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Act 236 of 1961
- REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)
***** 600.2977.added THIS ADDED SECTION IS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013 *****
***** 600.3205a THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 521 OF 2012 EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 2013 *****
| 236‑1961‑1 ‑ | CHAPTER 1 SHORT TITLE AND CONSTRUCTION (600.101...600.185) |
| | Section 600.113 ‑ | Definitions; provisions governing traffic or parking violation or municipal civil infraction action; determination by preponderance of evidence. |
| | Section 600.151a ‑ | State court fund; creation; use; crediting deposits and income from investments; unencumbered balance remaining in fund; distribution of proceeds. |
| | Section 600.151b ‑ | Court equity fund; creation; duties of state court administrative office; hold harmless fund; payments; reduced shares; retention of balance in work project account; formula; distributions; definitions. |
| | Section 600.151c ‑ | Local court management council; creation; resolution; delivery of court services. |
| | Section 600.151d ‑ | Juror compensation reimbursement fund; creation; use; deposits; investments; disposition of unencumbered balance; transfer to general fund; transfer to court equity fund. |
| | Section 600.151e ‑ | Juror compensation reimbursement fund; distribution; report; conditions for reimbursement; payments; "court funding unit" defined. |
| | Section 600.171 ‑ | Civil filing fee fund; creation; use; deposits; investment; distribution of proceeds. |
| | Section 600.175 ‑ | Judicial technology improvement fund; creation; use; disposition; investment; transfer of balance to general fund; administration; expenditure; reimbursement to state court administrative office. |
| | Section 600.181 ‑ | Justice system fund; creation; use; disposition; investment; distributions. |
| | Section 600.185 ‑ | Drug treatment court fund; creation; use; disposition; investment; administration; eligibility conditions; reimbursement to state court administrative office. |
| 236‑1961‑2 ‑ | CHAPTER 2 SUPREME COURT: ORGANIZATION AND POWERS (600.201...600.251) |
| | Section 600.201 ‑ | Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 18, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964. |
| | Section 600.204 ‑ | Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 18, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964. |
| | Section 600.224 ‑ | Meetings regarding court rules or administrative orders open to public; procedures; “court” defined. |
| | Section 600.225a ‑ | Municipal judges transferred to other courts; compensation and expenses. |
| | Section 600.226 ‑ | Retired judges; authorization to perform judicial duties; compensation; applicability of section. |
| | Section 600.235 ‑ | Appointment of chief judge for each county; appointment of chief judge of circuit, probate, and district court; procedures for assignment of cases and judges. |
| | Section 600.238 ‑ | Judicial performance commission; creation; evaluation of judges; performance standards. |
| | Section 600.242 ‑ | Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963. |
| | Section 600.245 ‑ | Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963. |
| | Section 600.247 ‑ | Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963. |
| | Section 600.250 ‑ | Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 55, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963. |
| 236‑1961‑3 ‑ | CHAPTER 3 COURT OF APPEALS: ORGANIZATION AND POWERS (600.301...600.321) |
| | Section 600.302 ‑ | Judicial districts for election of judges of court of appeals. |
| | Section 600.302a ‑ | Judicial district; county lines; preparation of map by secretary of state. |
| | Section 600.303b ‑ | Nomination, election, and terms of candidates for new judgeships. |
| | Section 600.303d ‑ | Transition from 3 judicial districts to 4 judicial districts; provisions; offices. |
| | Section 600.308a ‑ | Action under Const. 1963, Art. 9, § 32; commencement; jurisdiction; limitations; governmental unit as defendant; officer as party; continuation of action against governmental unit and officer's successor; referral of action; findings of fact; costs. |
| | Section 600.311 ‑ | Panels; quorum; rotation; assignment of judges and cases. |
| | Section 600.313 ‑ | Decisions to be in writing; delivery and printing of opinions; effect of equally divided court. |
| | Section 600.314 ‑ | Finality of decisions; superintending control of supreme court. |
| | Section 600.317 ‑ | Chief clerk; deputy clerks; personnel; duties; qualifications; bond; court officers. |
| | Section 600.321 ‑ | Fees to court of appeals; charge per page; waiver; deposit; costs; use. |
| 236‑1961‑4 ‑ | CHAPTER 4 TRIAL COURT CONCURRENT JURISDICTION (600.401...600.425) |
| | Section 600.406 ‑ | Circuit and probate judges; Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties; adoption of plan of concurrent jurisdiction. |
| | Section 600.407 ‑ | District judges, circuit and probate judges; Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, and Washtenaw counties; adoption of plan of concurrent jurisdiction. |
| | Section 600.408 ‑ | Trial court judges; Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties; adoption of plans of concurrent jurisdiction. |
| | Section 600.410 ‑ | Plan of concurrent jurisdiction; delegation; prohibition. |
| | Section 600.412 ‑ | Concurrent jurisdiction plan in effect on December 31, 2012; validity. |
| | Section 600.413 ‑ | Concurrent jurisdiction plans; design; objection to plan. |
| 236‑1961‑5 ‑ | CHAPTER 5 CIRCUIT COURTS: ORGANIZATION AND POWERS (600.501...600.596) |
| | Section 600.528 ‑ | Twenty-seventh judicial circuit; Newaygo and Oceana counties. |
| | Section 600.550 ‑ | Additional circuit judgeship; creation; approval by county; resolution; filing; valid approval of judgeship; notice to elections division; effect of approval; state's obligation; election; first term; temporary reduction in number of circuit judgeships; notice. |
| | Section 600.550a ‑ | New judicial circuit and 1 or more circuit judgeships; creation; approval by county; resolution; filing; notice to elections division; effect of approval; state's obligation; election; first term; approval of county board of commissioners not required. |
| | Section 600.557 ‑ | “Senior judge” defined; assignment of senior judge to hear and decide nonjury civil action; contents and filing of stipulation; fees and costs; approval; powers, duties, and immunity of senior judge; provisions applicable to senior judge; service not constituting retirement service; public trial; site of trial; transcript; final judgment; appeal not available; enforceability of judgment; failure to assign senior judge; inability of senior judge to hear action; withdrawal of stipulation. |
| | Section 600.560 ‑ | Judges; absence or disability, authority of judge in adjoining circuit. |
| | Section 600.574 ‑ | Deposits with court; certificate; securities, accounting. |
| | Section 600.582 ‑ | Sheriff and deputy; officers of court; powers; disobedience or default. |
| | Section 600.586 ‑ | Sheriff, deputy sheriff, or county medical examiner licensed to practice law; prohibited conduct; exceptions; violation as civil infraction; penalty. |
| | Section 600.587 ‑ | Sheriff, constable, or other officer; wilful neglect to execute process; penalty. |
| | Section 600.591 ‑ | Operation of circuit court; appropriation; employer; authority; collective bargaining; appointment, supervision, discipline, or dismissal of employees; transfer of employees; effect of existing collective bargaining agreement; control of employees; applicability of subsections (2) to (9) to third judicial circuit employees; chief judge as principal administrator; “county-paid employees of the circuit court” defined. |
| | Section 600.593 ‑ | Employee of circuit court in third judicial circuit as employee of Wayne county judicial council or of Wayne county. |
| | Section 600.593a ‑ | Wayne county judicial council; creation; successor agency; composition; employees of former state judicial council serving in third judicial circuit court; authority of employer or chief judge; collective bargaining agent; election not to participate in collective bargaining process; appointment, supervision, discipline, or dismissal of employees; compensation; chief judge as principal administrator; transfer of employees; effect of existing collective bargaining agreement; annual leave; state employees' retirement system. |
| | Section 600.594 ‑ | Employee as member of state employees' retirement system. |
| | Section 600.595 ‑ | Circuit court in third judicial circuit; ownership and use of personal property; reimbursement for property removed from court. |
| | Section 600.596 ‑ | Employees of Detroit recorder's court transferred to third judicial circuit court; rights and benefits; collective bargaining agreement. |
| 236‑1961‑6 ‑ | CHAPTER 6 JURISDICTION OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS (600.601...600.641) |
| | Section 600.606 ‑ | Violations by certain juveniles; jurisdiction of circuit court; “specified juvenile violation” defined. |
| | Section 600.615 ‑ | Superintending control over inferior courts and tribunals. |
| | Section 600.631 ‑ | Appeal from order, decision, or opinion of state board, commission, or agency. |
| 236‑1961‑6A ‑ | CHAPTER 6A UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION ACT (600.651...600.673) |
| 236‑1961‑7 ‑ | CHAPTER 7 BASES OF JURISDICTION (600.701...600.775) |
| | Section 600.721 ‑ | General personal jurisdiction over partnerships and limited partnerships. |
| | Section 600.731 ‑ | General personal jurisdiction over partnership associations or unincorporated voluntary associations. |
| | Section 600.735 ‑ | Partnership association or unincorporated voluntary association; limited personal jurisdiction. |
| | Section 600.745 ‑ | “State” defined; agreement of parties as basis for jurisdiction; conditions. |
| | Section 600.765 ‑ | Jurisdiction over corporate shares irrespective of ownership. |
| 236‑1961‑8 ‑ | CHAPTER 8 PROBATE COURTS (600.801...600.899) |
| | Section 600.805 ‑ | Additional probate judgeship; creation; approval by county; resolution; filing; notice to county clerk; effect of approval; state's obligation; election; first term; exception to resolution requirement. |
| | Section 600.808 ‑ | Question of creation of district; submission to electors; resolution calling for special election; form of question; counting, canvassing, and returning votes; canvassing and certifying results; effect of approval; election of probate judge; reimbursement of costs. |
| | Section 600.809 ‑ | Probate court district; effective date; term of incumbent probate judge; election of probate judge. |
| | Section 600.810 ‑ | Probate court district; effective date; election of probate judge. |
| | Section 600.810a ‑ | Arenac, Kalkaska, Crawford, Lake, Iron, and Ontonagon counties; jurisdiction, powers, duties, and title of probate judges; additional duties for probate judge. |
| | Section 600.811 ‑ | Election of probate judges; filing nominating petitions and incumbency affidavits of candidacy; term. |
| | Section 600.815 ‑ | Terms of probate court prohibited; probate court open at all reasonable times; evening and weekend sessions. |
| | Section 600.816 ‑ | Probate judge; court sessions at regional diagnostic and treatment center; court sessions at places designated by county chief probate judge; hearing regarding incapacitated or mentally ill person; site. |
| | Section 600.817 ‑ | Books, printed blanks, and stationery; furniture, equipment, and supplies. |
| | Section 600.821 ‑ | Probate judges; practice of law; annual salary; county contribution and reimbursement; additional salary; increase in salary. |
| | Section 600.821a ‑ | Probate judges' federal social security and medicare taxes; reimbursement to counties. |
| | Section 600.822 ‑ | Probate judge; annual salary based on population; payment; increase or decrease in salary; representing party in contested proceeding; additional salary; total annual salary; state salary standardization payment; minimum annual salary. |
| | Section 600.826 ‑ | Certain probate judges to assist other courts or probate judges for limited periods or specific assignments; legislative intent. |
| | Section 600.829 ‑ | Probate judge; additional salary and reimbursement for expenses; payment of compensation and expenses; voucher; compensation provided pursuant to MCL 600.225(6). |
| | Section 600.831 ‑ | Powers, duties, and compensation of probate judges of county having 2 or more probate judges; power vested in chief probate judge; selection, powers, and duties of probate judges in counties of 1,000,000 or more. |
| | Section 600.832 ‑ | Seal, records, books, files, and papers; inspection; index. |
| | Section 600.833 ‑ | Probate register; appointment; salary; oath; bond; term; appointment, compensation, term, powers, and oath of deputy probate registers. |
| | Section 600.834 ‑ | Probate register or deputy probate register; powers in uncontested matter or hearing; entry of judgment prohibited; restriction on powers; orders and acts; trial or hearing of issues. |
