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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1335 - Grounds for Excusing Person From Jury Service; Postponing Jury Service of Student.

600.1335 Grounds for excusing person from jury service; postponing jury service of student.
Sec. 1335.
(1) The chief judge of the court to which a person is returned as a juror may excuse the person from serving when it appears that the interests of the public or of the individual juror will be materially injured by his or her attendance or the health of the juror or that of a member of his or her family requires his or her absence from court.
(2) The chief judge of the court to which a person is returned as a juror shall postpone the person's term of service until the end of the school year if the person is a full-time student enrolled in and attending high school.
(3) The chief judge of the court to which a person is returned as a juror shall, upon request, postpone the person's term of service until the end of the academic year if the person is a full-time student enrolled in and attending a college, community college, university, graduate or professional school, vocational school, or any other accredited educational institution and the person provides satisfactory proof that the term of service will likely interfere with his or her class schedule.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 1972 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Feb. 18, 2014
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1336 - Jurors; Excess; Discharge; Effect.

600.1336 Jurors; excess; discharge; effect.
Sec. 1336.
If the chief judge finds that the number of jurors in attendance is greater than that needed, the chief judge may order the panel or any part of the panel discharged for the balance of its term or excused until a day certain in the term. Any juror discharged, but not excused, under this section is considered to have served his or her term of service but shall receive compensation only for the time of his or her actual service on the panel.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1337 - Jurors; Unqualified or Exempt; Discharge.

600.1337 Jurors; unqualified or exempt; discharge.
Sec. 1337.
When the court finds that a person in attendance at court as a juror is not qualified to serve as a juror, or is exempt and claims an exemption, the court shall discharge him or her from further attendance and service as a juror.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1338 - Jurors; Excused; Removal of Name From List.

600.1338 Jurors; excused; removal of name from list.
Sec. 1338.
When any person is excused from serving on the ground that he or she is exempt by law from serving on juries or is not qualified to serve as a juror, the clerk of the court shall remove the name of that person from the second jury list.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1339 - Jurors; Service Postponed; Disposition.

600.1339 Jurors; service postponed; disposition.
Sec. 1339.
The chief judge shall report to the board the names of all jurors whose service has been postponed to a subsequent time, and the names shall be placed upon the list of jurors selected for that time.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1340 - Report of Court Clerk.

600.1340 Report of court clerk.
Sec. 1340.
The clerk of the court or the clerk's designee, within 10 days after the close of each term for which jurors have been selected, shall certify as follows:
(a) The name and residence of each juror who was excused or discharged by the court, with the reason for the excuse or discharge.
(b) The name and residence of each person notified who did not attend or serve.
(c) The name and residence of each person punished for contempt as provided in this chapter.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1341 - Additional Jurors; Procedure.

600.1341 Additional jurors; procedure.
Sec. 1341.
The chief judge of a court may order additional jurors selected by the board for service during the period of service of a jury panel or a part of a panel. A judge of a court of record may order additional jurors selected by the board for immediate service in a particular case. The order shall specify the number to be selected and the time and place of selection. If additional jurors are needed for immediate service in a particular case, any member of the jury board may conduct the selection if witnessed by the clerk or the clerk's deputy and by the judge ordering the selection. Jurors whose names are so selected shall be given notice to attend court in the manner that the court directs. Additional jurors so selected shall become members of the panel then serving unless otherwise directed by the chief judge.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1342 - Jurors; New List; Court Order.

600.1342 Jurors; new list; court order.
Sec. 1342.
If the board fails to meet and return the second jury list at the time prescribed or if any list of jurors becomes exhausted or declared illegal, the chief circuit judge may order the board to meet and make a new list of jurors.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1343 - Jurors; Term of Service.

600.1343 Jurors; term of service.
Sec. 1343.
The term of service of petit jurors shall be determined by local court rule but shall not exceed the term of court, unless at the end of this period a juror is serving in connection with an unfinished case, in which event the juror shall continue to serve, in that case only, until the case in which he or she is serving is finished. Once commenced, the term of service shall be continuous except as provided in sections 1334 to 1336.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1344 - Juror; Mileage and Compensation; Payment of Jury Fee Where Action Removed From Circuit Court to Lower Court; Fraudulent Issuance of Certificate of Attendance as Misdemeanor; Penalty; "Sufficient Funds" Defined.

