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Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3807 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3807
Payment of claims.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3807.

(1) Upon the expiration of 4 months after the publication date of the notice to creditors, and after providing for administration costs and expenses, for reasonable funeral and burial expenses, for the homestead, family, and exempt property allowances, for claims already presented that have not yet been allowed or whose allowance has been appealed, and for unbarred claims that may yet be presented, including costs and expenses of administration, the personal representative shall pay the claims allowed against the estate in the order of priority as provided in this act. A claimant whose claim has been allowed, but not paid as provided in this section, may petition the court to secure an order directing the personal representative to pay the claim to the extent that property of the estate is available for the payment.

(2) The personal representative may pay a claim that is not barred at any time, with or without formal presentation, but is individually liable to another claimant whose claim is allowed and who is injured by the payment if either of the following occurs:

(a) Payment is made before the expiration of the time limit stated in subsection (1) and the personal representative fails to require the payee to give adequate security for the refund of any of the payment necessary to pay another claimant.

(b) Payment is made, due to the negligence or willful fault of the personal representative, in a manner that deprives the injured claimant of priority.

(3) If a claim is allowed, but the claimant's whereabouts are unknown at the time the personal representative attempts to pay the claim, upon petition by the personal representative and after notice that the court considers advisable, the court may disallow the claim. If the court disallows a claim under this subsection, the claim is barred.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 54, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 177, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2000; Am. 2016, Act 490, Eff. Apr. 6, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.175 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.175
Embezzlement by public officer, agent or servant; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 175.

Embezzlement by public officer, his agent, etc.-Any person holding any public office in this state, or the agent or servant of any such person, who knowingly and unlawfully appropriates to his own use, or to the use of any other person, the money or property received by him in his official capacity or employment, of the value of 50 dollars or upwards, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 10 years or by fine of not more than 5,000 dollars.

In any prosecution under this section the failure, neglect or refusal of any public officer to pay over and deliver to his successor all moneys and property which should be in his hands as such officer, shall be prima facie evidence of an offense against the provisions of this section.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.175
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.186a — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-327-of-1931 / Section 450.186a
Public building corporations; incorporation; contracts with state administrative board, legislature's approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 186a.

Any number of persons, not less than 3, may become incorporated as a public building corporation for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining office buildings and other facilities for the use of the state of Michigan. No contract or contracts between the state administrative board and any public building corporation shall become effective until approved by the legislature by concurrent resolution. Such corporations are hereinafter called public building corporations.

History: Add. 1947, Act 316, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 450.186a; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 28, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1567 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1567
Liability insurance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 567.

A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or who is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify him or her against liability under sections 561 to 565.

If the articles of incorporation include a provision eliminating or limiting the liability of a director pursuant to section 209(1)(c), insurance on behalf of a director under subsection (1) may be purchased from an insurer owned by the corporation, but insurance purchased from that insurer may insure a director against monetary liability to the corporation or its shareholders only to the extent to which the corporation could indemnify the director under section 564a(5).

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1997, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 24, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.1b — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 41.1b
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1b.

As used in this act:

"Officer" means a supervisor, treasurer, clerk, or trustee.

"Supervisor" means the supervisor of a township elected under chapter XVI of the Michigan election law, Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being sections 168.341 to 168.373 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

"Township board" means the township board of a township constituted as provided in section 70.

"Clerk" means the clerk of a township elected under chapter XVI of Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954.

"Treasurer" means the treasurer of a township elected under chapter XVI of Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954.

"Trustee" means a trustee of a township elected under chapter XVI of Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954.

History: Add. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.520 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.520
Petition to review decision denying person licensure, approval, or recognition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 520.

A school, institution, program, or other person which has been denied licensure, approval, or recognition within 30 days after the decision, may petition the department in writing for a review of that decision.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4432 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4432
Group life insurance policy; incontestability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4432.

There shall be a provision that the policy shall be incontestable after 2 years from its date of issue, except for non-payment of premiums and except for violation of the conditions of the policy relating to military or naval service in time of war.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.609 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-57-of-1988 / Section 124.609
Additional powers of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

An authority, in addition to its other powers and duties, may do all of the following:

(a) Adopt bylaws and rules of administration to accomplish the purposes of this act.

(b) Adopt ordinances that allow the authority to assess fees on owners or occupants of property who receive emergency services to cover the costs of providing emergency services under this act. An ordinance adopted under this subdivision must be rescinded if, within 60 days after the date the ordinance is adopted, 1/3 or more of the municipalities affected by the ordinance vote to rescind the ordinance.

(c) Apply for and accept grants, loans, or contributions from the federal government or any of its agencies, this state, or other public or private agencies to be used for any of the purposes of this act and to do any and all things within its express or implied powers necessary or desirable to secure that financial or other aid or cooperation in the carrying out of any of the purposes of this act.

(d) Enter into any contracts with other entities not prohibited by law.

(e) Investigate emergency services requirements, needs, and programs and engage, by contract, consultants as are necessary and cooperate with the federal government, state, political subdivisions, and other authorities in those investigations.

