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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4220 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4220
Nonforfeiture and cash surrender values.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4220.

In the case of policies issued prior to the operative date of section 4060 (the standard nonforfeiture law), there shall be a provision which in event of default in premium payments, after premiums shall have been paid for 3 years, shall secure to the owner of the policy a stipulated form of insurance, the net value of which shall be at least equal to the reserve at the date of default on the policy and on any dividend additions thereto, specifying the mortality table and rate of interest adopted for computing such reserves less a sum of not more than 2 1/2% of the amount insured by the policy and of any existing dividend additions thereto, and less any existing indebtedness to the company on the policy. Such provision shall stipulate that the policy, after premiums shall have been paid for 5 years, may be surrendered to the company at its home office within 13 weeks, or 3 months, from date of default for a specified cash value at least equal to the sum which would otherwise be available for the purchase of insurance as aforesaid and may stipulate that the company may defer payment for not more than 6 months after application therefor is made. This provision shall not be required in term insurance of 20 years or less.

In the case of policies issued on and after the operative date of section 4060 (the standard nonforfeiture law) there shall be a provision for such nonforfeiture and cash surrender values as are required for industrial insurance by said section 4060.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6521 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6521
Jurisdiction over actions at law; one form of action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6521.

Except as otherwise provided or limited in statutes specifically applicable to courts of limited jurisdiction, the courts have jurisdiction over actions at law, including statutory actions and remedies which are not equitable in nature, when the amount claimed or the matter in controversy does not exceed the jurisdictional limits applicable in the courts. Forms of action are abolished and there is 1 form of action known as a civil action.

History: Add. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.23a — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.23a
County-wide appraisal of property for assessment; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23a.

The board of supervisors of any county may employ an independent appraisal firm to make a county-wide appraisal for the purpose of assisting local assessing officers in arriving at a true cash value for assessment purposes and of assisting the board of supervisors in reviewing and equalizing assessments. The expense of such appraisal, when approved by the board of supervisors, shall be paid from the general fund of the county. The purpose of such appraisal is to provide a uniform basis for the assessment of taxes throughout the county in order to apportion the burden of property taxes fairly and equitably among the owners of taxable property.

History: Add. 1956, Act 19, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 472.102 — MI Code / Chapter 472 / Act Act-67-of-1891 / Section 472.102
Street or electric railway; condemnation, procedure, limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

In case no agreement can be reached for the purchase of the right of such toll road company, said electric or street railway company is authorized to condemn such rights and franchise of said toll or plank road company in which condemnation such street or electric railway company shall proceed as in the condemnation of lands or franchises for railroad purposes under chapter 91 of the third volume of Howell's annotated statutes, being chapter 75 of the Compiled Laws of 1871, and all acts amendatory thereto, so far as the same are applicable: Provided, however, That said street or electric railway company shall only condemn that part of the franchise of said toll or plank road company as may lie between its old established road bed and the side line of the street, except where it may be necessary to cross the street or go where a toll house may happen to be located: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not be so construed as to [affect] effect the rights of abutting property owners or the rights of the public in such highways.

History: 1891, Act 67, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891; CL 1897, 6471; CL 1915, 8569; CL 1929, 11327; CL 1948, 472.102
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.79101 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.79101
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 79101.

As used in this part:

"Commission" means the Michigan state waterways commission created in part 781.

"Harbor" means a portion of a lake or other body of water either naturally or artificially protected in order to be a place of safety for watercraft.

"Harbor facilities" means the structures of a harbor constructed to protect the lake or body of water and the facilities provided within the harbor and on shore for the mooring and servicing of watercraft and the servicing of crews and passengers.

"Marina" means a site which contains harbor facilities.

"Nonrevenue-producing harbor facilities" means any portion of harbor facilities that would not normally produce revenue and includes, but is not limited to, jetties, breakwaters, dredging, and shore protection.

"Revenue-producing harbor facilities" means any portion of harbor facilities that normally produce revenue and includes, but is not limited to, watercraft slips, watercraft launching facilities, watercraft storage, lodging, access roads, watercraft repair facilities, parking lots, mechanical haul-out devices, and facilities for fuel, food, and other services.

"Watercraft" means any contrivance used or designed for navigation on water, including, but not limited to, any vessel, ship, boat, motor vessel, steam vessel, vessel operated by machinery, motorboat, sailboat, barge, scow, tugboat, and rowboat.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1461 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1461
Voting agreements between shareholders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 461.

An agreement between 2 or more shareholders, if in writing and signed by the parties, may provide that in exercising voting rights, the shares held by them shall be voted as provided in the agreement, or as they may agree, or as determined in accordance with a procedure agreed upon by them. A voting agreement executed pursuant to this section, whether or not proxies are executed pursuant to the agreement, is not subject to sections 466 through 468. A voting agreement under this section shall be specifically enforceable.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.245 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-266-of-1995 / Section 129.245
Limiting or suspending authority to issue and use credit cards; issuance of order; hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

After a hearing conducted under the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the department of treasury may issue an order limiting or suspending the authority of a local unit to issue and use credit cards under this act for failure to comply with the requirements of this act or with the requirements of the local unit's credit card policy.

