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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.217f — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.217f
Unlawful representation as firefighter or emergency medical service personnel; definitions; violation as felony; penalty; consecutive sentences.
Status: in_force

Sec. 217f.

(1) An individual who is not employed as a firefighter or emergency medical service personnel shall not inform another individual or represent to another individual by identification or any other means that he or she is employed in 1 of those capacities with intent to do 1 or more of the following:

(a) Perform the duties of a firefighter or emergency medical service personnel.

(b) Represent to another person that he or she is a firefighter or emergency medical service personnel for any unlawful purpose.

(c) Compel a person to do or refrain from doing any act against his or her will.

(d) Gain or attempt to gain entry to a residence, building, structure, facility, or other property.

(e) Remain or attempt to remain in or upon a residence, building, structure, facility, or other property.

(f) Gain or attempt to gain access to financial account information.

(g) Commit or attempt to commit a crime.

(h) Obtain or attempt to obtain information to which the individual is not entitled.

(i) Gain access or attempt to gain access to a person less than 18 years of age or a vulnerable adult.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Emergency medical service personnel" means that term as defined in section 20904 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20904.

(b) "Vulnerable adult" means that term as defined in section 145m.

(3) An individual who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(4) A sentence imposed under subsection (3) may be ordered to be served consecutively to any term of imprisonment imposed for another violation arising from the same transaction.

History: Add. 2005, Act 170, Eff. Jan. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.220 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-188-of-1899 / Section 205.220
Disposition of taxes levied and collected.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

The taxes levied and collected under this act shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general fund, to be disbursed only by appropriation of the legislature.

History: 1899, Act 188, Eff. Sept. 23, 1899; CL 1915, 14543; CL 1929, 3692; CL 1948, 205.220; Am. 1975, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Mar. 25, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6502 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6502
Matters governed by statutes and supreme court rules; exception; references to justice courts or justices of the peace.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6502.

All matters relating to the organization and financing of courts of limited jurisdiction or to the selection, terms, compensation, and duties of their judges and other officers and personnel and to limitations on jurisdiction shall be governed by the statutes respectively applicable to the courts. In all other matters of civil jurisdiction, including pleadings and motions, forms of action, joinder of claims and parties, issuance, service and enforcement of writs, subpoenas and other process, contempts, taxation of costs, and entry and enforcement of judgments, the municipal and common pleas courts shall also be governed by statutes and supreme court rules applicable to the district court, except where the provisions conflict with the provisions of statutes or supreme court rules specifically applicable to the municipal or common pleas courts. In the statutes specifically applicable to municipal or common pleas courts, all references to the powers or proceedings of justice courts or justices of the peace in matters of civil jurisdiction shall be construed to refer to the powers or proceedings of the district court or district court judges.

History: Add. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.952 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-319-of-2014 / Section 752.952
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Forensic laboratory" means a DNA laboratory that has received formal recognition that it meets or exceeds a list of standards, including the FBI director's quality assurance standards, to perform specific tests, established by a nonprofit professional association of persons actively involved in forensic science that is nationally recognized within the forensic community in accordance with the provisions of the federal DNA identification act, 42 USC 14132, or subsequent laws.

(b) "Investigating law enforcement agency" means the local, county, or state law enforcement agency with the primary responsibility for investigating an alleged sexual assault offense case and includes the employees of that agency. Investigating law enforcement agency includes a law enforcement agency of a community college or university if that law enforcement agency of a community college or university is responsible for collecting sexual assault evidence.

(c) "Law enforcement agency" means the local, county, or state law enforcement agency and includes the employees of that agency. Law enforcement agency includes a law enforcement agency of a community college or university.

(d) "Sexual assault evidence kit" means that term as defined in section 21527 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.21527.

(e) "Sexual assault offense" means a violation or attempted violation of sections 520b to 520g of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520b to 750.520g.

(f) "Sexual assault victim" means an individual subjected to a sexual assault offense and, for the purposes of making communications and receiving notices under this act, a person designated by the sexual assault victim under section 4.

