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Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.322 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-199-of-1962 / Section 408.322
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Board" means the ski area safety board.

"Commissioner" means the director of commerce or an authorized representative of the director.

"Department" means the state department of commerce.

"Operator" means a person who owns or controls, or who has operational responsibility for, a ski area or ski lift. An operator includes this state or a political subdivision of this state.

"Passenger" means a person, skier or nonskier, who boards, disembarks from, or is transported by a ski lift, regardless of whether the ski lift is being used during the skiing season or nonskiing season, and includes a person waiting for or moving away from the loading or unloading point of a ski lift.

"Ski area" means an area used for skiing and served by 1 or more ski lifts.

"Skier" means a person wearing skis or utilizing a device that attaches to at least 1 foot or the lower torso for the purpose of sliding on a slope. The device slides on the snow or other surface of a slope and is capable of being maneuvered and controlled by the person using the device. Skier includes a person not wearing skis or a skiing device while the person is in a ski area for the purpose of skiing.

"Ski lift" means a device for transporting persons uphill on skis, or in cars on tracks, or suspended in the air by the use of cables, chains, belts, or ropes, and usually supported by trestles or towers with 1 or more spans. Ski lift includes a rope tow.

History: 1962, Act 199, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1962; Am. 1976, Act 364, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1976; Am. 1981, Act 86, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1981; Am. 1995, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.307 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 322.307
Unimproved lands; payment for timber.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The said commissioner shall, whenever it satisfactorily appears that the chief value of any parcel of land consists of pine or other timber, and that in his opinion the interest of the state will not be secured by a compliance with the terms of payment prescribed in the second section of this act, require full payment for the same.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 60; CL 1857, 2450; Am. 1863, Act 107, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1863; CL 1871, 3823; Am. 1873, Act 67, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1873; How. 5268; CL 1897, 1331; CL 1915, 506; CL 1929, 5906; CL 1948, 322.307
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2867 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2867
Information necessary to complete birth, death, marriage, or divorce registration; furnishing on demand; attesting accuracy of personal data regarding live birth registration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2867.

Upon the demand of the state registrar, local registrar, or other person responsible for the filing of vital records, a person who has information necessary to complete a birth, death, marriage, or divorce registration shall furnish that information to the person making the demand, who shall forward the information to the state registrar.

A parent of a child shall attest to the accuracy of the personal data provided for in a live birth registration in time to permit filing within the 5 days prescribed in section 2821.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.14510 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.14510
Annual report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14510.

The department shall prepare and deliver, before January 1 of each year, a report detailing the efforts the department, including RETAP, has undertaken during the previous fiscal year to implement this part. The annual report shall be delivered to the legislature, the governor, and the chairpersons of the appropriations committees in the senate and the house of representatives for their use in evaluating future appropriations for the service.

By July 1, 1999, the department shall submit a report to the governor and legislature on the pollution prevention impacts of toxic materials accounting and toxics use reporting programs of other states and the federal government. The report shall evaluate the costs and benefits of such programs and shall recommend whether the state should implement such programs to foster pollution prevention.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 1998, Act 289, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2239 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-296-of-2003 / Section 125.2239
Articles of incorporation; review and certification by attorney general; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) Prior to applying for registration as a Michigan early stage venture investment corporation under section 11, a nonprofit corporation shall submit its articles of incorporation and any amendments to those articles of incorporation to the attorney general for review and certification.

(2) The attorney general shall review the information submitted pursuant to subsection (1) and, if that information complies with the requirements of this act, and upon payment of a fee of $100.00, the attorney general shall issue a certificate of compliance to the Michigan early stage venture investment corporation not later than 60 days after the initial receipt of the information.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), a Michigan early stage venture investment corporation that amends its articles of incorporation for the sole purpose of complying with section 7(c) is not required to submit that amendment to the attorney general for review or certification or to pay the fee otherwise required by subsection (2). The attorney general is not required to review or certify the amendment, and that amendment shall not affect any previous certification by the attorney general of the Michigan early stage venture investment corporation.

