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MI Comp L § 730.506 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.506 - Substitute Judges; Assistance of Other Judges.

730.506 Substitute judges; assistance of other judges. Sec. 6.  In case of the absence, disability or disqualification of any municipal judge in any court affected by this act, or in any other court organized under any other municipal court act of this state, in which the judge is paid a salary in lieu of fees and is required to be an attorney at law, and having the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace, in a city, or having jurisdiction to hear and determine violations of the ordinances of said city, or both, any other municipal judge of any city in this state, under this act or any other municipal court act of this state, who is paid a salary in lieu of fees and who is an attorney at law, shall be qualified to act in the place of and for such municipal judge in the performance of any of the duties imposed upon him by law in all matters civil and criminal and in all matters pertaining to violations of the ordinances of such city, under the conditions and in the manner hereinafter set forth; and such substitute judge shall, when called upon in the manner and under the conditions set forth, so act: Provided, That in case any municipal judge of any of the foregoing courts shall be unable to hear and determine cases pending in his court without unreasonable delay, because of the volume of cases awaiting determination, he may request and obtain the assistance of any other municipal judge of any city in this state, as above defined, to assist him in the trial of cases and the performance of the duties imposed upon him by law in all matters criminal and civil and in all matters pertaining to violations of the ordinances of such city, under the conditions and in the manner hereinafter set forth. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.507 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.507 - Substitute Judges; Compensation.

730.507 Substitute judges; compensation. Sec. 7.  Any city may by ordinance fix the compensation to be paid substitute municipal judges for such services, the procedure to be followed in calling upon them to act, and the time and manner of compensation: Provided, however, That the legislative body of any city may provide in its budget an appropriation for the payment of substitute judges, and when such appropriation is provided, the municipal judge of such city may engage the services of such substitute judges as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the court, and upon presentation of a voucher for such services, approved by the municipal judge requesting such services, such substitute judge shall be compensated from the appropriation so made: Provided further, That unless a city shall provide by ordinance for the compensation of substitute judges, or make an appropriation in its budget for such substitute judicial services, no such substitute judge shall be entitled to compensation from such city. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.508 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.508 - Judges; Qualifications, Terms, Election; Compensation, Jurisdiction, Practice and Procedure.

730.508 Judges; qualifications, terms, election; compensation, jurisdiction, practice and procedure. Sec. 8.  The qualifications, term of office, time and manner of election, compensation, jurisdiction, powers and duties of the judges of the municipal court of any city affected by the provisions of this act, and the practice and procedure in such municipal courts, shall be governed by the provisions of existing laws relating to justices of the peace in such cities, and to the practice and procedure in the courts of such justices of the peace, except so far as the same or any part thereof are expressly repealed by or are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act: Provided, however, That no person shall be eligible to qualify for judge of any such court who is not a regularly licensed attorney and counselor at law licensed to practice in the state of Michigan: Provided further, That any incumbent justice at the effective date of this act who is not an attorney at law shall be eligible for reelection as municipal judge of such court: Provided further, That no municipal judge, associate municipal judge or any partner of such judge or associate judge shall practice law in the court to which he was elected or appointed. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.508a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.508a - Municipal Court Judge; Eligibility; Requirements.

730.508a Municipal court judge; eligibility; requirements.Sec. 8a.  (1) Notwithstanding section 8, and except as provided in subsection (2), a person is not eligible for the office of judge of municipal court unless the person is a registered and qualified elector of the city in which election is sought by the filing deadline or the date the person files the affidavit of candidacy.  (2) For purposes of an election or special election for the office of judge of a municipal court that exercises jurisdiction over another city pursuant to section 9928(3) of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.9928, a person is eligible for that office if he or she meets all other requirements for that office and has resided for 30 days or more in the other city over which municipal court jurisdiction is exercised. History: Add. 2010, Act 252, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
MI Comp L § 730.509 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.509 - Files, Records and Dockets.

730.509 Files, records and dockets. Sec. 9.  All files, records and dockets belonging to or appertaining to the office of the justices of the peace in office in any city affected by the provisions of this act shall be filed and safely kept in the office of the clerk of the municipal court of such city, and such files, records and dockets shall in all respects and for all purposes constitute records of the municipal court of such city. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.510 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.510 - Jurisdiction of Successor Judges.

730.510 Jurisdiction of successor judges. Sec. 10.  The judges of any such municipal court shall in all respects be considered the successors in office of the several justices of the peace whose courts are consolidated by this act, and shall have and exercise the same powers and authority in respect to all judgments rendered and matters pending before such justices of the peace as is by law conferred upon successors in office of justices of the peace in such city. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.511 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.511 - Set Time for Trial; Hearing or Action.

730.511 Set time for trial; hearing or action. Sec. 11.  When any cause or matter shall be set for trial, hearing, or the taking of any action, at a certain time, it shall not be necessary to wait any length of time after said set time before proceeding to trial, hearing, or the taking of action, in such cause or matter. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.512 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.512 - Judges; Rule Making Power.