| | Section 600.835 ‑ | Official court reporters or certified recorders; salary; oath; expenses; order for payment; residence of reporter or recorder. |
| | Section 600.837 ‑ | Operation of probate court; appropriation; employer; authority; collective bargaining; appointment, supervision, discipline, and dismissal of employees; transfer of employees; effect of existing collective bargaining agreement; control of employees; chief judge as principal administrator; “county-paid employees of the probate court” defined. |
| | Section 600.839 ‑ | Probate judge, probate register, or employee of probate court; prohibitions. |
| | Section 600.843 ‑ | Contesting jurisdiction based on residence of person or location of person's property. |
| | Section 600.848 ‑ | Rehearings; modifying and setting aside orders, sentences, or judgments; order with respect to original hearing or rehearing of contested matter; exception. |
| | Section 600.852 ‑ | Petition, inventory, accounting, proof of claim, or proof of service; declaration; false execution and filing; penalties. |
| | Section 600.859 ‑ | Taking testimony; record; keeping index and original notes; transcript; destruction of notes. |
| | Section 600.863 ‑ | Appeal to circuit court and court of appeals; interlocutory appeal. |
| | Section 600.866 ‑ | Appeals to be on record; trial de novo prohibited; notice of appeal; appeals governed by supreme court rule. |
| | Section 600.867 ‑ | Cessation of further proceedings in pursuance of order, sentence, or judgment appealed from; exception; suspension of order; application for delayed appeal. |
| | Section 600.871 ‑ | Decedents' estates; fees; payment; final accounting; receipt; duties of probate court. |
| | Section 600.874 ‑ | Probate court; charge and collection of fees; waiver of fee for conduct of marriage ceremony; remittance. |
| | Section 600.879 ‑ | Prohibited compensation, fees, or costs; violation as malfeasance in office. |
| | Section 600.880 ‑ | Filing fees for civil action to probate register; exceptions; disposition. |
| | Section 600.880a ‑ | Filing fee commencing guardianship to probate register; exception; disposition. |
| | Section 600.880c ‑ | Fees for bringing appeal, registering trust, or depositing will; disposition. |
| | Section 600.899 ‑ | Repeal of MCL 701.1 to 701.18a, 701.20 to 701.45d, 701.50 to 701.55, and 712A.22. |
| 236‑1961‑9 ‑ | CHAPTER 9 ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS (600.901...600.949) |
| | Section 600.908 ‑ | Granting immunity to witness in lawyer disciplinary proceeding. |
| | Section 600.909 ‑ | License to practice law subject to support and visitation enforcement act. |
| | Section 600.913 ‑ | Admission of person to bar; oath; fee; certificate of admission; record of admission; transmitting certified copies of orders of admission, suspension, disbarment, contempt, or reinstatement. |
| | Section 600.925 ‑ | Board of law examiners; applicants for admission; rules and regulations. |
| | Section 600.931 ‑ | Fees for admission to bar; compensation and expenses of board of law examiners. |
| | Section 600.934 ‑ | Qualifications for admission to bar; "good moral character" defined; election to use multi-state bar examination scaled score; disclosure of score. |
| | Section 600.946 ‑ | Foreign attorneys; admission to bar, qualifications, extension of term. |
| | Section 600.949 ‑ | Investigation of applicants to state bar of Michigan; duty of law enforcement officers; fingerprinting required; disposition of fingerprint records. |
| | Section 600.1003 ‑ | Family division of circuit court to be in each judicial circuit. |
| | Section 600.1005 ‑ | Family division of circuit court; power and authority of judge. |
| | Section 600.1007 ‑ | Family division of circuit court; county clerk as clerk of the court. |
| | Section 600.1009 ‑ | Reference to former juvenile division of probate court; construction. |
| | Section 600.1011 ‑ | Operation of family division and coordination of agency services; agreement; establishment of family court plan. |
| | Section 600.1031 ‑ | Copies of letters of authority or guardianship; publication of order. |
| 236‑1961‑10A. ‑ | CHAPTER 10A. DRUG TREATMENT COURTS (600.1060...600.1084) |
| | Section 600.1062 ‑ | Drug treatment court; adoption by circuit or district court; memorandum of understanding; parties; adoption by family division of circuit court; training; transfer of participant from another jurisdiction. |
| | Section 600.1064 ‑ | Admission to drug treatment court; confidentiality of information obtained from preadmission screening and evaluation assessment; criminal history contained in L.E.I.N. |
| | Section 600.1068 ‑ | Individual charged in criminal case; factors for admission to drug treatment court. |
| | Section 600.1070 ‑ | Admission of individual into drug treatment court; requirements. |
| | Section 600.1072 ‑ | Monitoring, testing, and assessments to be provided to participants. |
| | Section 600.1074 ‑ | Continuing and completing drug treatment court program; requirements. |
| | Section 600.1076 ‑ | Completion or termination of drug treatment program; discharge and dismissal of proceedings; effect of termination; court proceedings open to public; retention of nonpublic record by department of state police. |
| 236‑1961‑11 ‑ | CHAPTER 11 COURT STENOGRAPHERS (600.1101...600.1179) |
| | Section 600.1104 ‑ | Court reporter or recorder; appointment; oath of office; appointment for more than 1 circuit. |
| | Section 600.1106 ‑ | Court reporter or recorder; vacancy; notice; temporary absence; payment of reporter or recorder pro tempore. |
| | Section 600.1107 ‑ | Appointment of assistant or additional reporter or recorder; power; compensation. |
| | Section 600.1115 ‑ | Reporter or recorder; apportionment of salary in circuit composed of more than 1 county. |
| | Section 600.1116 ‑ | Reporter or recorder; membership in retirement or social security plan. |
| | Section 600.1201 ‑ | Veterans treatment court; compliance; characteristics; memorandum of understanding; training; participants from other jurisdiction; validity of transfer. |
| | Section 600.1205 ‑ | Admission of individual charged in criminal case; conditions. |
| | Section 600.1206 ‑ | Admission to veterans treatment court; conditions; length of jurisdiction; collaboration; fee; information contained in L.E.I.N. pertaining to criminal history. |
| | Section 600.1208 ‑ | Duties of individual; notification of new crime; payment of fines, fees, and costs. |
| | Section 600.1209 ‑ | Finding or statement upon completion or termination of program; discharge or dismissal of proceedings; duties of court upon successful completion of probation or court supervision; termination or failure to successfully complete program; duties of court. |
| | Section 600.1212 ‑ | State drug treatment court advisory committee; monitoring; recommendations. |
| | Section 600.1301 ‑ | Jury board; appointment; qualifications; terms; existing boards; vacancies. |
| | Section 600.1301a ‑ | Courts in which selection of juries governed by chapter; exceptions. |
| | Section 600.1301b ‑ | Modified system of jury selection; development of plan; goals; review, approval, adoption, and implementation of plan; exceptions. |
| | Section 600.1302 ‑ | Jury board; election of president and secretary; salary of members; quorum. |
| | Section 600.1307a ‑ | Qualifications of juror; exemptions; effect of payment for jury service; “felony” defined. |
| | Section 600.1310 ‑ | Voter registration lists and combined driver's license and personal identification cardholder list; procurement; alternatives; costs. |
| | Section 600.1313 ‑ | Juror qualifications questionnaire; contents; completion; mailing; removal of deceased person from list. |
| | Section 600.1315 ‑ | Juror qualifications questionnaires; retention; confidentiality. |
| | Section 600.1320 ‑ | Preliminary screening of prospective jurors; excused persons; removal of deceased person's name from list; hardship. |
| | Section 600.1321 ‑ | Second jury list; sealing; jurisdiction of district court district. |
| | Section 600.1324 ‑ | Jurors; selection; information; contents; district court district. |
| | Section 600.1335 ‑ | Grounds for excusing person from jury service; postponing jury service of student. |
| | Section 600.1344 ‑ | Jurors; mileage and compensation; payment of jury fee where action removed from circuit court to lower court; fraudulent issuance of certificate of attendance as misdemeanor; penalty. |
| | Section 600.1348 ‑ | Jurors; threats, discharge, or discipline by employer; requiring additional hours of work; misdemeanor; penalty. |
| | Section 600.1350 ‑ | Selection and impaneling of juries for condemnation and grade separation cases. |
| | Section 600.1354 ‑ | Noncompliance with chapter as grounds for requesting continuance or claiming invalidity of verdict; data processing error as grounds for questioning list selected. |
| | Section 600.1372 ‑ | Applicability of MCL 600.1371 to 600.1376; adoption of 1 day, 1 trial jury system. |
| | Section 600.1375 ‑ | Combined driver's license and personal identification cardholder list; first jury list; costs. |
| | Section 600.1376 ‑ | Plan for selection of persons for jury service with aid of mechanical or electronic means; adoption; requirements. |
| 236‑1961‑14 ‑ | CHAPTER 14 GENERAL PROVISIONS (600.1401...600.1494) |
| | Section 600.1405 ‑ | Rights of third party beneficiaries; contracts included; time promise becomes legally binding; exceptions; promisee's rights; retroactive construction of section. |
| | Section 600.1419 ‑ | Continuances and postponements to assure adequate representation; “nonmeeting day” defined. |
| | Section 600.1427 ‑ | Writs, process and records; use of English, paper, abbreviations. |
| | Section 600.1432 ‑ | Mode of administering oaths; commencement of oath; administration of oath or affirmation by electronic or electromagnetic means. |
| | Section 600.1440 ‑ | Oath, affidavit, or affirmation; administration; certification by military officer; force and effect of instrument sworn or affirmed before military officer; form of certificate; oath or affirmation administered by electronic or electromagnetic means of communication. |
| | Section 600.1445 ‑ | Physical examination of person ordered by court, board or commission, or other public body or officer. |
| | Section 600.1465 ‑ | Funds deposited with county officer unavailable for payment; appropriation for restitution; audit of claims; allowance; limitation; right of action. |
| | Section 600.1471 ‑ | Law clerks; employment; qualifications; compensation; period of employment; duties. |
| | Section 600.1481 ‑ | Judicial assistant; appointment; oath; certificate; qualifications; duties; compensation; term; public officer; civil service regulation or compulsory retirement inapplicable; removal. |
| | Section 600.1483 ‑ | Claim for damages alleging medical malpractice; limitation on noneconomic damages; exceptions; itemizing damages into economic and noneconomic loss; “noneconomic loss” defined; adjusting limitations on noneconomic loss. |
| | Section 600.1486 ‑ | Hiring member of immediate family as court employee or process server. |
| | Section 600.1490 ‑ | Definitions; court reporter, court recorder, stenomask reporter, or owner of firm; familial relationship with party or attorney; disclosure required; financial interest. |
| | Section 600.1491 ‑ | Court reporter, court recorder, stenomask reporter, or owner of firm; prohibited conduct. |
| | Section 600.1493 ‑ | Enforcement of MCL 600.1490, 600.1491, and 600.1492; violation. |
| 236‑1961‑15 ‑ | CHAPTER 15 TIME AND PLACE OF HOLDING CIRCUIT COURTS (600.1501...600.1531) |
| | Section 600.1511 ‑ | Terms of court; Ingham county circuit court; place of sitting. |
| | Section 600.1515 ‑ | Second judicial circuit; site of hearings, trials, or proceedings; disposition of records and files; naturalization of new citizens; educational ceremonies. |
| | Section 600.1517 ‑ | Designation of places where regular terms of circuit court and family division sessions may be held; hearings. |
| | Section 600.1521 ‑ | Terms of court; special terms in other counties of circuit; triable issues. |
| | Section 600.1627 ‑ | Venue; county where cause of action arose; exceptions; suits against surety of public officers or their appointees. |
| | Section 600.1629 ‑ | Provisions applicable in action based on tort; grounds for motion for change in venue; determination of venue in product liability action. |
| | Section 600.1653 ‑ | Motion for change of venue in action based on tort; awarding expenses and costs. |
| | Section 600.1659 ‑ | Transfer of judgments in action affecting real or tangible personal property. |
| 236‑1961‑17 ‑ | CHAPTER 17 CONTEMPTS (600.1701...600.1745) |
| | Section 600.1701 ‑ | Neglect or violation of duty or misconduct; power to punish by fine or imprisonment. |
| | Section 600.1715 ‑ | Contempt; punishment; fine; probation; performance of act or duty. |
| | Section 600.1731 ‑ | Publication as to court of record; hearing by judge of another court. |
| 236‑1961‑18 ‑ | CHAPTER 18 PROCESS AND ARRESTS (600.1801...600.1865) |
| | Section 600.1861 ‑ | Service of process; by service on public officer, copy to nongovernmental defendant. |
| | Section 600.1865 ‑ | Chapter and Mich. Const., Art. IV, § 11, inapplicable to issuance of service of citation pursuant to MCL 257.742. |
