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Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1284 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1284
Additional definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 284.

As used in this section and sections 285 to 292:

"Archival value" means records which have been selected by the department of history, arts, and libraries as having enduring worth because they document the growth and development of this state from earlier times, including the territorial period; they evidence the creation, organization, development, operation, functions, or effects of state agencies; or because they contain significant information about persons, things, problems, or conditions dealt with by state agencies.

"Record" or "records" means a document, paper, letter, or writing, including documents, papers, books, letters, or writings prepared by handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, or photocopying; or a photograph, film, map, magnetic or paper tape, microform, magnetic or punch card, disc, drum, sound or video recording, electronic data processing material, or other recording medium, and includes individual letters, words, pictures, sounds, impulses, or symbols, or combination thereof, regardless of physical form or characteristics. Record may also include a record series, if applicable.

History: Add. 1988, Act 504, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988; Am. 2001, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 24, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.172 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.172
Register of deeds; recordings; notice to director of department of energy, labor, and economic growth.
Status: in_force

Sec. 172.

Upon receipt of the plat from the director of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth the register of deeds shall:

(a) Certify on the plat the time of recording and the book and page where recorded. He or she shall not accept a plat for recording unless it is sent to him or her by the director of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth and bears a certificate of approval of the director of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth.

(b) Note on the record the time when made.

(c) Record the book and page number of any building restrictions noted on or filed with the plat.

(d) Certify and promptly forward to the director of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth on a form specified by him or her that the plat has been recorded.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 2010, Act 63, Imd. Eff. May 6, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1644 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-660-of-2002 / Section 445.1644
Municipal actions; statutory conflict; preemption; severability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

The federal government and state solely regulate the business of brokering, making, servicing, and collecting mortgage loans in this state and the manner in which any such business is conducted.

Any charter, ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other action by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision of this state to regulate, directly or indirectly, the brokering, making, servicing, or collecting of mortgage loans constitutes a statutory conflict with the uniform operation throughout the state of residential mortgage lending and is preempted.

Any charter, ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other action by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision of this state to collect information about, require reporting of, pledges regarding, notices, or certifications concerning loans, lenders, applicants, deposits, or credit experiences, character, and criminal background checks of employees, agents, customers, or other persons is preempted by this act.

Any charter, ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other action by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision of this state that attempts to regulate the brokering, making, servicing, or collecting of mortgage loans constitutes a statutory conflict and is preempted, including, without limitation, if the ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action does either of the following:

Disqualifies a person, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, from doing business with the municipal corporation or other political subdivision based upon the acts or practices of the person or its subsidiaries or affiliates in brokering, making, servicing, or collecting mortgage loans.

Imposes reporting requirements or other obligations upon a person, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, based upon the person's, or its subsidiaries' or affiliates', acts or practices in brokering, making, servicing, or collecting mortgage loans.

If any provision of this section, or any application of any provision of this section, is for any reason held to be illegal or invalid, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect any legal and valid provision or application of this section, and the provisions and applications of this section shall be severable.

History: 2002, Act 660, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1410 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-203-of-1999 / Section 141.1410
Convention facility authority fund; creation; disposition of money.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

A convention facility authority fund is created for each authority. An authority shall deposit all money received and generated by the convention facility into the fund.

History: 1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 427.101 — MI Code / Chapter 427 / Act Act-42-of-1905 / Section 427.101
Liability of innkeeper for loss of or injury to personal property of guest; limitations; bed and breakfast included in “hotel” or “inn.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The liability of the keeper of any inn, whether individual, partnership, or corporation, for loss of or injury to personal property of the innkeeper's guest, shall be that of a depository for hire, except that in no case shall such liability exceed the sum of $250.00; and in case of the loss of a trunk or chest, and its contents, it shall not exceed the sum of $150.00; in case of the loss of a traveling bag or dress suitcase, and contents, it shall not exceed the sum of $50.00; and in case of the loss of a box, bundle, or package, and contents, it shall not exceed the sum of $10.00. Nothing in this act shall prohibit an innkeeper from assuming a greater liability than the sum of $250.00 for the personal effects of the innkeeper's guest if the undertaking and agreement is in writing, stating the kind of personal property received and the value thereof, the kind and extent of the liability of the innkeeper, and is signed by the guests and the innkeeper or the innkeeper's clerk. Nothing in this section shall preclude any remedy now existing for the enforcement of the hotel keeper's or innkeeper's lien.

