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MI Comp L § 600.1987 (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)|236-1961-19A - Chapter 19a Electronic Access to Courts (600.1985...600.1993)|Section 600.1987 - Electronic Filing System Fee; Other Fee.

600.1987 Electronic filing system fee; other fee.Sec. 1987.  (1) Except for an automated payment service fee collected under section 1986(5), and except as provided in subsection (2), the electronic filing system fee authorized under this chapter is the only fee that may be charged to or collected in a civil action specifically for electronic filing.  (2) If, pursuant to a supreme court order, a court or court funding unit is collecting a fee for electronic filing other than the electronic filing system fee on September 30, 2015, the court or court funding unit may continue to collect $2.50 for filing or service or $5.00 for filing and service, in addition to the electronic system filing fee until December 31, 2017. History: Add. 2015, Act 231, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 519, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2017
MI Comp L § 600.1988 (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)|236-1961-19A - Chapter 19a Electronic Access to Courts (600.1985...600.1993)|Section 600.1988 - Fee; Limitation.

600.1988 Fee; limitation.Sec. 1988.  A court or court funding unit shall not charge a fee to retrieve and inspect a document on site, including a document that was filed electronically, but may charge a fee to copy a document. History: Add. 2015, Act 235, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 600.1989 (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)|236-1961-19A - Chapter 19a Electronic Access to Courts (600.1985...600.1993)|Section 600.1989 - Electronic Filing System Fee; Deposit Into Judicial Electronic Filing Fund; Use.

600.1989 Electronic filing system fee; deposit into judicial electronic filing fund; use.Sec. 1989.  An electronic filing system fee collected shall be remitted by the clerk to the state treasurer for deposit into the judicial electronic filing fund created under section 176 and shall be used to establish an electronic filing system and supporting technology as provided in this chapter. History: Add. 2015, Act 232, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 600.1990 (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)|236-1961-19A - Chapter 19a Electronic Access to Courts (600.1985...600.1993)|Section 600.1990 - Electronic Filing System Fee as Recoverable Taxable Cost.

600.1990 Electronic filing system fee as recoverable taxable cost.Sec. 1990.  Any electronic filing system fee paid by a party is a recoverable taxable cost. History: Add. 2015, Act 233, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 600.1991 (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)|236-1961-19A - Chapter 19a Electronic Access to Courts (600.1985...600.1993)|Section 600.1991 - Application by Court for Access to and Use of Electronic Filing System; Acceptance by Supreme Court; Use of Money From Judicial Electronic Filing Fund; Selection of Qualified Vendor.

600.1991 Application by court for access to and use of electronic filing system; acceptance by supreme court; use of money from judicial electronic filing fund; selection of qualified vendor.Sec. 1991.  (1) A court may apply to the supreme court for access to and use of the electronic filing system.  (2) If the supreme court accepts a court under subsection (1), the state court administrative office shall use money from the judicial electronic filing fund established under section 176 to pay the costs of technological improvements necessary for that court to operate electronic filing.  (3) The supreme court may select a qualified vendor for the electronic filing system. History: Add. 2015, Act 233, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 600.1992 (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)|236-1961-19A - Chapter 19a Electronic Access to Courts (600.1985...600.1993)|Section 600.1992 - Filing of Electric Document Not Required.

600.1992 Filing of electric document not required.Sec. 1992.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a person to file a document electronically. A court or court funding unit shall not require or permit a person to file a document electronically except as directed by the supreme court. History: Add. 2015, Act 233, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 600.1993 (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)|236-1961-19A - Chapter 19a Electronic Access to Courts (600.1985...600.1993)|Section 600.1993 - Electronic Filing System Fee; Collection; Limitation.

600.1993 Electronic filing system fee; collection; limitation.Sec. 1993.  A clerk shall not collect an electronic filing system fee under section 1986(1) after February 28, 2031. History: Add. 2015, Act 233, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016 ;-- Am. 2019, Act 40, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2019
MI Comp L § 600.2001 (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)|236-1961-20 - Chapter 20 Parties (600.2001...600.2051)|Section 600.2001 - Married Women; Actions by and Against.

