Michigan Compiled Laws 236-1961-88 Chapter 88 State Civil Infractions (600.8801...600.8835)

• Section 600.8801 Applicability Of Chapter; Definitions.
  (1) This chapter applies only to a state civil infraction action involving a violation of state law that is designated as a state civil...
• Section 600.8803 State Civil Infraction; Commencement Of Action; State As Plaintiff; Jurisdiction; Time; Place; Venue; Rights Of Minor.
  (1) A state civil infraction action is commenced upon the issuance of a citation as provided in section 8807. The plaintiff in a state...
• Section 600.8805 Citation; Numbering; Parts; Modification; Complaint Treated 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 600.8807 Issuance Of Citation By Law Enforcement Officer.
  (1) A law enforcement officer who witnesses a person violating state law, the violation of which is a state civil infraction, may stop the...
• Section 600.8808 Citation Issued To Nonresident Of State; Leaving Deposit With Officer Or Court; Failure To Appear; Default Judgment.
  (1) When a person who is not a resident of this state is issued a citation for a civil infraction under section 8807, the...
• Section 600.8809 Citation; Contents.
  (1) A citation issued pursuant to section 8807 shall name the state as the plaintiff and shall contain the name and address of the...
• Section 600.8811 Civil Infraction; Citation; Necessity Of Sworn Complaint.
  If a law enforcement officer issues a citation under section 8807, the court may accept an admission with explanation or an admission or denial...
• Section 600.8813 Citation; Materially False Statement Knowingly Made By Officer; Felony; Penalty.
  A law enforcement officer who, knowing the statement is false, makes a materially false statement in a citation issued under section 8807 is guilty...
• Section 600.8815 Citation; Response To Allegations.
  (1) A person to whom a citation is issued under section 8807 shall appear by or at the time specified in the citation and...
• Section 600.8819 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 600.8821 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 600.8823 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.
  (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),...
• Section 600.8825 Acceptance Of Fee By Law Enforcement Officer Prohibited.
  (1) A law enforcement officer issuing a citation under this chapter for a state civil infraction shall not accept a fee for issuing the...
• Section 600.8827 Sanctions.
  (1) A state civil infraction is not a lesser included offense of a criminal offense. (2) If a defendant is determined to be responsible...
• Section 600.8829 Default In Payment Of Fines, Costs, Assessment, Or Installment.
  (1) If a defendant defaults in the payment of a civil fine, costs, or assessment or of any installment, as ordered pursuant to section...
• Section 600.8831 Fines Ordered Under Mcl 600.8831; Application To Libraries.
  (1) A civil fine which is ordered under section 8827 for a violation of state statute shall be exclusively applied to the support of...
• Section 600.8835 Additional Costs.
  If the defendant in a state civil infraction action is determined responsible for a state civil infraction, the judge or district court magistrate, in...

Last modified: October 10, 2016