History: 1995, Act 266, Eff. July 8, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.1 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 552.1
Invalidity of marriages; legitimacy of issue.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

If solemnized within this state, a marriage that is prohibited by law because of consanguinity or affinity between the parties, because either party had a wife or husband living at the time of solemnization, or because either party was not capable in law of contracting at the time of solemnization is absolutely void. The issue of such a marriage are legitimate.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 84; CL 1857, 3222; CL 1871, 4733; How. 6223; Am. 1883, Act 24, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1883; CL 1897, 8616; CL 1915, 11392; CL 1929, 12723; CL 1948, 552.1; Am. 1967, Act 229, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 2001, Act 107, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.2317 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-179-of-1991 / Section 484.2317
Operator service providers; registration required; fee; connection of emergency call to emergency responder service.
Status: in_force

Sec. 317.

(1) An operator service provider shall not provide operator services in this state without first registering with the commission. The registration shall include the following information:

(a) The name of the provider.

(b) The address of the provider's principal office.

(c) If the provider is not located in this state, the address of the registered office and the name of the registered agent authorized to receive service of process in this state.

(d) Any other information that the commission may require.

(2) The registration shall be accompanied with a registration fee of $100.00.

(3) The registration is effective immediately upon filing with the commission and the payment of the registration fee.

(4) At no charge, an operator service provider shall immediately connect a person making an emergency call to an emergency responder service.

History: Add. 1995, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1995; Am. 2005, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 2005; Am. 2014, Act 52, Imd. Eff. Mar. 25, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2314 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2314
Implied warranty; merchantability, course of dealing, usage of trade.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2314.

Unless excluded or modified (section 2316), a warranty that the goods shall be merchantable is implied in a contract for their sale if the seller is a merchant with respect to goods of that kind. Under this section the serving for value of food or drink to be consumed either on the premises or elsewhere is a sale.

Goods to be merchantable must be at least such as

pass without objection in the trade under the contract description; and

in the case of fungible goods, are of fair average quality within the description; and

are fit for the ordinary purposes for which such goods are used; and

run, within the variations permitted by the agreement, of even kind, quality and quantity within each unit and among all units involved; and

are adequately contained, packaged, and labeled as the agreement may require; and

conform to the promises or affirmations of fact made on the container or label if any.

Unless excluded or modified (section 2316) other implied warranties may arise from course of dealing or usage of trade.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.611 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-155-of-1981 / Section 445.611
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

For purposes of this act:

"Customer" means a person who causes a moldbuilder to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, or form for use in the manufacture, assembly, or fabrication of plastic parts, or a person who causes a molder to use a die, mold, or form to manufacture, assemble, or fabricate a plastic product.

"Moldbuilder" means a person who fabricates, casts, or otherwise makes, repairs, or modifies a die, mold, or form for use in the manufacture, assembly, or fabrication of plastic parts.

"Molder" means a person who uses a die, mold, or form to manufacture, assemble, or fabricate plastic parts.

"Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity.

History: 1981, Act 155, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Am. 2002, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.312 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-15-of-2011 / Section 445.312
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Advertise" means the use or dissemination of an advertising by a person that is subject to this act.

(b) "Advertising" or "advertisement" means a communication or representation that is disseminated in any manner by any means for the purpose of inducing, or that is likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of a consumer item, good, merchandise, or commodity.

(c) "Automatic checkout system" means an electronic device, computer, or machine that determines the price of a consumer item by using a product identity code. An automatic checkout system may but is not required to include an optical scanner.

(d) "Consumer item" means an article of tangible personal property used or consumed, or bought for use or consumption, primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.

(e) A price is "displayed" for a consumer item if the price is stamped, affixed, or otherwise marked on the consumer item; or the price of the consumer item is displayed, by signage, by an electronic reader, or by any other method that clearly and reasonably conveys the current price of the consumer item, to a consumer when in the store at the place where the item is located.

(f) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity.

(g) "Sale at retail" means a transfer of an interest in a consumer item by a person that is regularly and principally engaged in the business of selling consumer items to a buyer for use or consumption and not for resale.

(h) "Total price" means the full purchase price of a consumer item, excluding sales tax and container deposit.

History: 2011, Act 15, Eff. Sept. 1, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.815 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-286-of-1964 / Section 247.815
Repeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Sections 2 and 2a of chapter 5 of Act No. 283 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 225.2 and 225.2a of the Compiled Laws of 1948, are repealed.

History: 1964, Act 286, Eff. Jan. 4, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.61903 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.61903
Hydrocarbon activities not in violation of law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61903.

The hydrocarbon activities within the Pigeon river country state forest authorized by the plan referred to in section 61902 can be carried out without violation of law under terms of the amended stipulation and consent order referred to in section 61902.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1305 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1305
Subscription for shares.
Status: in_force

Sec. 305.

A subscription for shares made before or after organization of a corporation is not enforceable unless in writing and signed by the subscriber.

