Michigan Compiled Laws 236-1961-14 Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494)

• Section 600.1401 Seal Unnecessary On Bonds, Deeds And Contracts.
  No bond, deed of conveyance or other contract heretofore or hereafter executed in writing, signed by any party, his agent or attorney, is invalid...
• Section 600.1403 Nonage As Defense.
  Whenever, in a suit brought for the recovery of goods, wares, merchandise or chattels, or for the value thereof, or for the balance remaining...
• Section 600.1404 Educational Loans; Definitions; Minors, Enforceability.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “Person” means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or...
• Section 600.1405 Rights Of Third Party Beneficiaries; Contracts Included; Time Promise Becomes Legally Binding; Exceptions; Promisee's Rights; Retroactive Construction Of Section.
  Any person for whose benefit a promise is made by way of contract, as hereinafter defined, has the same right to enforce said promise...
• Section 600.1410 Legal Impediment To Marriage As Bar To Action.
  If 2 person have lived together as husband and wife, and a legal impediment existed to the marriage of either of the persons, their...
• Section 600.1412 Eastern Orthodox Faith; Recognition As Major Faith.
  (1) The Eastern Orthodox faith is hereby recognized as a major faith in this state. (2) In all forms and official papers of the...
• Section 600.1414 Style Of Process.
  The style of process from courts of record shall be: “In the Name of the People of the State of Michigan.” History: 1961, Act...
• Section 600.1416 Courts Of Record; Seals.
  (1) The following courts are courts of record and possess seals: (a) the supreme court, (b) the several circuit courts, (c) the several probate...
• Section 600.1417 Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to courtroom security in recorder's court.
• Section 600.1418 Courts Of Record; Discontinuance, Vacancy, New Commission.
  No court of record shall discontinue any matter before it because of a vacancy in the office of any or all of its judges...
• Section 600.1419 Continuances And Postponements To Assure Adequate Representation; “nonmeeting Day” Defined.
  (1) In order to assure adequate representation for the people of this state, when the court knows that a party in a civil action...
• Section 600.1420 Courts; Sittings To Be Public, Exceptions.
  The sittings of every court within this state shall be public except that a court may, for good cause shown, exclude from the courtroom...
• Section 600.1422 Judicial Officers; Fees.
  Except in those situations where fees are expressly authorized by law, no judge, commissioner, or other judicial officer shall demand or receive any fee...
• Section 600.1425 Sunday Court.
  Courts shall not transact any business on Sunday unless it is for the purpose of instructing or discharging a jury, or of receiving a...
• Section 600.1427 Writs, Process, Proceedings, And Records; Use Of English Language; Manner And Medium; Signature.
  All writs, process, proceedings and records in any court within this state shall be in the English language, except that the proper and known...
• Section 600.1428 Records Management Policies And Procedures; Record Retention And Disposal Schedule; "Record" Defined.
  (1) The state court administrative office shall establish and maintain records management policies and procedures for the courts, including a records retention and disposal...
• Section 600.1430 Appearance In Court By Attorney Or In Person; Exception.
  Every person of full age and sound mind, may prosecute or defend civil actions in any court by an attorney, or may, at his...
• Section 600.1432 Mode Of Administering Oaths; Commencement Of Oath; Administration Of Oath Or Affirmation By Electronic Or Electromagnetic Means.
  (1) The usual mode of administering oaths now practiced in this state, by the person who swears holding up the right hand, shall be...
• Section 600.1434 Opposition To Oath; Affirmation.
  Every person conscientiously opposed to taking an oath may, instead of swearing, solemnly and sincerely affirm, under the pains and penalties of perjury. History:...
• Section 600.1436 Witness; Competency As Affected By Religion.
  No person may be deemed incompetent as a witness, in any court, matter or proceeding, on account of his opinions on the subject of...
• Section 600.1438 Oath By Mental Incompetent.
  (1) Whenever any pleading is required to be verified by the party, or accompanied by the affidavit of the party, or whenever any other...
• Section 600.1440 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.
  (1) An oath or affidavit other than an oath taken by a witness or a juror in a trial, or an oath required by...
• Section 600.1442 Oaths Or Affidavits; Court Appointee; Stipulation.
  Oaths, affidavits and depositions, in any cause, matter or proceeding in any court of record, may also be taken before any person appointed by...
