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Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.24a — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.24a
Assignment of liber and page or unique identifying number; satisfaction of recording requirements; delivery of instrument rejected on prior occasion.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24a.

(1) The register's assignment of a liber and page or other unique identifying number is prima facie evidence that the instrument has satisfied all recording requirements, including the payment of fees, and has been accepted for recording.

(2) An instrument is deemed to be recorded at the date and time of delivery to the register if the instrument is later determined to have satisfied all recording requirements, including the payment of fees.

(3) When an instrument that was rejected on a prior occasion is delivered, a new delivery date and time shall be noted on the face of the instrument as required by section 24 of this chapter, and the later date and time shall be rebuttably presumed to be the date and time of delivery.

History: Add. 2008, Act 357, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.872 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-234-of-2022 / Section 565.872
Effect of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

This act does not do either of the following:

(a) Impose a duty on a register of deeds or employee of a register of deeds to inspect a deed or other instrument to determine whether recording the deed or instrument would violate this act.

(b) Create a duty, a responsibility, a requirement, or an obligation on the part of a title insurance company or title insurance agency, or the officers, directors, shareholders, employees, or contractors of a title insurance company or title insurance agency, to inspect a deed or other instrument to determine whether recording the deed or instrument would violate this act. A title insurance company or title insurance agency, or the officers, directors, shareholders, employees, or contractors of the title insurance company or title insurance agency, are expressly excluded from any liability or cause of action that may be brought by any person under this act.

History: 2022, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.302 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.302
"Wage earning capacity" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 302.

As used in chapters 3 and 4, "wage earning capacity" means the wages the employee earns or is capable of earning at a job reasonably available to that employee if the employee is a member of a full-paid fire department of an airport run by a county road commission in counties of 1,000,000 population or more or by a state university or college or of a full-paid fire or police department of a city, township, or incorporated village employed and compensated upon a full-time basis, a county sheriff or the deputy of the county sheriff, a member of the state police, a conservation officer, a motor carrier inspector of the Michigan public service commission, or any employee of any authority, district, board, or any other entity created in whole or in part by the authorization of 1 or more cities, counties, villages, or townships, whether created by statute, ordinance, contract, resolution, delegation, or any other mechanism, who is engaged as a police officer, or in firefighting or subject to the hazards thereof. For the purposes of establishing a limitation of wage earning capacity, an employee has an affirmative duty to seek work reasonably available to that employee, taking into consideration the limitations from the work-related injury or disease. A magistrate may consider good-faith job search efforts to determine whether jobs are reasonably available.

History: Add. 2011, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.282 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act Act-149-of-1848 / Section 322.282
School and university lands; new certificates, indorsement of credits, computation of interest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

At the time of issuing any such new certificates, the said commissioner shall indorse thereon the proper credits, pro rata, and of their proper dates for all payments of principal and interest moneys theretofore made upon the original certificate thus surrendered, and the interest upon such new certificate shall be computed from the last annual payment due on the original certificate.

History: 1848, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1848; CL 1857, 2520; CL 1871, 3894; How. 5334; CL 1897, 1352; CL 1915, 527; CL 1929, 5927; CL 1948, 322.282
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2845 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2845
Inability to locate body; registration of death upon receipt of findings of probate court; marking death registration; extension of time periods.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2845.

When a death is presumed to have occurred in this state but the body cannot be located, the state registrar may register the death upon receipt of the findings of the probate court, including the personal and medical data required to complete the death registration. The death registration shall be marked "presumptive" and shall show on its face the date of registration and identify the court and the date of decree.

The state registrar may provide for the extension of time periods prescribed for the filing of death registrations in cases where compliance would result in undue hardship.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2116 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2116
Condition of licensure as insurance agent; penalizing insurance agent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2116.

(1) A duly licensed insurance agent licensed to represent 1 or more insurers shall, as a condition of licensure, do all of the following:

(a) Provide each eligible person seeking automobile insurance or home insurance a premium quotation for the forms or types of insurance coverages that are offered by the insurers represented by the agent and that are sought by the eligible person.

