Michigan Compiled Laws 236-1961-87 Chapter 87 Municipal Civil Infractions (600.8701...600.8735)

• Section 600.8701 Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (a) “Authorized local official” means a police officer or other personnel of a county, city, village, township, or regional...
• Section 600.8703 Municipal Civil Infraction; Commencement; Political Subdivision As Plaintiff; Jurisdiction Of Courts; Time And Place Of Appearance.
  (1) A municipal civil infraction action is commenced upon the issuance of a citation as provided in section 8707. The plaintiff in a municipal...
• Section 600.8705 Citation; Numbering; Form; Contents; Modification; Treatment As Under Oath.
  (1) Each citation shall be numbered consecutively, be in a form as approved by the state court administrator, and consist of the following parts:...
• Section 600.8707 Citation; Preparation; Issuance; Service; Municipal Ordinance Violation Notice.
  (1) An authorized local official who witnesses a person violate an ordinance a violation of which is a municipal civil infraction shall prepare and...
• Section 600.8709 Citation; Contents; Trailway Municipal Civil Infraction.
  (1) A citation issued pursuant to section 8707 shall contain the name of the plaintiff, the name and address of the defendant, the municipal...
• Section 600.8711 Citation; Admission; Denial Of Responsibility; Filing Of Sworn Complaint; Failure To Appear; Warrant For Arrest.
  If an authorized local official issues a citation under section 8707, the court may accept an admission with explanation or an admission or denial...
• Section 600.8713 Materially False Statement; Penalty.
  An authorized local official who, knowing the statement is false, makes a materially false statement in a citation issued under section 8707 is guilty...
• Section 600.8715 Citation; Appearance; Response To Allegations; Acceptance Of Admission; Sanctions; Admission Of Responsibility With Explanation; Effect; Denial Of Responsibility; Hearing.
  (1) A person to whom a citation is issued under section 8707 shall appear by or at the time specified in the citation and,...
• Section 600.8717 Request For Formal Hearing.
  (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 600.8719 Informal Hearing.
  (1) An informal hearing shall be conducted by a district court magistrate, if authorized by the judge or judges of the district court district,...
• Section 600.8721 Formal Hearing.
  (1) A formal hearing shall be conducted only by a judge of the district court or a municipal court. (2) In a formal hearing,...
• Section 600.8723 Failure To Appear; Default Judgment.
  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...
• Section 600.8725 Issuance Of Citation; Fee Prohibited; Violation.
  (1) An authorized local official issuing a citation under this chapter for a municipal civil infraction shall not accept a fee for issuing the...
• Section 600.8727 Municipal Civil Infraction; Civil Fine, Costs, Justice System Assessments, Damages, And Expenses.
  (1) A municipal civil infraction is not a lesser included offense of a criminal offense or an ordinance violation that is not a civil...
• Section 600.8729 Payment Of Fine, Costs, Assessment, Damages, Or Expenses; Default As Civil Contempt.
  (1) If a defendant defaults in the payment of a civil fine, costs, assessment, or, if applicable, damages or expenses as provided in section...
• Section 600.8731 Violation Involving Land, Building, Or Other Structure; Nonpayment Of Civil Fine, Costs, Or Installment; Lien.
  (1) If a defendant does not pay a civil fine, costs, or assessment or an installment ordered under section 8727 within 30 days after...
• Section 600.8733 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.
  (1) An authorized local official may seize and impound a vehicle operated in the commission of a trailway municipal civil infraction. Upon impoundment, the...
• Section 600.8735 Municipal Civil Infraction; Additional Costs.
  If the defendant in a municipal civil infraction action is determined responsible for a municipal civil infraction, the judge or district court magistrate, in...

Last modified: October 10, 2016