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MI Comp L § 730.525 (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 730.525 - Matters Returnable Before Presiding Judge.

730.525 Matters returnable before presiding judge. Sec. 25.  All writs, summons, proceedings or matters of any kind, which by law are made returnable before a justice of the peace and are not herein otherwise provided for, shall be returnable before the presiding judge of the municipal court of any city affected by the provisions of this act. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.526 (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 730.526 - Conduct of Trial by Litigants or Attorneys; Contempt for Violation.

730.526 Conduct of trial by litigants or attorneys; contempt for violation. Sec. 26.  Individual litigants may conduct the trial of their own causes in the municipal court of any city affected by the provisions of this act, but it shall be unlawful for any one excepting an attorney at law to conduct the trial of other than their own individual suits in any such court. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of contempt of court and may be punished therefor by any judge of the municipal court or any circuit judge of the county in which such city is located, by a fine of not more than $50.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail of such county for a period of not more than 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.527 (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 730.527 - Bail; Setting Date for Examinations; Recognizance in Criminal Cases.

730.527 Bail; setting date for examinations; recognizance in criminal cases. Sec. 27.  If a warrant has been issued by a judge of the municipal court of any city affected by this act for a criminal offense, the person charged with that offense may be arraigned by any judge of that municipal court. The judge may fix the amount of bail or let the person to bail, or both, and set a date for the examination provided by law before the judge who signed the warrant. If the person charged with the offense waives examination, the judge may fix the amount of bail or let the person to bail, or both, and bind the person to appear before the circuit court of the county or any court having jurisdiction of that cause for trial. If a warrant has been issued by a municipal judge for an offense against the laws of this state and the person charged has been arraigned and the amount of bail has been set, a recognizance for the appearance of the person charged to answer for that offense may be taken and entered into by any clerk or deputy clerk of that court. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 303, Eff. June 30, 1994
MI Comp L § 730.528 (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 730.528 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Judges and Municipal Courts; Fees.

730.528 Provisions applicable to municipal judges and municipal courts; fees. Sec. 28.  All the provisions of general statutes, local or special acts, or charter provisions, relating to justices of the peace and to justice courts in any city, shall apply to the municipal judges and to the municipal court of any city affected by the provisions of this act. The legislative body of any city may provide for a fixed fee not exceeding $5.50 if the amount in controversy does not exceed $600.00, and a fee not exceeding $11.00 in all other civil cases except as otherwise provided by law. Nothing in this section shall be considered to change the fees for jurors, witness fees and mileage, attorney fees, or constable's fees and mileage which are provided by statute. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 79, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 148, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1986
MI Comp L § 730.529 (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 730.529 - Judgments; Signing by Judges.

730.529 Judgments; signing by judges. Sec. 29.  Judgments rendered in any such municipal court shall be signed by the judge by or before whom such cause was tried. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
MI Comp L § 730.530 (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 730.530 - Conciliation Division; Judges; Clerks; Jurisdictional Amount.

730.530 Conciliation division; judges; clerks; jurisdictional amount. Sec. 30.  (1) Any municipal court affected by this act may provide for a conciliation division where civil actions in which the debt or damages claimed do not exceed the amount in subsection (2), excepting replevin suits, suits commenced by writ of attachment, and suits commenced by civil warrant, except as hereinafter provided, may be brought and settled in an informal manner. The judges of the municipal court are hereby constituted conciliators of the conciliation division, and shall act as such as part of their official duties. Any municipal judge may authorize any clerk or deputy clerk of the court to act as conciliator in any case.  (2) The jurisdictional amount for purposes of this section is $100.00, unless the city in which the municipal court is located increases the jurisdictional amount for that municipal court to $600.00 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: Add. 1957, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 367, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998
MI Comp L § 730.531 (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 730.531 - Conciliation Division; Summons, Default, Hearings, Adjournment.

