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Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.222 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.222
Probation officers; appointment, supervision, and removal; grounds for removal of probation employee; receipt of compensation, gift, or gratuity as misdemeanor; powers and duties of commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

The commission shall appoint, supervise, and remove probation officers for the circuit court and recorder's court of this state, in the manner provided by the laws of this state.

The commission may remove a probation employee for incompetency, misconduct, or failure to carry out the orders of the department, or for neglect of duty.

A probation employee who receives compensation from public funds under this act, and receives any compensation, gift, or gratuity from a person under probation or from a person, partnership, association, or corporation for doing or refraining from doing an official act connected with his or her work as a probation employee, or connected with a proceeding pending or about to be instituted in the circuit court or recorder's court is guilty of a misdemeanor.

The commission shall be vested with the powers and duties prescribed by the law with respect to probation recovery camps.

History: 1953, Act 232, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1979, Act 89, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.1941 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-240-of-2013 / Section 4.1941
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan state capitol historic site act".

History: 2013, Act 240, Eff. Mar. 14, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.861a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.861a
Proceedings intended to restrain, enjoin, modify, control, reverse, or otherwise interfere with board of county canvassers; by mandamus only.
Status: in_force

Sec. 861a.

Any proceeding intended to restrain, enjoin, modify, control, reverse, or otherwise interfere with the action of a board of county canvassers or any representative operating under the supervision of a board of county canvassers must be instituted only against the board of county canvassers and only by mandamus.

History: Add. 2024, Act 74, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2312 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2312
Warranties of title; freedom from liens.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2312.

Subject to subsection (2) there is in a contract for sale a warranty by the seller that

the title conveyed shall be good, and its transfer rightful; and

the goods shall be delivered free from any security interest or other lien or encumbrance of which the buyer at the time of contracting has no knowledge.

A warranty under subsection (1) will be excluded or modified only by specific language or by circumstances which give the buyer reason to know that the person selling does not claim title in himself or that he is purporting to sell only such right or title as he or a third person may have.

Unless otherwise agreed a seller who is a merchant regularly dealing in goods of the kind warrants that the goods shall be delivered free of the rightful claim of any third person by way of infringement or the like but a buyer who furnishes specifications to the seller must hold the seller harmless against any such claim which arises out of compliance with the specifications.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.1507 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.1507
Impartiality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1507.

If a fiduciary estate has 2 or more beneficiaries, the fiduciary shall act impartially in investing, managing, and distributing the fiduciary assets, and shall take into account any differing interests of the beneficiaries.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.468 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-256-of-2011 / Section 28.468
Violation of act; penalty; reimbursement of storage costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

(1) Unless otherwise provided in this act, if a person violates this act, the person is guilty of a crime as follows:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 30 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(b) If the violation causes damage to the property of another person, a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

(c) If the violation causes serious impairment of a body function of another person, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

(d) If the violation causes the death of another person, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.

(2) In addition to any other penalty imposed for the violation of this act, a person that is found guilty of a violation of this act shall be required to reimburse the appropriate governmental agency for the costs of storing seized fireworks that the governmental agency confiscated for a violation of this act. This reimbursement shall be in a form and at a time as required by the department and as otherwise required by law.

History: 2011, Act 256, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012; Am. 2012, Act 257, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1554 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-220-of-1979 / Section 125.1554
Indian housing authority; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

An authority shall have all of the following powers and duties:

To purchase, lease, sell, exchange, transfer, assign, and mortgage real or personal property or any interest in the property, or acquire real or personal property by gift or bequest. The authority also may clear and improve property, engage in or contract for the design, construction, alteration, improvement, extension, or repair of a house or housing project under the authority's jurisdiction.

To lease, operate, and maintain, or provide for the leasing, operation, and maintenance of a housing project.

To provide for water, sewage, drainage, recreational, community, and educational facilities which the authority considers a necessary part of a housing project.

To provide for streets, sidewalks, bicycle paths, or any other type of thoroughfare which the authority considers necessary for the transportation needs of the inhabitants of a housing project.