History: 2003, Act 296, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2004; Am. 2015, Act 192, Imd. Eff. Nov. 16, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.351 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-280-of-1915 / Section 554.351
Gift or grant for certain purposes; effect of indefiniteness, vesting of title, trustee appointment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

No gift, grant, bequest or devise, whether in trust or otherwise to religious, educational, charitable or benevolent uses, or for the purpose of providing for the care or maintenance of any part of any cemetery, public or private, or anything therein contained which shall in other respects be valid under the laws of this state, shall be invalid by reason of the indefiniteness or uncertainty of the object of such trust or of the persons designated as the beneficiaries thereunder in the instrument creating the same, nor by reason of the same contravening any statute or rule against perpetuities. If in the instrument creating such a gift, grant, bequest or devise, there is a trustee named to execute the same, the legal title to the lands or property given, granted, devised or bequeathed for such purposes, shall vest in such trustee. If no such trustee shall be named in said instrument or if a vacancy occurs in the trusteeship, then the trust shall vest in the court of chancery for the proper county, and shall be executed by some trustee appointed for that purpose by or under the direction of the court; and said court may make such orders or decrees as may be necessary to vest the title to said lands or property in the trustee so appointed.

History: 1915, Act 280, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 11099; CL 1929, 13512; CL 1948, 554.351
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.261 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.261
Sale of land; written disclosures to buyer; voidability of sale.
Status: in_force

Sec. 261.

No person shall sell any lot in a recorded plat or any parcel of unplatted land in an unincorporated area if it abuts a street or road which has not been accepted as public unless the seller first informs the purchaser in writing on a separate instrument to be attached to the instrument conveying any interest in such lot or parcel of land of the fact that the street or road is private and is not required to be maintained by the board of county road commissioners. In addition, any contract or agreement of sale entered into in violation of this section shall be voidable at the option of the purchaser.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.101 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-200-of-1945 / Section 565.101
Marketable record title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any person, that has the legal capacity to own land in this state, that has an unbroken chain of title of record to any interest in land for 20 years for mineral interests and 40 years for other interests, is at the end of the applicable period considered to have a marketable record title to that interest, subject only to claims to that interest and defects of title that are not extinguished or barred by the application of this act and subject also to any interests and defects that are inherent in the provisions and limitations contained in the muniments of which the chain of record title is formed and that are recorded on or before September 29, 2025 or during the 20-year period for mineral interests and the 40-year period for other interests or preserved and kept effective by recording under section 3 not later than 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 5a. However, a person is not considered to have a marketable record title under this act if the land in which the interest exists is in the hostile possession of another.

History: 1945, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945; CL 1948, 565.101; Am. 1997, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1997; Am. 2018, Act 572, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019; Am. 2024, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2024; Am. 2025, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5217 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5217
Termination of appointment of guardian.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5217.

A guardian's authority and responsibility terminate upon the guardian's death, resignation, or removal or upon the minor's death, adoption, marriage, or attainment of majority. However, a termination does not affect the guardian's liability for prior acts or the obligation to account for the ward's money and property. The guardian's resignation does not terminate the guardianship until it is approved by the court. A parental appointment under an unprobated or informally probated will terminates if the will is later denied probate in a formal proceeding.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2005, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5539 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5539
Citation; notice of acceptance or denial of violation; signature; return; placement in records; force and effect as final order; disclosure; removal; explanation; statement; formal complaint.
Status: in_force

Sec. 539.

(1) A respondent has 30 days to notify the department in writing that the person accepts the conditions described in a citation or that the person contests the violation alleged in the citation occurred.

(2) If a respondent accepts the conditions described in a citation under subsection (1), the respondent, within 30 days after receiving the citation, shall sign the citation and return it to the department along with any fine or other material the respondent is required to submit under the terms of the citation. The department shall place the citation and accompanying material in the person's records with the department, and include in those records the nature of the violation and that the person accepted the conditions imposed. A citation issued under this section has the same force and effect as a final order issued by a board and may be disclosed to the public. If the department does not take any additional disciplinary actions against the person within 5 calendar years after the citation is issued, the department shall remove the citation and accompanying material from its records. If requested by the respondent, the department shall place a 1-page explanation prepared by the respondent in the department's files and shall disclose the explanation each time the department discloses the issuance of the citation.

