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MI Comp L § 600.1627 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-16 - Chapter 16 Venue (600.1601...600.1659)|Section 600.1627 - Venue; County Where Cause of Action Arose; Exceptions; Suits Against Surety of Public Officers or Their Appointees.

600.1627 Venue; county where cause of action arose; exceptions; suits against surety of public officers or their appointees. Sec. 1627.  Except for actions founded on contract and actions provided for in sections 1605, 1611, 1615, and 1629, the county in which all or a part of the cause of action arose is a proper county in which to commence and try the action. Suits against the surety of a public officer or his or her appointees are not excepted from the application of this section. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 161, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
MI Comp L § 600.1631 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-16 - Chapter 16 Venue (600.1601...600.1659)|Section 600.1631 - Venue; Action by Attorney General; Other Actions.

600.1631 Venue; action by attorney general; other actions. Sec. 1631.  The county in which the seat of state government is located is a proper county in which to commence and try the following actions:  (a) when the action is commenced by the attorney general in the name of the state or of the people of the state for the use and benefit thereof;  (b) when venue cannot be laid under any other of the venue provisions. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1635 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-16 - Chapter 16 Venue (600.1601...600.1659)|Section 600.1635 - Venue; Transportation Lines; Plaintiff's Residence.

600.1635 Venue; transportation lines; plaintiff's residence. Sec. 1635.  Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1621 and 1627 actions against any individual or company owning, operating or leasing a street railway or line of railroad or motor bus or truck route, for the transportation of passengers or freight in this state, shall be commenced either in the county where the cause of action arose or in the county of the plaintiff's residence, if the line or route of such individual or company traverses either the county where the cause of action arose or the county of the plaintiff's residence. If such line or route does not traverse in either such county, then suits against such individual or company may be started in any county in which such individual or company has its principal place of business or owns, operates or leases a line or route. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1641 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-16 - Chapter 16 Venue (600.1601...600.1659)|Section 600.1641 - Venue; Joinder of Causes of Action; Separation.

600.1641 Venue; joinder of causes of action; separation. Sec. 1641.  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if causes of action are joined, whether properly or not, venue is proper in any county in which either cause of action, if sued upon separately, could have been commenced and tried, subject to separation and change as provided by court rule.  (2) If more than 1 cause of action is pleaded in the complaint or added by amendment at any time during the action and 1 of the causes of action is based on tort or another legal theory seeking damages for personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death, venue shall be determined under the rules applicable to actions in tort as provided in section 1629. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 161, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 249, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
MI Comp L § 600.1645 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-16 - Chapter 16 Venue (600.1601...600.1659)|Section 600.1645 - Improper Venue; Judgment.

600.1645 Improper venue; judgment. Sec. 1645.  No order, judgment, or decree shall be void or voidable solely on the ground that there was improper venue. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1651 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-16 - Chapter 16 Venue (600.1601...600.1659)|Section 600.1651 - Improper Venue; Transfer of Action to Proper County.

600.1651 Improper venue; transfer of action to proper county. Sec. 1651.  An action brought in a county not designated as a proper county may nevertheless be tried therein, unless a defendant moves for a change of venue within the time and in the manner provided by court rule, in which case the court shall transfer the action to a proper county on such conditions relative to expense and costs as provided by court rule and section 1653. The court for the county to which the transfer is made shall have full jurisdiction of the action as though the action had been originally commenced therein. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986 Compiler's Notes: Section 3 of Act 178 of 1986 provides:“(1) Sections 2925b, 5805, 5838, and 5851 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended by this amendatory act, shall not apply to causes of action arising before October 1, 1986.“(2) Sections 1483, 5838a, and 6304 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to causes of action arising on or after October 1, 1986.“(3) Sections 1629, 1653, 2169, 2591, 2912c, 2912d, 2912e, 6098, 6301, 6303, 6305, 6306, 6307, 6309, and 6311 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to cases filed on or after October 1, 1986.“(4) Sections 1651 and 6013 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended by this amendatory act, shall not apply to cases filed before October 1, 1986.“(5) Chapter 49 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to cases filed on or after January 1, 1987.“(6) Chapter 49a of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to cases filed in judicial circuits which are comprised of more than 1 county on or after July 1, 1990 and shall apply to cases filed in judicial circuits which are comprised of 1 county on or after October 1, 1988.”
MI Comp L § 600.1653 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-16 - Chapter 16 Venue (600.1601...600.1659)|Section 600.1653 - Motion for Change of Venue in Action Based on Tort; Awarding Expenses and Costs.

