Michigan Compiled Laws 236-1961-24 Chapter 24 Costs (600.2401...600.2461)

• Section 600.2401 Taxation Of Costs; Regulation By Supreme Court.
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, the supreme court shall by rule regulate the taxation of costs. When costs are allowed in any action...
• Section 600.2405 Costs; Items Taxable.
  The following items may be taxed and awarded as costs unless otherwise directed: (1) Any of the fees of officers, witnesses, or other persons...
• Section 600.2411 Special Costs In Action Against Public Officers.
  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...
• Section 600.2415 Costs; Liability Of Next Of Friend Or Guardian.
  Any person who brings an action as next of friend for an infant, or a person who is insane or otherwise mentally incompetent, shall...
• Section 600.2421 Civil Actions By Or In Name Of People; Liability For Costs; Warrant.
  (1) Except as provided in sections 2421a to 2421d and as otherwise provided by law, in all civil actions by or in the name...
• Section 600.2421a Meanings Of Words And Phrases In Mcl 600.2421c To 600.2421f.
  For the purposes of sections 2421c to 2421f, the words and phrases described in section 2421b have the meanings ascribed to them in that...
• Section 600.2421b Definitions.
  (1) “Costs and fees” means the normal costs incurred in being a party in a civil action after an action has been filed with...
• Section 600.2421c 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.
  (1) The court that conducts a civil action brought by or against the state as a party, except for a civil infraction action, shall...
• Section 600.2421d Judicial Review Of Final Action In Contested Case; Award Of Costs And Fees; Finding.
  If the court awards costs and fees to a prevailing party upon judicial review of the final action of a presiding officer in a...
• Section 600.2421e Annual Report; Payment Of Costs And Fees; Applicability Of Mcl 600.2421a To 600.2421d.
  (1) The director of the department of management and budget shall report annually to the legislature regarding the amount of costs and fees paid...
• Section 600.2421f Recovery Of Same Costs Under Law Or Court Rule Prohibited.
  If a prevailing party recovers costs and fees under sections 2421a to 2421f in a civil action, that prevailing party is not entitled to...
• Section 600.2421g Applicability Of Mcl 600.2421a To 600.2421f To Civil Actions.
  Sections 2421a to 2421f shall apply to civil actions commenced after September 30, 1984. History: Add. 1984, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984...
• Section 600.2425 Costs; Abatement Of Public Nuisance; Private Citizen Plaintiff; Intervention By Attorney General Or Prosecuting Attorney.
  (1) If an action to abate a public nuisance is brought by a private citizen, whether or not the attorney general or prosecuting attorney...
• Section 600.2431 Costs; Foreclosure Of Mortgage By Advertisement; Attorney's Fee.
  (1) The expenses of foreclosing any mortgage by advertisement shall be taxed in the circuit court as in civil actions upon the request of...
• Section 600.2435 Costs; Supplementary Proceedings.
  The court may allow to the judgment creditor, or to any person examined, whether a party to the action or not, witness fees and...
• Section 600.2441 Costs; Costs Additional In Civil Actions In Supreme Court And Circuit Court.
  (1) In all civil actions or special proceedings in the supreme court, whether heard as an original proceeding or on appeal, the following amounts...
• Section 600.2445 Costs On Appeal To Circuit Court, Court Of Appeals, Or Supreme Court; Damages For Delay And Vexation.
  (1) Costs on appeal to the circuit court, the court of appeals, or to the supreme court shall be awarded in the discretion of...
• Section 600.2451 Taxation Of Costs In Supreme Court And Court Of Appeals; Notice.
  Costs in the supreme court and in the court of appeals shall be taxed by 1 of the justices or judges or the clerk...
• Section 600.2455 Taxation Of Costs In Circuit Court, District Court, And Municipal Courts Of Record; Notice.
  Costs in the circuit court, in the district court, and in municipal courts of record having civil jurisdiction, may be taxed by any of...
• Section 600.2461 Costs; Duties Of Taxing Officer.
  Every officer authorized to tax costs in any court for services rendered in any proceeding authorized by law, shall examine the bills presented to...

Last modified: October 10, 2016