730.531 Conciliation division; summons, default, hearings, adjournment.Sec. 31.  Any person having a claim within the jurisdiction of the conciliation division of any such court may appear before the clerk or any deputy clerk of such court and state his claim without formality or written pleadings. The clerk shall thereupon issue a summons in substantially the following form:   STATE OF MICHIGAN   The municipal court for the City of ..............................   To ................................   You are notified that (name of plaintiff) has commenced suit against you for (state nature of claim and amount).   Be in the above court on the ............... day of ..............., 19..., at .......... o'clock in the ............ noon, or judgment will be taken against you. Bring witnesses and papers if any. Be prepared for trial at that time.   ............................. Clerk   By ................... Deputy Clerk.   The summons shall notify the defendant to appear for trial at a certain time and place not less than 6 nor more than 14 days from the date of issue, and shall be served at least 2 days before the date set therein for trial. The clerk or deputy clerk, on request of the plaintiff, may notify the defendant by telephone or by mail, in which case the clerk's fee for such service shall be 25 cents, for the use of the city. If the defendant does not appear at the date and time set, no judgment shall be taken unless service was had upon him by summons, and the case may be adjourned and summons issued and served personally upon the defendant. If the defendant does not appear at the date and time set, after personal service of the summons upon him, the clerk shall forthwith enter his default, and the plaintiff may thereupon or at any time within 15 days thereafter prove his claim before a conciliator of the court. Hearings shall be informal and may be private. The conciliator may suspend rules of evidence and may dispense with the swearing of witnesses. There shall be no adjournments unless in the opinion of the conciliator an adjournment is necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice.      History: Add. 1957, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
MI Comp L § 730.532 (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 730.532 - Conciliation Division; Settlement; Judgment, Payment.

730.532 Conciliation division; settlement; judgment, payment. Sec. 32.  The parties prior to or at the hearing may make a settlement upon such terms as they may agree upon, in which case it shall be reduced to writing and signed by the parties, and the settlement shall be filed in the cause and in all respects shall be considered as a judgment rendered by the conciliator. Any judgment rendered in such conciliation division may provide for its satisfaction by payment to the clerk of the court or to the plaintiff of either a lump sum, or by installments in such amounts and at such times as the conciliator may deem just and reasonable under the circumstances. The presiding municipal judge or the conciliator in the cause thereafter for good cause shown may alter the amount of installment payments and the time of payment of such judgments, and authorize execution or garnishment to issue thereon where it appears that the defendant has not paid according to the terms of the agreement or order. History: Add. 1957, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
MI Comp L § 730.533 (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 730.533 - Conciliation Division; Transfer to Regular Division; Costs.

730.533 Conciliation division; transfer to regular division; costs. Sec. 33.  Either party to a suit in the conciliation division shall be entitled to make demand, before the commencement of the hearing in his cause, to transfer the cause to the regular division; the conciliator shall then transfer the cause to the regular division of the court. At the termination of the suit, the judge hearing the same shall have discretion to save the opposite party harmless from costs caused by the transfer to the regular division, if in his opinion the cause should have been heard in the conciliation division. History: Add. 1957, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
MI Comp L § 730.534 (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 730.534 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act; Short Title.

730.534 Michigan uniform municipal court act; short title. Sec. 34.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan uniform municipal court act". History: Add. 1957, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
MI Comp L § 730.551 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 184 of 1956 - Municipal Courts (730.551 - 730.551)|Section 730.551 - Municipal Courts; Criminal Jurisdiction.

730.551 Municipal courts; criminal jurisdiction. Sec. 1.  In addition to such jurisdiction as previously conferred upon them, municipal courts having a salaried judge or judges shall have original jurisdiction of all prosecutions and proceedings in behalf of the people of this state for all misdemeanors and offenses arising under the laws of this state and committed within the corporate limits of the cities in which the courts are located, and which are punishable by a fine or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both, and may issue all lawful writs and process and do all lawful acts which may be necessary and proper to carry into effect the jurisdiction given by this act. This act shall not affect the jurisdiction of the circuit court over any case pending in the circuit court when this 1974 amendatory act takes effect. History: 1956, Act 184, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 385, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1974
MI Comp L § 730.581 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts|Act 217 of 1990 - Repealer (730.581 - 730.581)|Section 730.581 - Acts and Parts of Acts Repealed.