600.2001 Married women; actions by and against. Sec. 2001.  Actions may be brought by and against a married woman as if she were unmarried. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2005 (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)|236-1961-20 - Chapter 20 Parties (600.2001...600.2051)|Section 600.2005 - Married Women; Tort; Action Against Both Spouses.

600.2005 Married women; tort; action against both spouses. Sec. 2005.  No suit may be brought against husband and wife, jointly, or against the husband alone, for any tort of the wife, unless such tort was committed under such circumstances as to render them both liable. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2011 (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)|236-1961-20 - Chapter 20 Parties (600.2001...600.2051)|Section 600.2011 - Indians; Judicial Rights and Privileges.

600.2011 Indians; judicial rights and privileges. Sec. 2011.  All Indians are capable of suing and being sued in any of the courts of this state in like manner and with the same effect as other inhabitants thereof, and are entitled to the same judicial rights and privileges. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2021 (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)|236-1961-20 - Chapter 20 Parties (600.2001...600.2051)|Section 600.2021 - Foreign Corporations; Actions Based on Forbidden Acts; Exceptions.

600.2021 Foreign corporations; actions based on forbidden acts; exceptions. Sec. 2021.  (1) If a law of this state prohibits a corporation or an association of individuals from performing an act unless the act is expressly authorized by law, and the act is done by a foreign corporation, the foreign corporation shall not maintain an action based on that act, or upon any liability or obligation, express or implied, arising out of or made or entered into in consideration of that act.  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a foreign corporation subject to the business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.1101 to 450.2098, or the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 438, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2002
MI Comp L § 600.2031 (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)|236-1961-20 - Chapter 20 Parties (600.2001...600.2051)|Section 600.2031 - Counties; Actions by or Against.

600.2031 Counties; actions by or against. Sec. 2031.  Whenever any controversy or cause of action exists between any of the counties of this state, or between any county and any individual or individuals, such proceedings may be had for the purpose of trying and finally settling such controversy, and the same shall be conducted in like manner, and the judgment therein shall have the like effect, as in other suits or proceedings between individuals and corporations. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2041 (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)|236-1961-20 - Chapter 20 Parties (600.2001...600.2051)|Section 600.2041 - Real Party in Interest; Actions on Official or Personal Bonds; Taxpayer's Suit.

600.2041 Real party in interest; actions on official or personal bonds; taxpayer's suit. Sec. 2041.  Every action shall be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest; but an executor, administrator, guardian, trustee of an express trust, a party with whom or in whose name a contract has been made for the benefit of another, or a party authorized by statute may sue in his own name without joining with him the party for whose benefit the action was brought, and further  (1) an action upon the bond of any public officer required to give bond to the people of this state may be brought in the name of the person to whom the right thereon accrues; and  (2) an action upon any bond, contract, or undertaking lawfully made with an officer of this state or any governmental unit, including but not limited to a public, municipal, quasi-municipal, or governmental corporation, unincorporated board, public body, or political subdivision, may be brought in the name of the state or any such unit for whose benefit the contract was made; and  (3) an action to prevent the illegal expenditure of state funds or to test the constitutionality of a statute relating thereto may be brought in the name of a domestic nonprofit corporation organized for civic, protective, or improvement purposes, or in the names of at least 5 residents of this state who own property assessed for direct taxation by the county wherein they reside. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2045 (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)|236-1961-20 - Chapter 20 Parties (600.2001...600.2051)|Section 600.2045 - Guardian Ad Litem for Unborn Persons.

600.2045 Guardian ad litem for unborn persons. Sec. 2045.  (1) If in an action or proceeding, other than in probate court, it appears that a person not in being may become entitled to a property interest, real or personal, legal or equitable, involved in or affected by the action or proceeding, and the interest of the unborn person is not or cannot otherwise properly be represented and protected, the court, upon its own motion, or upon the motion of any party, may appoint a suitable person to appear and act as guardian ad litem of the unborn person. The guardian ad litem is authorized to engage counsel and do whatever is necessary to defend and protect the interest of the unborn person. A judgment or order made after the appointment shall be conclusive upon the unborn person for whom a guardian was appointed.  (2) The guardian ad litem may be removed by the court which appointed him, without notice, when it appears to the court to be for the best interests of the ward. The guardian ad litem may be allowed reasonable compensation by the court appointing him, to be paid and taxed as a cost of the proceedings as directed by the court. History: Add. 1968, Act 292, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
MI Comp L § 600.2051 (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)|236-1961-20 - Chapter 20 Parties (600.2001...600.2051)|Section 600.2051 - Capacity to Sue or Be Sued; Assumed Name; Partnerships; Unincorporated Voluntary Associations; Corporations; State; Governmental Units; Officers.