For the purposes of this act, "hotel" or "inn" includes a bed and breakfast as defined in section 12901 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.12901 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1905, Act 42, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1905; CL 1915, 6929; CL 1929, 8803; CL 1948, 427.101; Am. 1987, Act 115, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6012 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6012
Execution; property bound from time of levy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6012.

Whenever an execution issues against the property of any person, his goods and chattels, lands and tenements, levied upon by such execution, shall be bound from the time of such levy.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.34 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.34
State aeronautics fund; qualified airport fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.

(1) The state aeronautics fund is created. All money received from aviation fuel taxes imposed under section 203(1), the portion of sales and use taxes to be deposited into the state aeronautics fund under section 25 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.75, and section 21 of the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.111, any money required to be deposited into the state aeronautics fund under section 35(3), and all money received from licensing of schools of aviation, airports, landing fields, airport managers, registration of aircraft and airmen, and from the operation of state operated airports, landing fields, and other aeronautical facilities, must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the state aeronautics fund.

(2) The qualified airport fund is created. All money to be deposited into the qualified airport fund under section 25 of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.75, and section 21 of the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.111, must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the qualified airport fund.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.334; Am. 1996, Act 370, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996; Am. 2015, Act 259, Eff. Mar. 22, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.159 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-260-of-2018 / Section 408.159
Program awards; eligible expenses; remittance to department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) Expenses for which program award may be used include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(a) The actual cost of classroom training, including instructor costs and instructional materials.

(b) The actual cost of on-the-job training, including wage reimbursement, as determined by the department.

(c) Other costs as determined by the department.

(2) An awardee shall not expend any amount of a program award on any of the following:

(a) Equipment, including tools and computers.

(b) Licensing fees.

(c) Curriculum development.

(d) Qualified employee travel costs.

(e) Online training subscriptions.

(f) Training that begins before the date of the award, unless approved by the department.

(g) Offsetting tuition reimbursement.

(3) If less than the full amount of an award is utilized by a qualified employer, the Michigan works agency shall remit the remaining amount of the award to the department. The department shall deposit money received under this subsection into the fund.

History: 2018, Act 260, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.19 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 45.19
Unorganized counties; annexation, effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

Unorganized counties and other districts, annexed, or hereafter to be annexed to any organized county for judicial purposes, shall, for every purpose, be deemed to be within the limits of the county to which they are or may be so annexed.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 13; CL 1857, 318; CL 1871, 449; How. 455; CL 1897, 2457; CL 1915, 2254; CL 1929, 1112; CL 1948, 45.19
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.17 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-234-of-1925 / Section 120.17
Port district public improvements; lands, leases and easements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

Each port commission shall have power to own and control lands, leases, and all easements in land necessary for the purposes of the port district.

History: 1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 2306; CL 1948, 120.17
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.507 — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-56-of-2009 / Section 29.507
Examination of books, papers, invoices, and other records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

To enforce the provisions of this act, the attorney general, the department of treasury, the department, or their duly authorized representatives; the state fire marshal; the commanding officer, or a uniformed firefighter acting under the orders and direction of the commanding officer, of the fire department of a city, village, township, or county; or any law enforcement personnel may examine the books, papers, invoices, and other records of any person in possession, control, or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, stored, sold, or offered for sale and the stock of cigarettes on the premises. Every person in the possession, control, or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, sold, or offered for sale must give the attorney general, the department of treasury, the department, or their duly authorized representatives; the state fire marshal; the commanding officer, or a uniformed firefighter acting under the orders and direction of the commanding officer, of the fire department of a city, village, township, or county; or any law enforcement personnel the means, facilities, and opportunity to conduct the examinations authorized under this section.

