 is ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 S 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 vapor, ...
• Liability Of Library, Merchant, Agent, Or Independent Contractor For Conduct Involving Person Suspected Of Larceny Of Goods Or Library Materials, Or Of Violating S 750.356c Or S 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 the ...
• Detention Of Individual Believed By Owner Or Lessee Of Theatrical Facility To Have Violated Mcl 750.465a - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2917a
  (a) The measures taken were unreasonable. (b) The period of detention was unreasonably long. History: Add. 2004, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 28, 2005 ...
• 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 afterwards ...
• 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 lands, ...
• Recovery Of Damages, Costs, And Attorney's Fees By Person Damaged; Remedy Cumulative - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2919a
  (a) Another person's stealing or embezzling property or converting property to the other person's own use. (b) Another person's buying, receiving, possessing, concealing, or aiding ...
• 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 to ...
• 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
  (2) Every action under this section shall be brought by, and in the name of, the personal representative of the estate of the deceased. Within ...
• 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 miscarriage ...
• Use Of Deadly Force Or Other Than Deadly Force By Individual In Self-Defense; Immunity From Civil Liability - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2922b
  (a) The individual against whom the use of deadly force or force other than deadly force is authorized. (b) Any individual claiming damages arising out ...
• 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
  History: Add. 2006, Act 312, Eff. Oct. 1, 2006 ...
• 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 any ...
• 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 Section 600.2925
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to contribution between joint tort-feasors. ...
• 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 to ...
• 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 may ...
• 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; Appointment; Qualifications; Term; Accounting; Compensation And Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2926a
  Circuit court judges in the exercise of their equitable powers in matters relating to cemeteries operating under the provisions of Act No. 87 of ...
• 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 to ...
• 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 any ...
• 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 others ...
• 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 sale, ...
• 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 she ...
• 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 to, ...
• 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 lands, ...
• 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 state, ...
• 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 foreign ...
• 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 an ...
• 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 complaint ...
• 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 and ...
• 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 or ...
• 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 public ...
• 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 recognized ...
• 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 ...
• 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 alteration ...
• 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 property, ...
• Repealed. 1995, Act 249, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2949
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to contributory negligence, diminishment of damages, and frivolous claim or defense. ...
• 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 to ...
• Personal Protection Order Restraining Or Enjoining Individual From Engaging In Conduct Prohibited Under SS 750.411h And 750.411i; Facts Alleging Stalking; 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 (25) and (26), by commencing an independent action to obtain relief under this section, by joining a claim to ...
• 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. The ...
• 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 in ...
• 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 and ...
• 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 procedures ...
• 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 entitled ...
• 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 by ...
• 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 which is a signaling device approved by the United States coast guard ...
• 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 upon ...
• 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 in ...
• Motion Picture Recording Violation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2953a
  (a) Actual damages. (b) Exemplary damages of not more than $1,000.00. (c) If the person who committed the violation was acting for direct or indirect ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 otherwise ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 and ...
• 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 each ...
• 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 ...
• 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 to ...
• 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 is ...
• Malpractice Action Against Certified Public Accountant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2962
  This section applies to an action for professional malpractice against a certified public accountant. A certified public accountant is liable for civil damages in ...
• 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 by ...
• 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 328, ...
• 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 this ...
• 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 check ...
• 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 normal, ...
• 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 governing ...
• Repealed. 1999, Act 239, Eff. Jan. 1, 2003 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2969
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to definitions and damages resulting from computer date failure. ...
• Repealed. 1999, Act 240, Eff. Jan. 1, 2003 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2970
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to definitions and damages resulting from computer date failure. ...
• 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, a ...
• 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, the ...
• 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 testing ...
• Limitation Of Civil Liability For Weight Gain Or Obesity; Requirements For Cause Of Action; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2974
  (2) Subsection (1) does not preclude civil liability for personal injury or death based on either of the following: (a) A material violation of an ...