600.2051 Capacity to sue or be sued; assumed name; partnerships; unincorporated voluntary associations; corporations; state; governmental units; officers. Sec. 2051.  (1) Any natural person may sue or be sued in his own name. A person conducting a business under a name subject to certification pursuant to the assumed name statute may be sued in such name in an action arising out of the conduct of such business.  (2) A partnership, partnership association, or any unincorporated voluntary association having a distinguishing name may sue or be sued in its partnership or association name, or in the names of any of its members designated as such or both.  (3) A corporation, either domestic or foreign, may sue or be sued in its corporate name, except as otherwise provided by statute.  (4) Actions to which this state or any governmental unit, including but not limited to a public, municipal, quasi-municipal, or governmental corporation, unincorporated board, public body, or political subdivision is a party may be brought by or against such party in its own name, or in the official capacity of an officer authorized to sue or be sued in its behalf, except that an officer of the state or any such unit shall be sued in his official capacity for the purpose of enforcing the performance by him of an official duty. Whenever any officer sues or is sued in his official capacity, he may be described as a party by his official title and not by name, subject to the discretion of the court, upon its own motion or that of any party, to require his name to be added. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2101 (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)|236-1961-21 - Chapter 21 Evidence (600.2101...600.2169)|Section 600.2101 - Cases Tried Without Jury; Objections to Testimony or Evidence; Exclusion of Testimony From Record; Taking of Excluded Testimony; Return of Excluded Testimony to Court of Appeals or Supreme Court.

600.2101 Cases tried without jury; objections to testimony or evidence; exclusion of testimony from record; taking of excluded testimony; return of excluded testimony to court of appeals or supreme court. Sec. 2101.  In all cases tried without a jury, the court shall rule upon all objections to the competency, relevancy, or materiality of testimony, or evidence offered; and in all cases where the court is of the opinion that any testimony offered is incompetent, irrelevant, or immaterial, the same shall be excluded from the record. If the testimony so offered and excluded is brief, the court may in its discretion permit the same to be taken down by the reporter or recorder separate and apart from the testimony received in the case; and in case of appeal, the excluded testimony may be returned to the appellate court under the certificate of the trial court. If the excluded testimony is not taken and returned to the court of appeals or supreme court on appeal, and upon the hearing of the appeal, the court of appeals or supreme court shall be of the opinion that the testimony is competent and material, it may order that the testimony be taken by deposition or under a reference, and returned to the court. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987
MI Comp L § 600.2102 (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)|236-1961-21 - Chapter 21 Evidence (600.2101...600.2169)|Section 600.2102 - Affidavit Taken in Other State or Country; Authentication.

600.2102 Affidavit taken in other state or country; authentication.Sec. 2102.  If by law the affidavit of a person residing in another state of the United States or in a foreign country is required or may be received in an action or judicial proceeding in this state, to entitle the affidavit to be read, it must be authenticated under section 25a of the Michigan law on notarial acts, 2003 PA 238, MCL 55.285a, or be an unsworn declaration executed under chapter 21A. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 361, Eff. Apr. 1, 2013 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 362, Eff. Mar. 12, 2019
MI Comp L § 600.2103 (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)|236-1961-21 - Chapter 21 Evidence (600.2101...600.2169)|Section 600.2103 - Judicial Records of Other States or Countries; Use as Evidence; Authentication.

600.2103 Judicial records of other states or countries; use as evidence; authentication. Sec. 2103.  The records and judicial proceedings of any court in the several states and territories of the United States and of any foreign country shall be admitted in evidence in the courts of this state upon being authenticated by the attestation of the clerk of such court with the seal of such court annexed, or of the officer in whose custody such records are legally kept with the seal of his office annexed. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2104 (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)|236-1961-21 - Chapter 21 Evidence (600.2101...600.2169)|Section 600.2104 - Judicial Records of Foreign Countries; Copies as Evidence.