600.1653 Motion for change of venue in action based on tort; awarding expenses and costs. Sec. 1653.  If a party brings a motion for a change of venue in an action based on tort alleging improper venue, the court shall award expenses and costs as follows:  (a) If the motion is granted, the court shall, after opportunity for a hearing, require the party who opposed the motion to pay to the moving party the reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred in obtaining the order and to pay the statutory filing fee applicable to the court to which the action is transferred unless the court orders the change of venue for the convenience of the parties and witnesses or when an impartial trial cannot be had where the action is pending.  (b) If the motion is denied, the court shall, after opportunity for a hearing, require the moving party to pay to the party who opposed the motion the reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred in opposing the motion, unless the court maintains venue for the convenience of the parties and witnesses. History: Add. 1986, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986 Compiler's Notes: Section 3 of Act 178 of 1986 provides:“(1) Sections 2925b, 5805, 5838, and 5851 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended by this amendatory act, shall not apply to causes of action arising before October 1, 1986.“(2) Sections 1483, 5838a, and 6304 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to causes of action arising on or after October 1, 1986.“(3) Sections 1629, 1653, 2169, 2591, 2912c, 2912d, 2912e, 6098, 6301, 6303, 6305, 6306, 6307, 6309, and 6311 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to cases filed on or after October 1, 1986.“(4) Sections 1651 and 6013 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended by this amendatory act, shall not apply to cases filed before October 1, 1986.“(5) Chapter 49 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to cases filed on or after January 1, 1987.“(6) Chapter 49a of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to cases filed in judicial circuits which are comprised of more than 1 county on or after July 1, 1990 and shall apply to cases filed in judicial circuits which are comprised of 1 county on or after October 1, 1988.”
MI Comp L § 600.1655 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-16 - Chapter 16 Venue (600.1601...600.1659)|Section 600.1655 - Venue; Change; Conditions; Expense of Trial.

600.1655 Venue; change; conditions; expense of trial. Sec. 1655.  On such grounds and conditions as may be provided by court rule, the venue of any civil action brought in a proper county may be changed to any other county, and the action there tried. The court of the county to which the transfer is made shall thereupon have full jurisdiction of the action as though the action had been originally commenced therein. In every such case all expenses of the trial which would be chargeable to the county in which the action originated had the action been tried therein, as determined by the circuit judge of the county to which the action has been transferred, shall be a charge upon the county in which the action originated. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1659 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-16 - Chapter 16 Venue (600.1601...600.1659)|Section 600.1659 - Transfer of Judgments in Action Affecting Real or Tangible Personal Property.

600.1659 Transfer of judgments in action affecting real or tangible personal property. Sec. 1659.  When a civil action affecting the title to or possession of real or tangible personal property has been tried in a county other than the county in which all of the real or tangible personal property is situated, the clerk of the court, after final judgment therein, must certify under his seal of office and transmit a copy of the judgment to the corresponding court of any county in which real or tangible personal property affected by the action is situated. The clerk of the court receiving the copy must file and record the judgment in the records of the court, briefly designating it as a judgment transferred from ........ (naming the court). History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1711 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-17 - Chapter 17 Contempts (600.1701...600.1745)|Section 600.1711 - Summary Punishment; Hearing.

600.1711 Summary punishment; hearing. Sec. 1711.  (1) When any contempt is committed in the immediate view and presence of the court, the court may punish it summarily by fine, or imprisonment, or both.  (2) When any contempt is committed other than in the immediate view and presence of the court, the court may punish it by fine or imprisonment, or both, after proof of the facts charged has been made by affidavit or other method and opportunity has been given to defend. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1715 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-17 - Chapter 17 Contempts (600.1701...600.1745)|Section 600.1715 - Contempt; Punishment; Fine; Probation; Performance of Act or Duty.