To arrange for financing of housing projects and to enter into grants or contracts for the implementation of the activities described in this section.

History: 1979, Act 220, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1570 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-118-of-1981 / Section 445.1570
Notice of termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance of dealer agreement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

Notwithstanding any agreement, prior to the termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance of any dealer agreement, the manufacturer or distributor shall furnish notice of the termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance to the new motor vehicle dealer as follows:

Except as provided in subdivision (c) or (d), notice shall be made not less than 90 days prior to the effective date of the termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance.

Notice shall be by certified mail to the new motor vehicle dealer and shall contain the following:

A statement of intention to terminate, cancel, not renew, or discontinue the dealer agreement.

A statement of the reasons for the termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance.

The date on which the termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance takes effect.

Notwithstanding subdivision (a), notice shall be made not less than 15 days prior to the effective date of the termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance for any of the following reasons:

Insolvency of the new motor vehicle dealer, or the filing of any petition by or against the new motor vehicle dealer under any bankruptcy or receivership law.

Failure of the new motor vehicle dealer to conduct his or her customary sales and service operations during his or her customary business hours for 7 consecutive business days.

Conviction of the new motor vehicle dealer or its principal owners of a crime, but only if the crime is punishable by imprisonment in excess of 1 year under the law under which the dealer was convicted, or the crime involved theft, dishonesty, or false statement regardless of the punishment.

Revocation of any license under which the new motor vehicle dealer is required to have to operate a dealership.

A fraudulent misrepresentation by the new motor vehicle dealer to the manufacturer or distributor, which is material to the dealer agreement.

Notwithstanding subdivision (a), notice shall be made not less than 12 months prior to the effective date of a termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or discontinuance if a manufacturer or distributor discontinues production of the new motor vehicle dealer's product line or discontinues distribution of the product line in this state.

History: 1981, Act 118, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1465 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1465
Articles of incorporation; filing, approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 65.

The department of the treasury, corporation division, shall not file the articles of incorporation of the corporation unless the consent or approval of the authority is attached or affixed thereto.

History: Add. 1968, Act 343, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6518 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6518
Management of property, business, and affairs of pool by directors; selection and term of directors; first annual meeting; interim authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6518.

The property, business, and affairs of a pool authorized under this chapter shall be managed by not less than 5 nor more than 20 directors to be chosen by the members at the annual meeting of members, to serve until the next annual meeting and until their successors be qualified.

The first annual meeting of members shall take place within 12 months following the date of execution of the articles of incorporation. During the interim between the execution of the articles of incorporation and the first annual meeting of members, the affairs of the pool may be administered by such directors, officers, or trustees as shall be vested with such interim authority by the terms of the articles of incorporation.

History: Add. 1986, Act 173, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.48721 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.48721
Possession limits of fish.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48721.

(1) The commission shall issue an order under part 411 establishing possession limits of fish consistent with this section. An individual shall not possess more than the daily possession limit or aggregate daily possession limit, as applicable, of fish at the place where the fish were taken or in route from that place to either of the following:

(a) His or her automobile or other principal means of land transportation.

(b) His or her residence or temporary place of lodging.

(2) In addition to 1 day's possession limit of fish, an individual may possess an additional 2 days' possession limit of fish that are processed by any of the following methods:

(a) Canning in a sealed container.

(b) Curing by smoking or drying.

(c) Freezing in a solid state.

(3) An individual's processed fish aboard a vessel, on the water or at dockside, are considered to be in the individual's possession for the purposes of subsection (2).

(4) An individual shall not possess a fish illegally taken.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2010, Act 30, Eff. Apr. 1, 2011; Am. 2018, Act 529, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31513 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31513
Minor project categories; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31513.

The department shall promulgate rules to establish minor project categories for alterations and repairs that have minimal effect on the structural integrity of a dam. The department may act upon an application and grant a permit for an activity or project within a minor project category, after an on-site inspection of the dam, without providing public notice.

