Michigan Compiled Laws 236-1961-83 Chapter 83 District Court: Jurisdiction; Powers (600.8301...600.8396)

• Section 600.8301 Exclusive Jurisdiction In Civil Actions; Jurisdiction Over Civil Infraction Actions.
  (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...
• Section 600.8302 Equitable Jurisdiction And Authority; Injunctive Order; Order Rescinding Or Reforming Contract; Equitable Claims; Judgment Or Order; Jurisdiction And Authority Of District And Circuit Courts.
  (1) In addition to the civil jurisdiction provided in sections 5704 and 8301, the district court has equitable jurisdiction and authority concurrent with that...
• Section 600.8303 Forfeiture Proceedings Under Chapter 47.
  The district court shall have equitable jurisdiction over forfeiture proceedings brought under chapter 47. The district court may hear and determine a forfeiture action...
• Section 600.8304 District Court; Jurisdiction.
  In a district court district in which the district court is affected by a plan of concurrent jurisdiction adopted under chapter 4, the district...
• Section 600.8306 Power With Respect To Attachment And Garnishment; Conditions Upon Which Relief Available; Compliance With Rules; Garnishment Proceedings As Auxiliary Actions; Fees.
  (1) Subject to the limitations of jurisdictional amount and venue otherwise applicable in the particular court, the district court and municipal courts shall have...
• Section 600.8307 Actions As Cause Of Discipline Or Discharge Of Principal Defendant From Employment; Reinstatement; Civil Action.
  A garnishee defendant shall not use the fact that the principal defendant has had 1 or more actions brought against him under the provisions...
• Section 600.8308 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.
  (1) Subject to the limitations of jurisdictional amount and venue otherwise applicable in the particular court, the district court, municipal court, and a common...
• Section 600.8311 District Court; Jurisdiction.
  The district court has jurisdiction of all of the following: (a) Misdemeanors punishable by a fine or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or both....
• Section 600.8312 Venue.
  (1) In a district of the first class, venue in criminal actions for violations of state law and all city, village, or township ordinances...
• Section 600.8313 Prosecution Of Violations; Exception.
  (1) A violation of state criminal law shall be prosecuted in the district court by the prosecuting attorney. A violation of an ordinance of...
• Section 600.8314 Probation Departments.
  In each district of the district court, the judge or judges of the district may establish a probation department within a district control unit....
• Section 600.8315 Actions Prohibited; Exception.
  The district court shall not have jurisdiction in actions for injunctions, divorce or actions which are historically equitable in nature, except as otherwise provided...
• Section 600.8316 Marriages; Authority To Perform; Fee; Indigent Parties; Waiver.
  (1) District judges and magistrates may perform marriages and shall charge a fee of $10.00 that shall be deposited in the treasury of the...
• Section 600.8317 Powers Of District Court.
  The district court has the same power to issue warrants; subpoena witnesses; and require the production of books, papers, records, documents, and other evidence;...
• Section 600.8318 Pleadings And Procedures; Rules.
  Pleadings and procedures in the district court shall be governed by rules established by the supreme court and the district court under supervision of...
• Section 600.8319 Basis And Exercise Of Jurisdiction.
  Except as to an action commenced in the small claims division, the existence of any basis of jurisdiction provided for in chapter 7 shall...
• Section 600.8320 Definitions; Multiple District Plans; Assignment As District Judge.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “Multiple district area” means an area composed of either of the following: (i) Two or more districts...
• Section 600.8321 Civil Process; Service.
  (1) Civil process in the district court shall be served by a sheriff, deputy sheriff or a court officer appointed by the judges of...
• Section 600.8322 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 Transaction; Audit; Compensation; Contributions To Retirement System In Which Bailiff Member; Payment To Wayne County Retirement System; Review Of Retirement Fund; Copies Of Actuarial Reports.
  (1) An individual serving as a bailiff of the common pleas court of Detroit on August 31, 1981, under an appointment under section 23...
• Section 600.8323 District Court; Witnesses, Fees; Payment.
  Witnesses in the district court shall be entitled to receive the same fees and mileage allowances to which witnesses in circuit court are entitled....
• Section 600.8326 Service Of Process; Schedule Of Fees; Mileage Rate.
  The schedule of fees and the rate for mileage provided in section 2559 shall be the fees and the rate of mileage for process...
• Section 600.8331 Proceedings To Be Recorded.
  All proceedings in the district court, except as otherwise provided by law or supreme court rule, shall be recorded. History: Add. 1968, Act 154,...
• Section 600.8341 Appeals On Record.
  Appeals from the district court shall be on a written transcript of the record made in the district court or on a record settled...
• Section 600.8342 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.
  (1) Appeals from the district court shall be to the circuit court in the county in which the judgment is rendered. (2) Except as...
• Section 600.8343 Judgments Of Abolished Courts.
  All orders and judgments entered prior to January 1, 1969 by courts abolished under section 9921 shall be appealable in like manner and to...
• Section 600.8344 Register Of Actions As Replacement For Destroyed Paper Upon Which Judgment Entered; Applicability Of Section.
  The validity and enforceability of a judgment are not affected by the destruction of the piece of paper upon which the judgment is entered,...
• Section 600.8345 Causes Transferred From Abolished Courts.
  All causes of action transferred to the district court by the provisions of this act from any court abolished by the provisions of this...
• Section 600.8351 Jurors; Selection; Compensation; Failure To Respond To Jury Duty.
  Jurors for the district court shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of chapter 13. Jurors in the district court shall be paid...
• Section 600.8353 Civil Jury; Number; Verdict.
  In civil actions in the district court the jury shall consist of 6 persons. The court shall receive the verdict of 5 of such...
• Section 600.8355 Criminal Jury; Number; Verdict.
  In criminal actions in the district court the jury shall consist of 6 persons. The court shall receive only a unanimous verdict. History: Add....
• Section 600.8361 Repealed. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to judgment fees.
• Section 600.8371 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.
  (1) In the district court, the fees prescribed in this section shall be paid to the clerk of the court. (2) Before a civil...
• Section 600.8372, 600.8373 Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to trial and jury fees.
• Section 600.8375 Assessment Of Costs.
  The district court may assess the same costs as are permitted in the circuit court. In civil infraction actions, the district court may assess...
• Section 600.8379 Fines And Costs Assessed In District Court; Payment; Disposition; Definitions.
  (1) Fines and costs assessed in the district court shall be paid to the clerk of the court who shall appropriate them as follows:...
• Section 600.8381 Fines And Costs; Conviction; Civil Infraction Determination, Guilty Plea, Or Civil Infraction Admission; Disposition; Court Filing Fee Report; Definitions.
  (1) Until October 1, 2003, when fines and costs are assessed by a magistrate, a traffic bureau, or a judge of the district court,...
• Section 600.8391 Traffic Bureau; Establishment; Administration; Purpose; Authority Over Personnel; Location And Number Of Offices; Appeals.
  With the approval of the governing body of a district control unit, the district court may establish within the court a traffic bureau which...
• Section 600.8392 State Civil Infraction Bureau.
  (1) Upon the approval of the governing body of a district control unit, the district court may establish within the court a state civil...
• Section 600.8395 Parking Violations Bureau; Establishment; Purpose; Operating Expense; Operation By Downtown Development Authority; Definition.
  (1) A city, village, or township may establish a parking violations bureau to accept civil infraction admissions in parking violation cases and to collect...
• Section 600.8396 Municipal Ordinance Violations Bureau.
  A county, city, village, or township may by ordinance establish a municipal ordinance violations bureau to accept admissions of responsibility for municipal civil infractions...

Last modified: October 10, 2016