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Mich. Comp. Laws § 567.228a — MI Code / Chapter 567 / Act Act-29-of-1995 / Section 567.228a
Unclaimed prepaid funeral contract.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8a.

(1) Funds held by a provider under the prepaid funeral contract funding act, 1986 PA 255, MCL 328.211 to 328.235, that remain unclaimed for a period of 3 years after the death of the contract beneficiary or, if no contract beneficiary has been designated under the prepaid funeral contract, 3 years after the death of the owner of the prepaid funeral contract are presumed abandoned.

(2) Funds held pursuant to 1954 PA 70, MCL 328.201 to 328.204, are presumed abandoned, after a period of 3 years, unless the owner or person entitled to the funds has communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning the funds or otherwise indicated in interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the banking or financial organization.

History: 1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2010, Act 197, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 765.21 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 765.21
Surety on recognizance; attachment of lien; record notice of lien, form, effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

Upon the execution of any recognizance in the usual form and an affidavit of justification containing a description of real estate there shall immediately attach to the said real estate, described in said affidavit of justification, a lien in favor of the people of the state of Michigan in the penal amount of the recognizance, which lien shall remain in full force and effect during the time that said recognizance remains effective, or until the further order of said court. Upon the acceptance by any of the judges of any such court of a recognizance in the usual form containing the above described affidavit of justification, and description of real estate, the said recognizance shall be immediately filed with the clerk of such court. The clerk of such court shall forthwith upon the filing with him of said recognizance, record with the register of deeds of the county in which said real estate is located, a notice of lien in writing in substantially the following form:

To Whom It May Concern: TAKE NOTICE that the hereinafter described real estate located in the county of .................... has been pledged for the sum of ......................... dollars ($...............) to the people of the state of Michigan, by ........................ surety upon the recognizance of .............................. in a certain cause pending in ................................ court for the city of........................................................... county to-wit: People of the state of Michigan, Plaintiff, vs. Defendant, known and identified in said court as Cause No. Description of Real Estate. .. .. .. .. city Clerk of the .............................. Court. For the county of Dated

To Whom It May Concern:

TAKE NOTICE that the hereinafter described real estate located in the county of .................... has been pledged for the sum of ......................... dollars ($...............) to the people of the state of Michigan, by ........................ surety upon the recognizance of .............................. in a certain cause pending in ................................ court for the city of...........................................................

county

to-wit:

People of the state of Michigan, Plaintiff, vs.

Defendant, known and identified in said court as Cause No.

Description of Real Estate.

..

..

..

..

city

Clerk of the .............................. Court.

For the county of

Dated

Said notice of lien, when recorded, shall constitute notice to everyone that the real estate therein described has been pledged to the people of the state of Michigan as security for the performance of the conditions of a criminal recognizance, in the penal amount set forth in said recognizance.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17183; CL 1948, 765.21; Am. 1958, Act 122, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.451 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-138-of-1966 / Section 552.451
Proceedings for support of custodial parent and children; complaint; service; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

A married parent who has a minor child or children living with him or her and who is living separate and away from his or her spouse who is the noncustodial parent of the child or children, and who is refused financial assistance by the noncustodial parent to provide necessary shelter, food, care, and clothing for the child or children, if the spouse is of sufficient financial ability to provide that assistance, may complain to the circuit court for the county where either parent resides for an order for support for himself or herself and the minor child or children. Subject to section 5b of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.605b, the parent may also complain to the circuit court for support for a child or children after they reach 18 years of age. The proceedings shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint verified by the petitioner and by issuance of a summons that shall be served upon the noncustodial parent of the children and spouse of the petitioner in the manner provided by court rules for the service of process in civil actions. A complaint shall not be filed and a summons shall not be issued if divorce or separate maintenance proceedings are then pending between the petitioner and his or her spouse.

History: 1966, Act 138, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1983, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 1983; Am. 1990, Act 237, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990; Am. 2002, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 2002; Am. 2009, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.911 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-513-of-2006 / Section 206.911
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

This act takes effect January 1, 2007.