600.1344 Juror; mileage and compensation; payment of jury fee where action removed from circuit court to lower court; fraudulent issuance of certificate of attendance as misdemeanor; penalty; "sufficient funds" defined.
Sec. 1344.
(1) A juror must be reimbursed for his or her traveling expenses at a rate, determined by the county board of commissioners, that is not less than 10 cents per mile or, beginning April 1, 2018, not less than 20 cents per mile for traveling from the juror's residence to the place of holding court and returning for each day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at sessions of the court.
(2) A juror also must be compensated at a rate, determined by the county board of commissioners, as follows:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a rate determined as follows:
(i) For the first day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at the court, not less than $25.00 per day and $12.50 per 1/2 day.
(ii) For each subsequent day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at the court, not less than $40.00 per day and $20.00 per 1/2 day.
(b) Beginning April 1, 2018, and every subsequent fiscal year, if, as of the end of the 2 most recent fiscal years, the state court administrator, at the direction of the supreme court and upon confirmation by the state treasurer, determines that sufficient funds are available in the juror compensation reimbursement fund created in section 151d, a rate determined as follows:
(i) For the first day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at the court, not less than $30.00 per day and $15.00 per 1/2 day.
(ii) For each subsequent day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at the court, not less than $45.00 per day and $22.50 per 1/2 day.
(3) If an action is removed from the circuit court to a lower court, the jury fee must be paid to the circuit court whether paid before or after removal of the action to the lower court, and the circuit court is responsible for payment of the compensation to the juror involved.
(4) A clerk or deputy clerk of the court who fraudulently issues a certificate of attendance of a juror on which the juror receives pay, except as allowed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.
(5) As used in this section, "sufficient funds" means an amount exceeding $2,000,000.00 in the juror compensation reimbursement fund created in section 151d.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 190, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1980 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Sept. 16, 1982 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 739, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 51, Eff. Sept. 13, 2017
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1345 - Attempts to Influence Board; Report.

600.1345 Attempts to influence board; report.
Sec. 1345.
A board member shall report to the prosecuting attorney and the chief circuit judge the name of any person who in any manner seeks by request, hint, or suggestion to influence the board or its members in the selection of any juror.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1346 - Acts Punishable as Contempts.

600.1346 Acts punishable as contempts.
Sec. 1346.
The following acts are punishable by the circuit court as contempts of court:
(a) Failing to answer the questionnaire provided for in section 1313.
(b) Failing to appear before the board or a member of the board, without being excused at the time and place notified to appear.
(c) Refusing to take an oath or affirmation.
(d) Refusing to answer questions pertaining to his or her qualifications as a juror, when asked by a member of the board.
(e) Failing to attend court, without being excused, at the time specified in the notice, or from day to day, when summoned as a juror.
(f) Giving a false certificate, making a false representation, or refusing to give information that he or she can give affecting the liability or qualification of a person other than himself or herself to serve as a juror.
(g) Offering, promising, paying, or giving money or anything of value to, or taking money or anything of value from, a person, firm, or corporation for the purpose of enabling himself or herself or another person to evade service or to be wrongfully discharged, exempted, or excused from service as a juror.
(h) Tampering unlawfully in any manner with a jury list or the jury selection process.
(i) Willfully doing or omitting to do an act with the design to subvert the purpose of this act.
(j) Willfully omitting to put on the jury list the name of a person qualified and liable for jury duty.
(k) Willfully omitting to prepare or file a list or slip.
(l) Doing or omitting to do an act with the design to prevent the name of a person qualified and liable to serve as a juror from being placed on a jury list or from being selected for service as a juror.
(m) Willfully placing the name of a person upon a list who is not qualified as a juror.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1347 - Jurors; Bribery; Penalty; Embracery; Civil Liability.