| 236‑1961‑19 ‑ | CHAPTER 19 COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS (600.1901...600.1974) |
| | Section 600.1902 ‑ | “Victim” defined; civil action against victim of criminal sexual conduct or assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct; dismissal; period of limitations; applicability of section. |
| | Section 600.1905 ‑ | Summons; issuance; duplicate; form; contents; amendment of process or proof of service. |
| | Section 600.1918 ‑ | Civil action; service of process on person doing business under assumed name. |
| | Section 600.1923 ‑ | Process; service on partnership association or unincorporated voluntary association. |
| | Section 600.1925 ‑ | Process; service on public, municipal or governmental corporation, boards, or bodies. |
| | Section 600.1940 ‑ | Process; personal jurisdiction not required; service of process. |
| | Section 600.1945 ‑ | Process; order for substituted service; contents; unknown defendants. |
| | Section 600.2021 ‑ | Foreign corporations; actions based on forbidden acts; exceptions. |
| | Section 600.2041 ‑ | Real party in interest; actions on official or personal bonds; taxpayer's suit. |
| | Section 600.2051 ‑ | Capacity to sue or be sued; assumed name; partnerships; unincorporated voluntary associations; corporations; state; governmental units; officers. |
| 236‑1961‑21 ‑ | CHAPTER 21 EVIDENCE (600.2101...600.2169) |
| | Section 600.2101 ‑ | Cases tried without jury; objections to testimony or evidence; exclusion of testimony from record; taking of excluded testimony; return of excluded testimony to court of appeals or supreme court. |
| | Section 600.2103 ‑ | Judicial records of other states or countries; use as evidence; authentication. |
| | Section 600.2105 ‑ | Judicial records of foreign countries; proof by common law methods. |
| | Section 600.2106 ‑ | Court order, judgment, or decree of court of record; certified copy as evidence. |
| | Section 600.2110 ‑ | Recorded conveyances and instruments; record in county other than situs; certified copies. |
| | Section 600.2112 ‑ | Certificates of justices of the peace of other states as evidence. |
| | Section 600.2113 ‑ | Constitution, laws, and resolutions; official publication as evidence. |
| | Section 600.2114a ‑ | Issues of foreign law; notice; evidence; duties of court; review on appeal. |
| | Section 600.2116 ‑ | Laws, bylaws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances of city, village, or township as evidence. |
| | Section 600.2123 ‑ | Certified copies as evidence; records of board of control of Saint Mary's Falls ship canal. |
| | Section 600.2125 ‑ | Proof of publication; notice of application to court or judicial officer. |
| | Section 600.2129 ‑ | Proof of publication; copy of record of document; certification; court orders; seal. |
| | Section 600.2130 ‑ | Schedules, classifications, tariffs, and supplements filed with regulatory commissions; copies as evidence; presumption. |
| | Section 600.2136 ‑ | Library record, book, or paper; copy or reproduction admissible as evidence; fee; false certification; penalty. |
| | Section 600.2137 ‑ | Reproduction of court records; maintenance in archives; disposition or destruction of records; reproduction or copy admissible in evidence. |
| | Section 600.2138 ‑ | Filed or recorded documents; copy or replacement; certification; admissibility as evidence; transcript or certified copy; filing or inserting correction, alteration, indorsement, or entry. |
| | Section 600.2142 ‑ | Seal; prima facie proof of lawful execution of instruments by corporations, other firms. |
| | Section 600.2143 ‑ | Subscribing witness to instrument need not be called; exception. |
| | Section 600.2146 ‑ | Writing or record made in regular course of business; reproduction admissible in evidence; other circumstances; lack of entry; reproduction as evidence. |
| | Section 600.2147 ‑ | Business record prepared or entered in regular course of business; reproduction as evidence; delivery of copy to adverse party. |
| | Section 600.2148 ‑ | Reproduced records of business firms; disposal of original record; admissibility of reproduction in evidence; “person” defined. |
| | Section 600.2153 ‑ | Public officers; administration of oaths for certain purposes. |
| | Section 600.2154 ‑ | Witness; obligation to answer through revealing civil liability; self-incrimination. |
| | Section 600.2155 ‑ | Statement, writing, or action expressing sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or benevolence; admissibility in action for malpractice; "family" defined. |
| | Section 600.2156 ‑ | Minister, priest, or Christian Science practitioner; nondisclosure of confessions. |
| | Section 600.2157a ‑ | Definitions; consultation between victim and sexual assault or domestic violence counselor; admissibility. |
| | Section 600.2157b ‑ | Confidential communication to crime stoppers organization; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2159 ‑ | Parties as witnesses; depositions; comment on failure of criminal defendant to testify. |
| | Section 600.2163a ‑ | Definitions; prosecutions and proceedings to which section applicable; use of dolls or mannequins; support person; notice; videorecorded statement; special arrangements to protect welfare of witness; videorecorded deposition; section additional to other protections or procedures; violation as misdemeanor; penalty. |
| | Section 600.2164 ‑ | Expert witnesses; fees; contempt for excessive fees; number; application of section. |
| | Section 600.2164a ‑ | Expert witness; testimony at trial by video communication equipment; motion; payment of cost. |
| | Section 600.2165 ‑ | Disclosure of students' records or communications by school teacher or employee. |
| | Section 600.2166 ‑ | Admissibility of evidence in action by or against person incapable of testifying. |
| | Section 600.2167 ‑ | Preliminary examination or grand jury proceeding; receiving technician's report in evidence; furnishing copies to attorney; notice; adjournment; testimony by technician, forensic pathologist, or medical examiner; use of video or voice communication equipment. |
| | Section 600.2169 ‑ | Qualifications of expert witness in action alleging medical malpractice; determination; disqualification of expert witness; testimony on contingency fee basis as misdemeanor; limitations applicable to discovery. |
| 236‑1961‑21A ‑ | CHAPTER 21A UNIFORM UNSWORN FOREIGN DECLARATIONS ACT (600.2181...600.2190) |
| 236‑1961‑22. ‑ | CHAPTER 22. UNIFORM INTERSTATE DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY ACT (600.2201...600.2209) |
| | Section 600.2201 ‑ | Chapter to be known as "uniform interstate depositions and discovery act." |
| | Section 600.2203 ‑ | Foreign subpoena; submission to circuit court clerk; issuance; contents. |
| | Section 600.2206 ‑ | Protective order or order to enforce, quash, or modify subpoena; compliance with court rules; submission to circuit court. |
| 236‑1961‑23 ‑ | CHAPTER 23 AMENDMENTS (600.2301...600.2331) |
| | Section 600.2421 ‑ | Civil actions by or in name of people; liability for costs; warrant. |
| | 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. |
| | Section 600.2421d ‑ | Judicial review of final action in contested case; award of costs and fees; finding. |
| | Section 600.2421e ‑ | Annual report; payment of costs and fees; applicability of MCL 600.2421a to 600.2421d. |
| | Section 600.2425 ‑ | Costs; abatement of public nuisance; private citizen plaintiff; intervention by attorney general or prosecuting attorney. |
| | Section 600.2431 ‑ | Costs; foreclosure of mortgage by advertisement; attorney's fee. |
| | Section 600.2441 ‑ | Costs; costs additional in civil actions in supreme court and circuit court. |
| | Section 600.2445 ‑ | Costs on appeal to circuit court, court of appeals, or supreme court; damages for delay and vexation. |
| | Section 600.2451 ‑ | Taxation of costs in supreme court and court of appeals; notice. |
| | Section 600.2455 ‑ | Taxation of costs in circuit court, district court, and municipal courts of record; notice. |
| | Section 600.2507 ‑ | Documents; state officers; request for searches and obtaining certified copies; fees. |
| | Section 600.2510 ‑ | “Page” defined; compliance with format prescribed by state court administrative office. |
| | Section 600.2519 ‑ | Fees; violation; misdemeanor; civil liability; forfeiture of office. |
| | Section 600.2529 ‑ | Fees paid to clerk of circuit court; payment in full; payment of fees to county treasurer; deposit and use to fund certain services; waiving or suspending fees; affidavit of indigency or inability to pay; court order to pay all or part of fee to other party. |
| | Section 600.2530 ‑ | Deposit of fees in friend of the court fund; exception; appropriation by county board of commissioners; remitting sums collected to state; appropriation by legislature; remittance to law enforcement agency. |
| | Section 600.2534 ‑ | Publication of legal notice, order, citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter; rates. |
| | Section 600.2538 ‑ | Payments of support or maintenance collected by friend of the court or state disbursement unit; fee; notice; contempt for failure or refusal to pay fee; centralized receipt and disbursement of support; creation of attorney general's operations fund; “state disbursement unit” or “SDU” defined. |
| | Section 600.2543 ‑ | Circuit court reporters or recorders; fees for transcripts; fees as part of taxable costs. |
| | Section 600.2546 ‑ | Certified copies, exemplifications of records, pleadings, and proceedings; fee. |
| | Section 600.2552 ‑ | Witness fees; traveling expenses; attorneys as witnesses; incarcerated witness; inquests; per-mile rate of reimbursement. |
| | Section 600.2559 ‑ | Fees for service of process; fee for process with incorrect address; mileage; fee for advertising; liability; charging fee in excess of law; tax costs; "order for the seizure of property" defined. |
| | Section 600.2567 ‑ | Fees of register of deeds; imposition of fee by charter county; "page" defined. |
| | Section 600.2567a ‑ | Fee for recording instrument; amount and payment; additional to other fees; remittance and disposition of fees; limitation; applicability of section; “county plan” defined. |
| | Section 600.2576 ‑ | Counties over 1,000,000; proceedings relating to realty; fees; dispositions. |
| | Section 600.2591 ‑ | Frivolous civil action or defense to civil action; awarding costs and fees to prevailing party; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2607 ‑ | Stay pending appeal of judgment; amount of bond; limitation; rescission of limitation. |
| | Section 600.2615 ‑ | Bond not required of state or municipal corporation; process. |
| | Section 600.2631 ‑ | Cash or securities in lieu of bail or bond; deposit; receipts; discharge; interest; substitution. |
| | Section 600.2645 ‑ | Liability of officer if sureties insufficient; recovery of penalty by state or county. |
| 236‑1961‑27 ‑ | CHAPTER 27 NOTICE LIS PENDENS (600.2701...600.2735) |
| 236‑1961‑28. ‑ | CHAPTER 28. JUDGMENT LIENS (600.2801...600.2819) |
| | Section 600.2807 ‑ | Property owned as tenants by the entirety; priority; exceptions; sale or refinance of property subject to judgment lien; limitation on proceeds. |
| | Section 600.2809 ‑ | Judgment lien; expiration; rerecording; tolling or suspension of time period; judgment lien extinguished. |
| | Section 600.2813 ‑ | Failure of judgment creditor to record discharge of judgment lien; liability; filing of affidavit by judgment debtor. |
| | Section 600.2817 ‑ | Judgment lien; additional and separate from remedy or interest created by law or contract. |
| 236‑1961‑29 ‑ | CHAPTER 29 PROVISIONS CONCERNING SPECIFIC ACTIONS (600.2901...600.2977.added) |
| | Section 600.2901 ‑ | Actions abolished; alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction, and breach of contract to marry. |
| | Section 600.2907a ‑ | Violation of MCL 565.25; liability to owner of encumbered property; penalty. |
| | Section 600.2909 ‑ | Stockholders; individual liability for corporate debts; enforcement; labor debts. |
| | Section 600.2912 ‑ | Actions for malpractice; member of state licensed profession. |
| | Section 600.2912b ‑ | Action alleging medical malpractice; notice; mailing; notice period; statement; access to medical records; tacking successive notice periods; response; failure to receive response; health professional or facility not intending to settle. |
| | Section 600.2912c ‑ | Action alleging medical malpractice; filing affidavit certifying noninvolvement; dismissal of claim; reinstatement of party; discovery. |
| | Section 600.2912d ‑ | Action alleging medical malpractice; complaint to be accompanied by affidavit of merit; filing extension; failure to allow access to medical records. |
| | Section 600.2912e ‑ | Action alleging medical malpractice; filing answer to complaint; filing affidavit of meritorious defense; failure to allow access to medical records. |
| | Section 600.2912f ‑ | Waiver of privilege; permissible communication; disclosure not as violation of law. |
| | Section 600.2913 ‑ | Minor maliciously or wilfully destroying property or causing bodily harm or injury to person; recovery of damages from parents. |