A subscription for shares of a corporation to be organized is irrevocable and may be accepted by the corporation for a period of 6 months, unless otherwise provided by the subscription agreement or unless all the subscribers consent to its revocation.

A contract with a corporation to purchase its shares to be issued is a subscription agreement and not an executory contract to purchase shares, unless otherwise provided in the contract.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1529 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-230-of-1972 / Section 125.1529
Enforcement of code or construction regulations by governmental subdivision or enforcing agency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

Except as otherwise provided in this act, this act does not abrogate or impair the power of a governmental subdivision or enforcing agency to enforce the provisions of the code or any other applicable construction regulations, or to prevent violations or impose sanctions on violators.

History: 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1994, Act 22, Eff. May 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.472 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-196-of-1986 / Section 124.472
Notes and bonds generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

A public authority may, by resolution of its board, borrow money and issue its notes and bonds in anticipation of the collection of taxes and other revenues for its then next succeeding fiscal year, or the taxes or other revenue for its current fiscal year to provide funds for operating purposes or for capital purposes related to public transportation facilities.

History: 1986, Act 196, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.455 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-94-of-1899 / Section 458.455
Church government; ecclesiastical polity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Said churches, when so incorporated, shall be in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity subject to the discipline, rules and usages of the Evangelical association as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of said church and the annual conference in whose bounds such corporation is situated.

History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899; CL 1915, 10966; CL 1929, 10987; CL 1948, 458.455
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.22 — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-209-of-1911 / Section 2.22
State coat-of-arms; emblazonment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The coat-of-arms shall be blazoned as follows:

Chief, Azure, motto argent Tuebor;

Charge, Azure, sun-rayed rising sinister proper, lake wavey proper, peninsula dexter grassy proper, man dexter on peninsula, rustic, habited, dexter arm-raised, dexter turned, sinister arm with gun stock resting, all proper;

Crest, On a wreath azure and or, an American eagle rising to the dexter, tips of wings partly lowered to base, all proper, dexter talon holding an olive branch with 13 fruit, sinister talon holding a sheaf of 3 arrows, all proper. Over his head a sky azure environed with a scroll gules with the motto "E Pluribus Unum" argent;

Supporters;

Dexter, An elk rampant, proper;

Sinister, A moose rampant, proper;

Mottoes, On the scroll unending superior narrow argent, in sable, the motto, "Si quaeris peninsulam, amoenam."

On the scroll unending inferior, broader argent in sable the motto "circumspice."

Observations:

Scroll support and conventional leaf design between shield and scroll superior or;

Escutcheon supporters rest on the scroll supports and leaf design.

History: 1911, Act 209, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 1099; CL 1929, 135; CL 1948, 2.22
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.715 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-281-of-2023 / Section 15.715
Failure to file report; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

(1) An individual who fails to file a report as required under this act shall pay a late filing fee of $25.00 for each business day after the first 10 business days that the report remains unfiled. The fee imposed under this subsection must not exceed $1,000.00.

(2) A late filing fee collected under this act must be deposited into the general fund.

(3) An individual who knowingly files an incomplete or inaccurate report in violation of this act may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $2,000.00.

(4) A late filing fee assessed or civil fine imposed under this act that remains unpaid for more than 180 days must be referred to the department of treasury for collection.

(5) The amount of a late filing fee assessed or civil fine imposed under this act must be adjusted for inflation every 4 years using the Consumer Price Index.

History: 2023, Act 281, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024; Am. 2025, Act 3, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.495 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-167-of-1917 / Section 125.495
Egress; means above first floor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 95.

Egress. All parts of every multiple dwelling, above the first story, shall have access to 2 independent means of egress either of which is accessible without passing through the other. In the case of multiple dwellings erected after the passage of this act the construction and arrangement of these means of egress shall conform to provisions of section 39. In the case of multiple dwellings erected prior to the passage of this act, wherein all parts are not supplied with the means of egress specified herein, deficiencies in exit facilities may be corrected by the erection of fire escapes constructed and arranged in accordance with the provisions of section 40. Access to existing fire escapes shall be equivalent to the standards established in section 40 for fire escapes. Where there are not more than 2 apartments or 6 sleeping rooms on a floor, access to 1 means of egress may be had through a private room or apartment providing the door to such room or apartment, through which such access is to be had, is equipped with a glass panel and other appurtenances as specified in section 40 for similar access doors to fire escapes.

History: 1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 2583; Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 125.495
Mich. Comp. Laws § 229.1 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 229.1
Application for private road; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

When an application is made to the township supervisor for a private road, he shall give notice in writing to the owner or occupant of the land over which the road is proposed to be laid out, to meet on a day and at a place certain, which shall not be more than 10 nor less than 5 days from the time of service of the notice, for the purpose of aiding in the striking of a jury to determine the necessity of the road. If the land over which it is proposed to lay the road is nonresident and the owner thereof does not reside in the county, the notice shall be served in the same manner as is provided in laying out public roads, and proof of service or posting shall be made in like manner.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4447; CL 1929, 4062; CL 1948, 229.1; Am. 1972, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973