History: 2014, Act 319, Eff. Apr. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.518 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-160-of-1996 / Section 388.518
Enrollment without tuition or fee support.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

This act does not restrict the ability of an eligible student or any other pupil to enroll in any postsecondary institution without tuition and fee support under this act.

History: 1996, Act 160, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 325.855 — MI Code / Chapter 325 / Act Act-459-of-1982 / Section 325.855
Repayment of note of indebtedness executed under former MCL 325.831 to 325.845; schedule of repayment; assessment of interest; interest not to accumulate during suspension of repayment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A note of indebtedness executed under former Act No. 273 of the Public Acts of 1978 shall be repaid within 25 years after issuance of the warrant. The department may provide a schedule for repayment during the 25-year period or may use the schedule for repayment provided by the state toxic substance loan commission under former Act No. 273 of the Public Acts of 1978. The schedule of repayment may make allowances for the financial condition of the loan recipient.

Interest on a loan shall not be assessed for the first 5 years from the issuance of the warrant. After the fifth year and through the tenth year, interest shall be assessed at an annual rate of 3%. After the tenth year, interest shall be assessed at an annual rate of 2 percentage points less than the average annual effective prime lending rate for commercial banks as reported by the federal reserve system. However, interest shall not accumulate during the 5-year suspension of repayment under section 6.

History: 1982, Act 459, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.167 — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-75-of-2009 / Section 493.167
Reports of condition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.

A licensed mortgage loan originator, or employer or principal of a licensed mortgage loan originator on his or her behalf, shall submit to the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry reports of condition. The reports of condition shall be in the form and shall contain the information required by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry.

History: 2009, Act 75, Eff. July 31, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 492.121 — MI Code / Chapter 492 / Act Act-27-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 492.121
Installment sale contract; prepayment of unpaid time balance; rebate of unearned finance charge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

The buyer, notwithstanding the provisions of any installment sale contract, may prepay at any time all or a part of the unpaid time balance under an installment sale contract.

Except as provided in section 41, when all of the time balance is liquidated before maturity by prepayment, refinancing, or termination by surrender or repossession and resale of the motor vehicle, the holder of the installment sale contract shall rebate to the buyer immediately the unearned portion of the finance charge. Rebate may be made in cash or credited to the amount due on the obligation of the buyer.

The unearned portion of the finance charge to be rebated to the buyer shall be rebated by the actuarial method. The holder is not required to rebate a portion of the unearned finance charge that results in a net minimum finance charge on the contract less than $15.00. The holder is not required to rebate an unearned finance charge when the amount due, computed as set forth in this section, is less than $1.00.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 27, Eff. Mar. 31, 1951; Am. 1957, Act 216, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1978, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1978; Am. 1995, Act 166, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1401 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1401
Wholesalers to be granted exclusive sales territory by manufacturer and outstate seller of beer and malt beverages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 401.

(1) A manufacturer and outstate seller of beer and malt beverages shall grant to each of its wholesalers an exclusive sales territory, as agreed on between the wholesaler and manufacturer or outstate seller of beer, within which the wholesaler is the exclusive distributor of the specified brand or brands of the manufacturer or outstate seller of beer.

(2) If the manufacturer or outstate seller manufactures or supplies more than 1 brand of beer or malt beverage, the manufacturer or outstate seller may grant exclusive sales territories to different wholesalers for the sale of the different brand or brands.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a brand extension is not considered a new or different brand. A manufacturer or outstate seller of beer or malt beverages shall assign a brand extension to the wholesaler that was granted the exclusive sales territory to the brand from which the brand extension resulted.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if, before January 1, 1994, a manufacturer or outstate seller of beer or malt beverages had assigned a brand extension to a wholesaler that was not the appointed wholesaler for the brand from which the brand extension was made.

(5) Subsection (3) does not apply if, before October 1, 2019, a successor manufacturer or successor outstate seller of beer or malt beverages had assigned a brand extension to a wholesaler that was not the appointed wholesaler for the brand from which the brand extension was made.