(f) Subject to section 10, hire employees, attorneys, accountants, and consultants as the authority considers necessary to carry out the purposes of the authority.

(g) Enter into a contract or agreement for the purchase of real or personal property for public purposes, to be paid for in installments over a period not to exceed 15 years or the useful life of the property acquired, whichever is less. Real or personal property purchased under this act may serve as collateral in support of the purchase, contract, or agreement.

History: 1988, Act 57, Eff. Apr. 1, 1988; Am. 2006, Act 652, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2007; Am. 2022, Act 102, Imd. Eff. June 14, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80317 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80317
Stolen or converted watercraft; information; record; report; notice of recovery; removal of record from file.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80317.

Upon receiving knowledge of a stolen watercraft, a law enforcement agency shall immediately furnish the sheriff's department of the county in which the watercraft was stolen and the department of state police with full information concerning the theft.

The law enforcement agency receiving the initial report of the theft or conversion of a watercraft shall notify the department and the secretary of state, and shall furnish the secretary of state with a distinctive record of the initial report, including the make of the stolen watercraft and its manufacturer's hull identification number or assigned hull identification number. The secretary of state shall file the record in the numerical order of the manufacturer's hull identification number or assigned hull identification number with the index records of the watercraft. The secretary of state shall prepare a report listing watercraft stolen and recovered as disclosed by the reports submitted to the secretary of state, to be distributed as the secretary of state considers advisable.

If a stolen or converted watercraft is recovered, the owner or recovering agency shall immediately notify the law enforcement agency which received the initial theft report, which shall immediately notify the department, the sheriff of the county from which the watercraft was stolen, the department of state police, and the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall remove the record of the theft or conversion from the file in which the report is recorded.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.416 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.416
Board; officers; quorum; vacancy in office of president; appointment and salary of secretary and treasurer; duties; bonds; custody and disposition of funds; board members elected in 2006.
Status: in_force

Sec. 416.

(1) This section applies to a first class school district only if the question under section 410 is not approved in the first class school district.

(2) The officers of the first class school district board shall be a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. Subject to subsection (7), the board, a majority of which constitutes a quorum, shall elect its president and vice-president biennially from among the members of the board. In case of a vacancy in the office of president, the vice-president shall succeed to the office of president for the balance of the unexpired term. The secretary and treasurer shall be appointed by the board but shall not be members of the board and shall receive a salary fixed by the board.

(3) The president, vice-president, and secretary shall perform the duties prescribed by the bylaws and regulations of the board. The duties of the treasurer shall be determined by the school district general superintendent, as approved by the board.

(4) The officers of the board who in the discharge of the duties of their respective positions handle funds belonging to the first class school district shall be required to give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties in accordance with the bylaws and regulations of the board. The premium of the bonds shall be paid from the funds of the board.

(5) The school district treasurer shall have the custody of all money belonging to the school district and shall pay out money pursuant to section 433. The funds shall be deposited with depositories selected by the board, and the interest derived shall be paid into the general fund of the board.

(6) The board shall require from the school district treasurer a separate bond of not less than $200,000.00 to protect the funds of the board.

(7) All of the following apply to the board members elected by the board in 2006 as president and vice president of the board:

(a) The initial term as president and vice president for each of those board members is continued until a successor is elected by the board for each in January of 2008.

(b) Successors for each of those officers as described in subdivision (a) shall be elected biennially by the board as provided under subsection (2).

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996; Am. 2004, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 2004; Am. 2007, Act 29, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.957 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-319-of-2014 / Section 752.957
Cause of action for monetary damages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

This act does not create a cause of action for monetary damages against the state, a county, a municipality, or any of their agencies, instrumentalities, or employees.

History: 2014, Act 319, Eff. Apr. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1009 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1009
"Arrest" defined; arrest by military superior; probable cause; authority to secure custody of alleged offender not limited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) As used in this section, "arrest" means the restraint of a person by an order not imposed as a punishment for an offense, directing the person to remain within certain specified limits.

(2) An officer or enlisted member of the state military forces accused of an offense in violation of this code may be placed in arrest by his or her military superior.

(3) A person shall not be ordered into arrest or confinement except upon probable cause.

(4) This section does not limit the authority of a person authorized to apprehend an offender of this code to secure the custody of an alleged offender until the proper authority is notified.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 2005, Act 186, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.9 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-354-of-1925 / Section 254.9
Failure to join; petition to state commissioner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Whenever any such township, city or incorporated village shall fail upon request to join in building, rebuilding, or repairing such bridge or to contribute its just share thereto, any such township, city or village desiring the building, rebuilding or repairing of such bridge may, by its township board or legislative body, as the case may be, by petition in the form of a resolution or otherwise, apply to the state highway commissioner for an order for the construction, rebuilding or repairing of such bridge and for determining the respective proportions which each township, city and village shall contribute for the construction, rebuilding or repairing of such bridge and for keeping the same in repair, as well as for deciding the kind of bridge or road to be constructed.

