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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8160 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8160
Ninety-fifth-a district and ninety-fifth-b district.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8160.

(1) The ninety-fifth-a district consists of the county of Menominee, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.

(2) The ninety-fifth-b district consists of the counties of Dickinson and Iron, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1972, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1972; Am. 2012, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 2012; Am. 2019, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.2353 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-179-of-1991 / Section 484.2353
Report and recommendations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 353.

The commission shall issue a report and make recommendations to the legislature and the governor on or before January 1, 2007 involving the issues, scope, terms, and conditions of interconnection of telecommunication providers with the basic local exchange service.

History: Add. 1995, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1995; Am. 2005, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.242 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-48-of-1895 / Section 457.242
Board of directors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The officers of the corporation shall be the grand high priest, grand king, grand scribe, grand treasurer and grand secretary, for the time being, and they shall constitute the board of directors of the corporation for the transaction of all business authorized by this act.

History: 1895, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1895; CL 1897, 7978; CL 1915, 10422; CL 1929, 10623; CL 1948, 457.242; Am. 1964, Act 6, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.426 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.426
Drain orders received for drain taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 426.

The drain orders issued for each particular drain shall be received for drain taxes for benefits levied for the construction of such drain by the township treasurer or county treasurer, as the case may be.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.3116 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.3116
Joint and several liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3116.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the instrument, 2 or more persons who have the same liability on an instrument as makers, drawers, acceptors, endorsers who endorse as joint payees, or anomalous endorsers are jointly and severally liable in the capacity in which they sign.

(2) Except as provided in section 3419(6) or by agreement of the affected parties, a party having joint and several liability who pay the instrument is entitled to receive from any party having the same joint and several liability contribution in accordance with applicable law.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1993, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 30, 1993; Am. 2014, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Apr. 10, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26271 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-47-of-2004 / Section 333.26271
Applicability of act to third party payer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

This act does not apply to copies of medical records provided to a third party payer, insurer as defined in section 106 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.106, or self-funded plan.

History: 2004, Act 47, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.109 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-202-of-1887 / Section 486.109
Corporate powers, liabilities and restrictions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Every such corporation, organized as hereinbefore prescribed, shall have the following powers and be subject to the liabilities and restrictions following, that is to say:

First, To cause such examinations and surveys for the proposed improvements whether dam-locks, canals or digging or deepening of channels to be made as may be necessary to prepare for the work to be done;

Second, To purchase and by voluntary grants and donations to receive, enter upon, take hold and use all such lands and real estate and other property as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the work proposed in the approved plans of such company;

Third, To divert into any canal excavated or constructed under the provisions of this act, waters from Lake Paw Paw or Paw Paw river or any tributary stream in Berrien county, state of Michigan, to flood lands belonging to said company or subject to condemnation proceedings as provided by law, by constructing the necessary dams in said canal or in creeks or other water courses subject to the consent of the board of supervisors of the proper county in which said waters so diverted or dammed are situated;

Fourth, The acquisition of lands shall be under the same rules and forms as near as practicable as are provided in cases for the acquisition of lands for right of way of railway lines, when the railway company is unable to agree with the owners or legal representatives for the purchase of any real estate;

Fifth, To issue its construction bonds to an amount not exceeding 50 per centum of its capital stock bearing a rate of interest not above 7 per cent and payable at any such time as the board of directors may determine, on approval of a majority in interest of the stockholders voting at any regular or called meeting of their body;

Sixth, That in any case where the company is unable to agree with the owners of land needed for or in the work of constructing a navigable waterway, as herein provided, or cannot agree with any highway commissioner, or other authority, as to the crossing or changing of roads, streets, or streams, then and in all such cases the same laws providing for the incorporation of railroad companies, and providing for the condemnation of lands to the public use in certain cases, shall govern and be the rule of action or procedure so far as practicable; and any company undertaking to construct a navigable waterway, with or without water power appurtenant thereto, and intending to do a transportation business upon such waterway, shall have the same rights and privileges for procuring right of way, needed lands, or real estate of any kind, or of crossing streams and highways, as the laws of Michigan allow railroad companies.

History: 1887, Act 202, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1887; How. 3895z; CL 1897, 6814; CL 1915, 8912; CL 1929, 11847; CL 1948, 486.109
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.77702 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.77702
Michilimackinac state park; rules; protection and maintenance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 77702.