600.1715 Contempt; punishment; fine; probation; performance of act or duty.Sec. 1715.  (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, punishment for contempt may be a fine of not more than $7,500.00, or imprisonment which, except in those cases where the commitment is for the omission to perform an act or duty which is still within the power of the person to perform shall not exceed 93 days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The court may place an individual who is guilty of criminal contempt on probation in the manner provided for persons guilty of a misdemeanor as provided in chapter XI of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 771.1 to 771.14a.  (2) If the contempt consists of the omission to perform some act or duty that is still within the power of the person to perform, the imprisonment shall be terminated when the person performs the act or duty or no longer has the power to perform the act or duty, which shall be specified in the order of commitment, and pays the fine, costs, and expenses of the proceedings, which shall be specified in the order of commitment. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 228, Imd. Eff. Nov. 28, 1983 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 544, Eff. Mar. 30, 2007
MI Comp L § 600.1721 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-17 - Chapter 17 Contempts (600.1701...600.1745)|Section 600.1721 - Payment of Damages; Effect.

600.1721 Payment of damages; effect. Sec. 1721.  If the alleged misconduct has caused an actual loss or injury to any person the court shall order the defendant to pay such person a sufficient sum to indemnify him, in addition to the other penalties which are imposed upon the defendant. The payment and acceptance of this sum is an absolute bar to any action by the aggrieved party to recover damages for the loss or injury. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1725 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-17 - Chapter 17 Contempts (600.1701...600.1745)|Section 600.1725 - Witnesses; Refusal to Testify; Penalty.

600.1725 Witnesses; refusal to testify; penalty. Sec. 1725.  If any witness attending pursuant to a subpoena, or brought before any court, judge, officer, commissioner, or before any person before whom depositions may be taken, refuses without reasonable cause  (1) to be examined, or  (2) to answer any legal and pertinent question, or  (3) to subscribe his deposition after it has been reduced to writing, the officer issuing the subpoena shall commit him, by warrant, to the common jail of the county in which he resides. He shall remain there until he submits to be examined, or to answer, or to subscribe his deposition, as the case may be, or until he is discharged according to law. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1731 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-17 - Chapter 17 Contempts (600.1701...600.1745)|Section 600.1731 - Publication as to Court of Record; Hearing by Judge of Another Court.

600.1731 Publication as to court of record; hearing by judge of another court. Sec. 1731.  In proceedings for contempt arising out of the publication of any news, information, or comment concerning a court of record, except the supreme court, or any judge of that court the defendant has the right to have the proceedings heard by the judge of another court of record. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1735 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-17 - Chapter 17 Contempts (600.1701...600.1745)|Section 600.1735 - Arrest on Bench Warrant; Duties of Sheriff.

600.1735 Arrest on bench warrant; duties of sheriff. Sec. 1735.  Upon arresting any defendant, on a bench warrant, to answer for any alleged misconduct, the sheriff shall keep such person in his actual custody, and shall bring him personally before the court issuing the warrant, and shall keep and detain him in his custody, until such court orders otherwise, or until the defendant is entitled to be discharged on bond. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1741 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-17 - Chapter 17 Contempts (600.1701...600.1745)|Section 600.1741 - Arrest on Bench Warrant; Illness of Arrested Person.

600.1741 Arrest on bench warrant; illness of arrested person. Sec. 1741.  Whenever an officer is required to keep any person arrested upon a bench warrant in actual custody, and to bring him personally before any court, the inability, from sickness or otherwise, of such person to attend such court personally, is a sufficient excuse for not bringing him before such court. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1745 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-17 - Chapter 17 Contempts (600.1701...600.1745)|Section 600.1745 - Indictment for Contemptuous Conduct; Sentence.