• Section 600.1445 Physical Examination Of Person Ordered By Court, Board Or Commission, Or Other Public Body Or Officer.
  (1) If a court, board or commission, or other public body or officer orders an individual to submit to a physical examination, the order...
• Section 600.1450 Judicial Meetings; Court Administration.
  The court administrator, under the supervision and direction of the supreme court, shall call an annual statewide meeting of the circuit judges and the...
• Section 600.1451 Judicial Meetings; Presiding Officer, Secretary.
  The chief justice of the supreme court, or such person as shall be designated by him, shall preside over such meetings, and the court...
• Section 600.1452 Judicial Meetings; Expenses Of Attendance, Payment.
  The judges shall attend such meetings when and as directed by the court administrator. Each justice of the supreme court, judges of the court...
• Section 600.1455 Courts Of Record; Powers.
  The courts of record of this state have the power: (1) To issue process of subpoena, requiring the attendance of any witness in accordance...
• Section 600.1461 Newspaper; Definition; Publication Of Notices.
  (1) The term “newspaper” as used in the revised judicature act of 1961 shall be construed to refer only to a newspaper published in...
• Section 600.1465 Funds Deposited With County Officer Unavailable For Payment; Appropriation For Restitution; Audit Of Claims; Allowance; Limitation; Right Of Action.
  (1) Whenever any funds shall be deposited with or paid to, or which heretofore have been deposited with or paid to any court, county...
• Section 600.1471 Law Clerks; Employment; Qualifications; Compensation; Period Of Employment; Duties.
  (1) The circuit court in each circuit and the district court in each district may employ law clerks for the court or for each...
• Section 600.1475 Collection On Judgment; Restitution On Reversal; Interest.
  In case any amount is collected on any judgment or decree, if such judgment or decree be afterward reversed the court shall award restitution...
• Section 600.1481 Judicial Assistant; Appointment; Oath; Certificate; Qualifications; Duties; Compensation; Term; Public Officer; Civil Service Regulation Or Compulsory Retirement Inapplicable; Removal.
  (1) In every state court of record in Michigan inferior to the supreme court which has 10 or more judges, the judges may appoint...
• Section 600.1483 Claim For Damages Alleging Medical Malpractice; Limitation On Noneconomic Damages; Exceptions; Itemizing Damages Into Economic And Noneconomic Loss; “noneconomic Loss” Defined; Adjusting Limitations On Noneconomic Loss.
  (1) In a claim for damages alleging medical malpractice by or against a person or party, the total amount of damages for noneconomic loss...
• Section 600.1485 Indigent Civil Legal Assistance.
  (1) The money in the state court fund created in section 151a that is designated for indigent civil legal assistance shall be expended as...
• Section 600.1486 Hiring Member Of Immediate Family As Court Employee Or Process Server.
  A judge or justice shall not hire or employ a member of his or her immediate family as a court employee or a process...
• Section 600.1487 Contract For Good Or Service.
  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...
• Section 600.1487[1] Repealed. 2006, Act 225, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2006.
  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, deriving...
• Section 600.1490 Definitions; Court Reporter, Court Recorder, Stenomask Reporter, Or Owner Of Firm; Familial Relationship With Party Or Attorney; Disclosure Required; Financial Interest.
  (1) As used in this section and sections 1491, 1492, and 1493: (a) “Blanket contract” means a contract under which a court reporter, court...
• Section 600.1491 Court Reporter, Court Recorder, Stenomask Reporter, Or Owner Of Firm; Prohibited Conduct.
  (1) A court reporter, court recorder, stenomask reporter, or owner of a court reporting firm shall not do either of the following: (a) Enter...
• Section 600.1492 Court Reporter, Court Recorder, Stenomask Reporter; Duties.
  (1) A court reporter, court recorder, or stenomask reporter shall do all of the following in the performance of his or her duties: (a)...
• Section 600.1493 Enforcement Of Mcl 600.1490, 600.1491, And 600.1492; Violation.
  (1) The state court administrative office is responsible for enforcing sections 1490, 1491, and 1492 through the court recording and reporting board of review...
• Section 600.1494 Applicability Of Mcl 600.1490 To 600.1493; Exception.
  Sections 1490 to 1493 do not apply to official court stenographers, recorders, reporters, or stenomask reporters appointed under chapter 8, 11, or 86 while...

Last modified: October 10, 2016