600.1347 Jurors; bribery; penalty; embracery; civil liability.
Sec. 1347.
(1) A person selected or summoned as a juror who takes anything to give his or her verdict or receives any gift or gratuity from any party to an action for the trial of which he or she has been selected or summoned is liable to the party aggrieved for actual damages sustained plus 10 times the amount or value of the thing which he or she has taken, in addition to any criminal punishment to which he or she may be subject by law.
(2) An embraceor who procures a person selected or summoned as a juror to take gain or profit as prohibited under subsection (1) is liable to the aggrieved party for the actual damages sustained plus 10 times the amount or value of the thing which was taken.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1348 - Jurors; Threats, Discharge, or Discipline by Employer; Requiring Additional Hours of Work; Misdemeanor; Penalty.

600.1348 Jurors; threats, discharge, or discipline by employer; requiring additional hours of work; misdemeanor; penalty.
Sec. 1348.
(1) An employer or the employer's agent, who threatens to discharge or discipline or who discharges, disciplines, or causes to be discharged from employment or to be disciplined a person because that person is summoned for jury duty, serves on a jury, or has served on a jury, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and may also be punished for contempt of court.
(2) An employer or the employer's agent who requires a person having jury duty to work any number of hours during a day which, if added to the number of hours which the person spends on jury duty during that day, exceeds the number of hours normally and customarily worked by the person during a day, or the number of hours normally and customarily worked by the person during a day which extends beyond the normal and customary quitting time of that person unless voluntarily agreed to by that person, or as provided in a collective bargaining agreement is guilty of a misdemeanor, and may also be punished for contempt of court.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1349 - Jurors; Nonliability for Verdict; Exception.

600.1349 Jurors; nonliability for verdict; exception.
Sec. 1349.
No juror may be subject to an action, civil or criminal, on account of any verdict except for corrupt conduct in rendering such verdict in the cases prescribed by law.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1350 - Selection and Impaneling of Juries for Condemnation and Grade Separation Cases.

600.1350 Selection and impaneling of juries for condemnation and grade separation cases.
Sec. 1350.
Juries for condemnation cases and grade separation damage cases shall be selected and impaneled from the persons summoned to serve as petit jurors at that term of the court having jurisdiction over such proceedings in the same manner as petit juries are selected and impaneled in other civil cases in the same court. Juries for such cases shall not be selected and impaneled in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the statute under which the proceedings were instituted. A jury for such cases shall consist of 6 persons.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1351 - Repealed. 1970, Act 118, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970.

600.1351 Repealed. 1970, Act 118, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section provided that in civil cases by 12 jurors, verdict shall be received when 10 jurors agree.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1352 - Trial by Jury of 6 in Civil Cases; Verdict.

600.1352 Trial by jury of 6 in civil cases; verdict.
Sec. 1352.
In civil cases commenced in a court governed by this chapter, when a trial by jury is requested in accordance with rules of the supreme court, the trial shall be by a jury of 6. Except in cases involving the possible commitment of a person to a mental, correctional or training institution, a verdict in any civil case including condemnation and grade separation cases shall be received when 5 jurors agree. In civil cases involving the possible commitment to a mental, correctional or training institution, the court shall receive only a unanimous verdict.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 118, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1353 - Court Rules.

600.1353 Court rules.
Sec. 1353.
The judges of each circuit court may establish rules, not inconsistent with the provisions herein, necessary to carry out these provisions and to insure the proper conduct of the work of the board members. The judges of each circuit court may provide by rule that the terms of jury service herein provided need not commence at the same time for all members of a panel.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1354 - Noncompliance With Chapter as Grounds for Requesting Continuance or Claiming Invalidity of Verdict; Data Processing Error as Grounds for Questioning List Selected.

600.1354 Noncompliance with chapter as grounds for requesting continuance or claiming invalidity of verdict; data processing error as grounds for questioning list selected.
Sec. 1354.
(1) Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall not be grounds for a continuance nor shall it affect the validity of a jury verdict unless the party requesting the continuance or claiming invalidity has made timely objection and unless the party demonstrates actual prejudice to his cause and unless the noncompliance is substantial. An objection made at the day of a scheduled trial shall not be considered timely unless the objection, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, could not have been made at an earlier time.
(2) If a data processing error occurs, that error shall not constitute grounds for questioning the entire list selected but only the specific person affected.
History:
Add. 1969, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1355 - Practices Governed by Supreme Court Rules.