History: 2009, Act 56, Eff. Jan. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 6.16 — MI Code / Chapter 6 / Act Act-62-of-1872 / Section 6.16
Application of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

The provisions of this act shall apply to all resolutions and proceedings heretofore had, or hereafter to be had, to impeach any civil officer of this state.

History: 1872, Act 62, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1872; How. 65; CL 1897, 33; CL 1915, 47; CL 1929, 74; CL 1948, 6.16
Mich. Comp. Laws § 492.117 — MI Code / Chapter 492 / Act Act-27-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 492.117
Installment sale contract; costs; fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

(a) In addition to the cost of insurance premiums and travel emergency benefits authorized in the preceding section of this act, the seller of a motor vehicle under an installment sale contract may require the buyer to pay certain other costs incurred in the sale of a motor vehicle under such contract as follows:

1. Fees, payable to the state of Michigan, for filing a lien or encumbrances on the certificate of title to a motor vehicle sold under an installment sale contract or collateral security thereto.

2. Fees, payable to a public official, for filing or recording and satisfying or releasing the installment sale contract or instruments securing the buyer's obligation.

3. Fees for notarization required in connection with the filing and recording or satisfying and releasing a mortgage, judgment lien or encumbrance.

(b) The seller of a motor vehicle under an installment sale contract may also contract with the buyer to pay, on behalf of the buyer, such other costs incidental to the sale of a motor vehicle and contracted for voluntarily by the buyer as follows:

1. Fees in amounts established by and paid to the state of Michigan for titling and registration of the motor vehicle and issuance or transfer of registration plates.

2. If the buyer of a motor vehicle elects to title or register the motor vehicle electronically, fees payable to any third party authorized by the secretary of state and to the seller for electronic titling and registration of the motor vehicle.

(c) The foregoing costs may be charged, contracted for, collected or received by the seller from the buyer independently of the installment sale contract, or the seller may extend credit to the buyer for the amount of such costs and include such amount in the principal amount financed under the installment sale contract.

(d) Such other costs paid or payable by the buyer shall not exceed the amount which the seller expends or intends to expend therefor. Any such costs which the seller has collected from the buyer, or which have been included in the buyer's obligation under the installment sale contract which are not disbursed by the seller, as contemplated, shall be immediately refunded or credited to the buyer.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 27, Eff. Mar. 31, 1951; Am. 2006, Act 302, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.845 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-11-of-2022 / Section 550.845
Scope of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35.

This act does not apply with respect to a claim that is entirely preempted by federal law, including Medicare Part D or the employee retirement income security act of 1974, Public Law 93-406.

History: 2022, Act 11, Eff. Jan. 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.789 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.789
Presence of victim at hearing; sequestering of victim.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

The victim has the right to be present throughout the entire contested adjudicative hearing or waiver hearing of the juvenile, unless the victim is going to be called as a witness. If the victim is going to be called as a witness, the court, for good cause shown, may order the victim to be sequestered until the victim first testifies. The victim shall not be sequestered after he or she first testifies.

History: Add. 1988, Act 22, Eff. June 1, 1988; Am. 2000, Act 503, Eff. June 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8141a — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8141a
Payment of special deposit claims; priority; transfer of special deposits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8141a.

Special deposit claims shall be paid pursuant to the following order of priority:

To the receiver for the costs and expenses of the receivership.

To the guaranty association for the costs and expenses of administration with respect to the payment of claims.

To claims of Michigan policyholders of the insurer and to claimants of those Michigan policyholders.

To Michigan beneficiaries of insurance contracts owned by non-Michigan residents.

To other Michigan claimants of the insurer.

To claims of non-Michigan policyholders of the insurer and to claimants of those non-Michigan policyholders.

To non-Michigan beneficiaries of insurance contracts owned by non-Michigan residents.