The Mackinac Island state park commission may promulgate and enforce reasonable rules for the care and preservation of Michilimackinac state park, for the maintenance of good order, for the protection of property and for the welfare of the park as shall from time to time be considered necessary or expedient by the Mackinac Island state park commission.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1355a — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-1-of-1966 / Section 125.1355a
Granting request for exception to barrier free design requirement; finding of compelling need; “compelling need” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5a.

Consistent with section 5(6), the barrier free design board shall grant a request for an exception to a barrier free design requirement contained in the state construction code act of 1972, Act No. 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, being sections 125.1501 to 125.1531 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, only upon a finding by the board of compelling need for the exception. The board may find compelling need if the literal application of the barrier free design requirement would result in exceptional, practical difficulty to the applicant.

As used in subsection (1), "compelling need" includes, but is not limited to, 1 or more of the following:

Structural limitations.

Site limitations.

Economic limitations.

Technological limitations.

Jurisdictional conflicts.

Historical structures, under conditions prescribed by rule of the construction code commission.

History: Add. 1985, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.2173 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-244-of-2005 / Section 487.2173
Civil cause of action; damages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 53.

A person injured by a licensee's violation of this act may maintain a civil cause of action against the licensee and may recover actual damages and an amount equal to the service fee paid in connection with each deferred presentment service transaction that is found to violate this act, plus reasonable attorney fees.

History: 2005, Act 244, Imd. Eff. Nov. 28, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1104 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-319-of-1990 / Section 123.1104
City or charter township; permissible prohibitions or regulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

This act does not prohibit a city or a charter township from doing any of the following:

(a) Prohibiting the discharge of a pistol or other firearm within the jurisdiction of that city or charter township.

(b) Prohibiting the discharge of pneumatic guns in any area within the jurisdiction of the city or charter township that is so heavily populated as to make that conduct dangerous to the inhabitants of that area, except that an ordinance shall not prohibit the discharge of pneumatic guns at authorized target ranges, on other property where firearms may be discharged, or on or within private property with the permission of the owner or possessor of that property if conducted with reasonable care to prevent a projectile from crossing the bounds of the property.

History: 1990, Act 319, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991; Am. 2015, Act 29, Eff. Aug. 10, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3140 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3140
Mortgage foreclosure sale; redemption; amount stated in recorded affidavit; fee; portions of premises.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3140.

(1) The mortgagor, the mortgagor's heirs or personal representative, or any person that has a recorded interest in the property lawfully claiming from or under the mortgagor or the mortgagor's heirs or personal representative may redeem the entire premises sold as ordered under section 3115 by paying, within 6 months after the sale, to the purchaser or the purchaser's personal representative or assigns, or to the register of deeds in whose office the deed of sale is deposited as provided in the court rules, for the benefit of the purchaser, the amount that was bid with interest from the date of the sale at the interest rate provided for by the mortgage.

(2) The vendee of a land contract, the vendee's heirs or personal representative, or any person lawfully claiming from or under the vendee or the vendee's heirs or personal representative may redeem the entire premises sold as ordered under section 3115 within 6 months after the sale by paying to the purchaser or the purchaser's personal representative or assigns, or to the register of deeds in whose office the deed of sale is deposited as provided in the court rules, for the benefit of the purchaser, the amount that was bid with interest from the date of the sale at the interest rate provided for by the land contract.

(3) A register of deeds shall not determine the amount necessary for redemption under this section. The purchaser shall attach an affidavit with the deed to be recorded under this section that states the exact amount required to redeem the property, including any daily per diem amounts, and the date by which the property must be redeemed must be stated on the certificate of the auctioneer. The purchaser may include in the affidavit the name of a designee responsible on behalf of the purchaser to assist the person redeeming the property in computing the exact amount required to redeem the property. The designee may charge a fee as stated in the affidavit and may be authorized by the purchaser to receive redemption money. The purchaser shall accept the amount computed by the designee.

(4) If redemption money is paid to the register of deeds under this section, the person redeeming the property shall pay a fee of $5.00 to the register of deeds for the care and custody of the redemption money.

