Sec. 1.
(1) A judge of the circuit court, of the recorder's court of the city of Detroit, of the traffic and ordinance division of the recorder's court of the city of Detroit, of the district court, and of a municipal court, and a district court magistrate, shall have power to let an accused person brought before the judge or district court magistrate to bail pursuant to section 15 of article 1 of the state constitution of 1963 .
(2) A recognizance for the appearance of an accused person may be taken and entered into by and before the clerks of the courts listed in subsection (1), subject to the direction of the court if the amount of bail has been set by the judge.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17163 ;-- CL 1948, 765.1 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1951 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Former Law: See section 26 of Ch. 163 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 6002; CL 1871, § 7868; How., § 9479; CL 1897, § 11863; CL 1915, § 15690; and Act 4 of 1858.
Last modified: October 10, 2016