• Publishing Instructions For Manufacture Or Creation Of Methamphetamine; Commencement Of Action; Court Order; Relief; Exception; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.2975
  (2) The court in an action brought under subsection (1) may order 1 or more of the following forms of relief: (a) Injunctive or other ...
• 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
  (2) Failure of a seller or end user to store, secure, use, transport, or protect anhydrous ammonia in compliance with AASSPs does not, by itself, ...
• 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 action ...
• 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; S 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 or ...
• 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 due ...
• Mortgage Foreclosure Sale; Redemption; Amount Stated In Recorded Affidavit; Portions Of Premises - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3140
  (2) The vendee of a land contract, the vendee's heirs, executors, or administrators, or any person lawfully claiming from or under the vendee or the ...
• 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 for ...
• 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 trustee ...
• 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 of ...
• Actions Equitable In Nature - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3180
  Actions under this chapter are equitable in nature. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• 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 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3204
  (1) A party may foreclose a mortgage by advertisement if all of the following circumstances exist: (a) A default in a condition of the mortgage ...
• 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 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3240
  (2) The amount required to be paid under subsection (1) is the sum that was bid for the entire premises sold, with interest from the ...
• 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
  (a) The mortgagee has made a personal inspection of the mortgaged premises and the inspection does not reveal that the mortgagor or persons claiming under ...
• 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 affidavit ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, ...
• 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 Section 600.3272
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to notice to purchase of entire bid payment. ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, ...
• 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 entire ...
• 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 be ...
• 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 interests ...
• 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 that ...
• 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 such ...
• 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 Section 600.3520
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to corporations with expired charters. ...
• 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 privilege ...
• 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 in ...
• 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 returned ...
• Repealed. 2002, Act 433, Imd. Eff. June 10, 2002 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3615
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to corporations insolvent for one year. ...
• 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, on ...
• 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 which ...
• 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 to ...
• 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 to ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• Nuisance; Injunction; Abatement; Guilt - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.3801
  Any building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution or gambling, or used by, or kept 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 deed ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 as ...
• 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 upon ...
• 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 circuit ...
• 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 following ...
• Writ Of Garnishment As To Periodic Payments; Duration; Priority Of Writs Of Garnishment; 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, and subject to subsection (2), a writ of garnishment of periodic payments remains in ...
• 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 in ...
• 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 state ...
• 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 treasurer ...
• 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, the ...
• 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 from ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. ...
• 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 that ...
• 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 county ...
• 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 a ...
• 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 has ...
• 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 or ...
• 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
  (2) Personal property subject to forfeiture under this chapter may be seized without process under any of the following circumstances: (a) The property is the ...
• 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, being ...
• Notice Generally - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4704
  (a) If charges have been filed against a person for a crime, the person charged. (b) Each person with a known ownership interest in the ...
• 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
  (2) At the hearing on the motion filed under subsection (1), the attorney general, or the prosecuting attorney or the city or township attorney for ...
• 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 discharged ...
• 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 a ...
• Sale Of Property; Disposition Of Proceeds Or Other Things Of Value; Priority; Appointment, Compensation, And Authority Of Receiver - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4708
  (a) Pay any outstanding security interest of a secured party who did not have prior knowledge of, or consent to the commission of, the crime. ...
• 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 is ...
• Penalty; Recovery - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4805
  Unless otherwise specially provided for by law, if a penalty, fee, or costs are incurred by any person and the act or omission for ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 county ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 library ...
• "Panel" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.4901
  As used in this chapter, "panel" means a mediation panel selected pursuant to section 4905. History: Add. 1986, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986 ...
• 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 assigned ...
• 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 licensed ...
• 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 ...
• 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 a ...
• 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 to ...
• 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 may ...
• 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 attorney ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 interest ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 mediated ...
• 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 by ...
• 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 ...
• 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 a ...
• 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 to ...
• 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 may ...
• 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 attorney ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 interest ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 arbitrators, ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• 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, correct, ...
