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Mich. Comp. Laws § 551.5 — MI Code / Chapter 551 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 551.5
Bigamy prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

No marriage shall be contracted whilst either of the parties has a former wife or husband living, unless the marriage with such former wife or husband, shall have been dissolved.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 83; CL 1857, 3208; CL 1871, 4723; How. 6213; CL 1897, 8592; CL 1915, 11366; CL 1929, 12694; CL 1948, 551.5
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43540 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43540
License; application and issuance by mail, on-line computer service, or telephone; fees; delinquent payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43540.

An application for 1 or more licenses issued under this part may be made by mail, on-line computer service, or telephone to the department, or to a person designated by the department, who shall forward the license issued to the applicant to an address as directed by the applicant. An applicant shall satisfy all the requirements of this part for obtaining a license before a license is issued by mail or telephone. The department may charge a fee for an application made by mail, on-line computer service, or telephone in addition to the fee for the license or licenses. Total fees collected by the department under this subsection in any license year shall not exceed the additional cost of providing mail or telephone service in that year.

If a check or draft of a required fee is not paid on its first presentation, the fee is delinquent as of the date the check or draft was tendered. The person tendering the check or draft remains liable for the payment of each fee and any penalty.

The department may revoke a license, duplicate license, application, or permit if the department has determined that a fee prescribed in this part has not been paid and remains unpaid after reasonable notice or demand.

If a fee is still delinquent 15 days after the department has given notice to a person who tendered the check or draft, the department shall assess and collect a $15.00 penalty in addition to the license and transaction fee.

The director may refuse to issue additional licenses under this part to a person who is delinquent in payment of fees or penalties provided in subsection (4) at the time the application is submitted.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 585, Eff. Mar. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2669 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-381-of-1996 / Section 125.2669
Dissolution of authority; distribution of tax revenues and interest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

An authority that completes the purposes for which it was organized shall be dissolved by resolution of the governing body. Except as provided in subsection (2), the property and assets of the authority remaining after the satisfaction of the obligations of the authority shall belong to the municipality or to an agency or instrumentality designated by resolution of the municipality.

Tax increment revenues and the interest earned on tax increment revenues shall be distributed as provided under section 16(2).

History: 1996, Act 381, Eff. Sept. 16, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 145, Imd. Eff. June 6, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18109 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.18109
Limited license; qualifications; renewal; restricted practice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18109.

Until October 1, 1991, the board may grant a limited license to an individual who has received a bachelor's degree and has engaged in the practice of counseling for not less than 5 years. The limited license shall be renewable for not more than 2 years.

A limited license issued under this section shall require that the individual confine his or her practice to a program of counseling experience under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor.

History: Add. 1988, Act 421, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989; Am. 1989, Act 262, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.841 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-213-of-1967 / Section 247.841
Governor's cooperation to obtain benefits granted in federal highway safety act; acceptance and use of federal funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The governor shall have the responsibility but not the obligation to assure the full benefits available to this state under the federal highway safety act of 1966, and in so doing, cooperate with federal and other state agencies to effectuate the purposes of that act. The governor shall be responsible for the highway safety programs of this state: Provided, That the acceptance and use of federal funds commits no state funds and places no obligation upon the legislature to continue the purposes for which the funds are made available.

History: 1967, Act 213, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.215 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-169-of-1970 / Section 399.215
Violation; fine; payment of costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

A person, individual, partnership, firm, corporation, organization, institution, or agency of government that violates this act is responsible for a civil violation and may be fined not more than $5,000.00.

A person, individual, partnership, firm, corporation, organization, institution, or agency of government that violates this act may be ordered by the court to pay the costs to restore or replicate a resource unlawfully constructed, added to, altered, repaired, moved, excavated, or demolished.

History: Add. 1992, Act 96, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.77704 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.77704
Michilimackinac state park; rules; jurisdiction of commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 77704.