(5) If payments are made as provided under this section, the deed of sale is void. If a distinct lot or parcel separately sold is redeemed, leaving a portion of the premises unredeemed, the deed of sale is void only as to the portion or portions of the premises that are redeemed.

(6) The amount stated in any affidavits recorded under this section shall be the amount necessary to satisfy the requirements for redemption under this section.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1963, Act 240, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1970, Act 86, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971; Am. 2004, Act 538, Eff. Mar. 30, 2005; Am. 2014, Act 432, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.35 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-53-of-1875 / Section 457.35
By-laws and rules; officers, powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Said corporations shall have full force and authority to make and establish rules, regulations, and by-laws for regulating and governing all the affairs and business of said corporation, not contrary to the laws of this state or of the United States, and to designate, elect, or appoint, from among their number such officers, under such names and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution or charter of said society, who shall have the supervision or control and management of the affairs of said corporations.

History: 1875, Act 53, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875; How. 4517; CL 1897, 7822; CL 1915, 10258; CL 1929, 10548; CL 1948, 457.35
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2402 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2402
Homestead allowance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2402.

A decedent's surviving spouse is entitled to a homestead allowance of $15,000.00, adjusted as provided in section 1210. If there is no surviving spouse, each minor child and each dependent child of the decedent is entitled to a homestead allowance equal to $15,000.00, adjusted as provided in section 1210, divided by the number of the decedent's minor and dependent children. The homestead allowance is exempt from and has priority over all claims against the estate, except administration costs and expenses and reasonable funeral and burial expenses. A homestead allowance is in addition to any share passing to the surviving spouse or minor or dependent child by the will of the decedent, unless otherwise provided, by intestate succession, or by elective share.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 177, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.274 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-488-of-2004 / Section 399.274
Balance of fund; maintenance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

After the completion of construction of the monument pursuant to section 4 of the Ronald Wilson Reagan memorial monument fund commission act and payment of all amounts due in connection with the monument, any balance remaining in the monument fund shall be used to maintain the Ronald Wilson Reagan memorial monument.

History: 2004, Act 488, Eff. Mar. 30, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1621 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-338-of-1974 / Section 125.1621
Injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate remedy at law; equitable relief.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

A municipality may commence an action for an injunction, or any other appropriate remedy at law, against a corporation which has not substantially complied with the time limits established in its approved project plan, reasonable delays caused by unforeseen difficulties excepted, or which has failed to substantially perform its obligations. The corporation may commence an action for an injunction, mandamus, or any other appropriate remedy at law, against a municipality for failure to render a final decision on a project plan within 6 months after the date on which the plan was first submitted to the governing body for approval. A citizen residing in the project or district area whose interest is substantially affected by the project plan may bring an action against the corporation or municipality for an appropriate remedy at law or for equitable relief.

History: 1974, Act 338, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1085 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1085
Exportation of motor fuel; requirements; violation; penalty; exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 85.

A person shall not export motor fuel from this state unless either of the following applies:

The person is licensed as an exporter or supplier under this act.

The person has paid the applicable destination state tax to the supplier, can demonstrate proof of export in the form of a destination state shipping paper, and can demonstrate that the destination state fuel tax has been paid.

A person who negligently violates this section is subject to a $500.00 civil penalty.

A person who knowingly violates or knowingly aids or abets another to violate this section is guilty of a felony.

An end user who exports fuel in the fuel supply tank of a licensed motor vehicle where the fuel is used only to power the vehicle is exempt from this section.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 92.1 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 92.1
Policemen; watchmen.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The council of any city may provide, by ordinance, for a police force and for the appointment by the mayor of such number of policemen and nightwatchmen as they may think necessary for the good government of the city and for the protection of the persons and property of the inhabitants; and may authorize the mayor to appoint special policemen from time to time, when in his judgment the emergency or necessity may so require.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3116; Am. 1907, Act 320, Eff. Sept. 28, 1907; CL 1915, 3030; CL 1929, 1954; CL 1948, 92.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.53 — MI Code / Chapter 446 / Act Act-224-of-1955 / Section 446.53
Licenses; bond; amount; beneficiaries; conditions; liability; service of process; jurisdiciton; joinder of parties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