(3) If the respondent does not admit to the violation alleged in a citation, the person may so state on the citation and return 1 copy to the department within the 30 days after the respondent receives the citation. If a respondent returns a copy of the citation that includes this statement within the 30-day time period, the citation is considered a formal complaint under section 515 and the administrative process described in that section applies.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80185 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80185
Advising defendant of penalties and sanctions; ordering screening, assessment, and rehabilitative services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80185.

Before accepting a plea of guilty or nolo contendere under sections 80176 to 80179, or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 80176(1), (2), or (3), the court shall advise the accused of the maximum possible term of imprisonment and the maximum possible fine that may be imposed for the violation, and shall advise the defendant that the maximum possible sanctions that may be imposed will be based upon the boating record maintained by the secretary of state pursuant to section 80130 or other evidence of a prior conviction as provided in section 80179.

Before imposing sentence, other than court-ordered operating sanctions, for a violation of section 80176(1), (3), (4), or (5) or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 80176(1) or (3), the court shall order the person to undergo screening and assessment by a person or agency designated by the office of substance abuse services to determine whether the person is likely to benefit from rehabilitative services, including alcohol or drug education or treatment programs. As part of the sentence, the court may order the person to participate in and successfully complete 1 or more appropriate rehabilitative programs. The person shall pay for the costs of the screening, assessment, and rehabilitative services.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.40111a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.40111a
Deer and elk feeding; order; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 40111a.

(1) The commission, after consultation with the commission of agriculture and rural development, shall issue in the manner provided in section 40113a an order concerning deer and elk feeding in this state.

(2) As used in this section, "deer and elk feeding" means the depositing, distributing, or tending of feed in an area frequented by wild, free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk to prevent them from starving or for recreational viewing. Deer and elk feeding does not include any of the following:

(a) Baiting to take game as provided by an order of the commission under section 40113a.

(b) The scattering of feed solely as the result of normal logging practices or normal agricultural practices.

(c) The storage or use of feed for agricultural purposes if 1 or more of the following apply:

( i ) The area is occupied by livestock actively consuming the feed on a daily basis.

( ii ) The feed is covered to deter wild, free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk from gaining access to the feed or is being used on a daily basis.

( iii ) The feed is in a storage facility or is stored in a manner that is consistent with normal agricultural practices.

(d) Feeding wild birds or other wildlife if done in such a manner as to exclude wild, free-ranging white-tailed deer and elk from gaining access to the feed.

History: Add. 1999, Act 66, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1999; Am. 2004, Act 537, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005; Am. 2009, Act 199, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2009; Am. 2015, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.506 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-5-of-1956 / Section 730.506
Substitute judges; assistance of other judges.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

In case of the absence, disability or disqualification of any municipal judge in any court affected by this act, or in any other court organized under any other municipal court act of this state, in which the judge is paid a salary in lieu of fees and is required to be an attorney at law, and having the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace, in a city, or having jurisdiction to hear and determine violations of the ordinances of said city, or both, any other municipal judge of any city in this state, under this act or any other municipal court act of this state, who is paid a salary in lieu of fees and who is an attorney at law, shall be qualified to act in the place of and for such municipal judge in the performance of any of the duties imposed upon him by law in all matters civil and criminal and in all matters pertaining to violations of the ordinances of such city, under the conditions and in the manner hereinafter set forth; and such substitute judge shall, when called upon in the manner and under the conditions set forth, so act: Provided, That in case any municipal judge of any of the foregoing courts shall be unable to hear and determine cases pending in his court without unreasonable delay, because of the volume of cases awaiting determination, he may request and obtain the assistance of any other municipal judge of any city in this state, as above defined, to assist him in the trial of cases and the performance of the duties imposed upon him by law in all matters criminal and civil and in all matters pertaining to violations of the ordinances of such city, under the conditions and in the manner hereinafter set forth.

History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8729 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8729
Payment of fine, costs, assessment, damages, or expenses; default as civil contempt.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8729.

If a defendant defaults in the payment of a civil fine, costs, assessment, or, if applicable, damages or expenses as provided in section 8733(2) if applicable, or any installment, as ordered pursuant to section 8727, the court, upon the motion of the plaintiff or upon its own motion, may require the defendant to show cause why the defendant should not be held in civil contempt and may issue a summons, an order to show cause, or a bench warrant of arrest for the defendant's appearance.