730.581 Acts and parts of acts repealed.Sec. 1.  The following acts and parts of acts are repealed:   YEAR OF ACT PUBLIC ACT NUMBER COMPILED LAWS SECTIONS   1911 299 730.1 to 730.30   1933 269 730.101 to 730.159   1911 171 730.201 to 730.204   1947 41 730.301 to 730.302   1947 109 730.321 to 730.328   1947 103 730.351 to 730.354   1961 42 730.571 to 730.575    History: 1990, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1990
MI Comp L § 750.1 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code|Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568)|Section 750.1 - Michigan Penal Code; Short Title.

750.1 Michigan penal code; short title. Sec. 1.  Short title—This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Michigan Penal Code". History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.1 Compiler's Notes: The catchlines following the act section numbers were incorporated as part of the act as enacted.
MI Comp L § 750.2 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code|Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568)|Section 750.2 - Rule of Construction.

750.2 Rule of construction. Sec. 2.  Rule of construction—The rule that a penal statute is to be strictly construed shall not apply to this act or any of the provisions thereof. All provisions of this act shall be construed according to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice and to effect the objects of the law. History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.2
MI Comp L § 750.3 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code|Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568)|Section 750.3 - Civil Rights or Remedies Not Affected.

750.3 Civil rights or remedies not affected. Sec. 3.  Civil rights or remedies not affected—The provisions of this act are not to be deemed to affect any civil rights or remedies existing at the time when this act takes effect, by virtue of the common law or of any provision of statute. History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.3
MI Comp L § 750.4 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code|Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568)|Section 750.4 - Civil Remedies Preserved.

750.4 Civil remedies preserved. Sec. 4.  Civil remedies preserved—The omission to specify or affirm in this act any liability to damages, penalty, forfeiture or other remedy, imposed by law, and allowed to be recovered, or enforced in any civil action or proceeding, for any act or omission declared punishable herein does not affect any right to recover or enforce the same. History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.4
MI Comp L § 752.1 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 752 - Crimes and Offenses|Act 201 of 1980 - Interstate Law Enforcement Intelligence Organizations (752.1 - 752.6)|Section 752.1 - Definitions.

752.1 Definitions. Sec. 1.  As used in this act:   (a) "File" means all information about an individual recorded and retained by a law enforcement intelligence organization regardless of how the information is stored.  (b) "Freedom of information act" means an act which provides that members of the public have a right to inspect and copy certain records of governmental agencies, which for this state is Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (c) "Individual" means a natural person or a parent or guardian of a natural person who is less than 18 years of age, unless the person who is less than 18 years of age indicates otherwise.  (d) "Interstate law enforcement intelligence organization" means any intelligence gathering organization whose purpose is to promote the gathering, recording, and interstate exchange of confidential information not available through regular police channels and which provides a central clearinghouse for information dissemination to its membership. Interstate law enforcement intelligence organization includes, but is not limited to, the intelligence gathering organization registered as a charitable trust in the state of California with its principal offices located in Sacramento, California.  (e) "Law enforcement agency" means a state or local police department, a sheriff's department, a county prosecutor's office, the department of attorney general, or any other department or agency which enforces the laws of this state or the ordinances of a county, township, city, or village. History: 1980, Act 201, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1980
MI Comp L § 752.2 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 752 - Crimes and Offenses|Act 201 of 1980 - Interstate Law Enforcement Intelligence Organizations (752.1 - 752.6)|Section 752.2 - Supplying Information to or Maintaining Files Supplied by Interstate Law Enforcement Intelligence Organization; Conditions.

752.2 Supplying information to or maintaining files supplied by interstate law enforcement intelligence organization; conditions.  Sec. 2.  A law enforcement agency may not supply information to or maintain files supplied by an interstate law enforcement intelligence organization unless 1 of the following conditions is met:  (a) The organization is the El Paso intelligence center.  (b) The interstate law enforcement intelligence organization is established by an act of congress.   (c) The interstate law enforcement intelligence organization is established within a federal investigative agency and membership is with the concurrence of the governor of this state.  (d) The interstate law enforcement intelligence organization is created by an act of the legislature in the state where the organization is located and by the legislature of this state. History: 1980, Act 201, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1980
MI Comp L § 752.3 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 752 - Crimes and Offenses|Act 201 of 1980 - Interstate Law Enforcement Intelligence Organizations (752.1 - 752.6)|Section 752.3 - Maintaining Membership, Supplying Information To, or Maintaining Files Supplied by Interstate Law Enforcement Intelligence Organization; Conditions; Exceptions; Effective Date of Section.