• 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 Section 600.5040-600.5065
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• 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 to ...
• 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 on ...
• 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 ...
• 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 to ...
• 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, but ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 this ...
• 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 issue ...
• 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 by ...
• 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 court ...
• 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 review ...
• 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 creditors ...
• 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 due ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• 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 actions, ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, ...
• 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 Section 600.5375
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to receivership for wage earners; cities to which applicable. ...
• Repealed. 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5401-600.5445
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• 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
  (a) All of the following: (i) Family pictures. (ii) Arms and accoutrements required by law to be kept by a person. (iii) Wearing apparel, excluding ...
• 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. History: Add. 1999, Act ...
• 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 on ...
• Applicability Of S600.2963; 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 fee ...
• 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 a ...
• 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 entity ...
• 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 this ...
• 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 be ...
• 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 relief ...
• 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 motion ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 prospective ...
• 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 are ...
• 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 Section 600.5601-600.5679
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• 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 is ...
• 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 over ...
• 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 more ...
• 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 S 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 notice ...
• 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 or ...
• 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
  (2) If the court awards damages for physical injury to the premises under subsection (1) by making an award for or based on the cost ...
• 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 commanding ...
• 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
  (2) If a claim for a money judgment is joined with a claim for the recovery of possession of premises, the plaintiff shall pay a ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 the ...
• "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) For ...
• 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; 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 accrued ...
• 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 person ...
• 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 persons ...
• 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. However, ...
• 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 plaintiff's ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• Accrual Of Claim; Alimony - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5837
  The claims for alimony payments accrue as each payment falls due. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• 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, a claim based on the malpractice of a person who is, or holds himself or herself out ...
• 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 or ...
• Limitation Of Actions Against Licensed Architect, Professional Engineer, Contractor, Or Licensed Land Surveyor; Definitions; Applicability Of Subsection (1) - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.5839
  (1) No person may maintain any action to recover damages for any injury to property, real or personal, or for bodily injury or wrongful death, ...
• 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 this ...
• 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 ...
• 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 receipt ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 after ...
• 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 the debtor and the debtor's dependents shall be exempt from levy and sale under any execution: (a) All family ...
• Property Held Jointly By Husband And Wife; Exemption Under Judgment Entered Against 1 Spouse - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6023a
  History: Add. 2004, Act 575, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005 ...
• 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 either ...
• 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, amount ...
• 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, or ...
• 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 at ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 franchise, ...
• 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 any ...
• 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 morning ...
• 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 liable ...
• 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 certificates ...
• 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, or ...
• 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 to ...
• Repealed. 2004, Act 538, Eff. Mar. 30, 2005 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6058
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to vendor interest in land contract and disposition of payments. ...
• 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 sale ...
• 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
  (2) Redemption may be made by any of the following: (a) The person against whom the execution is issued and whose right and title are ...
• 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, then ...
• 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 acquired ...
• 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
  (2) If the purchaser of any equity of redemption, or any creditor having acquired the rights of the purchaser, shall pay the debt due on ...
• 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 such ...
• 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 shall ...
• 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 more ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 arrest ...
• 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 commitment, ...
• 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 civil ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 either ...
• 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 prosecuted ...
• 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 district ...
• 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 Section 600.6096
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to township judgment bonds. ...
• Judgment Against Municipality; Issuance Of Certificates Of Indebtedness Or Bonds To Pay Judgment; Amount; Interest; Sale; Duration; Bonds Not Subject To S 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, may ...
• 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 in ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act ...
• 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 judgment ...
• 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 indebted ...
• 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) of ...
• 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 other ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 whom ...
• 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 such ...
• 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 complained ...
• 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 defendant ...
• 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 petition ...
• 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 United ...
• 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, and ...
• 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. History: ...
• 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, loss ...
• 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 more ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 court. ...
• 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 ...
• 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 days ...
• 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". History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 the ...
• 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. History: 1961, ...