600.1355 Practices governed by supreme court rules.
Sec. 1355.
With respect to the selection and impaneling of jurors, any examination, challenge, replacement, oath or other practice not otherwise governed by the provisions of this chapter shall be governed by rules adopted by the supreme Court.
History:
Add. 1972, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1371 - “One Day, One Trial System” Defined.

600.1371 “One day, one trial system” defined.
Sec. 1371.
As used in sections 1371 to 1376, "one day, one trial system" means a system of selection of jurors which incorporates either of the following:
(a) A system of jury selection whereby:
(i) Jury service is completed when the first trial to which the juror is sworn is concluded regardless of the length of the trial or the manner in which the case is disposed.
(ii) A juror who is challenged shall be returned to the jury pool and shall be subject to voir dire examination in other cases for the remainder of that day.
(iii) A juror who remains unseated and unchallenged at voir dire examination shall be excused at the end of that day. A juror may be held over for another day for continuation of voir dire examination at the discretion of the trial judge.
(b) A system of jury selection established pursuant to section 1301b.
History:
Add. 1978, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1372 - Applicability of MCL 600.1371 to 600.1376; Adoption of 1 Day, 1 Trial Jury System.

600.1372 Applicability of MCL 600.1371 to 600.1376; adoption of 1 day, 1 trial jury system.
Sec. 1372.
(1) Sections 1371 to 1376 apply only to those districts of the district court, circuits of the circuit court, and county or probate court districts of the probate court that adopt the 1 day, 1 trial jury system.
(2) Any court in this state may adopt a 1 day, 1 trial jury system.
History:
Add. 1978, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1978 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1374 - Repealed. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004.

600.1374 Repealed. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to removing name of deceased person from qualifed jurors' list and voter registration list.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1375 - Combined Driver's License and Personal Identification Cardholder List; First Jury List; Costs.

600.1375 Combined driver's license and personal identification cardholder list; first jury list; costs.
Sec. 1375.
(1) The secretary of state shall transmit annually, before April 15, to the clerk of each county a full, current, and accurate copy of a list that combines the driver's license and personal identification cardholder lists pertaining to persons residing in the county. At the request of the board before March 1, the secretary of state shall transmit only a first jury list consisting of the names and addresses of persons selected at random, based on the total number of jurors required as submitted to the secretary of state by the board, using electronic or other mechanical devices. Upon request, the secretary of state shall furnish additional lists to any other federal, state, or local governmental agency, other than the clerk of each county, for the purpose of jury selection. An agency which requests and receives a list shall reimburse the secretary of state for actual costs incurred in the preparation and transmittal of the list and all reimbursements shall be deposited in the state general fund.
(2) If an agency uses electronic or mechanical devices to carry out its duties, the agency may request and receive a copy of the combined driver's license and personal identification cardholder list on computer tape or another electronically produced medium under specifications prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall establish specifications standardizing the size, format, and content of computer tapes and other media utilized to transmit information used for jury selection.
History:
Add. 1978, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1978 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 104, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-13 - Chapter 13 Jurors (600.1300...600.1376) › Section 600.1376 - Plan for Selection of Persons for Jury Service With Aid of Mechanical or Electronic Means; Adoption; Requirements.