All other provisions of this part shall be applicable to minor projects, except that a final inspection by the department or certification of the project by a licensed professional engineer shall not be required for a project completed under a permit granted pursuant to subsection (1).

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.253 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.253
Person using abusive, profane, or indecent language or exhibiting violent conduct; powers of conductor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 253.

A person who uses abusive, profane, or indecent language or exhibits violent conduct may be taken into custody by the conductor of the train and removed to a safe and secure place on the train until its arrival at some usual stopping place, where he or she may be put off the train and put into the custody of some proper officer for prosecution if necessary. For this purpose railroad conductors, while in charge of trains, are hereby invested with the powers of sheriffs and peace officers.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5861 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5861
Cause of action accruing without state; limitation on commencement of action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5861.

An action based upon a cause of action accruing without this state shall not be commenced after the expiration of the statute of limitations of either this state or the place without this state where the cause of action accrued, except that where the cause of action accrued in favor of a resident of this state the statute of limitations of this state shall apply. This amendatory act shall be effective as to all actions hereinafter commenced and all actions heretofor commenced now pending in the trial or appellate courts.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1978, Act 542, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.413 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-59-of-1864-Ex-Sess- / Section 570.413
Writ of restitution; application, issuance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The master or any person interested in such water-craft, so seized as aforesaid may at any time before judgment or decree of sale shall be made as hereinafter provided, apply to the clerk issuing the warrant for a writ of restitution. Said writ shall command the sheriff or other person holding the same to restore such water-craft to the person in whose possession the same was found when seized or his authorized agent and may be served by any person.

History: 1864, Ex. Sess., Act 59, Eff. May 7, 1864; Am. 1865, Act 323, Eff. June 22, 1865; CL 1871, 6659; How. 8247; CL 1897, 10800; CL 1915, 14903; CL 1929, 13149; CL 1948, 570.413
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1557 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-434-of-2018 / Section 722.1557
Recruitment of persons or families by charitable organizations to serve as resource families.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A tax-exempt charitable organization, including, but not limited to, a church or faith-based organization, may recruit persons or families to whom a temporary power of attorney may be executed under section 5. A tax-exempt charitable organization recruiting persons and families under this section must use the services of a family service agency to assist the tax-exempt charitable organization in obtaining and reviewing criminal history records checks required under section 9 and conducting home safety assessments and training as required under sections 11 and 13.

History: 2018, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3635 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3635
Injunction against other proceedings by creditors; notice to creditors to exhibit claims; failure to exhibit claims and become parties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3635.

Whenever any complaint is filed or any application is made against any corporation, its directors or other superintending officers, or its stockholders, according to the provisions of this chapter, the court may enjoin all other proceedings by any creditor against the defendants in the action, at the application of either party at any stage of the proceedings.

Whenever it appears necessary or proper the court may order notice to be served or published in a reasonable manner requiring all the creditors of the corporation to exhibit their claims and become parties to the action within a reasonable time prescribed by the court.

If any creditors fail to exhibit their claims and become parties within the time specified, they shall be precluded from all benefit of any judgment which is later made in the action and from any distribution which is made under the judgment.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.292 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.292
Hotel, motel, inn, restaurant, cafe; defrauding; limitation on proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 292.

Any person who shall put up at any hotel, motel, inn, restaurant or cafe as a guest and shall procure any food, entertainment or accommodation without paying therefor, except when credit is given therefor by express agreement, with intent to defraud such keeper thereof out of the pay for the same, or, who, with intent to defraud such keeper out of the pay therefor, shall obtain credit at any hotel, motel, inn, restaurant or cafe for such food, entertainment or accommodation, by means of any false show of baggage or effects brought thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor. No conviction shall be had under the provisions of this section unless complaint is made within 60 days of the time of the violation hereof.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1939, Act 314, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 750.292; Am. 1962, Act 19, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 768.16 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 768.16
Jurors; liberty; oath and duty of officer in charge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