• 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 S 418.101 Et Seq. And S 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 be ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 be ...
• 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 a ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 contract ...
• 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 that ...
• 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 proper, ...
• 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. History: Add. 1978, Act 511, Eff. ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6601-600.6661
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• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6701-600.6755
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• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6801-600.6841
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• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.6901-600.6953
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• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.7001-600.7061
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• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.7101-600.7137
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• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.7201-600.7271
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• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.7301-600.7379
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• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.7401-600.7447
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• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.7501-600.7585
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• Repealed. 1970, Act 37, Imd. Eff. June 24, 1970;--1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.7601-600.7651
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• 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 Section 600.7703-600.7741
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to appeals from justice court. ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.7801-600.7831
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• Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.7901-600.7975
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• Cyber Court; Creation; Court Of Record; Purpose; Location; Electronic Communications; Internet Broadcast; Staff And Support Services; Funding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8001
  (1) The cyber court is created and is a court of record. (2) The purpose of the cyber court is to do all of the ...
• Assignment Of Judges; Clerk - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8003
  (1) The supreme court shall assign to the cyber court persons who have been elected to and served as judges in this state and who ...
• Jurisdiction; Business Or Commercial Disputes; Definitions; Actions; Exclusions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8005
  (1) The cyber court has concurrent jurisdiction over business or commercial disputes in which the amount in controversy exceeds $25,000.00. (2) An action that involves ...
• Complaint; Filing With Clerk; Practice And Procedure, Proceedings, And Service Of Process In Accordance With Special Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8007
  (1) An action may be filed in the cyber court by filing a complaint with the clerk of the cyber court. (2) Practice and procedure ...
• Filing Fee; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8009
  Before a civil action is filed in the cyber court, the party bringing the action shall pay a filing fee in the amount of ...
• Transfer To Circuit Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8011
  (1) A defendant in an action commenced in the cyber court, a plaintiff against whom a counterclaim is filed in that action, or any party ...
• Jury Trial; Waiver - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8013
  Unless a party removes an action filed in the cyber court to the circuit court pursuant to section 8011, all parties to an action ...
• Electronic Communications - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8015
  All matters heard in the cyber court shall be heard by means of electronic communications, including, but not limited to, video and audio conferencing ...
• Subpoena Of Witnesses; Production Of Records; Oaths And Affirmations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8017
  The cyber court has the same power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of books, papers, records, documents, electronic documents, and any other ...
• New Trial - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8019
  An action in the cyber court shall be heard by the judge without a jury. The court may grant a new trial upon the ...
• Appeal To Court Of Appeals; Entry Of Final Order Or Judgment; Electronic Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8021
  (1) An appeal from the cyber court shall be to the court of appeals, as prescribed by supreme court rules. (2) The clerk of the ...
• Alternative Dispute Resolution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8023
  The supreme court shall provide by rule for an alternative dispute resolution for matters before the cyber court. History: Add. 2001, Act 262, Eff. ...
• Report To Legislature - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8025
  Not later than October 1, 2004, the state court administrator shall submit a written report to the legislature on the operation of the cyber ...
• Implementation Of Chapter; Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8027
  The supreme court shall adopt rules to implement this chapter. History: Add. 2001, Act 262, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2002 Popular Name: Cybercourt ...
• Repealed. 2006, Act 232, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2006 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8029
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to creation of legislative oversight committee on oversight.Popular Name: Cybercourt ...
• 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 of ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, Act 154, ...
• 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 is ...
• "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 city ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, Act ...
• 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 class, ...
• 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 of ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, Act ...
• 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
  The seventh district consists of the county of Van Buren, is a district of the first class and has 2 judges. History: Add. 1968, ...
• Eighth District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8117
  History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 30, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1970 ;-- Am. 1974, Act ...
• 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 2 ...
• 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 has ...
• 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 district ...
• 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-sixth ...
• 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. (2) ...
• 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 3 ...
• 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: (a) ...
• 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 class, ...