| | Section 600.2914 ‑ | Discharge in bankruptcy; cancellation of judgment, procedure; notice to judgment creditor; judgments from other states; “judgment” defined; judgments under MCL 257.513. |
| | Section 600.2916 ‑ | Lethal gases for fumigation; liability; damages; means of ingress; locking; posting; permission to enter; notice; violation as felony; penalty. |
| | Section 600.2917 ‑ | Liability of library, merchant, agent, or independent contractor for conduct involving person suspected of larceny of goods or library materials, or of violating MCL 750.356c or MCL 750.356d; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2917a ‑ | Detention of individual believed by owner or lessee of theatrical facility to have violated MCL 750.465a. |
| | Section 600.2918 ‑ | Damages for forcible entry and detainer; damages for unlawful interference with possessory interest; action for possession; claim for injunctive relief; joinder; waiver; limitations. |
| | Section 600.2919a ‑ | Recovery of damages, costs, and attorney's fees by person damaged; remedy cumulative. |
| | Section 600.2920 ‑ | Unlawful taking or detention of goods or chattels; civil action to recover possession and damages; conditions; surrender or recovery of books or papers pertaining to office. |
| | Section 600.2921 ‑ | Survival of actions; death of injured person during pendency of action. |
| | Section 600.2922 ‑ | Death by wrongful act, neglect, or fault of another; liability; action by personal representative; limitation; notice; approval or rejection of proposed settlement; award and distribution of damages; presentation of claim for damages; advising attorney for personal representative of material facts; applicability of MCL 700.3924 to distribution of proceeds. |
| | Section 600.2922a ‑ | Wrongful or negligent act resulting in miscarriage, stillbirth, or physical injury; liability; exceptions; “physician or other licensed health professional” defined. |
| | Section 600.2922b ‑ | Use of deadly force or other than deadly force by individual in self-defense; immunity from civil liability. |
| | Section 600.2922c ‑ | Individual sued for using deadly force or force other than deadly force; award of attorney fees and costs; conditions. |
| | Section 600.2923 ‑ | Action on official or other bond; assignment of specific breaches; pendancy of suit; notice by surety; damages paid equal or less than liability of surety; execution; levy; judgments in excess of liability; unsatisfied executions. |
| | Section 600.2925a ‑ | Right of contribution where judgment not recovered; limitation on recovery; effect of settlement; defenses; intervention; subrogation; right of indemnity; breach of fiduciary obligation; liability of secretary of state. |
| | Section 600.2925c ‑ | Enforcement of contribution; absence of judgment as bar to contribution; discharge of other tort-feasors; judgment binding in determining right to contribution. |
| | Section 600.2925d ‑ | Effect of release, covenant not to sue, or covenant not to enforce judgment. |
| | Section 600.2926a ‑ | Cemetery receivers and conservators; appointments; term; accounting; compensation and expenses. |
| | Section 600.2927 ‑ | Mortgaged property; nonpayment of taxes or insurance as waste; appointment of receiver; conditions. |
| | Section 600.2928 ‑ | Land of infants and incompetents; disposition; discharge of incumbrance; effect of will or conveyance; proceeds of sale; dower; court orders; infant or incompetent as ward of court; proceedings; delivery of guardianship property. |
| | Section 600.2930 ‑ | Life estate; sale on order of court; bond; confirmation; effect of conveyance, will, or order of court; proceedings. |
| | Section 600.2931 ‑ | Barring dower of incompetent wife; action by husband; determination by court; disposition of proceeds; action by guardian; proceedings. |
| | Section 600.2932 ‑ | Quieting title; interest of plaintiff; action by mortgagee; establishment of title; tenancy in common; actions. |
| | Section 600.2933 ‑ | Dower; admeasurement procedure; award of money in lieu of dower; actions equitable in nature. |
| | Section 600.2934 ‑ | Quieting title; lands owned by corporation after expiration of term; complaint; stockholders and creditors of corporation as defendants; service; judgment; damages; costs; actions. |
| | Section 600.2936 ‑ | Probate in chancery of foreign will; proof by copy; legal representative's bill of peace. |
| | Section 600.2937 ‑ | Obstructions and encroachments on public highways, streets and alleys; circuit court; relief. |
| | Section 600.2938 ‑ | Obscene matter; injunction; adjudication; temporary or preliminary injunction; effect of injunction; distribution of obscene matter after summons and complaint; delegation of authority; criminal prosecution; proceedings. |
| | Section 600.2939 ‑ | Gaming; action by loser; oath of parties; prosecution according to common law; forfeiture; limitation; securities; lands enuring of benefit. |
| | Section 600.2940 ‑ | Nuisance; abatement; circuit court; injunction; private nuisance; damages; warrant to abate and remove nuisance; expense; actions. |
| | Section 600.2941 ‑ | Artesian or flowing well; certain condition deemed nuisance; abatement; damages; unreasonable or unnecessary waste; order or judgment; reopening. |
| | Section 600.2942 ‑ | Public securities validation; action to contest validity; counterclaim; third party complaint; continuances; amendment; notice to appear; service; publication of order to appear; parties; other actions; intervention; final judgment; appeal; upholding validity of securities; definitions; short title; proceedings. |
| | Section 600.2947 ‑ | Product liability action; liability of manufacturer or seller. |
| | Section 600.2950 ‑ | Personal protection order; restraining or enjoining spouse, former spouse, individual with child in common, individual in dating relationship, or person residing or having resided in same household from certain conduct; respondent required to carry concealed weapon; omitting address of residence from documents; issuance, contents, effectiveness, duration, and service of personal protection order; entering order into L.E.I.N.; notice; failure to comply with order; false statement to court; enforcement; minor; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2950a ‑ | Personal protection order restraining or enjoining individual from engaging in conduct prohibited under MCL 750.411h, 750.411i, or 750.411s; facts alleging stalking; conduct; respondent required to carry concealed weapon; omitting address of residence from documents; reasons for issuing or refusing to grant order; mutual order prohibited; effectiveness, issuance, contents, and duration of order; duties of court clerk; entering order into L.E.I.N.; service; notice to law enforcement agency; enforcement; refusal or failure to comply; false statement to court; purchase or possession of firearm; minor; issuance to prisoner prohibited; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2950c ‑ | Assistance with personal protection order; domestic violence victim advocate. |
| | Section 600.2950j ‑ | Foreign protection order; subject to full faith and credit and enforcement; child custody or support provision. |
| | Section 600.2950k ‑ | Foreign protection order; issuance against petitioner and respondent; conditions; “spouse or intimate partner” defined. |
| | Section 600.2951 ‑ | “Approved signaling device” and “pistol” defined; use of approved signaling device; strict liability for damages; exception. |
| | Section 600.2952 ‑ | Failure of maker to pay amount of dishonored check, draft, or order; liability; written demand for payment; delivery and text; effect of payment before trial; jurisdiction of action. |
| | Section 600.2953 ‑ | Retail fraud; liability; civil damages; demand for payment; text; noncompliance; effect of payment; jurisdiction; civil action against parent; formal police report; violation by merchant precluding recovery. |
| | Section 600.2954 ‑ | Maintaining civil action against individual engaging in prohibited conduct; “victim” defined. |
| | Section 600.2955a ‑ | Impaired ability to function due to influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substance as absolute defense; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2955b ‑ | Plaintiff's action for individual's bodily injury or death during commission of felony; dismissal with prejudice; stay of civil action until final disposition; period of limitations; applicability; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2957 ‑ | Determination and allocation of fault; action against nonparty; amendment of pleading; assessment of fault against nonparty. |
| | Section 600.2958 ‑ | Plaintiff's contributory fault not as bar to recovery of damages. |
| | Section 600.2961 ‑ | Definitions; determining when commission due; payment of commissions; liability; attorney fees and costs; jurisdiction; contract waiver void; applicability of section. |
| | Section 600.2962[1] ‑ | Definitions; unauthorized receipt of cable or satellite television service; action to enjoin; damages; actual damages not required; separate causes of action. |
| | Section 600.2962a ‑ | Definitions; injunction; damages; civil action; court actions; actual damages or convictions not prerequisite to action; additional penalties or remedies; separate causes of action. |
| | Section 600.2963 ‑ | Commencement of civil action or filing appeal in civil action by prisoner; payment of filing fees and costs; claim of indigency; failure to pay fees and costs. |
| | Section 600.2964 ‑ | Social security or credit card number on check as condition of acceptance; requirement prohibited; exceptions; prima facie evidence of identity; violation; penalty; “sale at retail” defined. |
| | Section 600.2965 ‑ | Recovery of damages by firefighter or police officer; preclusion abolished. |
| | Section 600.2966 ‑ | Injury to firefighter or police officer; governmental immunity. |
| | Section 600.2967 ‑ | Recovery of damages by firefighter or police officer; circumstances as proof; construction of section; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2968 ‑ | Improper gift or service to student athlete as interference; liability to institution of higher education; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2971 ‑ | Wrongful birth or wrongful life claims; prohibitions; exceptions. |
| | Section 600.2972 ‑ | Allegation of domestic violence; consideration of motion to seal court records; “domestic violence” defined. |
| | Section 600.2973 ‑ | Field crop produced for crop research or testing; intentional damage or destruction; damage award; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2974 ‑ | Limitation of civil liability for weight gain or obesity; requirements for cause of action; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2975 ‑ | Publishing instructions for manufacture or creation of methamphetamine; commencement of action; court order; relief; exception; definitions. |
| | Section 600.2976 ‑ | Seller or end user who stores, secures, uses, transports, or protects anhydrous ammonia; immunity from tort liability; applicability; definitions. |
| 236‑1961‑30 ‑ | CHAPTER 30 LIMITATION OF SUCCESSOR ASBESTOS-RELATED LIABILITY (600.3001...600.3001) |
| | Section 600.3001 ‑ | Cumulative successor asbestos-related liability of corporation; definitions; limitations; determination of fair market value of total gross assets; increase; adjustment; prospective application of provision; severability. |
| 236‑1961‑31 ‑ | CHAPTER 31 FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGES AND LAND CONTRACTS (600.3101...600.3185) |
| | Section 600.3101 ‑ | Jurisdiction of circuit court to foreclose mortgages of real estate and land contracts; exception. |
| | Section 600.3105 ‑ | Mortgage; land contract; foreclosure proceeding; unsatisfied execution on judgment at law; separate proceeding; consolidation. |
| | Section 600.3110 ‑ | Foreclosure of interest or installment; payment before judgment. |
| | Section 600.3120 ‑ | Foreclosure proceeding; judgment of sale; payment of principal, interest, and costs. |
| | Section 600.3125 ‑ | Sale of land on foreclosure; authorized persons; public sale; time; place; MCL 600.6091 applicable. |
| | Section 600.3135 ‑ | Proceeds of sale; application; disposition and investment of surplus. |
| | Section 600.3140 ‑ | Mortgage foreclosure sale; redemption; amount stated in recorded affidavit; portions of premises. |
| | Section 600.3145 ‑ | Redemption from sale; additional sums for taxes and insurance premiums. |
| | Section 600.3150 ‑ | Original judgment in foreclosure cases; determination of personal liability; execution for amount of deficiency; delivery of possession. |
| | Section 600.3165 ‑ | Sale of premises sufficient to satisfy amount due; judgment as security; default; sale of whole premises. |
| | Section 600.3170 ‑ | Trust mortgage property; authority of trustee to bid in at foreclosure for bondholders, effect of acquisition on rights of parties; management after acquisition; powers and duties of trustee; disposal; report; accounting; construction of section; supplementation by court rule. |
| | Section 600.3175 ‑ | Discharge of mortgage on real property, land contract or tax lien; action; evidence of payment; lapse of 15 years; judgment. |
