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You may enter a range of section numbers separated with a hyphen (example: 62.1 - 62.3 will return all sections from 62.1 up to and including 62.3) You may enter a combination of multiples and a range (example: 62.1-62.3,65.5,67.10 will return all sections from 62.1 up to and including 62.3, as well as sections 65.5 and 67.10) MCL Section Search Examples: MCL Section No.: 2.1 MCL Series No[s]: 2.1, 12.21, 6.4 MCL Range No[s]: 8.40-8.50 Statute Number(s) Statute No[s] Valid formats for entering data in this field are: Act Act 999 of 9999 Executive Reorganization Order E.R.O. No. 9999-99 (first four digits represent the year) House Concurrent Resolution H.C.R. 99 of 9999 Initiated Law Initiated law of 9999 Joint Resolution J.R. 9 of 1999 Local Act Local act 999 of 9999 Revised Statute R.S. of 1846 Senate Concurrent Resolution S.C.R. 99 of 9999 Territorial Laws Territorial Laws of 1833, Vol. III Comments: The most common statute number type is Act 999 of 9999. The 9's in the above examples represent numbers. For example, you would type Act 89 of 1933 to find that Public Act. Entering Act 7 returns non-amendatory acts with act numbers of7 or beginning with 7. (i.e. Act 78 of 1945, Act 7 of 1955, Act 79 of 1917, etc.) You may also enter Act 89 followed by a space (i.e. Act 89 . This would return non-amendatory public act 89's of all years. You may also enter a year (i.e. 1967) to see all statutes from a particular year. Statute Number Search Examples: Statute No[s]: Act 442 of 1976 Statute No[s]: Act 442 [space] Statute No[s]: Act 442, [space] Act 453 [space] Popular Name Popular Name This field allows you to search for statutes or sections based on commonly used names for laws, short titles, or descriptionsfound in various parts of the database. You may enter a single term. (examples: Act 204, FOIA, Election Code) Will search popular name attribute, short title attribute, and editor's heading attribute.Popular Name Search Examples: Popular Name: Freedom of Information Act Popular Name: FOIA Popular Name: State Administrative Board Chapter Number(s) MCL Chapter No(s) You may enter a single chapter number. (Refer to Chapter Index.) You may enter multiple numbers separated by commas (example: 451, 61, 75 -- will return chapters 451, 61, and 75). You may enter a range of chapter numbers with a hyphen (example 451-460 -- would return chapters 451 through 460). You may enter a combination of multiples and a range (example: 20-25, 451 -- will return chapters 20 through 25 and chapter 451).MCL Chapter Number Search Examples MCL Chapter No[s]: 2 MCL Chapter No[s]: 12,14 MCL Chapter No[s]: 12-20,1 Session Regular Ex. Sess. 1st Ex. Sess. 2nd Ex. Sess. 3rd Ex. Sess. Session This selects the type of session that the act of origin was signed into law under. This is used in combination with the Statute No[s], chapter No[s], or popular name fields Catchline Catchlines Catchlines are prepared for each section of law after it is enacted. Though not part of the section, this editorially-supplied feature is searchable and indicates major topics covered in the section. When applicable, notices related to prospective and provisional information also appear in the catchlines.Catchline Field Search Freedom Freedom of information Open meetings Long Title Long Titles Long Titles, which come at the beginning of almost every act of origin, begin with the phrase "An ACT..." 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