All rules promulgated by the Mackinac Island state park commission under this part, this act, or any other act shall be effective within the whole territory covered by the park. The Mackinac Island state park commission may promulgate and enforce rules relative to any part or portion of the park, notwithstanding any contrary or inconsistent ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of the village of Mackinaw City.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.485 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-390-of-1978 / Section 408.485
Failure to pay wages and fringe benefits as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

An employer who, with intent to defraud, fails to make payment of the wages and fringe benefits due an employee as provided in this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.

History: 1978, Act 390, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.7515 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.7515
Cooperation with federal and other state agencies; relying and acting upon results, information, and evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7515.

The administrator may cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging its responsibilities as to traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances. To this end, the administrator may:

Arrange for the exchange of information among governmental officials as to the use and abuse of controlled substances.

Coordinate and cooperate in training programs as to controlled substance law enforcement at local and state levels.

Cooperate with the bureau by establishing a centralized unit to accept, catalogue, file, and collect statistics, including records of drug dependent individuals and other controlled substance law offenders in this state, and make the information available for federal, state, and local law enforcement purposes. The administrator shall not furnish the name or identity of a patient or research subject whose identity could not be obtained under section 7516.

Conduct programs of eradication aimed at destroying wild or illicit growth of plant species from which controlled substances may be extracted.

Results, information, and evidence received from the bureau relating to the regulatory functions of this article, including results of inspections conducted by it, may be relied and acted upon by the disciplinary subcommittee in the exercise of its regulatory functions under this article.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1993, Act 80, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8829 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8829
Default in payment of fines, costs, assessment, or installment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8829.

If a defendant defaults in the payment of a civil fine, costs, or assessment or of any installment, as ordered pursuant to section 8827, the court, upon the motion of the plaintiff or upon its own motion, may require the defendant to show cause why the default should not be treated as in civil contempt and may issue a summons, order to show cause, or a bench warrant of arrest for the defendant's appearance.

If a corporation or an association is ordered to pay a civil fine, costs, or assessment, the individuals authorized to make disbursement shall pay the fine or costs, and their failure to do so shall be civil contempt unless they make the showing required in this section.

Unless the defendant shows that the default was not attributable to an intentional refusal to obey the order of the court or to a failure on his or her part to make a good faith effort to obtain the funds required for payment, the court shall find that the default constitutes a civil contempt and may order the defendant committed until all or a specified part of the civil fine, costs, or assessment, or any combination of those amounts, is paid.

If it appears that the default in the payment of a fine, costs, or assessment does not constitute civil contempt, the court may enter an order allowing the defendant additional time for payment, reducing the amount of payment or of each installment, or revoking the fine or costs.

The term of imprisonment on civil contempt for nonpayment of a civil fine, costs, or assessment shall be specified in the order of commitment and shall not exceed 1 day for each $30.00 of the fine and costs. A person committed for nonpayment of a civil fine or costs shall be given credit toward payment for each day of imprisonment and each day of detention in default of recognizance before judgment at the rate of $30.00 per day.

A defendant committed to imprisonment for civil contempt for nonpayment of a civil fine, costs, or assessment shall not be discharged from custody until 1 of the following occurs:

The defendant is credited with the amount due pursuant to subsection (5).

The amount due is collected through execution of process or otherwise.

The amount due is satisfied pursuant to a combination of subdivisions (a) and (b).

The civil contempt shall be purged upon discharge of the defendant pursuant to subsection (6).

History: Add. 1995, Act 54, Eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Am. 2003, Act 95, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.712 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-466-of-1988 / Section 287.712
Quarantine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

(1) The director may issue a quarantine on animals, equipment, vehicles, structures, premises, or any area in this state, including the entire state if necessary, for the purpose of controlling or preventing the spread of a known or suspected infectious or toxicological disease.

(2) A person shall not move animals or any other items that are included in the quarantine without permission from the director.

(3) A person shall not allow animals under quarantine to mingle with or have contact with other animals not under quarantine without permission by the director.

(4) A person shall not import into this state an animal from another state or jurisdiction if that animal is under quarantine by the other state or jurisdiction unless that person obtains prior permission from the director.