(6) The sales territory under this section is the territory agreed on between the wholesaler and manufacturer or outstate seller of beer.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998; Am. 2020, Act 113, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.36103 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.36103
Development rights agreement or easement; effect of execution and acceptance; term; limitation; disposition; prior lien, lease, or interest not superseded; lien of state or local governing body; subordination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36103.

(1) The execution and acceptance of a development rights agreement or easement by this state or the local governing body and the owner dedicates to the public the development rights in the land for the term specified in the instrument. A development rights agreement or easement shall be for an initial term of not less than 10 years. A development rights agreement or easement entered into after June 5, 1996 shall not be for a term of more than 90 years.

(2) This state or the local governing body shall not sell, transfer, convey, relinquish, vacate, or otherwise dispose of a development rights agreement or easement except with the agreement of the owner as provided in sections 36111, 36111a, 36112, and 36113.

(3) An agreement or easement does not supersede any prior lien, lease, or interest that is properly recorded with the county register of deeds.

(4) A lien created under this part in favor of this state or a local governing body is subordinate to a lien of a mortgage that is recorded in the office of the register of deeds before the recording of the lien of this state or a local governing body.

(5) This state shall subordinate its interest in a recorded agreement under section 36104 or an easement under section 36105 or 36106 to a subsequently recorded mortgage lien, lease, or interest if both of the following conditions are met:

(a) The parcel meets the requirements set forth under section 36111(2)(a) for parcels containing existing structures.

(b) The landowner requesting the subordination is an individual essential to the operation of the farm as that term is defined in section 36110(6).

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 233, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1996; Am. 2003, Act 36, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2003; Am. 2025, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.111 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-496-of-1988 / Section 12.111
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "unified volume limitation allocation act".

History: 1988, Act 496, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.421 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.421
Rolls; computation of cost, total.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

If the rolls are made before the contracts for the construction of the improvement are let the total amount of such rolls shall be the estimates heretofore referred to, to which estimates the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall add such further sum, not exceeding 10 per cent, as shall be deemed necessary to cover contingent expenses. If the rolls are not made until after the letting of the contracts for the improvement, the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall take the contract price for such improvement, to which they shall add the incidental expenses to the time of making the roll, and to this total such further sum, not exceeding 10 per cent, as shall be deemed necessary to cover contingent expenses. Such rolls shall show the total sums exclusive of interest, which shall be paid by the county, the townships at large, and the lands benefited, and also the sums that may be payable hereunder by any cities assessed at large.

History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4691; Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917; Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 4336; CL 1948, 247.421
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.210 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.210
County officers; primary or election, recount of votes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 210.

The votes cast for any candidate for any of the offices named in section 200 of this act at any primary or election shall be subject to recount as provided in chapter 33 of this act.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.1212 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.1212
Fiduciary relationship.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1212.

(1) A fiduciary stands in a position of confidence and trust with respect to each heir, devisee, beneficiary, protected individual, or ward for whom the person is a fiduciary. A fiduciary shall observe the standard of care described in section 7803 and shall discharge all of the duties and obligations of a confidential and fiduciary relationship, including the duties of undivided loyalty; impartiality between heirs, devisees, and beneficiaries; care and prudence in actions; and segregation of assets held in the fiduciary capacity. With respect to investments, a fiduciary shall conform to the Michigan prudent investor rule.

(2) Except in response to legal process, in cases expressly required by law, or in the necessary or proper administration of the estate, a fiduciary shall not disclose facts or knowledge pertaining to property in the fiduciary's possession or to the affairs of those for whom the fiduciary is acting in any manner without the consent of the heirs, devisees, beneficiaries, protected individuals, or wards. The fiduciary of a minor or an incapacitated individual may give this consent on behalf of that individual. This subsection's restriction on disclosure does not apply in an action or proceeding in which the fiduciary and the fiduciary's heir, devisee, beneficiary, protected individual, or ward are parties adverse to each other after the identity and relationship is determined and established.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.419 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-116-of-1923 / Section 41.419
Spraying of trees or shrubs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A township board may provide for the spraying of trees or shrubs within its jurisdiction for the prevention of Dutch elm disease or other diseases or insect pests destructive to trees or shrubs. The cost of the spraying may be paid from funds created specially for this purpose, money appropriated from other funds of the township, or both.