| | Section 600.3185 ‑ | Mortgage foreclosure; defendant as service member or deployed in overseas service; actions by court; mortgage and land contract entered into before effective date of act; definitions. |
| 236‑1961‑32 ‑ | CHAPTER 32 FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGES BY ADVERTISEMENT (600.3201...600.3285) |
| | Section 600.3201 ‑ | Foreclosure by advertisement of mortgage containing power of sale; exception. |
| | Section 600.3204 ‑ | Foreclosure by advertisement; circumstances; installments as separate and independent mortgage; redemption; chain of title; commencement of proceedings prohibited; conditions; applicability of subsection (4); "federal acts" defined. |
| | Section 600.3205 ‑ | Designation of individual to service as contact; authorization to facilitate negotiation or attend meetings; definitions. |
| | Section 600.3205a ‑ | Notice from foreclosing party to borrower; contents; list of housing counselors; service; publication; failure of service; applicability of section and sections 3205b and 3205c. |
| | Section 600.3205b ‑ | Modification of mortgage loan; negotiations; contacting designated person or housing counselor; providing documents; scheduling meeting. |
| | Section 600.3205d ‑ | Housing counselors; list; prohibitions; violation of subsection (2) or (3) as misdemeanor; penalty; exception. |
| | Section 600.3232 ‑ | Deed of sale; endorsement; deposit with register; recording; entry upon redemption. |
| | Section 600.3240 ‑ | Redemption of premises; payment; redemption of senior lien; defenses; recordation; redemption periods; amount stated in recorded affidavit; county having population of more than 750,000 and less than 1,500,000; limitation on amount charged by register of deeds; use of property for agricultural purposes; presumption. |
| | Section 600.3241a ‑ | Abandonment of premises; residential property not exceeding 4 units; presumption. |
| | Section 600.3256 ‑ | Affidavits to perpetuate evidence of sale; endorsement or annexation to one instrument. |
| | Section 600.3278 ‑ | Physical injury to property; liability; damages; joinder with action for possession of premises. |
| | Section 600.3285 ‑ | Validity of foreclosure; violation of subsection (2); penalty; filing of action by attorney general; applicability of section to mortgage entered into before effective date of act; definitions. |
| 236‑1961‑33 ‑ | CHAPTER 33 PARTITION (600.3301...600.3372) |
| | Section 600.3301 ‑ | Partition of lands; jurisdiction of circuit court; actions equitable in nature. |
| | Section 600.3308 ‑ | Partition of lands; estate in possession; inapplicable to reversions or remainders. |
| | Section 600.3316 ‑ | Undivided interest in estate in possession or in expectancy deemed fee simple. |
| | Section 600.3320 ‑ | Guardian; authority to agree to division; report; infants; infant as married woman; delivery of guardianship property to probate court guardian; disharge of circuit court guardian. |
| | Section 600.3324 ‑ | Lands held in trust; parties; division among heirs or devisees. |
| | Section 600.3332 ‑ | Indivisible premises; division of part of premises; minimum price. |
| | Section 600.3340 ‑ | Sales under partition; settlement of value of inchoate, contingent, or vested rights. |
| | Section 600.3344 ‑ | Release of interest by married woman; payment from proceeds of sale; effect on rights. |
| | Section 600.3348 ‑ | Receiver; appointment; protection from waste, trespass, or injury. |
| | Section 600.3360 ‑ | Division of property among cestuis que trust in lieu of sale; authority from court. |
| | Section 600.3364 ‑ | Division of property among cestuis que trust in lieu of sale; procedure when all parties do not consent. |
| | Section 600.3368 ‑ | Division of property among cestuis que trust in lieu of sale; procedure when all parties consent. |
| | Section 600.3372 ‑ | Division of property among cestuis que trust in lieu of sale; consent of guardian of minor, insane, or incompetent person. |
| 236‑1961‑35 ‑ | CHAPTER 35 THE VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP OF CORPORATIONS (600.3501...600.3525) |
| | Section 600.3501 ‑ | Voluntary dissolution of corporations; actions equitable in nature; stockholders and creditors as parties defendant; hearing. |
| | Section 600.3505 ‑ | Voluntary dissolution of corporations; dissolution; receiver; temporary receiver. |
| | Section 600.3510 ‑ | Receiver; bond; powers; duties; administration of estate; common law assignments. |
| | Section 600.3515 ‑ | Sales, transfers, and levies subsequent to application for dissolution; validity. |
| | Section 600.3525 ‑ | Chapter inapplicable to library; lyceums; religious corporation; academy; select school; burying ground corporations. |
| 236‑1961‑36 ‑ | CHAPTER 36 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CORPORATIONS (600.3601...600.3645) |
| | Section 600.3601 ‑ | Restraint of unauthorized exercise of corporate rights, privileges, or franchises; injunction before answer; continuance. |
| | Section 600.3605 ‑ | Circuit courts; power; jurisdiction; plaintiffs; visitorial powers vested in corporate body or public officer. |
| | Section 600.3610 ‑ | Sequestration of corporate property; distribution of assets upon final judgment. |
| | Section 600.3620 ‑ | Creditor's bill against directors or stockholders; jurisdiction of circuit court; accounts; receivers; determination of liability; distribution of property. |
| | Section 600.3625 ‑ | Debt; enforcement of payment; stock subscriptions; determination of liability. |
| | Section 600.3630 ‑ | Discovery of corporate assets; answer by officer, agent, or stockholder; answers and examinations of witnesses; use of evidence. |
| | Section 600.3635 ‑ | Injunction against other proceedings by creditors; notice to creditors to exhibit claims; failure to exhibit claims and become parties. |
| | Section 600.3640 ‑ | Inapplicability of chapter; library; lyceum; religious corporation; academy; select school; burying ground corporation; insurance or fraternal benefit association. |
| 236‑1961‑38 ‑ | CHAPTER 38 PUBLIC NUISANCES (600.3801...600.3840) |
| | Section 600.3801 ‑ | Nuisance; injunction; abatement; guilt; "controlled substance" defined. |
| | Section 600.3810 ‑ | Owner; definition; authority of court; closing of premises; vehicles; parties-defendant. |
| | Section 600.3825 ‑ | Order of abatement; closing of building; removal of contents; sale; vehicles; personal property; use of closed building; contempt. |
| | Section 600.3830 ‑ | Removal and sale of property; fees; closing of building; loss of property exemptions; liability of officers. |
| | Section 600.3840 ‑ | Delivery of premises to owner; conditions; bond; abatement; liability of sureties; appeal; stay of order of abatement. |
| 236‑1961‑40 ‑ | CHAPTER 40 ATTACHMENT AND GARNISHMENT (600.4001...600.4065) |
| | Section 600.4001 ‑ | Attachment; ex parte application; service of writ; jurisdiction. |
| | Section 600.4011 ‑ | Garnishment; property or obligation applicable to satisfaction of claim; jurisdiction; state and governmental units as garnishees; ex parte application for writ of garnishment; service; conditions to commencement of garnishment proceeding; immunity of sheriff or other public officer; fee; conveyance of money or property. |
| | Section 600.4012 ‑ | Writ of garnishment as to periodic payments; duration; priority; liability of garnishee defendant; fee; “periodic payments” defined. |
| | Section 600.4015 ‑ | Actions as cause of discipline or discharge of principal defendant from employment; reinstatement; civil action. |
| | Section 600.4061 ‑ | Garnishment against state; employees designated to receive process; procedures. |
| 236‑1961‑43 ‑ | CHAPTER 43 HABEAS CORPUS (600.4301...600.4387) |
| | Section 600.4325 ‑ | Habeas corpus; person served; duty to bring body of prisoner. |
| | Section 600.4331 ‑ | Habeas corpus; refusal or neglect to obey; arrest; close custody; proceeding against sheriff; prisoner to be brought before court; power of county. |
| | Section 600.4343 ‑ | Arrest of person having custody of prisoner; execution of warrant. |
| | Section 600.4352 ‑ | Discharge of prisoner; enforcement of order; obedience by sheriff or other custodian. |
| | Section 600.4379 ‑ | Refusal to deliver copy of authority for detention of prisoner; time; civil liability. |
| | Section 600.4387 ‑ | Habeas corpus; liability of officer for disobedience to writ. |
| 236‑1961‑44 ‑ | CHAPTER 44 MANDAMUS (600.4401...600.4431) |
| | Section 600.4401 ‑ | Action for mandamus against state officer; commencement; rule for joinder of claims or consolidation of actions; rule for referral of action to circuit court. |
| 236‑1961‑45 ‑ | CHAPTER 45 QUO WARRANTO (600.4501...600.4545) |
| | Section 600.4505 ‑ | Usurpation of office; determination; judgment for relator; proceedings. |
| | Section 600.4531 ‑ | Judgment against corporation; restraint; receiver; accounting; distribution of assets; duty of attorney general. |
| | Section 600.4545 ‑ | Election fraud or error; circuit court; time for filing action; plaintiffs; defendant; procedure. |
| | Section 600.4702 ‑ | Property subject to seizure and forfeiture; encumbrances; substituted proceeds of crime. |
| | Section 600.4703 ‑ | Order of seizure; seizure without process; order authorizing filing of lien notice; return of property to victim; property in custody of seizing agency; powers of seizing agency; disposition of seized money. |
| | Section 600.4703a ‑ | Seizure of computer or computer information storage device; copy provided to court; retention as confidential record; “computer” and “computer storage device” defined. |
| | Section 600.4705 ‑ | Motion to return property or discharge lien; grounds; hearing; burden of proof; order; filing lien against vehicle and returning vehicle to owner; admissibility of testimony in criminal prosecution. |
| | Section 600.4706 ‑ | Return of personal property to owner; discharge of lien against real property or motor vehicle; time limitation. |
| | Section 600.4707 ‑ | Notice of seizure of property or filing of lien and intent to begin forfeiture and disposal proceedings; time limitation; filing claim; civil action for forfeiture; burden of proof. |
| | Section 600.4708 ‑ | Sale of property; disposition of proceeds or other things of value; priority; appointment, compensation, and authority of receiver. |
| 236‑1961‑48 ‑ | CHAPTER 48 COLLECTION OF PENALTIES, FINES, AND FORFEITED RECOGNIZANCES (600.4801...600.4851) |
| | Section 600.4803 ‑ | Penalty, fee, or costs; failure to pay as subject to late penalty; waiver; disposition of late penalty; “funding unit” defined. |
| | Section 600.4821 ‑ | Execution on forfeited recognizance; redemption of real estate. |
| | Section 600.4851 ‑ | County law library fund; maximum sums credited from library fund; payment upon order of circuit judge or presiding judge; annual report. |
| | Section 600.4903 ‑ | Mediation of action alleging medical malpractice; time for referring action to mediation; hearing by mediation panel. |
| | Section 600.4905 ‑ | Mediation panel; selection and qualifications of members; judge as member; grounds for disqualification as mediator. |
| | Section 600.4907 ‑ | Mediation clerk; designation; setting time and place for mediation hearing; notice; adjournments. |
| | Section 600.4911 ‑ | Submission of documents and brief or summary to mediation clerk; penalty for failure to submit materials. |
| | Section 600.4913 ‑ | Right of party to attend mediation hearing; personal appearance to demonstrate unusual conditions; testimony prohibited; rules of evidence inapplicable; factual information; limitation on oral presentation; requests and inquiries by panel; admissibility of statements, briefs, or summaries. |
| | Section 600.4915 ‑ | Evaluation by panel; notice; contents of evaluation; determination that action or defense is frivolous; posting cash or surety bond; payment of costs and attorney fees; separate awards; treating claims as single claim. |
| | Section 600.4917 ‑ | Filing written acceptance or rejection of evaluation; failure to file as acceptance; disclosure of acceptance or rejection; notice; rules applicable in mediations involving multiple parties. |
| | Section 600.4919 ‑ | Entry of judgment; action to proceed to trial upon rejection; placing copies of evaluation, acceptances, and rejections in sealed envelope; filing envelope with clerk of court; opening envelope; evaluation not exceeding jurisdictional limitation of district court. |
| | Section 600.4921 ‑ | Payment of actual costs; adjustment of verdict; scope of actual costs; condition prohibiting award of costs. |
| | Section 600.4923 ‑ | Delay of trial date scheduled in advance of date set for mediation hearing; applicability of section. |
| | Section 600.4951 ‑ | Mediation of civil action based on tort; exception; time for referring action to mediation; hearing. |
| | Section 600.4953 ‑ | Mediation panel; selection and qualifications of member; judge as member; grounds for disqualification as mediator. |
| | Section 600.4955 ‑ | Mediation clerk; designation; setting time and place for mediation hearing; notice; adjournments. |
| | Section 600.4959 ‑ | Submission of documents and brief or summary to mediation clerk; penalty for failure to submit materials. |