The jurors sworn to try a criminal action in any court of record in this state, may, at any time before the cause is submitted to the jury, in the discretion of the court, be permitted to separate or to be kept in charge of proper officers. When an order shall have been entered by the court in which such action is being tried, directing said jurors to be kept in charge of such officers, the following oath shall be administered by the clerk of the court to said officers: "You do solemnly swear that you will, to the utmost of your ability, keep the persons sworn as jurors on this trial from separating from each other; that you will not suffer any communication to be made to them, or any of them, orally or otherwise; that you will not communicate with them, or any of them, orally or otherwise, except by the order of this court, or to ask them if they have agreed on their verdict, until they shall be discharged; and that you will not, before they render their verdict, communicate to any person the state of their deliberations or the verdict they have agreed upon, so help you God." And thereafter it shall be the duty of the officer so sworn to keep the jury from separating, or from receiving any communication of any character, until they shall have rendered their verdict, except under a special instruction in writing from the trial judge. After the jurors retire to consider their verdict, the court may permit the jurors to separate temporarily, whenever in his judgment such a separation is deemed proper: Provided, That in cases where separation of the members of a jury is now forbidden by law, the authority hereby granted shall not extend to permitting separation of the members of the jury of the same sex.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17309; CL 1948, 768.16
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.521 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-294-of-1982 / Section 552.521
Person appointed as friend of the court under former act; continuation; transfer of files, records, funds, and pending cases of office under former act; employees of friend of the court appointed under former act to become employees of corresponding office; employees of state judicial council serving in third judicial circuit to continue in present positions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

Each person appointed as friend of the court under former Act No. 412 of the Public Acts of 1919 who is serving in that position on the day before the effective date of this act shall continue to serve in that position, as reconstituted by this act.

All files, records, funds, and pending cases of an office of the friend of the court under former Act No. 412 of the Public Acts of 1919 are transferred to the corresponding office as reconstituted by this act.

Except in the county of Wayne, the employees of a friend of the court appointed under former Act No. 412 of the Public Acts of 1919 shall become employees of the corresponding office of the friend of the court as reconstituted by this act, in similar positions, and with salary ranges and benefits not inferior to their status under former Act No. 412 of the Public Acts of 1919. In the county of Wayne the employees of the state judicial council serving in the court in the third judicial circuit and supervised by the friend of the court on the day before the effective date of this act shall continue in their present positions.

History: 1982, Act 294, Eff. July 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 89.7 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 89.7
Judicial notice of ordinances; best evidence, order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

In all courts having authority to hear, try or determine any matter or cause arising under the ordinances of any city, and in all proceedings in such city relating to or arising under the ordinances or any ordinance thereof, judicial notice shall be taken of the enactment, existence, provisions and continuing force of the ordinances of the city. And whenever it shall be necessary to prove any of the laws, regulations or ordinances of any city, or any resolution adopted by the council thereof, the same may be read in all courts of justice, and in all proceedings: First, From a record thereof kept by the city clerk; Second, From a copy thereof, or of such record thereof, certified by the city clerk under the seal of the city; Third, From any volume of ordinances purporting to have been written or printed by authority of the council.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3088; CL 1915, 3004; CL 1929, 1928; CL 1948, 89.7
Mich. Comp. Laws § 482.47 — MI Code / Chapter 482 / Act Act-165-of-1911 / Section 482.47
Bills; negotiation without title, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47.

Any person who ships goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a negotiable bill which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or by a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars, or by both.

History: 1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 8220; CL 1929, 11562; CL 1948, 482.47
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.479 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-196-of-1986 / Section 124.479
Duration of financial obligation; applicability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

(1) Before the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection (2), and notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a political subdivision may obligate itself financially for a period over 5 years from the date the obligation is undertaken only if approved by majority vote of the electorate of the political subdivision.

(2) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, subsection (1) does not apply.

History: 1986, Act 196, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1986; Am. 2024, Act 236, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025