To the stockholders or owners of the insurer.

Upon request of a guaranty association of this state to which the insurer is a member, special deposits made by the insurer shall be transferred to that guaranty association for the payment of claims pursuant to this section.

History: Add. 1989, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990; Am. 1994, Act 443, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.45903 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.45903
Game fish; license; application; contents; fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 45903.

Any person owning or having control of private waters in this state who desires a license under this part shall make application for the license to the department, accompanied by a fee of $5.00. The application shall state the name and address of the applicant and include the description of the premises where game fish are to be propagated, reared, possessed, or offered for sale, together with additional information as may be required. Upon receipt of the application and fee, the department, if satisfied that this part and the rules promulgated under this part have been complied with, shall issue a license to the applicant.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.65 — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-125-of-1981 / Section 493.65
Subpoena of witnesses and evidence; oaths and affirmations; certain conduct as misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The commissioner may subpoena witnesses and documents, papers, books, records, and other evidence, in any matter over which the commissioner has jurisdiction, control, or supervision. The commissioner may administer oaths and affirmations to a person whose testimony is required.

A person subpoenaed under this section who willfully refuses or neglects to appear at the time and place named in the subpoena, or to produce books, accounts, records, files, or documents required by the commissioner, or who refuses to be sworn or, unless permitted by law, refuses to answer as a witness, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1981, Act 125, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1981; Am. 1997, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.357 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-165-of-1927 / Section 397.357
Control of library.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Said library when so consolidated shall be under the joint control of the township boards, and any matter upon which they can not agree shall be decided by the county commissioner of schools. Not more than 2 joint meetings per year shall be held.

History: 1927, Act 165, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 8100; CL 1948, 397.357
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.2 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-282-of-1905 / Section 207.2
State board of assessors; compensation for clerical assistance, expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Provided, That the compensation paid for such clerical assistance shall be as appropriated by the legislature. All other necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act, shall be allowed by the board of state auditors upon proper vouchers approved by the chairman and secretary of the board of the state tax commissioners, and paid by the state treasurer out of the general fund.

History: 1905, Act 282, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 4214; CL 1929, 3553; Am. 1933, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1933; CL 1948, 207.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.535 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-251-of-1968 / Section 456.535
Registration of cemetery; date; application; form; fee; expiration; procedure for denying registration; late penalty filing fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

(1) Each person owning, managing, or operating a cemetery shall register the cemetery by filing with the commissioner a registration application before June 2 of each year, on a form furnished by the commissioner, and accompanied by the registration fee. A registration expires on July 1 of each year.

(2) If the commissioner intends to deny registration, the procedure set forth in section 19 shall be followed. The commissioner may impose a late penalty filing fee of $10.00 per day on a person which filed a registration application after June 1.

History: 1968, Act 251, Eff. Sept. 15, 1968; Am. 1978, Act 102, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1982; Am. 2004, Act 22, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Am. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1688 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-371-of-2012 / Section 691.1688
Provisional remedies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) Before an arbitrator is appointed and is authorized and able to act, the court, on motion of a party to an arbitration proceeding and for good cause shown, may enter an order for provisional remedies to protect the effectiveness of the arbitration proceeding to the same extent and under the same conditions as if the controversy were the subject of a civil action.

(2) After an arbitrator is appointed and is authorized and able to act, both of the following apply:

(a) The arbitrator may issue orders for provisional remedies, including interim awards, as the arbitrator finds necessary to protect the effectiveness of the arbitration proceeding and to promote the fair and expeditious resolution of the controversy, to the same extent and under the same conditions as if the controversy were the subject of a civil action.

(b) A party to an arbitration proceeding may move the court for a provisional remedy only if the matter is urgent and the arbitrator is not able to act timely or the arbitrator cannot provide an adequate remedy.

(3) A party does not waive a right of arbitration by making a motion under subsection (1) or (2).

History: 2012, Act 371, Eff. July 1, 2013