| | Section 600.4961 ‑ | Right of party to attend mediation hearing; personal appearance to demonstrate unusual conditions; testimony prohibited; rules of evidence inapplicable; factual information; limitation on oral presentation; requests and inquiries by panel; admissibility of statements, briefs, or summaries. |
| | Section 600.4963 ‑ | Evaluation by panel; notice; indicating award not unanimous; determination that action or defense is frivolous; posting cash or surety bond; payment of costs and attorney fees; separate awards; treating claims as single claim. |
| | Section 600.4965 ‑ | Filing written acceptance or rejection of evaluation; failure to file as rejection; disclosure of acceptance or rejection; notice; provisions applicable to mediations involving multiple parties. |
| | Section 600.4967 ‑ | Entry of judgment; action to proceed to trial upon rejection; placing copies of evaluation, acceptances, and rejections in sealed envelope; filing envelope with clerk of court; opening envelope; evaluation not exceeding jurisdictional limitation of district court. |
| | Section 600.4969 ‑ | Payment of actual costs; adjustment of verdict; scope of actual costs; condition prohibiting award of costs. |
| 236‑1961‑50 ‑ | CHAPTER 50 ARBITRATIONS (600.5001...600.5035) |
| | Section 600.5001 ‑ | Arbitration agreements; parties; award; enforcement; rescission; collective labor contracts excepted. |
| | Section 600.5025 ‑ | Arbitration agreements; circuit courts; enforcement; judgment on award. |
| | Section 600.5033 ‑ | Confirmation of arbitration award rendered in another state; judgment; modifying, correcting, or refusing to confirm award. |
| 236‑1961‑50A ‑ | CHAPTER 50A HEALTH CARE ARBITRATION (600.5040...600.5065) |
| 236‑1961‑50B. ‑ | CHAPTER 50B. DOMESTIC RELATIONS ARBITRATION (600.5070...600.5082) |
| | Section 600.5072 ‑ | Court order to participate in arbitration; conditions; domestic violence exclusion; waiver; child abuse or neglect exclusion. |
| | Section 600.5073 ‑ | Arbitrator; appointment; qualifications; immunity; list of qualified arbitrators. |
| | Section 600.5074 ‑ | Arbitrator; powers and duties; sworn statement listing party's place of employment, sources of income, and assets and liabilities; release. |
| | Section 600.5076 ‑ | Meeting with arbitrator; order to produce material information. |
| | Section 600.5079 ‑ | Enforcement of arbitration award or order; filing judgment, order, or motion to settle judgment with circuit court; sanctions. |
| | Section 600.5080 ‑ | Vacation or modification of award concerning child support, custody, or parenting time; standards and procedures regarding review of arbitration awards. |
| | Section 600.5081 ‑ | Vacation or modification of arbitration award; application; grounds; rehearing; other standards and procedures relating to review of arbitration awards. |
| 236‑1961‑52 ‑ | CHAPTER 52 ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS (600.5201...600.5265) |
| | Section 600.5201 ‑ | Common law assignments for the benefit of creditors; requirements for validity; bond of assignee; filing; approval; attachment or execution on assigned property; acknowledgment; inventory. |
| | Section 600.5241 ‑ | Circuit courts; jurisdiction; supervisory powers; specific powers; examination; assignor and others; assignee; orders; circuit court commissioner. |
| | Section 600.5245 ‑ | Assignee; accounts; reports; completion of duties; extension of time; notice. |
| | Section 600.5261 ‑ | Civil action for enforcement of trust; grounds; appointment of receiver or assignee; summary examination; powers, duties, and compensation of receiver. |
| 236‑1961‑53 ‑ | CHAPTER 53 RECEIVERSHIP FOR WAGE EARNERS (600.5301...600.5375) |
| | Section 600.5301 ‑ | Assignment of future wages; notice to creditor and employer; exception. |
| | Section 600.5365 ‑ | Statute of limitations tolled during pendency of proceedings. |
| 236‑1961‑54 ‑ | CHAPTER 54 ASSIGNMENT OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (600.5401...600.5445) |
| | Section 600.5451 ‑ | Bankruptcy; exemptions from property of estate; exception; exempt property sold, damaged, destroyed, or acquired for public use; amounts adjusted by state treasurer; definitions. |
| 236‑1961‑55 ‑ | CHAPTER 55 PRISONER LITIGATION REFORM (600.5501...600.5531) |
| | Section 600.5503 ‑ | Exhaustion of administrative remedies; dismissal; appointment of counsel; prohibition. |
| | Section 600.5507 ‑ | Claim of indigency; limitations; exceptions; disclosure of previous civil actions and appeals; conditions for dismissal. |
| | Section 600.5509 ‑ | Complaint; review by court; dismissal; reply; waiver; requirement; reasons for decision by court. |
| | Section 600.5511 ‑ | Action for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody; showing of physical injury; payment of damages to prisoner; satisfaction of outstanding restitution orders; notification to crime victims. |
| | Section 600.5513 ‑ | Revocation of prisoner's good time or disciplinary credit; conditions. |
| | Section 600.5515 ‑ | Participation of prisoner in pretrial or hearing proceedings. |
| | Section 600.5523 ‑ | Immediate termination of prospective relief; court findings; limitations. |
| | Section 600.5527 ‑ | Prospective relief; ruling on motion; automatic stay; postponement of stay for good cause; appeal. |
| | Section 600.5529 ‑ | Actions dismissed as frivolous; compilation, maintenance, and use of list. |
| 236‑1961‑56 ‑ | CHAPTER 56 PROCEEDINGS TO RECOVER THE POSSESSION OF LAND IN CERTAIN CASES (600.5601...600.5679) |
| 236‑1961‑57 ‑ | CHAPTER 57 SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF PREMISES (600.5701...600.5759) |
| | Section 600.5714 ‑ | Summary proceedings to recover possession of premises; holding over by tenant or occupant of public housing or by tenant of mobile home park. |
| | Section 600.5720 ‑ | Judgment for possession of premises for alleged termination of tenancy; grounds for not entering; retaliatory termination of tenancy; presumptions; burden. |
| | Section 600.5726 ‑ | Recovery of possession following forfeiture of executory contract for purchase of premises; accelerated indebtedness. |
| | Section 600.5728 ‑ | Prerequisites to recovery of possession under MCL 600.5726; contents of notice of forfeiture. |
| | Section 600.5732 ‑ | Powers of court having jurisdiction over summary proceedings. |
| | Section 600.5739 ‑ | Joinder of claims and counterclaims for money judgment; separate disposition of claim for possession; damages for labor expended by either landlord or tenant. |
| | Section 600.5741 ‑ | Entry and enforcement of judgment for possession; determination of amount due; award of costs. |
| | Section 600.5744 ‑ | Issuance of writ of restitution; conditions; foreclosure of equitable right of redemption. |
| | Section 600.5750 ‑ | Summary proceedings not exclusive of other remedies; merging or barring of claims; damages. |
| | Section 600.5757 ‑ | Fee for certain writs and for judgment debtor discovery subpoena. |
| | Section 600.5773 ‑ | Termination of tenancies in mobile home parks; jurisdiction; venue. |
| | Section 600.5775 ‑ | “Just cause” required for termination of tenancy; “just cause” defined; change of rental payments or terms or conditions of tenancy. |
| | Section 600.5777 ‑ | In-person conference with owner or operator of mobile home park. |
| | Section 600.5783 ‑ | Judgment for possession; right of tenant to sell mobile home on site; conditions. |
| 236‑1961‑58 ‑ | CHAPTER 58 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (600.5801...600.5869) |
| | Section 600.5801 ‑ | Limitation on actions; time periods; defendant claiming title under deed, court-ordered sale, tax deed, or will; other cases. |
| | Section 600.5805 ‑ | Injuries to persons or property; period of limitations; “dating relationship” defined. |
| | Section 600.5807 ‑ | Damages for breaches of contract; specific performance; fiduciary bonds; deeds; mortgages; surety bonds; appeal bonds; public obligations. |
| | Section 600.5809 ‑ | Action to enforce noncontractual money obligations; limitations. |
| | Section 600.5821 ‑ | Recovery of land; recovery of public ground; personal actions; maintenance, care, and treatment of persons in state institutions. |
| | Section 600.5825 ‑ | Effect of limits running in favor of some joint obligors but not all. |
| | Section 600.5829 ‑ | Accrual of claim; right of entry or recovery of possession of land. |
| | Section 600.5838 ‑ | Claim based on malpractice; accrual; commencement of action; burden of proof; limitations. |
| | Section 600.5838a ‑ | Claim based on medical malpractice; accrual; definitions; commencement of action; burden of proof; applicability of subsection (2); limitations. |
| | Section 600.5838b ‑ | Action for legal malpractice; commencement; limitation; definitions. |
| | Section 600.5839 ‑ | Period of limitations on actions against licensed architect, professional engineer, contractor, or licensed professional surveyor; definitions; applicability. |
| | Section 600.5841 ‑ | Accrual of claim; to person other than person bringing action. |
| | Section 600.5843 ‑ | Accrual of claim; regaining possession of land; subsequent loss; effect. |
| | Section 600.5851 ‑ | Disabilities 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 600.5852 ‑ | Death 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 600.5855 ‑ | Fraudulent concealment of claim or identity of person liable; discovery. |
| | Section 600.5861 ‑ | Cause of action accruing without state; limitation on commencement of action. |
| 236‑1961‑60 ‑ | CHAPTER 60 ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS (600.6001...600.6098) |
| | Section 600.6002 ‑ | Execution; indorsement; date; return; death or incapacity of officer serving execution; certificate; jurisdiction as to joint or joint and several obligors. |
| | Section 600.6003 ‑ | Execution on transcript of judgment by district, municipal, or common pleas court. |
| | Section 600.6023 ‑ | Property exempt from levy and sale under execution; lien excluded from exemption; homestead exemption; rents and profits. |
| | Section 600.6023a ‑ | Property held jointly by husband and wife; exemption under judgment entered against 1 spouse. |
| | Section 600.6024 ‑ | Exemptions from sale on execution; taxation; exception; purchase money mortgage sale; effect of sale of property. |
| | Section 600.6026 ‑ | Selection from inventory; selection of homestead; survey; sale of property levied upon; deed. |
| | Section 600.6037 ‑ | Execution; corporate shares; seizure by officer; furnishing certificates of shares held by defendant; writ; record of transfer; restraint on transfer; dividends after levy. |
| | Section 600.6038 ‑ | Execution; franchise of corporation authorized to receive toll; notice; adjournment; person deemed highest bidder; rights of purchaser; transfer; injury to franchise; recovery of penalties; powers, duties, and liabilities; redemption. |
| | Section 600.6045 ‑ | Execution; refusal of highest bidder to take property; effect. |
| | Section 600.6051 ‑ | Execution against real estate; effect; notice; invalid after 5 years. |
| | Section 600.6054 ‑ | Execution; irregular sale; taking down or defacement of notice; liability; irregularities not to invalidate. |
| | Section 600.6055 ‑ | Execution; certificates, contents; filing; disposition; recording; use as evidence. |
| | Section 600.6056 ‑ | Separate exposure of lots, tracts, or parcels for sale; sale of undivided interest. |
| | Section 600.6057 ‑ | Execution; leasehold interest; rights of purchaser; conveyance; deposit; recording; filing notice of levy; effect; payment of rent. |
| | Section 600.6060 ‑ | Execution; not made on equity of redemption on certain judgment; endorsement on execution; direction to officer. |
| | Section 600.6062 ‑ | Redemption of real estate; time; persons entitled to make; effect on sale and certificate; amount stated in recorded affidavit. |
| | Section 600.6063 ‑ | Acquisition by creditor of interest vested in original purchaser by sale; terms. |
| | Section 600.6064 ‑ | Acquisition by creditor of interest vested in original purchaser by sale; purchase by other creditors; acquisition by original purchaser, execution plaintiff, or mortgagee. |
| | Section 600.6065 ‑ | Acquisition of interest of original purchaser; evidence of right of creditor to purchase. |
| | Section 600.6066 ‑ | Acquisition of interest of original purchaser; transfer of title; automation fund. |
| | Section 600.6068 ‑ | Vesting of title; action for injury to realty by grantee in deed; action for waste, injury, or removal of realty or fixtures for benefit of person acquiring rights. |
| | Section 600.6069 ‑ | Conveyance of premises; time; effect; executor, administrator, or person equitably entitled; real estate held in trust. |
| | Section 600.6071 ‑ | Contribution among several judgment debtors; order of contribution; enforcement; lien of original judgment; affidavit; recording. |
| | Section 600.6072 ‑ | Eviction of purchaser; recovery of purchase price; further execution for benefit of purchaser; validity of original judgment. |
| | Section 600.6085 ‑ | Removal or concealment of property to avoid execution; misdemeanor. |
| | Section 600.6086 ‑ | Transfer of property by judgment debtor after commitment; validity. |
| | Section 600.6091 ‑ | Sale of real estate pursuant to judgment; notice; procedure; fees. |