730.512 Judges; rule making power. Sec. 12.  In any city affected by the provisions of this act, the judges of the municipal court of such city shall have the right to adopt rules governing the form of all summons, writs and other process issued by such court, the time and manner of filing and serving pleadings and the forms thereof, the dismissal and adjournment of causes, the entry and setting aside of defaults and default judgments, the extension of time for pleading, the method of selecting the presiding judge and the period of time he shall act as such, and all other matters of pleading, practice and procedure not inconsistent with the provisions of this act or of the law. They may by rule provide that the clerk of such court or any of his deputies, may sign dockets and executions, and may approve any bond required in any civil action. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.513 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.513 - Presiding Judge; Designation, Term, Absence.

730.513 Presiding judge; designation, term, absence. Sec. 13.  When this act becomes effective in any city, the judges of the municipal court of such city shall designate 1 of their number to act as presiding judge for such time as may be fixed by rule. In any city which has 2 municipal judges, they shall alternate as presiding judge, for such periods of time as may be fixed by rule, and in the absence or inability of the presiding judge, the other shall act as such. In any city which has more than 2 municipal judges, they shall be designated in such manner, and serve for such periods of time, as shall be fixed by rule, and in the absence or inability of the presiding judge, another shall act as such: Provided, however, That in any such city having 2 municipal judges, 1 of whom is an associate elected on a part-time basis, the one elected on a full-time basis shall be the presiding judge of said court. In any city which has more than 2 municipal judges, they shall be designated in such manner and serve for such periods of time as shall be fixed by rule. The presiding judge may designate some other judge of such court to act as such during his absence. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.514 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.514 - Presiding Judge; Powers and Duties, Motions, Bonds, Defaults, Rule Powers.

730.514 Presiding judge; powers and duties, motions, bonds, defaults, rule powers. Sec. 14.  The presiding judge of any such municipal court shall, in addition to having and exercising all powers and duties appertaining to his office as judge of such court, have general superintendence of the civil business of the court. He shall have the power to assign and reassign for trial, or other necessary disposition, at such time and in such manner as he shall determine, to any of the judges of such court any civil suit, motion, proceeding or matter of business instituted or pending in such court. In all civil suits and proceedings hereafter instituted or pending in any such municipal court, the presiding judge thereof, or such other judge as he may designate, shall have power to hear and determine all motions made therein, to approve all bonds required by law to be approved by a justice of the peace, to enter and set aside defaults and default judgments upon such terms and conditions as he may deem just, and in general to dispose of any interlocutory and miscellaneous matter arising in any such suit. Such presiding judge shall also have such other powers and duties not inconsistent with the provisions of this act as the judges of such court may by rule provide. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.515 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.515 - Motions; Form, Filing, Hearing, Notices.

730.515 Motions; form, filing, hearing, notices. Sec. 15.  The judges of such court may by rule require that all motions made in such court shall be in writing. All written motions shall be filed with the clerk of the court who shall set a date for hearing thereon before the presiding judge, or some other judge to whom the presiding judge may assign the hearing and disposition of such matters, in accordance with the rules and practice of such court. The moving party shall cause to be served upon the opposite parties or their attorneys copies of such motions and notices of hearing thereof within the time and in the manner fixed by the rules and practice of such court. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.516 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.516 - Setting Aside Verdict or Judgment; New Trial; Procedure.

730.516 Setting aside verdict or judgment; new trial; procedure. Sec. 16.  In any city affected by the provisions of this act, the judge before whom any civil or criminal cause was tried shall have the same power to set aside a verdict or judgment and grant a new trial thereon, upon legal cause therefor, as circuit courts of the state possess: Provided, That a motion therefor be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the court within 5 days after rendition of the verdict or judgment in said cause, setting forth plainly and briefly the reasons upon which it is made. Affidavits setting forth the facts relied upon shall be filed with said motion. A copy of such motion with the supporting affidavits shall be served upon the adverse party or his attorney at least 2 days before the hearing thereof. Such motion shall be submitted and heard within 1 week after the date of filing, and shall be determined within 2 days after it shall have been submitted and heard. The time for taking an appeal from the judgment or verdict, in case such motion be not granted, shall begin to run from the day such motion is overruled. In no case shall the pendency of such motion stay the issuing and levy of an execution, but in case of a levy under execution pending such motion, no sale of the property so levied upon shall be advertised or made until the final determination of such motion. If such motion be granted, any property levied upon shall be returned forthwith to the adverse party. In case of the absence of the judge before whom such case was tried, the presiding judge or any other judge designated by the presiding judge shall have the authority to hear and determine any such motion. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.517 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.517 - Instructions to Jury; Requests to Charge.

730.517 Instructions to jury; requests to charge. Sec. 17.  In any city affected by the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the judge presiding in all jury trials to instruct the jury as to the law applicable to the case, which instructions shall be received by the jury as the law of such case. Either party may present written requests to charge to the judge, who shall present all of such requests to the jury as he shall deem to correctly state the law applicable to the case. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.518 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.518 - Directed Verdicts; Condition.

730.518 Directed verdicts; condition. Sec. 18.  In any city affected by the provisions of this act the judge presiding in any jury trial shall have the same power to direct a verdict for either party as is or may be possessed by judges of the circuit courts of the state. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.519 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.519 - Directed Verdicts; Reserved Decision in Civil Cases, Judgment Notwithstanding Verdict.