If a corporation or an association is ordered to pay a civil fine, costs, assessment, or damages or expenses, the individuals authorized to make disbursement shall pay the fine, costs, assessment, or damages or expenses, and their failure to do so shall be civil contempt unless they make the showing required in this section.

Unless the defendant shows that the default was not attributable to an intentional refusal to obey the order of the court or to a failure on his or her part to make a good faith effort to obtain the funds required for payment, the court shall find that the default constitutes a civil contempt and may order the defendant committed until all or a specified part of the amount due is paid.

If it appears that the default in the payment of a fine, costs, assessment, or damages or expenses does not constitute civil contempt, the court may enter an order allowing the defendant additional time for payment, reducing the amount of payment or of each installment, or revoking the fine, costs, assessment, or damages or expenses.

The term of imprisonment on civil contempt for nonpayment of a civil fine, costs, assessment, or damages or expenses shall be specified in the order of commitment and shall not exceed 1 day for each $30.00 due. A person committed for nonpayment of a civil fine, costs, assessment, or damages or expenses shall be given credit toward payment for each day of imprisonment and each day of detention in default of recognizance before judgment at the rate of $30.00 per day.

A defendant committed to imprisonment for civil contempt for nonpayment of a civil fine, costs, assessment, or damages or expenses shall not be discharged from custody until 1 of the following occurs:

The defendant is credited with the amount due pursuant to subsection (5).

The amount due is collected through execution of process or otherwise.

The amount due is satisfied pursuant to a combination of subdivisions (a) and (b).

The civil contempt shall be purged upon discharge of the defendant pursuant to subsection (6).

History: Add. 1994, Act 12, Eff. May 1, 1994; Am. 2003, Act 95, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.218 — MI Code / Chapter 446 / Act Act-273-of-1917 / Section 446.218
Violation of act; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, whether as owner, or as clerk, agent, servant or employe, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction be fined not less than 25 dollars nor more than 100 dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than 3 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

History: 1917, Act 273, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 9701; CL 1948, 446.218
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.624a — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.624a
Intermediate school board exempt from MCL 380.624(2).
Status: in_force

Sec. 624a.

Notwithstanding section 624, for 1994 only an intermediate school board is not required to comply with section 624(2), regarding submission of its annual budget, until April 15, 1994.

History: Add. 1993, Act 335, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1027 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1027
Ancillary or limited guardianship; filing fee; disposition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1027.

At the time of commencing an ancillary guardianship or limited guardianship proceeding in the family division of circuit court, the party commencing the proceeding shall pay a $150.00 filing fee to the family division of circuit court.

A party is not required to pay a fee under this section if the party is the attorney general, department of treasury, family independence agency, state public administrator, or administrator of veterans affairs of the United States veterans administration, or an agency of county government.

The clerk of the court, on or before the fifth day of the month following the month in which any fees are collected under this section, shall transmit to the county treasurer all fees collected under this section during the preceding month. Within 15 days after receiving the fees, the county treasurer shall transmit, for each fee collected, $31.00 to the county treasurer and the balance of the fee to the state treasurer for deposit in the civil filing fee fund created in section 171.

History: Add. 1996, Act 388, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Am. 2003, Act 138, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.454 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-246-of-1965 / Section 38.454
Civil service commission; members, compensation and expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Each commissioner shall receive $10.00 compensation for each day's service for not to exceed 25 days in any one year, and such necessary traveling expenses and mileage as may be incurred in the actual performance of his duties; such compensation and expenses to be fixed by the township board. For the first 2 years after the adoption of the civil service system, compensation may be paid for not to exceed 50 days' service in any one year.

History: 1965, Act 246, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13315 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13315
Fire extinguishers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13315.

One or more fire extinguishers, of either the carbon dioxide or dry chemical type shall be provided for use against A, B, and C class fires for every room in which the dry cleaning or spotting operations are carried on.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.34 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.34
Director of elections; restrictions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.

The director of elections shall perform no other duties which will interfere with his duties as director of elections.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955