(b) Inform the eligible person of the number of insurers that he or she represents. If the agent represents additional insurers from which the eligible person may obtain insurance, the agent may provide additional premium quotations as requested by the eligible person.

(c) Not attempt to channel an eligible person away from an insurer or insurance coverage with the purpose or effect of avoiding an agent's obligation to submit an application or an insurer's obligation to accept an eligible person.

(d) On request, submit an application of the eligible person for automobile insurance or home insurance to the insurer selected by the eligible person.

(e) For automobile insurance only, at least annually, supply, with the renewal of a policy, to each insured, unless the information is available from the insurer, all of the following:

( i ) An explanation of the insurance eligibility point system.

( ii ) A statement that if the insured is an eligible person he or she may qualify for insurance from more than 1 insurer, and possibly at a lower rate.

( iii ) A statement that the agent will, on request, furnish to the insured a set of quotations from insurers represented by the agent from whom the insured may obtain insurance, as required in this subsection.

(2) With respect to automobile insurance or home insurance, an insurer shall not penalize an individual agent by paying less than normal commissions or normal compensation or salary because of the expected or actual experience produced by the agent's business or because of the geographic location of business written by the agent.

History: Add. 1979, Act 145, Eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Am. 1980, Act 461, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 1981; Am. 2012, Act 454, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.123a — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-284-of-1937 / Section 287.123a
Livestock auction or buying station; bond, producers' proceeds account, deposits; record of charges.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3a.

Each licensee operating a livestock auction or buying station, in addition to providing a bond as required by this act, shall maintain a "producers' proceeds account". Within 7 calendar days following each livestock auction, the licensee shall deposit in the producers' proceeds account funds equal to the total amount of money due the livestock sellers or consignors of livestock sold or consigned through the livestock auction. Failure to make such deposits in their entirety is a violation of this section. The director shall audit from time to time the producers' proceeds account and ascertain whether the provisions of this section are being complied with. All records of the licensee shall be made available to the director for the purposes of auditing the account. The entire sale price of livestock sold through the auction less commissions, handling charges, service fees and other accepted charges shall be placed in the producers' proceeds account and shall be used to pay the seller or consignor for the livestock and for no other purpose. A record of the commissions, handling charges, service fees and other charges shall be maintained by the licensee and shall be provided to the seller or consignor of the livestock at the completion of the sale.

History: Add. 1957, Act 290, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 2012, Act 317, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.888 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.888
Board of state canvassers; return of ballots and election materials; concurrent recount.
Status: in_force

Sec. 888.

The board of state canvassers has the right and authority to demand and cause the ballots and election materials returned in connection with any election, and any other documents and reports as are considered necessary, to be brought before the several boards of county canvassers, and shall order that a concurrent recount of the votes be conducted for any office or ballot question petitioned for under sections 861a to 876, if the votes appear on the same ballots as those which are to be recounted by the board of state canvassers. The concurrent recount must be under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the board of state canvassers. All ballots and election materials must be safely guarded and when no longer required must be delivered to the individuals charged with the care and custody of those items.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 2024, Act 74, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.423 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-148-of-1901 / Section 458.423
Officers; membership qualification; vacation or vacancy, effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Any person elected to the office of pastor, elder or deacon according to the constitution and usages of the Christian Reformed churches of America in any particular church, and the pastor, if there be one, shall become and be a member of the corporation of that church, and corporate functions of all offices shall cease on the vacation of the ecclesiastical office, but a vacancy in the office of the pastor shall in no degree affect such corporation.

History: 1901, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901; CL 1915, 11032; CL 1929, 10976; CL 1948, 458.423
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.409 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-167-of-1917 / Section 125.409
State board of health; authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

State board of health. The state board of health shall have the power to examine into the enforcement of this act.

History: 1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 2495; Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 125.409
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.14m — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.14m
Applicability of chapter to certain felonies; MCL 462.257(1) to 472.36.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14m.