730.519 Directed verdicts; reserved decision in civil cases, judgment notwithstanding verdict. Sec. 19.  In any city affected by the provisions of this act, in all civil jury trials in such municipal court, if either party shall at the close of the testimony, and before the case is submitted to the jury, request a directed verdict in his favor, the judge presiding may reserve his decision thereon, and submit the case to the jury under proper instructions as to the law applicable to such case. After the case is thus submitted to the jury, and after receiving and recording the verdict of the jury and before judgment is entered in said cause, the judge may hear arguments of counsel for and against said request, but in all cases he shall receive and record the verdict of the jury as rendered. If the judge shall then decide as a matter of law that the party requesting the directed verdict was entitled thereto, and if the verdict of the jury is adverse to the party making such request, the judge shall enter his decision and give judgment in accordance with such decision notwithstanding the verdict entered. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.520 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.520 - Judgment in Case of Disagreement of Jury.

730.520 Judgment in case of disagreement of jury. Sec. 20.  In any city affected by the provisions of this act, in all civil jury trials in which the jury disagrees and is discharged by the judge, either party may on motion and notice to the opposite party request the entry of judgment upon the evidence and proofs taken, within 7 days after the discharge of such jury, and if the judge before whom such case was tried shall decide as a matter of law that a verdict should have been directed for either party, he shall enter judgment accordingly. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.521 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.521 - Civil Process; Service Anywhere in County.

730.521 Civil process; service anywhere in county. Sec. 21.  In any city affected by the provisions of this act, any civil process issued out of the municipal court of such city may be served in any part of the county in which such city is located. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.522 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.522 - Concurrent Jurisdiction; Replevin; Jurisdictional Amount.

730.522 Concurrent jurisdiction; replevin; jurisdictional amount. Sec. 22.  (1) In addition to all the general jurisdiction of former justices of the peace, every municipal court affected by this act shall have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil actions when the amount in controversy does not exceed the amount in subsection (2) and in all actions of replevin when the value of the property involved does not exceed the amount in subsection (2). This section applies notwithstanding any jurisdictional limitations contained in any charter or statute under which a municipal court was created and established.  (2) The jurisdictional amount for purposes of this section is $1,500.00, unless the city in which the municipal court is located increases the jurisdictional amount for that municipal court to $3,000.00 by resolution of the city's legislative body. A resolution under this subsection shall be submitted to the state court administrative office, and the increase in the jurisdictional amount shall take effect January 1 of the year immediately following the year in which the resolution is received by the state court administrative office. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 196, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 147, Imd. Eff. July 12, 1965 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 367, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998
MI Comp L § 730.523 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.523 - Appeals in Criminal Cases.

730.523 Appeals in criminal cases. Sec. 23.  Except as provided in section 23a, appeals in criminal cases may be taken as a matter of right from the municipal court of a city to the circuit court of the county in which the city is located in the same manner and time as is provided by law for appeals in criminal cases from the former justice courts or as otherwise provided by law. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 54, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 415, Eff. Jan. 1, 1999
MI Comp L § 730.523a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.523a - Appeal in Civil Action or Criminal Case; Effect of Resolution.

730.523a Appeal in civil action or criminal case; effect of resolution. Sec. 23a.  (1) An appeal in a civil action or a criminal case from a municipal court of a city that adopts a resolution under subsection (2) shall be taken from the municipal court to the circuit court in the county in which the city is located. The appeal shall not be a de novo proceeding in circuit court. The conditions, manner, and time of the appeal shall be the same as is provided by law and by supreme court rule for appeals in civil actions or criminal cases from the district court.  (2) This section applies only in a city that maintains a municipal court on the effective date of this section and that, by resolution of its legislative body, agrees to assume any local financial obligations that may arise out of this section, and applies only to actions commenced on or after the date on which that resolution is submitted to the state court administrative office. A resolution required under this subsection is not valid unless it is adopted and submitted to the state court administrative office not later than 180 days after the effective date of this section. History: Add. 1998, Act 415, Eff. Jan. 1, 1999
MI Comp L § 730.524 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)|Section 730.524 - Attorney Fees Taxable.

730.524 Attorney fees taxable. Sec. 24.  In all cases of contested trials, where an appearance has been entered by an attorney in behalf of the opposite party, the prevailing party, if he be the plaintiff and was represented by a regularly licensed attorney, shall be entitled to tax the sum of $10.00 in case of rendition of a judgment of $300.00 or under, $15.00 in the case of rendition of a judgment of over $300.00 but not more than $500.00, and $25.00 in case of rendition of a judgment of over $500.00; and if the defendant is the prevailing party, he shall be entitled to tax the sum of $10.00 in case the plaintiff sought in his pleadings to recover a judgment of $300.00 or less, $15.00 in case the plaintiff sought in his pleadings to recover a judgment of over $300.00 but not more than $500.00, and $25.00 if the plaintiff in his pleadings sought to recover a judgment of over $500.00, as an attorney fee. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956