(5) A person shall not import into this state an animal species, including a genetically engineered organism that is a variant of that species, from an area under quarantine for that species for any infectious or toxicological disease unless permission is granted from the director.

(6) The director may prescribe procedures for the identification, inventory, separation, mode of handling, testing, treatment, feeding, and caring for both quarantined animals and animals within a quarantined area to prevent the exposure of nonquarantined or quarantined animals to infectious or toxicological diseases.

(7) The director may prescribe procedures required before any animal, structure, premises, or area or zone in this state, including the entirety of this state if necessary, are released from quarantine.

(8) An animal found running at large in violation of a quarantine may be killed by a law enforcement agency. The director may enlist the cooperation of a law enforcement agency to enforce the provisions of this quarantine. A law enforcement agency killing an animal due to a quarantine under this section is not subject to liability for the animal.

History: 1988, Act 466, Eff. Mar. 28, 1989; Am. 1990, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1990; Am. 1994, Act 41, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1994; Am. 1996, Act 369, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 323, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 2000; Am. 2002, Act 458, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2002; Am. 2003, Act 271, Eff. Mar. 30, 2004; Am. 2019, Act 132, Eff. Feb. 19, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.541 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-251-of-1968 / Section 456.541
Violations; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

(1) Except as otherwise provided for in subsection (2), a person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000.00.

(2) If the violator is an individual, the offense is punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.

History: 1968, Act 251, Eff. Sept. 15, 1968; Am. 1978, Act 215, Imd. Eff. June 5, 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 § 2.401 — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-162-of-2002 / Section 2.401
Official state fossil.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The mastodon (Mammut americanum) is designated as the official fossil of this state.

History: 2002, Act 162, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.804 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-33-of-1951 / Section 41.804
Fire protection; referendum, special election, laws governing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Any special election called under the provisions of this act shall be held under the laws of this state governing biennial township elections so far as the same may be applicable. In case a majority of qualified electors voting at such election shall vote in favor of such proposition, then the same shall be deemed and declared carried. The vote upon such proposition at any election shall be by ballot.

History: 1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1697 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-371-of-2012 / Section 691.1697
Witnesses; subpoenas; depositions; discovery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

(1) An arbitrator may issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness and for the production of records and other evidence at any hearing and may administer oaths. A subpoena shall be served in the manner for service of subpoenas in a civil action and, on motion to the court by a party to the arbitration proceeding or the arbitrator, enforced in the manner for enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.

(2) To make the proceedings fair, expeditious, and cost effective, on request of a party to or a witness in an arbitration proceeding, an arbitrator may permit a deposition of any witness to be taken for use as evidence at the hearing, including a witness who cannot be subpoenaed for or is unable to attend a hearing. The arbitrator shall determine the conditions under which the deposition is taken.

(3) An arbitrator may permit or limit discovery as the arbitrator decides appropriate in the circumstances, taking into account the needs or requirements of the parties to the arbitration proceeding and other affected persons, the arbitration agreement, court orders, and the desirability of making the proceeding fair, expeditious, and cost effective.

(4) If an arbitrator permits discovery under subsection (3), the arbitrator may order a party to the arbitration proceeding to comply with the arbitrator's discovery-related orders, issue subpoenas for the attendance of a witness and for the production of records and other evidence at a discovery proceeding, and take action against a noncomplying party to the extent a court could if the controversy were the subject of a civil action in this state.

(5) An arbitrator may issue a protective order to prevent the disclosure of privileged information, confidential information, trade secrets, and other information protected from disclosure to the extent a court could if the controversy were the subject of a civil action in this state.

(6) All laws compelling a person under subpoena to testify and all fees for attending a judicial proceeding, a deposition, or a discovery proceeding as a witness apply to an arbitration proceeding as if the controversy were the subject of a civil action in this state.