600.1376 Plan for selection of persons for jury service with aid of mechanical or electronic means; adoption; requirements.
Sec. 1376.
(1) Upon recommendation of the district court judge or a majority of the judges of a district, circuit judge or a majority of the circuit judges of a circuit, probate court judge or a majority of the judges of the county or probate court district, or a judge of a municipal court of record or a majority of the judges of a municipal court of record, the court may adopt a plan for the selection of persons for jury service with the aid of mechanical or electronic means.
(2) A plan adopted pursuant to subsection (1) shall conform to the following requirements:
(a) For jurors summoned for trials beginning before September 1, 1987, it shall specify that the sources from which names are to be taken for jury purposes are all voter registration lists from all precincts in the district, circuit, county, or probate court district, or city. For jurors summoned for trials beginning after August 31, 1987, it shall specify that the source from which names are to be taken for jury purposes is the combined driver's license and personal identification cardholder list pertaining to all precincts in the district, circuit, county, or probate court district, or city.
(b) It shall provide a fair, impartial, and objective method of selecting persons for jury service with the aid of mechanical or electronic equipment.
(c) It shall designate the official to be in charge of the selection and management of jurors and shall define his or her duties.
(d) It shall specify that a true and complete written list showing the names and addresses of the persons summoned to begin jury service on a particular date shall be filed of record with the county clerk at least 10 days before the date the persons are to begin jury service.
History:
Add. 1978, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1978 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 104, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1401 - Seal Unnecessary on Bonds, Deeds and Contracts.

600.1401 Seal unnecessary on bonds, deeds and contracts.
Sec. 1401.
No bond, deed of conveyance or other contract heretofore or hereafter executed in writing, signed by any party, his agent or attorney, is invalid for want of a seal or scroll annexed thereto by such party.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1403 - Nonage as Defense.

600.1403 Nonage as defense.
Sec. 1403.
Whenever, in a suit brought for the recovery of goods, wares, merchandise or chattels, or for the value thereof, or for the balance remaining due thereon, or upon a note or promise for the recovery of a loan of money, against a person who pleads as a defense that he was under age of 18 years at the time of purchase or loan thereof, the defense shall not be available, nor shall the person upon attaining majority be permitted to disaffirm the contract of purchase or loan thereof, nor recover any money paid thereon, if:
(1) It appears upon the trial that the person against whom the action is brought wilfully represented his age to be over 18 years to the seller or his assignee of the goods, wares, merchandise or chattels for the purpose of securing them, or securing the loan of money, knowing it to be false and that the seller had no actual knowledge of the actual age of such minor.
(2) The representation was made in writing in a separate instrument containing only the statement of age, date of signing and the signature, or the representation is admitted in open court.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1404 - Educational Loans; Definitions; Minors, Enforceability.

600.1404 Educational loans; definitions; minors, enforceability.
Sec. 1404.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Person" means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity.
(b) "Educational institution" means a university, college, community college, junior college, high school or technical, vocational or professional school, wherever located, approved or accredited by the state department of education for the purposes of this section, or by the appropriate official, department or agency of the state in which the institution is located.
(c) "Educational loan" means a loan or other aid or assistance for the purpose of furthering the obligor's education at an educational institution.
(2) Any written obligation signed by a minor 18 or more years of age in consideration of an educational loan received by him from any person is enforceable as if he were an adult at the time of execution if prior to the making of the educational loan, an educational institution has certified in writing to the person making the educational loan that the minor is enrolled, or has been accepted for enrollment, in the educational institution.
History:
Add. 1970, Act 107, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1405 - Rights of Third Party Beneficiaries; Contracts Included; Time Promise Becomes Legally Binding; Exceptions; Promisee's Rights; Retroactive Construction of Section.

600.1405 Rights of third party beneficiaries; contracts included; time promise becomes legally binding; exceptions; promisee's rights; retroactive construction of section.
Sec. 1405.
Any person for whose benefit a promise is made by way of contract, as hereinafter defined, has the same right to enforce said promise that he would have had if the said promise had been made directly to him as the promisee.
(1) A promise shall be construed to have been made for the benefit of a person whenever the promisor of said promise has undertaken to give or to do or refrain from doing something directly to or for said person.
(2)(a) The rights of a person for whose benefit a promise has been made, as defined in (1), shall be deemed to have become vested, subject always to such express or implied conditions, limitations, or infirmities of the contract to which the rights of the promisee or the promise are subject, without any act or knowledge on his part, the moment the promise becomes legally binding on the promisor, unless there is some stipulation, agreement or understanding in the contract to the contrary.
(b) If such person is not in being or ascertainable at the time the promise becomes legally binding on the promisor then his rights shall become vested the moment he comes into being or becomes ascertainable if the promise has not been discharged by agreement between the promisor and the promisee in the meantime.
(c) If the promisee is indebted or otherwise obligated to the person for whose benefit the promise was made and the promise in question is intended when performed to discharge that debt or obligation, then the promisor and the promisee may, by mutual agreement, divest said person of his rights, if this is done without intent to hinder, delay or defraud said person in the collection or enforcement of the said debt or other obligation which the promisee owes him and before he has taken any legal steps to enforce said promise made for his benefit.
(3) Nothing herein contained shall be held to abridge, impair or destroy the rights which the promisee of a promise made for the benefit of another person would otherwise have as a result of such promise.
(4) The provisions of this section shall be construed to be applicable to contracts made prior to its enactment as well as to those made subsequent thereto, unless such construction is held to be unconstitutional, in which case they shall be held to be applicable only to contracts made subsequent to its enactment.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1410 - Legal Impediment to Marriage as Bar to Action.