History: 2006, Act 513, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.687 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.687
Certification of nominations by board of canvassers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 687.

The board of canvassers, whose duty it is to determine who are nominated for public office at any official primary election, shall forthwith, upon such determination, certify the nomination as follows:

For an office to be filled by the electors of the state at large, to the board of election commissioners of each county and to the secretary of state;

For a district office, to the board of election commissioners of each county, the whole or part of which county forms a part of the district, or to the board of election commissioners of the county, a part of which forms the district and to the secretary of state;

For a county office, to the board of election commissioners of the county; and

For a city or ward office, to the board of election commissioners of the city.

Each certificate shall set forth the name of the candidate, the office for which and the party on whose ticket he was nominated and, if for a district office, shall designate the district.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955; Am. 1961, Act 223, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.511 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-415-of-1982 / Section 791.511
Certification or recertification of person employed as state correctional officer after March 30, 1983, but before January 1, 1985; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A person who is not employed as a state correctional officer on March 30, 1983, but who becomes employed as a state correctional officer before January 1, 1985, shall not be certified or recertified by the commission of corrections unless he or she has done both of the following:

Obtained a high school diploma or attained a passing score on the general education development test indicating a high school graduation level.

Fulfilled other minimum standards and requirements developed pursuant to section 13 by the council and approved by the commission of corrections for certification and subsequently for recertification.

All minimum standards and requirements for certification and subsequently for recertification of persons under this section shall be subject to approval by the state civil service commission.

History: 1982, Act 415, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983; Am. 1989, Act 4, Eff. June 14, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.151d — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.151d
Juror compensation reimbursement fund; creation; use; deposits; investments; disposition of unencumbered balance; transfer to general fund; transfer to court equity fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151d.

(1) The juror compensation reimbursement fund is created in the state treasury. The money in the fund must be used as provided in section 151e.

(2) The state treasurer shall credit to the juror compensation reimbursement fund deposits of proceeds from the collection of driver license clearance fees as provided in section 321a(5) of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.321a, and deposits of proceeds from the collection of jury demand fees as provided in sections 2529(1)(c) and 8371(9), and shall credit all income from investment credited to the fund by the state treasurer. The state treasurer may invest money in the fund in any manner authorized by law for the investment of state money. However, an investment must not interfere with any apportionment, allocation, or payment of money as required by section 151e. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund all income earned as a result of an investment of money in the fund. Except as provided in subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7), the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year must remain in the fund and must not revert to the general fund.

(3) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2005 only, $4,000,000.00 of the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of that fiscal year must be transferred by the state treasurer to the general fund.

(4) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 only, $2,250,000.00 of the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of that fiscal year must be transferred by the state treasurer to the general fund.

(5) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2010 only, $1,352,100.00 of the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of that fiscal year must be transferred by the state treasurer to the court equity fund created in section 151b.

(6) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 only, $2,607,500.00 of the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of that fiscal year must be transferred by the state treasurer to the court equity fund created in section 151b.

(7) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 only, $2,500,000.00 of the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of that fiscal year must be transferred by the state treasurer to the general fund.

History: Add. 2002, Act 740, Eff. Jan. 1, 2003; Am. 2004, Act 465, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2004; Am. 2008, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 11, 2008; Am. 2009, Act 151, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 2009; Am. 2011, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 2011; Am. 2020, Act 172, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Am. 2020, Act 378, Eff. Oct. 1, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.893 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-35-of-2011 / Section 565.893
Lien as void.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Any lien purporting to secure the payment of a transfer fee under a transfer fee covenant that is executed on or after the effective date of this section is void.

History: 2011, Act 35, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.105 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.105
Aeronautics commission; leases and sales.
Status: in_force

Sec. 105.

The commission may do 1 or more of the following, provided that in each case the public is not deprived of its rightful, equal, and uniform use:

Lease for a term not exceeding 50 years, airports, landing fields, or other aeronautical facilities, or real property acquired or set apart for airport purposes, to any person, any municipal or state government or the national government, or any department of either for operation or use consistent with the purposes of this act.