History: Add. 1989, Act 82, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 443.51 — MI Code / Chapter 443 / Act Act-303-of-1909 / Section 443.51
Warehouse receipts; false statement, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.

A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or by fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars, or by both.

History: 1909, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 6613; CL 1929, 9614; CL 1948, 443.51
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.57l — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.57l
Feasibility of substance abuse testing program; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 57 l .

(1) The department shall review the feasibility of a substance abuse testing program within the family independence program. The department shall report the findings of a review under this section to the senate and house of representatives committees dealing with human services matters not later than December 1, 2011.

(2) The review conducted under and the report presented under subsection (1) shall include, at least, both of the following:

(a) The methods of substance abuse testing reviewed.

(b) The costs associated with the methods identified under subdivision (a).

History: Add. 1999, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 28, 1999; Am. 2011, Act 131, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2419 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2419
Employment of personnel; consolidation of functions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2419.

Two or more local governing entities may contract for the employment of personnel or the consolidation of functions of their local health departments under a plan approved by the department.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1859 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-52-of-2025 / Section 691.1859
Appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A moving party may appeal as a matter of right from an order denying, in whole or in part, a motion under section 3. The appeal must be filed not later than 21 days after entry of the order.

History: 2025, Act 52, Eff. Mar. 24, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5301a — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5301a
Appointment of guardian in another state as temporary guardian.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5301a.

(1) If a guardian has not been appointed in this state and a petition for the appointment of a guardian is not pending in this state, a guardian appointed, qualified, and serving in good standing in another state may be appointed immediately as temporary guardian in this state on filing with a court in this state an application for appointment, an authenticated copy of the guardian's appointment in the other state, and an acceptance of appointment. Letters of guardianship for the temporary guardian expire 28 days after the date of appointment.

(2) Within 14 days after appointment as temporary guardian under subsection (1), the guardian shall give notice to all interested persons of his or her appointment and the right to object to the appointment. On filing proof of service of the notice with the court, the temporary guardian shall be appointed full guardian and the court shall issue letters of guardianship accordingly.

(3) If an objection is filed to a guardianship under this section, the guardianship continues unless a court in this state enters an order removing the guardian.

History: Add. 2012, Act 545, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 762.1a — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 762.1a
Justices and judges as conservators of the peace.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

Justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, judges of the circuit court, judges of the recorder's court of the city of Detroit, judges of the traffic and ordinance division of the recorder's court of the city of Detroit, judges of a common pleas court, judges of the district court, and judges of municipal courts are conservators of the peace within their respective jurisdictions.

History: Add. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1906 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-218-of-2010 / Section 484.1906
Violation of act; filing of civil action by attorney general; disposition of recovered money.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

In addition to any other penalty that may be provided by law, the attorney general may file a civil action in which the court may impose on a wireless telecommunications provider that violates this act a civil fine of not more than $2,000.00 for each violation. Money recovered under this section shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the military family relief fund created in section 3 of the military family relief fund act, 2004 PA 363, MCL 35.1213.

History: 2010, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.50 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.50
County employee; unauthorized transfer of public relief recipient, misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50.

Any county employee or officer who transports, brings or causes to be transported or brought, any other person receiving general relief, hospitalization or infirmary care, or in need of general relief, hospitalization or infirmary care from any county or from any city operating a separate department of social welfare under this act into any other county or city operating a separate department without legal authority and there leave the person receiving general relief or in need of general relief; or who induces such person by threat or other means to remove to another county or city operating a separate department, with the intent to make the county or city to which the removal is made chargeable with the support of the person receiving or in need of public assistance, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: Add. 1961, Act 184, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1477 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-240-of-2020 / Section 691.1477
Retroactive applicability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The liability protection provided by this act applies retroactively, and applies on or after March 29, 2020 and before July 14, 2020.

History: 2020, Act 240, Imd. Eff. Oct. 22, 2020