752.3 Maintaining membership, supplying information to, or maintaining files supplied by interstate law enforcement intelligence organization; conditions; exceptions; effective date of section. Sec. 3.  (1) Except as provided in section 2, a law enforcement agency shall not maintain membership, supply information to, or maintain files supplied by an interstate law enforcement intelligence organization unless all of the following conditions are met by the interstate law enforcement intelligence organization:  (a) The organization is governed by a citizen oversight body which has the authority to periodically review the files maintained by the organization.  (b) The files maintained by an organization are relevant to a criminal investigation or pertinent to and within the scope of an authorized law enforcement activity.   (c) The organization does not maintain a record describing how an individual exercises rights guaranteed by the first amendment of the constitution of the United States.  (d) The organization has established guidelines which provide for the review of files at regular intervals to insure the accuracy and legality of the file information.  (e) The organization has established guidelines which provide for the destruction of outdated or inaccurate information.  (f) The organization permits its files located in a state with a freedom of information act to be accessible to the public in accordance with that act.  (2) This section shall take effect July 1, 1983. History: 1980, Act 201, Eff. July 1, 1983
MI Comp L § 752.4 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 752 - Crimes and Offenses|Act 201 of 1980 - Interstate Law Enforcement Intelligence Organizations (752.1 - 752.6)|Section 752.4 - Notice of Membership.

752.4 Notice of membership. Sec. 4.  A law enforcement agency which is a member of an interstate law enforcement intelligence organization shall notify the legislature and the governor of its membership not later than February 1 of each year. History: 1980, Act 201, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1980 Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 752.4 to 752.6, deriving from Act 254 of 1881 and pertaining to adulteration of food, drink, or medicine, were repealed by Act 39 of 1968.
MI Comp L § 752.5 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 752 - Crimes and Offenses|Act 201 of 1980 - Interstate Law Enforcement Intelligence Organizations (752.1 - 752.6)|Section 752.5 - Exchange of Information Through Regular Police Channels.

752.5 Exchange of information through regular police channels. Sec. 5.  This act shall not be construed to prohibit the exchange of information through regular police channels between a law enforcement agency in this state and a law enforcement agency in another state, the District of Columbia, or the federal government. History: 1980, Act 201, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1980 Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 752.4 to 752.6, deriving from Act 254 of 1881 and pertaining to adulteration of food, drink, or medicine, were repealed by Act 39 of 1968.
MI Comp L § 752.6 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 752 - Crimes and Offenses|Act 201 of 1980 - Interstate Law Enforcement Intelligence Organizations (752.1 - 752.6)|Section 752.6 - Violation as Misdemeanor.

752.6 Violation as misdemeanor. Sec. 6.  A person who knowingly violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1980, Act 201, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1980 Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 752.4 to 752.6, deriving from Act 254 of 1881 and pertaining to adulteration of food, drink, or medicine, were repealed by Act 39 of 1968.
MI Comp L § 752.11 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 752 - Crimes and Offenses|Act 158 of 1966 - Law Enforcement (752.11 - 752.12)|Section 752.11 - Upholding or Enforcing the Law; Duty of Public Officials.

752.11 Upholding or enforcing the law; duty of public officials. Sec. 1.  Any public official, appointed or elected, who is responsible for enforcing or upholding any law of this state and who wilfully and knowingly fails to uphold or enforce the law with the result that any person's legal rights are denied is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1966, Act 158, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
MI Comp L § 752.12 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 752 - Crimes and Offenses|Act 158 of 1966 - Law Enforcement (752.11 - 752.12)|Section 752.12 - Penalty.

752.12 Penalty. Sec. 2.  Any person convicted of violating this act shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. History: 1966, Act 158, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
MI Comp L § 752.51 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 752 - Crimes and Offenses|Act 10 of 1937 - Use of Travel AIDS by Blind Persons (752.51 - 752.54)|Section 752.51 - Repealed. 1986, Act 62, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987.

752.51 Repealed. 1986, Act 62, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to color of canes used by blind persons.