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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961
Chapter 58
LIMITATION OF ACTIONS

DocumentTypeDescription
Section 600.5801SectionLimitation on actions; time periods; defendant claiming title under deed, court-ordered sale, tax deed, or will; other cases.
Section 600.5803SectionForeclosure of mortgages.
Section 600.5805SectionInjuries to persons or property; period of limitations; "adjudication," "criminal sexual conduct," and "dating relationship" defined.
Section 600.5807SectionDamages for breach of contract; specific performance; period of limitations; bond; deed; mortgage; surety bond; appeal bond; public obligations; other actions.
Section 600.5809SectionAction to enforce noncontractual money obligations; limitations.
Section 600.5811SectionCommon carriers; charges and overcharges; definitions.
Section 600.5813SectionOther personal actions.
Section 600.5815SectionScope of limitations; legal and equitable; laches.
Section 600.5821SectionRecovery of land or public ground; period of limitations; personal actions; maintenance, care, and treatment of persons in state institutions.
Section 600.5823SectionCounterclaims.
Section 600.5825SectionEffect of limits running in favor of some joint obligors but not all.
Section 600.5827SectionAccrual of claim.
Section 600.5829SectionAccrual of claim; right of entry or recovery of possession of land.
Section 600.5831SectionAccrual of claim; mutual and open account current.
Section 600.5833SectionAccrual of claim; breach of warranty of quality or fitness.
Section 600.5834SectionAccrual of claim; common carriers; charges; overcharges.
Section 600.5835SectionAccrual of claim; life insurance; presumption of death.
Section 600.5836SectionAccrual of claim; installment contracts.
Section 600.5837SectionAccrual of claim; alimony.
Section 600.5838SectionClaim based on malpractice; accrual; commencement of action; burden of proof; limitations.
Section 600.5838aSectionClaim based on medical malpractice; accrual; definitions; commencement of action; burden of proof; applicability of subsection (2); limitations.
Section 600.5838bSectionAction for legal malpractice; commencement; limitation; definitions.
Section 600.5839SectionPeriod of limitations on actions against licensed architect, professional engineer, contractor, or licensed professional surveyor; definitions; applicability.
Section 600.5841SectionAccrual of claim; to person other than person bringing action.
Section 600.5843SectionAccrual of claim; regaining possession of land; subsequent loss; effect.
Section 600.5851SectionDisabilities of infancy or insanity; tacking of successive disabilities prohibited; year of grace; removing disability of infancy; claim alleging medical malpractice accruing to person 8 years old or less or 13 years old or less; disability of imprisonment; “release from imprisonment” defined.
Section 600.5851aSectionCourt action by minor victim of female genital mutilation; recovery of damages; limitation; "female genital mutilation" defined.
Section 600.5851bSectionCourt action by minor victim of criminal sexual conduct; exception to period of limitations; right to bring action under MCL 600.5851; "adjudication" and "criminal sexual conduct" defined.
Section 600.5852SectionDeath before period of limitations has run or within 30 days thereafter; commencement of action; death or legal incapacitation of personal representative; limitation on commencement of action.
Section 600.5853SectionAbsence from state.
Section 600.5854SectionWar; inability to prosecute; period of limitation.
Section 600.5855SectionFraudulent concealment of claim or identity of person liable; discovery.
Section 600.5856SectionTolling of statute of limitations or repose.
Section 600.5861SectionCause of action accruing without state; limitation on commencement of action.
Section 600.5865SectionEndorsement or memorandum of payment; evidence.
Section 600.5866SectionRevival of barred claim; written acknowledgment of obligor.
Section 600.5867SectionPresumption as to possession of land; exception.
Section 600.5868SectionEntry and possession.
Section 600.5869SectionRights governed by law under which right accrued.
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