HOUSE BILL No. 4489

 

March 20, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Proos and Meadows and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban and Regional Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending section 874 (MCL 600.874).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 874. (1) The For performing a marriage ceremony, the

 

probate court shall charge and the county clerk of the county where

 

the marriage is performed shall collect the following fees:

 

     (a) For performing a marriage ceremony, $10.00 or a fee that

 

shall not exceed $40.00 as determined by the county board of

 

commissioners in the county where the marriage ceremony is

 

performed.

 

     (2) The probate court shall charge and collect the following

 

fees:

 

     (a) (b) For issuance of a commission to take testimony, $7.00.

 


     (b) (c) For taking, certifying, sealing, and forwarding

 

depositions, $5.00, and 10 cents per folio, which fees shall be

 

considered as costs in the case; and for each copy of the

 

deposition furnished, 3 cents per folio.

 

     (3) (2) A probate judge may waive the fee for performing a

 

marriage ceremony if the parties thereto to the marriage are

 

indigent.