• 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. History: Add. ...
• 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 judges. ...
• 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 section ...
• 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 district ...
• Sixty-Fifth District; Gratiot And Clinton Counties; Approval Of Sixty-Fifth-A And Sixty-Fifth-B Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8132
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the sixty-fifth district consists of the counties of Gratiot and Clinton, is a district of the first class, ...
• Sixty-Sixth District; Shiawassee County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8133
  The sixty-sixth district consists of the county of Shiawassee, is a district of the first class and has 2 judges. History: Add. 1968, Act ...
• 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 divided ...
• 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 B Districts; Lapeer And Tuscola Counties - 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. (2) The seventy-first-B district ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, ...
• Seventy-Third District; Huron And Sanilac Counties; Creation Of Seventy-Third-A And Seventy-Third-B Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8138
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the seventy-third district consists of the counties of Huron and Sanilac, is a district of the first class, ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, Act ...
• Seventy-Fifth District; Midland County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8140
  The seventy-fifth district consists of the county of Midland, is a district of the first class and has 2 judges. History: Add. 1968, Act ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, Act ...
• 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. History: Add. ...
• 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 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8144
  The seventy-ninth district consists of the counties of Oceana and Mason, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning April ...
• 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. History: Add. ...
• Eighty-First District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8146
  The eighty-first district consists of the counties of Iosco and Arenac, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning April ...
• Eighty-Second District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8147
  The eighty-second district consists of the counties of Alcona, Oscoda, and Ogemaw, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning ...
• Eighty-Third District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8148
  The eighty-third district consists of the counties of Roscommon and Crawford, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning April ...
• 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. History: Add. ...
• 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, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge. History: Add. ...
• 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 and Leelanau, is a district of the first ...
• Eighty-Seventh District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8152
  The eighty-seventh district consists of the counties of Kalkaska and Otsego, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Effective April ...
• Eighty-Eighth District; Alpena And Montmorency Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8153
  The eighty-eighth district consists of the counties of Alpena and Montmorency, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge. History: Add. ...
• Eighty-Ninth District; Cheboygan And Presque Isle Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8154
  The eighty-ninth district consists of the counties of Cheboygan and Presque Isle, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge. History: ...
• 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. History: Add. ...
• Ninety-First District; Chippewa County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8156
  The ninety-first district consists of the county of Chippewa, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge. History: Add. 1968, Act ...
• 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. History: Add. ...
• Ninety-Third District; Schoolcraft And Alger Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8158
  The ninety-third district consists of the counties of Schoolcraft and Alger, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge. History: Add. ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, Act ...
• 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 1 judge. (2) The ninety-fifth-b district ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, Act ...
• 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
  The ninety-eighth district consists of the counties of Ontonagon and Gogebic, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge. History: Add. ...
• Repealed. 1972, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1972 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8164
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the ninety-ninth district, consisting of Houghton and Keweenaw counties. ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 shall ...
• 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, that ...
• 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 less ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 addition ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, Act 154, ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, Act ...
• 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 district ...
• 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 county ...
• 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. History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ...
• 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 court ...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8272
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to employees of state judicial council serving in thirty-sixth district. ...
• 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 than ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 Section 600.8286-600.8288
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to district court referees for thirty-sixth district. ...
• 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 jurisdiction ...
• 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 of ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 pleas ...
• 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 shall ...
• 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 a ...
• 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 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8316
  District judges and magistrates shall have authority to perform marriages and shall charge a fee of $10.00 which fees shall be deposited in 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 of ...
• Civil Process; Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8321
  (2) Under rules of the supreme court, any other person may serve any process or order of the district court that does not require the ...
• 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
  (2) A person serving as a bailiff of the common pleas court on August 31, 1981, pursuant to an appointment under section 31 of former ...
• 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
  History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 326, ...
• 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 provided ...
• 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
  History: Add. 1976, Act 371, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1976 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 43, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1984 ;-- Am. 1992, Act ...