| | Section 600.6092 ‑ | Judgment against absent, concealed, or nonresident defendant; sequestration of realty or personalty; delivery of possession of property; satisfaction out of estate and effects sequestered. |
| | Section 600.6093 ‑ | Recovery of judgment against township, village, city, or county. |
| | Section 600.6097 ‑ | Judgment against municipality; issuance of certificates of indebtedness or bonds to pay judgment; amount; interest; sale; duration; bonds not subject to MCL 117.5; “municipality” defined. |
| | Section 600.6098 ‑ | Review of verdict in action alleging medical malpractice or personal injury action; duties of judge; reinstatement of original verdict; affirming orders and judgments granting additur or remittitur. |
| 236‑1961‑61 ‑ | CHAPTER 61 PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTARY TO JUDGMENT (600.6101...600.6143) |
| | Section 600.6107 ‑ | Installment payments from income; reasonable value of services to relative; earning ability; modification of order; moneys awarded in matrimonial action; statute of limitations. |
| | Section 600.6110 ‑ | Subpoena requiring appearance of judgment debtor or person having money or property of judgment debtor; affidavit; examination; adjournment; immunity. |
| | Section 600.6113 ‑ | Special proceedings; hearings; attendance, mileage, and expenses of judgment debtor. |
| | Section 600.6119 ‑ | Transfer of property by third party; prohibition; violation; contempt; liability; transfer of property apparently belonging to others; duration of restraint. |
| | Section 600.6122 ‑ | Transfer of property by third party; rights of judgment creditor; negotiable instruments. |
| | Section 600.6128 ‑ | Trying title to debt or property; third party claimant; jury. |
| | Section 600.6131 ‑ | Prima facie case; burden of proof; proceedings before sale on execution; transfer of property within 1 year prior to commencement of action. |
| 236‑1961‑62 ‑ | CHAPTER 62 INSTALLMENT JUDGMENTS (600.6201...600.6251) |
| | Section 600.6201 ‑ | Order permitting payment of judgment in installments; showing. |
| | Section 600.6205 ‑ | Payment of judgment in installments; notice; petition; affidavit; garnishment. |
| | Section 600.6211 ‑ | Judgment; payment by installments; service of notice; hearing; garnishment. |
| | Section 600.6225 ‑ | Force and effect of agreement for payment of judgment in installments. |
| | Section 600.6231 ‑ | Garnishment without order prohibited and void; notice of order. |
| | Section 600.6245 ‑ | Judgment; payment by installments; collection of judgment; other methods. |
| | Section 600.6251 ‑ | Judgment; payment by installments; record; affidavit for transcript; contents. |
| | Section 600.6303 ‑ | Payment of plaintiff's expense or loss by collateral source; notice to contractual lien holder; failure to exercise right of subrogation; contracts to which subsection (3) applicable; “collateral source” defined; benefits from collateral source as payable or receivable. |
| | Section 600.6304 ‑ | Personal injury action involving fault of more than 1 party to action; instructing jury to answer special interrogatories; findings of court; determining percentages of fault; determining award of damages; release from liability; amount of damages; reducing award of damages; reallocation of uncollectible amount; liability of governmental agency; “fault” defined. |
| | Section 600.6305 ‑ | Verdict or judgment; specific findings; basis of calculation of future damages. |
| | Section 600.6306 ‑ | Entering order of judgment; order; judgment amounts; "gross present cash value" defined; reduced judgment amount. |
| | Section 600.6306a ‑ | Verdict in favor of plaintiff in medical malpractice action; order of judgment; amounts; percentage of fault; reduced judgment amount; joint and severable liability; "gross present cash value" defined. |
| | Section 600.6309 ‑ | Plan for structured payment of future damages; determination as to future collectibility of annuity contract or qualified assignment; owner of annuity contract; making qualified assignment; effect of qualified assignment; recipients of structured payments guaranteed by annuity contract. |
| | Section 600.6311 ‑ | Certain provisions inapplicable to plaintiff 60 years of age or older. |
| 236‑1961‑64 ‑ | CHAPTER 64 COURT OF CLAIMS (600.6401...600.6475) |
| | Section 600.6404 ‑ | Court of claims; creation; jurisdiction; disability, absence, or death of judge. |
| | Section 600.6407 ‑ | Sessions; number; location; notice; court officer; space and equipment. |
| | Section 600.6410 ‑ | Court of claims; appointment or removal of clerk; copies of records, proceedings, and testimony; fees of clerk, reporter, or recorder; no charge to state; service of process. |
| | Section 600.6413 ‑ | Costs of implementing jurisdictional duties in circuit court; reimbursement of Ingham county; quarterly submission of itemized costs; reasonableness of costs; payment; transfer of employees of court of claims to circuit court for thirtieth judicial circuit; preservation of rights and benefits; retirement benefits. |
| | Section 600.6416 ‑ | Court of claims; representation of state by attorney general or assistants. |
| | Section 600.6419 ‑ | Court of claims; exclusive jurisdiction; exceptions; claims less than $1,000.00; claims and demands ex contractu and ex delicto; counterclaims; res adjudicata; setoff, recoupment, or cross declaration; writs of execution or garnishment; no jurisdiction of claim for compensation under MCL 418.101 et seq. and MCL 419.101 et seq.; jurisdiction of circuit court over certain actions and proceedings. |
| | Section 600.6419a ‑ | Court of claims; concurrent jurisdiction of demand for equitable relief and declaratory judgment. |
| | Section 600.6420 ‑ | Delegation of authority for claim by state employee of $500.00 or less; certification of loss or damage. |
| | Section 600.6431 ‑ | Court of claims; notice of intention to file claim; contents; time; verification; copies. |
| | Section 600.6440 ‑ | Court of claims; remedy in federal court as bar to jurisdiction. |
| | Section 600.6446 ‑ | Appeals to court of appeals; procedure; notice of entry of final order or judgment; time for appeal as of right. |
| | Section 600.6452 ‑ | Court of claims; filing of claim; time; limitation of actions; right of attorney general to petition for administration of estate or appoint guardian of minor or disabled. |
| | Section 600.6455 ‑ | Interest rate on judgments; effect of settlement offer; rejection of offer. |
| | Section 600.6461 ‑ | Court of claims; clerk's report to legislature; state treasurer and budget director. |
| | Section 600.6467 ‑ | Court of claims; state agencies to furnish information upon request. |
| | Section 600.6475 ‑ | Court of claims; actions involving negligent operation of motor vehicles or aircraft; defense of governmental function. |
| 236‑1961‑65 ‑ | CHAPTER 65 COURTS OF LIMITED JURISDICTION (600.6501...600.6537) |
| | Section 600.6501 ‑ | Chapter applicable to district court, municipal court, and common pleas court of Detroit; exception. |
| | Section 600.6502 ‑ | Matters governed by statutes and supreme court rules; exception; references to justice courts or justices of the peace. |
| | Section 600.6511 ‑ | Jurisdiction in civil actions at law against school districts. |
| 236‑1961‑66 ‑ | CHAPTER 66 JURISDICTION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (600.6601...600.6661) |
| 236‑1961‑67 ‑ | CHAPTER 67 COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS AND SERVICE OF PROCESS IN JUSTICE COURT (600.6701...600.6755) |
| 236‑1961‑68 ‑ | CHAPTER 68 ADJOURNMENTS AND THE TRANSFER OF CAUSES IN JUSTICE COURT (600.6801...600.6841) |
| 236‑1961‑69 ‑ | CHAPTER 69 PLEADINGS IN JUSTICE COURT (600.6901...600.6953) |
| 236‑1961‑70 ‑ | CHAPTER 70 TRIALS IN JUSTICE COURT (600.7001...600.7061) |
| 236‑1961‑71 ‑ | CHAPTER 71 JUDGMENTS IN JUSTICE COURT (600.7101...600.7137) |
| 236‑1961‑72 ‑ | CHAPTER 72 EXECUTIONS IN JUSTICE COURT (600.7201...600.7271) |
| 236‑1961‑73 ‑ | CHAPTER 73 REPLEVIN IN JUSTICE COURT (600.7301...600.7379) |
| 236‑1961‑74 ‑ | CHAPTER 74 ATTACHMENT IN JUSTICE COURT (600.7401...600.7447) |
| 236‑1961‑75 ‑ | CHAPTER 75 GARNISHMENT IN JUSTICE COURT (600.7501...600.7585) |
| 236‑1961‑76 ‑ | CHAPTER 76 FEES OF JUSTICES, JURORS, CONSTABLES AND WITNESSES (600.7601...600.7651) |
| 236‑1961‑77 ‑ | CHAPTER 77 APPEALS FROM JUSTICE COURT (600.7701...600.7741) |
| 236‑1961‑78 ‑ | CHAPTER 78 CONTEMPTS IN JUSTICE COURT (600.7801...600.7831) |
| 236‑1961‑79 ‑ | CHAPTER 79 GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO JUSTICE COURTS (600.7901...600.7975) |
| 236‑1961‑80 ‑ | CHAPTER 80 THE BUSINESS COURT (600.8001...600.8047) |
| | Section 600.8033 ‑ | Business court; operation; plan; administrative order; purpose. |
| | Section 600.8039 ‑ | Commencement of action; electronic filing; standards; availability of written opinions; practice and procedure. |
| 236‑1961‑81 ‑ | CHAPTER 81 DISTRICT COURT: ESTABLISHMENT; DISTRICTS (600.8101...600.8181) |
| | Section 600.8101 ‑ | District court; establishment; court of record; judicial districts; city located in more than one district. |
| | Section 600.8104 ‑ | “District funding unit” or “district control unit” defined; responsibilities; agreement to share expenses; supplying law books and legal reference resources. |
| | Section 600.8112 ‑ | Second district; Lenawee and Hillsdale counties; creation of second-a district and second-b district. |
| | Section 600.8120 ‑ | Fourteenth, fourteenth-a, fourteenth-b, and fifteenth districts. |
| | Section 600.8125 ‑ | Fifty-fourth-a district, fifty-fourth-b district, and fifty-fifth district. |
| | Section 600.8126 ‑ | Fifty-sixth district; creation of fifty-sixth-a district and fifty-sixth-b district. |
| | Section 600.8134 ‑ | Sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth districts; resolution designating county seat as place where court for sixty-seventh district sits in central court facility. |
| | Section 600.8151 ‑ | Eighty-sixth district; Grand Traverse, Antrim, and Leelanau counties. |
| | Section 600.8152 ‑ | Eighty-seventh-A district; eighty-seventh-B district; eighty-seventh-C district; Otsego, Kalkaska, and Crawford counties. |
| | Section 600.8175 ‑ | Additional district judgeships; creation; approval by district control unit; resolution; filing; valid approval of judgeship; notice to elections division; state's obligation; election; first term. |
| | Section 600.8176 ‑ | Creation of new district and judgeship; conditions; notification of elections division; resolution; exercise of option; obligation of state; election and term of judgeship; approval of district control unit not required. |
| | Section 600.8177 ‑ | Consolidation of district of third class with district of second class; procedure. |
| | Section 600.8178 ‑ | Failure to adopt resolution approving consolidation; submission of question to vote of electors; procedure. |
| | Section 600.8180 ‑ | Consolidation of twelfth and thirteenth districts; expenses and capital improvements; judges' salaries; costs of state requirements; filing copies of resolutions and agreements; notification of elections division; transfer of employees; rights and benefits of employees. |
| 236‑1961‑82 ‑ | CHAPTER 82 DISTRICT JUDGES (600.8201...600.8288) |
| | Section 600.8202 ‑ | District judge; annual salary; additional salary; compensation and expenses; increase or decrease in salary; Michigan judges retirement system; evening and Saturday sessions. |
| | Section 600.8271 ‑ | Operation of district court; appropriation; employer; authority; collective bargaining; appointment, supervision, discipline, or dismissal of employees; transfer of employees; effect of existing collective bargaining agreement; control of employees; applicability of subsections (2) to (11) to employees in thirty-sixth district; employees of abolished courts; chief judge as principal administrator; “locally-funded employees of the district court” defined. |
| | Section 600.8273 ‑ | Employee of former judicial council serving in thirty-sixth district court as employee of Detroit judicial council or city of Detroit. |
| | Section 600.8274 ‑ | Detroit judicial council; creation; employees of former state judicial council in thirty-sixth district court; employer; authority; collective bargaining; appointment, supervision, discipline, or dismissal of employees; chief judge as principal administrator; transfer of employees; effect of existing collective bargaining agreement; annual leave; state employees' retirement system. |
| | Section 600.8275 ‑ | Employee of state judicial council serving in thirty-sixth district court; member of state employees' retirement system; submission of reports and contributions. |
| 236‑1961‑83 ‑ | CHAPTER 83 DISTRICT COURT: JURISDICTION; POWERS (600.8301...600.8396) |
| | Section 600.8301 ‑ | Exclusive jurisdiction in civil actions; jurisdiction over civil infraction actions. |
| | Section 600.8302 ‑ | Equitable jurisdiction and authority; injunctive order; order rescinding or reforming contract; equitable claims; judgment or order; jurisdiction and authority of district and circuit courts. |
| | Section 600.8306 ‑ | Power with respect to attachment and garnishment; conditions upon which relief available; compliance with rules; garnishment proceedings as auxiliary actions; fees. |