Lease or assign for a term not exceeding 50 years to any person, any municipal or state government or the national government, or any department of either, for operation or use consistent with the purposes of this act, space, area, improvements, or equipment on such airports.

Sell any part of an airport, landing field, other aeronautical facility, or real or personal property to any municipal or state government, or to the United States or any department or instrumentality of the United States, for aeronautical purposes or purposes incidental to aeronautical purposes.

Confer the privilege of concessions.

Subject to the approval of the state administrative board, lease at any state airport, landing field, or aeronautical facility any real property acquired or set apart for airport purposes to persons for nonaeronautical uses.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.105; Am. 1954, Act 120, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954; Am. 1958, Act 168, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958; Am. 1967, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1967; Am. 1996, Act 370, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.27 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 801.27
Refractory or disorderly conduct of prisoner; authority of jailer to preserve order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

Nothing contained in the 2 preceding sections, shall be construed to take from any sheriff or jailer, any part of the authority with which he was before invested by law, to preserve order and enforce strict discipline among all the prisoners in his custody.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 171; CL 1857, 6155; CL 1871, 8044; How. 9660; CL 1897, 2676; CL 1915, 2547; CL 1929, 17693; CL 1948, 801.27
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8148 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8148
Eighty-third district.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8148.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighty-third district consists of the county of Roscommon, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.

(2) Beginning April 1, 2012, the eighty-third district is abolished and the incumbent judge of the eighty-third district shall become a judge of the eighty-second district for the balance of the term to which he or she was elected or appointed.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 2002, Act 92, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003; Am. 2012, Act 35, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2315 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2315
Defects not affecting judgment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2315.

When a verdict has been rendered in a cause, the judgment thereon shall not be stayed, nor shall any judgment upon confession, or default, be reversed, impaired, or in any way affected, by reason of the following imperfections, omissions, defects, matters or things, or any of them, in the pleadings, process, record or proceedings, namely:

For any default or defect in process; or for misconceiving any process, or awarding the same to a wrong officer; or for the want of a suggestion for awarding process, or for an insufficient suggestion.

For an imperfect or insufficient return of a sheriff or other officer or that the name of the officer is not set to a return actually made by him.

For mispleading, miscontinuance or discontinuance, insufficient pleading, or misjoining of issue.

For the want of warrant of attorney by either party; except in cases of judgment by confession, where the warrant is expressly required by law.

For a party under 18 years of age, having appeared by attorney, if the verdict or judgment be for him.

For the want of an allegation or averment, on account of which a motion to dismiss could have been maintained.

For omitting an allegation or averment of matter, without proving which the jury ought not to have given the verdict.

For a mistake in the name of a party or person, or in a sum of money; or in the description of property; or in reciting or stating a day, month or year, when the correct name, time, sum or description shall have been once rightly alleged in any of the pleadings or proceedings.

For a mistake in the name of a juror or officer.

For an informality in entering a judgment, or making up the record thereof; or in a continuance or other entry upon the record.

For any other default or negligence of a clerk or officer of the court, or of the parties, or their counselors or attorneys, by which neither party shall have been prejudiced.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1972, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.805 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-33-of-1951 / Section 41.805
Fire protection ordinances and standard fire prevention codes; adoption, publication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The township board of any township, where appropriations have been made as herein provided, shall have power to enact such ordinances and establish and enforce such resolutions as they shall deem necessary to guard against the occurrence of fires and to protect the property and persons of the citizens against damage and accident resulting therefrom. Any township adopting ordinances under the provisions of this section shall have the power to adopt any standard fire prevention code which has been promulgated by the state or by any department, board or agency thereof, or by any national organization or association which is organized and conducted for the purpose of developing such codes with specific date of publication by reference thereto in an adopting ordinance and without publishing such code in full. The code shall be clearly identified in the ordinance and the purpose of the code shall be published with the adopting ordinance and printed copies shall be kept in the office of the township clerk, available for inspection by and distribution to the public at all times. The publication shall contain a notice to the effect that a complete copy of the code is available for public use and inspection at the office of the township clerk.