At the time of filing said application, and as a part thereof, the applicant shall file and deposit with the township clerk a bond, with sureties to be approved by the township board, in the penal sum of 2 times the value of the merchandise proposed to be offered for sale at such auction as shown by the inventory filed, running to the state of Michigan and for the use and benefit of any purchaser of any merchandise at such auction who might have a cause for action of any nature arising from or out of such auction sale against the auctioneer or applicant; the bond to be further conditioned on the payment by the applicant of all taxes that may be payable by, or due from, the applicant to the state of Michigan, or any department or subdivision thereof, the payment of any fines that may be assessed by any court against the applicant or auctioneer for violation of the provisions of this act, and the satisfaction of all causes of action commenced within 1 year from date of such auction sale and arising therefrom: Provided, however, That the aggregate liability of the surety for all said taxes, fines and causes of action shall in no event exceed the sum of such bond.

In such bond the applicant and the surety shall appoint the township clerk of the township in which such bond is filed, the agent of the applicant and the surety for the service of process. In the event of such service, the agent on whom such service is made shall, within 5 days after the service, mail by ordinary mail a true copy of the process served upon him to each party for whom he is served, addressed to the last known address of such party. Failure to so mail said copy shall not, however, affect the court's jurisdiction.

Such bond shall contain the consent of the applicant and surety that the circuit court of the county or the justice court of the township wherein the application and bond is filed shall have jurisdiction of all actions within the jurisdiction of the respective courts against the applicant or surety, or both, arising out of said sale.

The state of Michigan, or any subdivision thereof, or any person having a cause of action against the applicant arising out of the sale of such new merchandise, may join the applicant and the surety on such bond in the same action, or may in such action sue either such applicant or the surety alone.

History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.253 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.253
Report of stolen vehicle; filing; transferring certificate of title; record of stolen or abandoned vehicles not reported or recovered; availability; reports by other states of stolen and recovered vehicles; abandoned vehicle; notification of owner and lienholder.
Status: in_force

Sec. 253.

The secretary of state, upon receiving a report of a stolen vehicle, shall file the report with the records of the secretary of state and shall not transfer the certificate of title of the vehicle to a person other than the owner's insurance company until officially notified that the vehicle has been recovered.

The secretary of state shall maintain a record of all vehicles stolen or abandoned that have not been reported as recovered and make the record available to every sheriff, the director of the department of state police, and all police departments. The record shall also be made available to proper officials in every state.

It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to file reports of stolen and recovered motor vehicles reported by other states.

In the case of abandoned vehicles, the secretary of state shall check the sheriff's report immediately with the stolen car report file and notify the owner, and the last known lienholder, if any, as shown by the record, by registered mail, that the car is now an abandoned car and held in custody by the officer.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1980, Act 460, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.7206 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.7206
Termination of storage at warehouse's option; removal or sale; notice; delivery; satisfaction of lien.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7206.

(1) A warehouse, by giving notice to the person on whose account the goods are held and any other person known to claim an interest in the goods, may require payment of any charges and removal of the goods from the warehouse at the termination of the period of storage fixed by the document of title or, if a period is not fixed, within a stated period not less than 30 days after the warehouse gives notice. If the goods are not removed before the date specified in the notice, the warehouse may sell them pursuant to section 7210.

(2) If a warehouse in good faith believes that goods are about to deteriorate or decline in value to less than the amount of its lien within the time provided in subsection (1) and section 7210, the warehouse may specify in the notice given under subsection (1) any reasonable shorter time for removal of the goods and, if the goods are not removed, may sell them at public sale held not less than 1 week after a single advertisement or posting.

(3) If, as a result of a quality or condition of the goods of which the warehouse did not have notice at the time of deposit, the goods are a hazard to other property, the warehouse facilities, or other persons, the warehouse may sell the goods at public or private sale without advertisement or posting on reasonable notification to all persons known to claim an interest in the goods. If the warehouse, after a reasonable effort, is unable to sell the goods, it may dispose of them in any lawful manner and does not incur liability by reason of that disposition.

(4) A warehouse shall deliver the goods to any person entitled to them under this article upon due demand made at any time before sale or other disposition under this section.

(5) A warehouse may satisfy its lien from the proceeds of any sale or disposition under this section but shall hold the balance for delivery on the demand of any person to which the warehouse would have been bound to deliver the goods.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013