| | Section 600.8307 ‑ | Actions as cause of discipline or discharge of principal defendant from employment; reinstatement; civil action. |
| | Section 600.8308 ‑ | Unlawful taking or detention of goods or chattels; civil action to recover possession; power of district court, municipal court, and common pleas court; conditions; delivery before judgment. |
| | Section 600.8316 ‑ | Marriages; authority to perform; fee; indigent parties; waiver. |
| | Section 600.8320 ‑ | Definitions; multiple district plans; assignment as district judge. |
| | Section 600.8322 ‑ | Bailiff of common pleas court as bailiff of thirty-sixth district court; court officer; rotation of process; surety bond; powers; bearing of arms; term; vacancy; peace officer; record of financial transactions; audit; compensation; contributions to retirement system in which bailiff member; payments to Wayne county retirement system; review of retirement fund; copies of actuarial reports. |
| | Section 600.8342 ‑ | Appeals from district court; appeals to court of appeals from circuit court or recorder's court; appeals based on pleas of guilty or nolo contendere. |
| | Section 600.8344 ‑ | Disposal of documents, records, recordings, and notes; schedule; destruction of notes, tapes, and recordings; register of actions as official record; applicability of section. |
| | Section 600.8351 ‑ | Jurors; selection; compensation; failure to respond to jury duty. |
| | Section 600.8371 ‑ | Filing fees paid to clerk of district court; disposition; waiver or suspension; exception; filing fee for civil action; fee in trial by jury; motion filing fees. |
| | Section 600.8379 ‑ | Fines and costs assessed in district court; payment; disposition; definitions. |
| | Section 600.8381 ‑ | Fines and costs; conviction; civil infraction determination, guilty plea, or civil infraction admission; disposition; court filing fee report; definitions. |
| | Section 600.8391 ‑ | Traffic bureau; establishment; administration; purpose; authority over personnel; location and number of offices; appeals. |
| | Section 600.8395 ‑ | Parking violations bureau; establishment; purpose; operating expense; operation by downtown development authority; definition. |
| 236‑1961‑84 ‑ | CHAPTER 84 SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION (600.8401...600.8427) |
| | Section 600.8402 ‑ | Commencement of action; filing, form, and contents of affidavit; notice; name of plaintiff; removal; waiver. |
| | Section 600.8404 ‑ | Service of affidavit and notice on defendant; form and contents of notice; evening and Saturday court hours. |
| | Section 600.8406 ‑ | Appearances; copy of affidavit and notice of hearing; application for new notice; jurisdiction to render judgment; continuance. |
| | Section 600.8408 ‑ | Parties; representation; request for trial before district court judge; removal; waiver. |
| | Section 600.8409 ‑ | Attachment or garnishment prohibited; execution; judgment, enforcement; instruction sheets. |
| | Section 600.8410 ‑ | Settlement; payment of judgment; execution, attachment, or garnishment; warning; examination of assets; payment of judgment in full; copy of judgment. |
| | Section 600.8410a ‑ | Writ of garnishment as to periodic payments issued by small claims division of district court; duration. |
| | Section 600.8411 ‑ | Removal; waiver; hearings; manner of conducting; no jury or verbatim record. |
| | Section 600.8416 ‑ | Location of small claims division; filing of claims after regular court hours; scheduling of small claims hearings; hearings after regular court hours. |
| | Section 600.8423 ‑ | Separate action by defendant; transmittal fee; transfer of cause. |
| | Section 600.8424 ‑ | Actions for fraud, libel, slander, assault, battery, or other intentional torts; governmental agency as party. |
| | Section 600.8425 ‑ | Limitation on claim or recovery; amendment increasing amount claimed. |
| | Section 600.8427 ‑ | Conduct of small claims hearing by district court judge or magistrate; appeal. |
| 236‑1961‑85 ‑ | CHAPTER 85 MAGISTRATES (600.8501...600.8555) |
| | Section 600.8501 ‑ | District court magistrates; number; appointment; approval; qualifications; thirty-sixth district. |
| | Section 600.8503 ‑ | District court of first or second class; clerk or deputy clerk as magistrate. |
| | Section 600.8507 ‑ | Magistrates; qualifications; term; oath; bond; temporarily absent or incapacitated magistrate; ordering temporary service of magistrate of another county; reimbursement; service of magistrate in another county; service of magistrate pursuant to multiple district plan. |
| | Section 600.8512 ‑ | Civil infractions; authority of district court magistrate; special training course; limitation on authority. |
| | Section 600.8514 ‑ | Administration of oaths; examination of witnesses; findings of fact and conclusions of law; recommending judgment; functions of magistrate. |
| | Section 600.8541 ‑ | Superintending control of district judge; limitation; functions and duties of district judge in chambers. |
| | Section 600.8551 ‑ | Magistrates to sit at county seat, city, or other determined location. |
| 236‑1961‑86 ‑ | CHAPTER 86 RECORDERS AND STENOGRAPHERS (600.8601...600.8635) |
| | Section 600.8601 ‑ | Certified recorder or reporter; number; functions and duties. |
| | Section 600.8602 ‑ | Appointment of recorder or reporter; appointment of additional recorders or reporters; functions and duties. |
| | Section 600.8621 ‑ | Court recorders and reporters; salaries; payment; contributions; recording devices. |
| | Section 600.8635 ‑ | Reduction of record to writing; costs; transcript of trial or other proceeding ordered other than for filing. |
| 236‑1961‑87 ‑ | CHAPTER 87 MUNICIPAL CIVIL INFRACTIONS (600.8701...600.8735) |
| | Section 600.8703 ‑ | Municipal civil infraction; commencement; political subdivision as plaintiff; jurisdiction of courts; time and place of appearance. |
| | Section 600.8705 ‑ | Citation; numbering; form; contents; modification; treatment as under oath. |
| | Section 600.8707 ‑ | Citation; preparation; issuance; service; municipal ordinance violation notice. |
| | Section 600.8711 ‑ | Citation; admission; denial of responsibility; filing of sworn complaint; failure to appear; warrant for arrest. |
| | Section 600.8715 ‑ | Citation; appearance; response to allegations; acceptance of admission; sanctions; admission of responsibility with explanation; effect; denial of responsibility; hearing. |
| | Section 600.8727 ‑ | Municipal civil infraction; civil fine, costs, justice system assessments, damages, and expenses. |
| | Section 600.8729 ‑ | Payment of fine, costs, assessment, damages, or expenses; default as civil contempt. |
| | Section 600.8731 ‑ | Violation involving land, building, or other structure; nonpayment of civil fine, costs, or installment; lien. |
| | Section 600.8733 ‑ | Trailway municipal civil infraction; seizure and impoundment of vehicle; lien; bond; payments; forfeiture and application of bond; enforcement of lien by foreclosure sale; notice; distribution of proceeds. |
| 236‑1961‑88 ‑ | CHAPTER 88 STATE CIVIL INFRACTIONS (600.8801...600.8835) |
| | Section 600.8803 ‑ | State civil infraction; commencement of action; state as plaintiff; jurisdiction; time; place; venue; rights of minor. |
| | Section 600.8805 ‑ | Citation; numbering; parts; modification; complaint treated as under oath. |
| | Section 600.8808 ‑ | Citation issued to nonresident of state; leaving deposit with officer or court; failure to appear; default judgment. |
| | Section 600.8813 ‑ | Citation; materially false statement knowingly made by officer; felony; penalty. |
| | 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. |
| | Section 600.8829 ‑ | Default in payment of fines, costs, assessment, or installment. |
| 236‑1961‑91 ‑ | CHAPTER 91 STATE JUDICIAL COUNCIL (600.9101...600.9109) |
| | Section 600.9108 ‑ | State judicial council; pay raises and benefit plan changes prohibited. |
| 236‑1961‑99 ‑ | CHAPTER 99 REPEALS, SAVINGS CLAUSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE (600.9901...600.9948) |
| | Section 600.9905 ‑ | Savings clause; special cases and proceedings; law applicable. |
| | Section 600.9906 ‑ | Special nonsevering clause as to court fees and retirement funds. |
| | Section 600.9922 ‑ | Transfer of duties and powers to district court; circuit court referees. |
| | Section 600.9924 ‑ | Transfer of files, records, funds, and pending cases of abolished courts to district court; powers and jurisdiction of district court; orders and judgments appealable; exceptions; effect of reconstituting district court districts into single district. |
| | Section 600.9924a ‑ | Destruction of documents or records; exceptions; right to move for order setting aside conviction. |
| | Section 600.9928 ‑ | Municipal courts; third class district; retention in certain cities. |
| | Section 600.9930 ‑ | Municipal courts; abolition; function of district court; judges; transfer of cases; employees; municipal judge as district judge; retention of municipal court; resolutions; filing. |
| | Section 600.9931 ‑ | Detroit recorder's court; abolishment; merger; incumbent judges; transfer of files, records, and pending cases; jurisdiction; appropriation by Wayne county; appointment, supervision, discipline, or dismissal of employees; personal property of court; reimbursement. |
| | Section 600.9932 ‑ | Judge of municipal court of record; chief judge; recorder; salary; additional salary; increase; cost-of-living allowance or other cash. |
| | Section 600.9934 ‑ | Commencement of district court function in forty-fifth-a and forty-fifth-b districts; abolition of municipal courts; judges of forty-fifth-a and forty-fifth-b districts; terms; affidavit of candidacy; designation of judge on ballot. |
| | Section 600.9935 ‑ | Twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-seventh districts; commencement of district courts and abolition of municipal courts; municipal or associate municipal judges as judges of district courts; election to district court; affidavit of candidacy; designation on ballot; terms of district judges; certain elections canceled or rendered null and void. |
| | Section 600.9936 ‑ | Fortieth district and fourth division of fifty-second district; commencement of district courts and abolition of municipal courts; municipal or associate municipal judges as judges of district court; election to district court; affidavit of candidacy; designation on ballot; terms of district judges. |
| | Section 600.9937 ‑ | Twenty-sixth, twenty-eighth, thirtieth, thirty-first, thirty-second-a, and sixty-second-b districts; commencement of district courts and abolition of municipal courts; municipal judge as district court judge; reduction of district judges by 1; election to district court; affidavit of candidacy; designation on ballot; election and terms of district judges. |
| | Section 600.9938 ‑ | Twenty-third and fifty-ninth districts; commencement of district courts and abolition of municipal courts; municipal judges as district court judges; election to district court; affidavit of candidacy; designation on ballot; terms of district judges; election and term of district judge in fifty-ninth district. |
| | Section 600.9938a ‑ | Thirty-eighth district; function and establishment of district court. |
| | Section 600.9939 ‑ | Causes of action transferred to district court valid and subsisting; orders and judgments appealable; rights and privileges applicable to employees of abolished municipal courts. |
| | Section 600.9940 ‑ | District court; commencement in thirty-second-b district; abolition of municipal courts; expiration of terms of incumbent municipal judges; election and term of district court judge; causes of action, orders, and judgments; rights and privileges of employees of abolished municipal courts; resolution approving establishment of district court and district judgeship; adoption and filing; notice to state court administrator; second district court judgeship; effect of approval; expenses and capital improvements; obligation of state. |
| | Section 600.9941 ‑ | District court in thirty-sixth district; commencement; abolition of common pleas court and traffic and ordinance division of recorder's court; election of district judges; incumbent judge of common pleas court as judge of district court; affidavit of candidacy; elections to fill new district judgeships; terms. |
| | Section 600.9943 ‑ | District court in thirty-sixth district; administrative duties and powers; facilities. |
| | Section 600.9945 ‑ | District court in thirty-sixth district; definitions; ownership and use of personal property; reimbursement of state for property removed and for compensation of employees; payments to state in quarterly installments; appropriation of funds for operating and maintaining court; cost of new facilities; revenue generated by parking violation bureau; audits; applicability of subsections (1) and (3) through (9). |
| | Section 600.9947 ‑ | Appropriation of funds; purpose; applicability of section; trial court operational expenses; monitor of ratio of court operational expenses to court revenues; report; offset to funds to which county or district funding unit entitled under subsection (1); “court revenues” defined; receipt of funds by county or political subdivision. |