• 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. History: Add. ...
• Repealed. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8361
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to judgment fees. ...
• 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
  (2) Before a civil action is commenced in the district court, the party commencing the action shall pay to the clerk the sum of $150.00 ...
• Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8372, 600.8373
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to trial and jury fees. ...
• 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: (a) ...
• Fines And Costs; Convictions; Civil Infraction Determinations, Guilty Pleas, 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, not ...
• 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 infraction ...
• Parking Violations Bureau; Establishment; Purpose; Operating Expense; Operation By Downtown Development Authority; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8395
  (2) A city, village, or township may designate a downtown development authority located in that city, village, or township to operate a parking violations bureau ...
• 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 and ...
• 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 an ...
• 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 defendant ...
• 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 days ...
• Filing Of Claim In Small Claims Division; Restrictions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8407
  (2) Within a district court district a person shall not file more than the following number of claims in the small claims division in 1 ...
• 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 person ...
• 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 law ...
• 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 writing ...
• 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 in ...
• 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 in ...
• 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 court ...
• 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
  (a) $25.00, if the amount in controversy does not exceed $600.00. (b) $45.00, if the amount in controversy exceeds $600.00 but does not exceed $1,750.00. ...
• 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 of ...
• 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. This ...
• 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 small ...
• 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 magistrate. ...
• 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
  (2) In a district of the first class that consists of more than 1 county, if a magistrate is temporarily absent or incapacitated, the chief ...
• Repealed. 1969, Act 333, Imd. Eff. Nov. 4, 1969 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8509
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to magistrates; jurisdiction and duties. ...
• District Court Magistrates; Jurisdiction And Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8511
  A district court magistrate shall have the following jurisdiction and duties: (a) To arraign and sentence upon pleas of guilty or nolo contendere for ...
• 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 actions ...
• 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 conduct ...
• 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 in ...
• 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 district ...
• 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 jurisdiction ...
• 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 Section 600.8555
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to maintenance of docket on certain forms. ...
• 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 or ...
• Repealed. 2005, Act 326, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2005 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8611
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to proceedings to be recorded. ...
• 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, each ...
• 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 by ...
• 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 for ...
• 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 civil ...
• 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: (a) ...
• 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 subscribe, ...
• 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 civil ...
• 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, except ...
• 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 section. ...
• 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, or ...
• 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, the ...
• 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 citation. ...
• 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 infraction. ...
• 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 8733(2) ...
• 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 the ...
• 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 vehicle ...
• 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
  (2) This chapter does not apply to a civil infraction action involving a traffic or parking violation. (3) As used in this chapter: (a) "Citation" ...
• 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 civil ...
• 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: (a) ...
• 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 person, ...
• Citation Issued To Nonresident Of State; Leaving Deposit With Officer Or Court; Failure To Appear; Default Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.8808
  (2) The officer receiving a deposit of money under subsection (1) shall give a receipt to the person for the money deposited together with 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 defendant, ...
• 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 may ...
• 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, or ...
• 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, the ...
• 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), at ...
• 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 citation. ...
• 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 or ...
• 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 8827, ...
• Fines Ordered Under S 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 public ...
• 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 Section 600.9101-600.9107
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to state judicial council and agreements with council employees. ...
• 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, offense ...
• 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. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 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 commissioners. ...
• 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 or ...
• 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 after ...
• 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
  NUMBER OF JUDGES TO BE ELECTED IN A DISTRICT OR DIVISION LENGTH OF TERM OF JUDGES 1 4 years 2 1 judge 4 years; ...
• Repealed. 1982, Act 149, Imd. Eff. May 6, 1982 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 600.9926a
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to staggered terms for district judges in certain districts. ...
• 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. History: Add. ...
• Municipal Courts; 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 more ...
• 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 to ...
• 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 1, ...
• 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 this ...
• 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 all ...
• 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, all ...
• 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 district ...
• 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 as ...
• 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 within ...
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