This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapters 460 to 473 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max 462.257(1) Person A Trains - endangering travel Life 462.353(5) Pub saf E Operating a locomotive under the influence - third or subsequent offense 5 462.353(6) Person C Operating locomotive under the influence or while impaired causing death 15 462.353(7) Person E Operating locomotive under the influence or while impaired causing serious impairment 5 472.21 Pub saf A Causing derailment of streetcar, tram, or trolley or endangering life of person engaged in the work of or traveling by streetcar, tram, or trolley Life 472.36 Pub saf A Street railways - obstruction of track Life

M.C.L.

Category

Class

Description

Stat Max

462.257(1)

Person

A

Trains - endangering travel

Life

462.353(5)

Pub saf

E

Operating a locomotive under the influence - third or subsequent offense

5

462.353(6)

Person

C

Operating locomotive under the influence or while impaired causing death

15

462.353(7)

Person

E

Operating locomotive under the influence or while impaired causing serious impairment

5

472.21

Pub saf

A

Causing derailment of streetcar, tram, or trolley or endangering life of person engaged in the work of or traveling by streetcar, tram, or trolley

Life

472.36

Pub saf

A

Street railways - obstruction of track

Life

History: Add. 2002, Act 29, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002; Am. 2002, Act 659, Eff. Apr. 1, 2003; Am. 2008, Act 484, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32709 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32709
Informational materials.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32709.

The department may contract for the preparation and distribution of informational materials to members of the public related to any of the following:

(a) The purposes, benefits, and requirements of this part.

(b) Information on complying with the registration requirement of this part and on any general or applicable methods for calculating or estimating water withdrawals or consumptive uses.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2008, Act 182, Imd. Eff. July 9, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.29 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.29
Death before retirement; refund of contributions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

Should a member die before his service retirement becomes effective, the accumulated contributions standing to his credit in the employees' savings fund, at the time of his death, shall be paid, except as otherwise provided in this act, to such person or persons as he shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the retirement board, or if there be no such designated person or persons, then to his legal representative.

History: 1943, Act 240, Eff. July 30, 1943; Am. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 25, Imd. Eff. Feb. 29, 1944; CL 1948, 38.29; Am. 1953, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1955, Act 237, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.568 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-152-of-2011 / Section 15.568
Exemption from act; extension; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) By a 2/3 vote of its governing body each year, prior to the beginning of the medical benefit plan coverage year, a local unit of government may exempt itself from the requirements of this act for the next succeeding medical benefit plan coverage year.

(2) A 2/3 vote of the governing body of the local unit of government prior to the beginning of each succeeding medical benefit plan coverage year is required to extend an exemption under this section.

(3) An exemption under this section is not effective for a city with a mayor who is both the chief executive and chief administrator, unless the mayor also approves the exemption.

(4) An exemption under this section is not effective for a county with a county executive who is both the chief executive and chief administrator, unless the county executive also approves the exemption.

(5) An exemption under this section is not effective for a city with a population greater than 600,000.

History: 2011, Act 152, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2011; Am. 2013, Act 273, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013; Am. 2014, Act 184, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1122 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-198-of-1965 / Section 257.1122
Payment from fund; prohibited when damages paid or payable from insurance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

No payment shall be made out of the fund for payment of damages arising out of motor vehicle accidents occurring in this state prior to January 1, 1966.

No payment shall be made out of the fund in respect to a claim or judgment for damages or in respect to a judgment against the secretary, of any amount paid or payable by an insurer by reason of the existence of a policy of insurance or of any amount paid or payable by any other person by reason of the existence of any policy, contract, agreement or arrangement, providing for the payment of compensation, indemnity or other benefits.

No amount sought to be paid out of the fund shall be sought in lieu of making a claim or receiving a payment that is payable by reason of the existence of a policy of insurance, or in lieu of making a claim or receiving a payment that is payable by reason of the existence of any policy, contract, agreement or arrangement, providing for the payment of compensation, indemnity or other benefits, to which the claimant would be entitled in the absence of this act.

In determining the amount which is payable from the fund under subsections (2) and (3) of this section and section 23, of this act, no consideration shall be given to any amount received or receivable by or paid or payable to or for the benefit of any person, under a policy of life insurance or under any policy, contract or agreement, providing for the payment of any hospital or medical expenses.