600.1745 Indictment for contemptuous conduct; sentence. Sec. 1745.  Persons proceeded against according to the provisions of this chapter, shall also be liable to indictment for the same misconduct, if it be an indictable offense; but the court before which a conviction shall be had on such indictment shall take into consideration the punishment before inflicted, in imposing sentence. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1801 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-18 - Chapter 18 Process and Arrests (600.1801...600.1865)|Section 600.1801 - Process; Service and Return; Service on Sheriff or Deputies.

600.1801 Process; service and return; service on sheriff or deputies. Sec. 1801.  (1) When any process or order, issued by any court of record, or any complaint or other paper, is delivered to any sheriff, under-sheriff or deputy to serve, such officer shall serve the same with all convenient speed, and shall return the same with his certificate endorsed thereon, of the time and manner of such service, either to the office of the clerk of the court in which such suit or proceeding is pending, or to the attorney whose name is endorsed on the process, order, complaint or paper.  (2) In any action where an under-sheriff or deputy sheriff is a party, any process may be served on such under-sheriff or deputy sheriff, by the sheriff in person, or by any under-sheriff or deputy sheriff who is not a party to such action.  (3) When the sheriff is a party or interested in any suit, any coroner within his county may serve and execute any process, order, or any other paper in the cause, and has the same powers, and is subject to the same liabilities as sheriffs in similar cases.  (4) If the sheriff is a party in interest in any suit, service of process not requiring arrest or seizure of property may be made upon him by any person of suitable age and discretion. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1805 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-18 - Chapter 18 Process and Arrests (600.1801...600.1865)|Section 600.1805 - Process; Expiration or Vacancy in Office of Sheriff; Effect.

600.1805 Process; expiration or vacancy in office of sheriff; effect. Sec. 1805.  Sheriffs, under-sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs, may execute all process in their hands at the expiration of the term for which such sheriffs were elected, the execution of which having been begun by him, and shall make due returns thereof in their own name. In case of a vacancy in the office of sheriff, every deputy in office under him may execute any writ or process in his hands or in the hands of such sheriff, at the time such vacancy happened, and has the same authority, and is under the same obligation to serve and execute and return the same, as if such sheriff had continued in office. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1809 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-18 - Chapter 18 Process and Arrests (600.1801...600.1865)|Section 600.1809 - Process; Amendment of Return.

600.1809 Process; amendment of return. Sec. 1809.  All returns made by any sheriff or other officer, or by any court or subordinate tribunal, to any court, may be amended in matter of form by the court to which such returns are made, in their discretion, both before and after judgment. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1811 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-18 - Chapter 18 Process and Arrests (600.1801...600.1865)|Section 600.1811 - Process; Appointment of Substitute Server.

600.1811 Process; appointment of substitute server. Sec. 1811.  (1) The judge of any circuit court of this state may in any suit or proceeding commenced or pending therein, on the application of any party thereto, appoint some disinterested person to serve any process or other papers, or to do any act therein which the sheriff by law might do in the cause, if the sheriff and coroners of the county are parties, or interested or incapacitated to act.  (2) The appointment shall be in writing, signed by the judge, and filed in the cause. The person so appointed has the same power conferred upon him, and shall proceed in the same manner prescribed for the sheriff in the performance of like duties. The fees payable to such person shall be the same as those payable to sheriffs by virtue of the provisions of law in that behalf for like services.  (3) The judge may, in his discretion, require the person so appointed, before acting under said appointment, to give a bond to the people of this state in such penal sum, and with such surety or sureties as the judge may approve, conditioned for the faithful performance and execution by such person of his duties in such case, without fraud, deceit or oppression, and for the payment of all moneys that may come into his hands by virtue of such appointment.  (4) The person so appointed is deemed a coroner of the county, and is liable in all respects to all the provisions of law respecting sheriffs, so far as the same may be applicable. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.1815 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961|Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)|236-1961-18 - Chapter 18 Process and Arrests (600.1801...600.1865)|Section 600.1815 - Capias Ad Respondendum; Abolishment.

600.1815 Capias ad respondendum; abolishment. Sec. 1815.  The writ of capias ad respondendum is abolished and no civil actions shall be started by arrest. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963