(7) The court may enforce a subpoena or discovery-related order for the attendance of a witness in this state and for the production of records and other evidence issued by an arbitrator in connection with an arbitration proceeding in another state on conditions determined by the court so as to make the arbitration proceeding fair, expeditious, and cost effective. A subpoena or discovery-related order issued by an arbitrator in another state shall be served in the manner provided by law for service of subpoenas in a civil action in this state and, on motion to the court by a party to the arbitration proceeding or the arbitrator, enforced in the manner provided by law for enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action in this state.

History: 2012, Act 371, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1094 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1094
Admission to mental health court of individual charged in criminal case; conditions; mental health services before entry of plea; withdrawal of plea; additional rights of victim under William Van Regenmorter crime victim's rights act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1094.

(1) If the individual is charged in a criminal case his or her admission to mental health court is subject to all of the following conditions:

(a) The individual pleads guilty, no contest, or be convicted of any criminal charge on the record.

(b) The individual waives, in writing, the right to a speedy trial and, with the agreement of the prosecutor, the right to a preliminary examination.

(c) The individual signs a written agreement to participate in the mental health court. If the individual is an individual who has been assigned a guardian, the legal guardian is required to sign all documents for the individual's admission in the mental health court.

(2) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude a court from providing mental health services to an individual before he or she enters a plea and is accepted into the mental health court.

(3) An individual who has waived his or her right to a preliminary examination, who has pled guilty or no contest and who is subsequently not admitted to a mental health court may withdraw his or her plea and is entitled to a preliminary examination.

(4) In addition to rights accorded a victim under the William Van Regenmorter crime victim's rights act, 1985 PA 87, MCL 780.751 to 780.834, the mental health court shall permit any victim of the offense or offenses of which the individual is charged as well as any victim of a prior offense of which that individual was convicted to submit a written statement to the court regarding the advisability of admitting the individual into the mental health court.

History: Add. 2013, Act 276, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013; Am. 2018, Act 591, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 763.5 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 763.5
Acquittal on facts and merits as bar to subsequent prosecution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

No person shall be held to answer on a second charge or indictment for any offense for which he has been acquitted upon the facts and merits of the former trial but such acquittal may be pleaded or given in evidence by him in bar of any subsequent prosecution for the same offense.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17133; CL 1948, 763.5
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.932 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-204-of-1994 / Section 722.932
Authority granted under other acts or rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The authority granted the child advocate under this act is in addition to the authority granted under the provisions of any other act or rule under which the remedy or right of appeal or objection is provided for a person, or any procedure provided for the inquiry into or investigation of any matter. The authority granted the child advocate does not limit or affect the remedy or right of appeal or objection and is not an exclusive remedy or procedure.

History: 1994, Act 204, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Am. 2023, Act 303, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.3204 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.3204
“Endorsement” and “endorser” defined; transfer of security interest effective as unqualified endorsement; instrument payable to name other than holder.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3204.

"Endorsement" means a signature, other than that of a signer as maker, drawer, or acceptor, that alone or accompanied by other words is made on an instrument for the purpose of ( i ) negotiating the instrument, ( ii ) restricting payment of the instrument, or ( iii ) incurring endorser's liability on the instrument, but regardless of the intent of the signer, a signature and its accompanying words is an endorsement unless the accompanying words, terms of the instrument, place of the signature, or other circumstances unambiguously indicate that the signature was made for a purpose other than endorsement. For the purpose of determining whether a signature is made on an instrument, a paper affixed to the instrument is a part of the instrument.

"Endorser" means a person who makes an endorsement.

For the purpose of determining whether the transferee of an instrument is a holder, an endorsement that transfers a security interest in the instrument is effective as an unqualified endorsement of the instrument.

If an instrument is payable to a holder under a name that is not the name of the holder, endorsement may be made by the holder in the name stated in the instrument or in the holder's name or both, but signature in both names may be required by a person paying or taking the instrument for value or collection.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1993, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 30, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.815 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.815
Compensation; waiver of right, validity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 815.

No agreement by an employee to waive his rights to compensation under this act shall be valid except that employees or their dependents as defined in section 161, after injury only, may elect as provided in section 161.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969