History: 1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951; Am. 1961, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.252 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-306-of-1969 / Section 24.252
Suspension of rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 52.

(1) If authorized by concurrent resolution of the legislature, the committee, acting between regular sessions, may suspend a rule or a part of a rule promulgated during the interim between regular sessions.

(2) The committee shall electronically notify the agency promulgating the rule, the secretary of state, and the office of regulatory reform of any rule or part of a rule the committee suspends. A rule or part of a rule suspended under this section shall not be published in the Michigan register or in the Michigan administrative code while suspended.

(3) A rule suspended by the committee continues to be suspended not longer than the end of the next regular legislative session.

History: 1969, Act 306, Eff. July 1, 1970; Am. 1982, Act 413, Eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Am. 1999, Act 262, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 2004; Am. 2004, Act 491, Eff. Jan. 12, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.2677 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.2677
Removal of independent appraiser from appraiser panel; requirements; complaint; determination by department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2677.

(1) An appraisal management company shall not remove an appraiser from its appraiser panel, or otherwise refuse to assign requests for real estate appraisal services to an independent appraiser, without doing all of the following:

(a) Not less than 10 business days before the removal of the appraiser, notifying the appraiser in writing of all of the following, as applicable:

( i ) The reasons why the appraiser will be removed from the panel.

( ii ) If the appraiser will be removed from the panel for illegal conduct, a violation of the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice, or a violation of state licensing standards, the nature of the alleged conduct or violation.

(b) Providing an opportunity for the appraiser to respond to the company's notification or notifications under subdivision (a).

(2) If an appraisal management company removes an independent appraiser from its appraiser panel for alleged illegal conduct, an alleged violation of the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice, or an alleged violation of state licensing standards, the appraiser may file a complaint with the department for a review of the decision of the appraisal management company. In its consideration of the complaint, the department may not make any determination regarding the nature of the business relationship between the appraiser and the appraisal management company that is unrelated to the alleged conduct or violation.

History: Add. 2012, Act 505, Eff. Apr. 1, 2014; Am. 2020, Act 250, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2784 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-146-of-2000 / Section 125.2784
Obsolete property rehabilitation exemption certificate; application; filing; contents; hearing; determination of taxable value.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

If an obsolete property rehabilitation district is established under section 3, the owner of obsolete property may file an application for an obsolete property rehabilitation exemption certificate with the clerk of the qualified local governmental unit that established the obsolete property rehabilitation district. The application shall be filed in the manner and form prescribed by the commission. The application shall contain or be accompanied by a general description of the obsolete facility and a general description of the proposed use of the rehabilitated facility, the general nature and extent of the rehabilitation to be undertaken, a descriptive list of the fixed building equipment that will be a part of the rehabilitated facility, a time schedule for undertaking and completing the rehabilitation of the facility, a statement of the economic advantages expected from the exemption, including the number of jobs to be retained or created as a result of rehabilitating the facility, including expected construction employment, and information relating to the requirements in section 8.

Upon receipt of an application for an obsolete property rehabilitation exemption certificate, the clerk of the qualified local governmental unit shall notify in writing the assessor of the local tax collecting unit in which the obsolete facility is located, and the legislative body of each taxing unit that levies ad valorem property taxes in the qualified local governmental unit in which the obsolete facility is located. Before acting upon the application, the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit shall hold a public hearing on the application and give public notice to the applicant, the assessor, a representative of the affected taxing units, and the general public. The hearing on each application shall be held separately from the hearing on the establishment of the obsolete property rehabilitation district.

Upon receipt of an application for an obsolete property rehabilitation exemption certificate for a facility located on property that was owned by a qualified local governmental unit on the effective date of this act, and subsequently conveyed to a private owner, the clerk of the qualified local governmental unit, in addition to the other requirements of this section, shall request the assessor of the local tax collecting unit in which the facility is located to determine the taxable value of the property. This determination shall be made prior to the hearing on the application for an obsolete property rehabilitation exemption certificate held pursuant to subsection (2).

History: 2000, Act 146, Imd. Eff. June 6, 2000