600.1410 Legal impediment to marriage as bar to action.
Sec. 1410.
If 2 person have lived together as husband and wife, and a legal impediment existed to the marriage of either of the persons, their issue and the person that entered the relation in the good faith belief that the marriage was lawful are entitled to the same damages in a civil action as though no such impediment existed, when the other of such persons or their issue is injured or dies as a result of the negligent act or omission of another.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1412 - Eastern Orthodox Faith; Recognition as Major Faith.

600.1412 Eastern Orthodox faith; recognition as major faith.
Sec. 1412.
(1) The Eastern Orthodox faith is hereby recognized as a major faith in this state.
(2) In all forms and official papers of the government of this state and of local units of government within this state, which refer to the major faiths, the Eastern Orthodox faith shall be included as 1 of the major religious faiths in this state.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1414 - Style of Process.

600.1414 Style of process.
Sec. 1414.
The style of process from courts of record shall be: "In the Name of the People of the State of Michigan."
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1416 - Courts of Record; Seals.

600.1416 Courts of record; seals.
Sec. 1416.
(1) The following courts are courts of record and possess seals:
(a) the supreme court,
(b) the several circuit courts,
(c) the several probate courts,
(d) the recorder's court of Detroit,
(e) the court of claims, and
(f) any other courts the legislature designates as courts of record.
(2) Whenever the seal of any court becomes unusable the court shall have that seal destroyed.
(3) Whenever the seal of any court is lost or destroyed that court shall have a duplicate made which then shall become the seal of that court.
(4) The expense of a new seal for a court shall be paid from the state treasury.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1417 - Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996.

600.1417 Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to courtroom security in recorder's court.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1418 - Courts of Record; Discontinuance, Vacancy, New Commission.

600.1418 Courts of record; discontinuance, vacancy, new commission.
Sec. 1418.
No court of record shall discontinue any matter before it because of a vacancy in the office of any or all of its judges nor because of any judge being issued a new commission. Judges assigned temporarily or persons appointed in any new commissions, have power to continue, hear, determine and sign all matters that their respective predecessors could have continued, heard, determined, and signed.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1419 - Continuances and Postponements to Assure Adequate Representation; “Nonmeeting Day” Defined.

600.1419 Continuances and postponements to assure adequate representation; “nonmeeting day” defined.
Sec. 1419.
(1) In order to assure adequate representation for the people of this state, when the court knows that a party in a civil action is a member of the legislature of this state, and the legislature is in session, the action shall be continued to a nonmeeting day.
(2) In order to assure adequate representation for the people of this state, when the court knows that a party in a civil action is a member of the legislature of this state who serves on a legislative committee, subcommittee, commission, or council that is scheduled to meet during the legislative session while the legislature is temporarily adjourned, or that is meeting during the interim between legislative sessions after the legislature has adjourned sine die, or when the partisan caucus of which the legislator is a member is scheduled to meet, the action shall be continued to a nonmeeting day.
(3) In order to assure adequate representation for the people of this state, when the court knows that a witness in a civil action is a member of the legislature of this state, and the legislature is in session, or when the member is serving on a legislative committee, subcommittee, commission, or council that is scheduled to meet during the legislative session while the legislature is temporarily adjourned or during the interim between legislative sessions after the legislature has adjourned sine die, or when the partisan caucus of which the witness is a member is scheduled to meet, the action need not be continued, but the taking of the legislator's testimony, as a witness, shall be postponed to the earliest practicable nonmeeting day.
(4) As used in this section, "nonmeeting day" means a day on which there is not a scheduled meeting of the house of which the party or witness is a member nor a legislative committee meeting or public hearing scheduled by a committee, subcommittee, commission, or council of which he or she is a member, nor a scheduled partisan caucus of the members of the house of which he or she is a member.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1984
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1420 - Courts; Sittings to Be Public, Exceptions.