600.2104 Judicial records of foreign countries; copies as evidence. Sec. 2104.  Copies of such records and proceedings in the courts of a foreign country, may also be admitted in evidence upon due proof:  (1) That the copy offered has been compared by the witness with the original, and is an exact copy of the whole of such original;  (2) That such original was in the custody of the clerk of the court or other officer legally having charge of the same; and  (3) That such copy is duly attested by a seal, which shall be proved to be the seal of the court in which such record or proceeding shall be. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2105 (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)|236-1961-21 - Chapter 21 Evidence (600.2101...600.2169)|Section 600.2105 - Judicial Records of Foreign Countries; Proof by Common Law Methods.

600.2105 Judicial records of foreign countries; proof by common law methods. Sec. 2105.  Sections 2103 and 2104 shall not prevent the proof of any record or judicial proceedings of the courts of any foreign country, according to the rules of the common law, in any other manner than that herein directed. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2106 (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)|236-1961-21 - Chapter 21 Evidence (600.2101...600.2169)|Section 600.2106 - Court Order, Judgment, or Decree of Court of Record; Certified Copy as Evidence.

600.2106 Court order, judgment, or decree of court of record; certified copy as evidence. Sec. 2106.  A copy of any order, judgment or decree, of any court of record in this state, duly authenticated by the certificate of the judge, clerk or register of such court, under the seal thereof, shall be admissible in evidence in any court in this state, and shall be prima facie evidence of the jurisdiction of said court over the parties to such proceedings and of all facts recited therein, and of the regularity of all proceedings prior to, and including the making of such order, judgment or decree. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2107 (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)|236-1961-21 - Chapter 21 Evidence (600.2101...600.2169)|Section 600.2107 - Public Records; Certified Transcript as Evidence.

600.2107 Public records; certified transcript as evidence. Sec. 2107.  Copies of all papers, records, entries and documents, required or permitted by law to be filed by any public officer in his office, or to be entered or recorded therein and duly filed, entered or recorded according to law, certified by such officer to be a true transcript compared by him with the original in his office, shall be evidence in all courts and proceedings, in like manner as the original would be if produced. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2108 (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)|236-1961-21 - Chapter 21 Evidence (600.2101...600.2169)|Section 600.2108 - Secretary of State; Certificate of Nonexistence of Record.

600.2108 Secretary of state; certificate of nonexistence of record. Sec. 2108.  Whenever the secretary of state charged with the legal custody of any paper, document or record shall certify that he has made diligent examination in his office for such paper, document or record and no such paper, document or record exists, such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts so certified, in all causes, matters and proceedings in the same manner and with the like effect as if such officer had personally testified to the same in the court, or before the officer before whom such cause, matter or proceeding may be pending. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2109 (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)|236-1961-21 - Chapter 21 Evidence (600.2101...600.2169)|Section 600.2109 - Recorded Conveyance and Instruments; Certified Copies.

600.2109 Recorded conveyance and instruments; certified copies. Sec. 2109.  All conveyances and other instruments authorized by law to be filed or recorded, and which shall be acknowledged or proved according to law, and if the same shall have been filed or recorded, the record, or a transcript of the record, or a copy of the instrument on file certified by the officer in whose office the same may have been filed or recorded, may be read in evidence in any court within this state without further proof thereof; but the effect of such evidence may be rebutted by other competent testimony. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
MI Comp L § 600.2110 (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)|236-1961-21 - Chapter 21 Evidence (600.2101...600.2169)|Section 600.2110 - Recorded Conveyances and Instruments; Record in County Other Than Situs; Certified Copies.

600.2110 Recorded conveyances and instruments; record in county other than situs; certified copies. Sec. 2110.  The record of deeds or other instruments affecting the title to lands in this state heretofore recorded in counties in any state other than the county in which the lands described therein are located, or a certified copy thereof, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the execution and delivery of such instrument, and as such shall be received in all courts in this state, and such certified copy may be recorded in the county in which such land is situated, with like effect as the original deed or other instrument. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963