No amount sought to be paid out of the fund shall be sought, directly or indirectly, for payment to or on behalf of any insurer or other person to reimburse or indemnify the insurer or such other person for any amount paid or payable by the insurer or such other person, by reason of the existence of any policy of insurance or any contract, agreement or arrangement, providing for the payment of any compensation, indemnity or other benefits.

History: 1965, Act 198, Eff. Nov. 1, 1965; Am. 1965, Act 389, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.281 — MI Code / Chapter 800 / Act Act-17-of-1909 / Section 800.281
Alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance; prohibitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Except as provided in section 2, a person shall not sell, give, or furnish, either directly or indirectly, any alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance to a prisoner who is in or on a correctional facility or dispose of that liquor, drug, poison, or controlled substance in any manner that allows a prisoner or employee of the correctional facility who is in or on a correctional facility access to it.

Except as provided in section 2, a person who knows or has reason to know that another person is a prisoner shall not sell, give, or furnish, either directly or indirectly, any alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance to that prisoner anywhere outside of a correctional facility.

Except as provided in section 2, a person shall not bring any alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance into or onto a correctional facility.

Except as provided in section 2, a prisoner shall not possess any alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance.

History: 1909, Act 17, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 1827; CL 1929, 17653; CL 1948, 800.281; Am. 1982, Act 343, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.8505 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.8505
Licensing hearing; testimony; self-incrimination; use in criminal prosecution; refusal as grounds for suspension or revocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8505.

In any licensing hearing held by the department under this article, a person shall not refuse, upon request of the department, to testify or provide other information on the grounds of self-incrimination. Any testimony or other information produced in the hearing and any information directly or indirectly derived from the testimony or other information shall not be used against the person in any criminal prosecution based on a violation of this article except a prosecution for perjury committed while testifying. Continued refusal to testify or provide other information is grounds for the suspension or revocation of a license or registration card issued under this article.

History: Add. 2013, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.607 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-72-of-1977 / Section 400.607
Making or presenting false claims or false record or statement; violations as separate offenses; liability of health facility or agency; violation as felony; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) A person shall not make or present or cause to be made or presented to an employee or officer of this state a claim under the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, upon or against the state, knowing the claim to be false.

(2) A person shall not make or present or cause to be made or presented a claim under the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, that he or she knows falsely represents that the goods or services for which the claim is made were medically necessary in accordance with professionally accepted standards. Each claim violating this subsection is a separate offense. A health facility or agency is not liable under this subsection unless the health facility or agency, pursuant to a conspiracy, combination, or collusion with a physician or other provider, falsely represents the medical necessity of the particular goods or services for which the claim was made.

(3) A person shall not knowingly make, use, or cause to be made or used a false record or statement to conceal, avoid, or decrease an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the state pertaining to a claim presented under the social welfare act.

(4) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $50,000.00, or both.

History: 1977, Act 72, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1977; Am. 1984, Act 333, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1984; Am. 2008, Act 421, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3943 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3943
Right to return policy; notice; “direct response solicitation” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3943.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), an applicant for long-term care insurance shall have the right to return the policy within 30 days after its delivery and to have the entire premium refunded if, after examination of the policy, the applicant is not satisfied for any reason and benefits have not been incurred under the policy. Long-term care insurance policies shall have a notice prominently printed on the first page of the policy and the summary of coverage stating in substance that the applicant has the right to return the policy within 30 days after its delivery and to have the entire premium refunded if, after examination of the policy, the applicant is not satisfied for any reason.

A person insured under a long-term care insurance policy issued pursuant to a direct response solicitation shall have the right to return the policy within 30 days after its delivery and to have the entire premium refunded if, after examination, the insured person is not satisfied for any reason. Long-term care insurance policies issued pursuant to a direct response solicitation shall have a notice prominently printed on the first page of the policy and the summary of coverage stating in substance that the insured person shall have the right to return the policy within 30 days after its delivery and to have the entire premium refunded if, after examination, the insured person is not satisfied for any reason. As used in this section, "direct response solicitation" means solicitation in which a representative of the insurer does not contact the applicant in person and explain the coverage available, such as, but not limited to, solicitation through direct mail or through advertisements in periodicals and other media.

History: Add. 1992, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992