600.1420 Courts; sittings to be public, exceptions.
Sec. 1420.
The sittings of every court within this state shall be public except that a court may, for good cause shown, exclude from the courtroom other witnesses in the case when they are not testifying and may, in actions involving scandal or immorality, exclude all minors from the courtroom unless the minor is a party or witness. This section shall not apply to cases involving national security.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Constitutionality:
The statute authorizing suppression of a court file containing the name of a victim of criminal sexual conduct, the name of the defendant, and the details of the offense until the defendant is arraigned, the charge is dismissed, or the case is otherwise concluded is not a prior restraint upon publication, but a valid legislative restriction on the common-law right of access to public records and the statutory right of access to court proceedings. In re Midland Publishing, 420 Mich 148; 362 NW2d 580 (1984).
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1422 - Judicial Officers; Fees.

600.1422 Judicial officers; fees.
Sec. 1422.
Except in those situations where fees are expressly authorized by law, no judge, commissioner, or other judicial officer shall demand or receive any fee or compensation for giving advice in any matter or suit pending before him or which he has reason to believe will be brought before him for his decision, or for drafting or preparing any papers or other proceedings relating to any such suit or matter.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1425 - Sunday Court.

600.1425 Sunday court.
Sec. 1425.
Courts shall not transact any business on Sunday unless it is for the purpose of instructing or discharging a jury, or of receiving a verdict, or for a pressing matter; but this section shall not prevent the exercise of the jurisdiction of any court or judge when it is necessary.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1427 - Writs, Process, Proceedings, and Records; Use of English Language; Manner and Medium; Signature.

600.1427 Writs, process, proceedings, and records; use of English language; manner and medium; signature.
Sec. 1427.
All writs, process, proceedings and records in any court within this state shall be in the English language, except that the proper and known names of process, and technical words, may be expressed in the language heretofore and now commonly used, and shall be made out in the manner and on any medium authorized by supreme court rules. If a signature is required on any document filed with or created by a court, that requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature as prescribed by supreme court rules.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 201, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2013
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1428 - Records Management Policies and Procedures; Record Retention and Disposal Schedule; "Record" Defined.

600.1428 Records management policies and procedures; record retention and disposal schedule; "record" defined.
Sec. 1428.
(1) The state court administrative office shall establish and maintain records management policies and procedures for the courts, including a records retention and disposal schedule, in accordance with supreme court rules. The record retention and disposal schedule shall be developed and maintained as prescribed in section 11 of the Michigan history center act, 2016 PA 470, MCL 399.811.
(2) Subject to the records reproduction act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401 to 24.406, a court may dispose of any record as prescribed in subsection (1).
(3) A record, regardless of its medium, shall not be disposed of until the record has been in the custody of the court for the retention period established under subsection (1).
(4) As used in this section, "record" means information of any kind that is recorded in any manner and that has been created by a court or filed with a court in accordance with supreme court rules.
History:
Add. 2013, Act 199, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2013 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 179, Eff. Feb. 19, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-14 - Chapter 14 General Provisions (600.1401...600.1494) › Section 600.1430 - Appearance in Court by Attorney or in Person; Exception.

600.1430 Appearance in court by attorney or in person; exception.
Sec. 1430.
Every person of full age and sound mind, may prosecute or defend civil actions in any court by an attorney, or may, at his election, prosecute or defend civil actions in person. No person shall be permitted to prosecute or defend any civil action in person, when he has an attorney in such case.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963