History: 1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925; CL 1929, 4530; CL 1948, 254.9
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.377 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-51-of-1925 / Section 445.377
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; impounding goods; recovery or sale of impounded goods; notice; conduct of sale; disposition of proceeds; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $1,000.00 or 10% of the value of any property impounded pursuant to this section, whichever amount is greater and court costs. If the county sheriff or local law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that a person is engaging in business as a transient merchant without having first obtained a license in the manner provided for in this act, the county sheriff or local law enforcement officer shall immediately take into custody and impound all goods offered for sale by the transient merchant until the matter has been adjudicated by a court of proper jurisdiction.

The transient merchant may obtain his or her impounded goods prior to adjudication by paying, either in cash or by security bond, $1,000.00 or an amount equal to the value of the impounded property, whichever amount is greater.

If the transient merchant is convicted of violating this act and fails to pay the fine and court costs provided in subsection (1) within 7 days after the date of conviction, the sheriff or local law enforcement officer shall sell the impounded goods by publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 5 days before the sale. The notice shall describe the property and shall state the time and place of public sale at which the impounded property may be purchased by the highest bidder.

The sheriff or local law enforcement officer shall conduct the sale and shall deposit from the proceeds of the sale an amount equal to the fine and court costs provided in subsection (1) with the court in which the transient merchant was convicted. Any proceeds of the sale which exceed the fine shall be returned to the transient merchant. Any sheriff or local law enforcement officer disposing of property in the manner provided in this act shall not be liable to the transient merchant for the sale.

History: 1925, Act 51, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 9754; CL 1948, 445.377; Am. 1988, Act 292, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.903i — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-331-of-1976 / Section 445.903i
Ownership or operation of clothing donation box; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3i.

(1) A person that engages in the conduct of trade or commerce and owns or operates a clothing donation box shall not do any of the following:

(a) Mark the clothing donation box or any sign near the clothing donation box in any manner that represents or implies that any personal property placed in the clothing donation box, or the proceeds of that personal property, is donated to 1 or more charitable organizations if it is not.

(b) Display the name, logo, trademark, or service mark of a charitable organization on a clothing donation box or on any sign near the clothing donation box if that charitable organization does not receive any of the personal property placed in the clothing donation box or any of the proceeds of that personal property.

(c) If charitable organizations receive some but not all of the personal property placed in the clothing donation box or the proceeds of that personal property, fail to clearly and conspicuously disclose on the donation box or on a sign at the donation box the name, address, and telephone number of each charitable organization that receives any of that property or those proceeds; what percentage of that property or those proceeds that charitable organization receives; the name, address, and telephone number of any other person that receives any of that property or those proceeds; and what percentage of that property or those proceeds that person receives.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Charitable organization" means a benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, patriotic, religious, or eleemosynary organization of persons organized for any lawful purpose or purposes not involving pecuniary profit or gain for its officers or members.

(b) "Clothing donation box" means a receptacle in which a person may place clothing or other items of personal property he or she intends to donate to a charitable organization and that has a capacity of at least 27 cubic feet.

History: Add. 2010, Act 195, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.11 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.11
Easement; right of way; release of damages; recording.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Any easement, right of way or release of damages obtained in connection with any proposed drain or drains shall, following the expiration of 30 days after the day of review, be recorded in the office of the register of deeds: Provided, That in any drain proceeding in which an injunction or a writ of certiorari has been issued but not determined within 30 days after the day of review, the recording shall be within 30 days after a determination sustaining the drain.

All easements, rights of way or releases of damages hereafter obtained in connection with any existing drain shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds when said drain is being cleaned, relocated, deepened, widened, straightened, extended, tiled or consolidated pursuant to law.

The recording required by this section shall be made by the drain commissioner or the drainage board, as the case may be, and the cost of such recording paid by the drainage district.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.771 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-147-of-1992 / Section 207.771
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "neighborhood enterprise zone act".

History: 1992, Act 147, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.424 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.424
Admission of foreign or alien insurer to state; application; report of financial standing; issuance of certificate of authority; filing fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 424.

A foreign or alien insurer shall not be admitted to this state until the insurer files with the commissioner an application for admission upon a form as prescribed by the commissioner. The application shall be accompanied by a copy of the insurer's charter, compact, or articles of incorporation or agreement, and bylaws, duly certified by the commissioner of insurance or corresponding officer of the state of origin or entry, together with a sworn statement of the insurer's business affairs up to any date required by the commissioner to be furnished and any other information, under oath or otherwise, that the commissioner may demand of the applicant.

In addition to subsection (1), an alien insurer shall make and execute under oath a report of its financial standing and of its deposit together with a full statement of its business in the United States for the year preceding the statement pursuant to section 438.

The commissioner shall examine the application and if satisfied that the applicant is safe, reliable, and entitled to public confidence and meets the same financial conditions required of like insurers organized in this state, is authorized to do the kind or class of insurance it seeks to transact, and has complied in all other respects with the applicable laws of this state, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of authority to the applicant.

The applicant shall pay the filing fees as provided by sections 223 and 240.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1972, Act 360, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973; Am. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992