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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) › 236-1961-99 - Chapter 99 Repeals, Savings Clause and Effective Date (600.9901...600.9948) › Section 600.9926 - Election in 1968; Terms.

600.9926 Election in 1968; terms.
Sec. 9926.
(1) The first general election of judges of the district court shall be held in 1968 and in that election only, the terms of office of the judges of the district court shall be as follows:
NUMBER OF JUDGES TO BE ELECTED IN A DISTRICT OR DIVISION
LENGTH OF TERM OF JUDGES
1
4 years
2
1 judge 4 years;
1 judge 6 years.
3
1 judge 4 years;
1 judge 6 years;
1 judge 8 years.
4 or more judges
1/3 of the judges 4 years;
1/3 of the judges 6 years;
and 1/3 of the judges 8 years.
(2) Where the number of judges to be elected in 1968 are not divisible by 3, there shall first be an additional 1 for a term of 4 years and then an additional 1 for a term of 6 years.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 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) › 236-1961-99 - Chapter 99 Repeals, Savings Clause and Effective Date (600.9901...600.9948) › Section 600.9926a - Repealed. 1982, Act 149, Imd. Eff. May 6, 1982.

600.9926a Repealed. 1982, Act 149, Imd. Eff. May 6, 1982.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to staggered terms for district judges in certain districts.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-99 - Chapter 99 Repeals, Savings Clause and Effective Date (600.9901...600.9948) › Section 600.9927 - Election of 1968; Terms; Determination.

600.9927 Election of 1968; terms; determination.
Sec. 9927.
The candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the 1968 general election shall serve the longest terms available at such election.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 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) › 236-1961-99 - Chapter 99 Repeals, Savings Clause and Effective Date (600.9901...600.9948) › Section 600.9928 - Municipal Courts; Third Class District; Retention in Certain Cities.

600.9928 Municipal courts; third class district; retention in certain cities.
Sec. 9928.
(1) The district court shall not function nor shall district judges be elected in any district of the third class in which 1 or more cities that maintain municipal courts and that contain, individually or in the aggregate, more than 50% of the population of the district elect to retain their municipal courts by resolution adopted by their respective governing bodies not later than June 24, 1968.
(2) Municipal courts retained under this section shall perform all duties and powers which by law may be performed by justices of the peace and the circuit court commissioners.
(3) The jurisdiction of municipal courts retained under subsection (1) is limited to their respective cities except that if the district contains 1 or more cities that have retained municipal courts under subsection (1) and also contains a city that previously was a village subject to the provisions of section 22a of the home rule village act, 1909 PA 278, MCL 78.22a, but subsequently was incorporated as a city, the newly incorporated city may, by agreement with any 1 of the cities in the district that has retained its municipal court, provide that the municipal court shall exercise the same jurisdiction and powers with respect to the newly incorporated city as it exercises in the city in which it is located.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city shall not establish a municipal or police court after July 1, 1968.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 251, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-99 - Chapter 99 Repeals, Savings Clause and Effective Date (600.9901...600.9948) › Section 600.9935 - Twenty-Fourth, Twenty-Fifth, and Twenty-Seventh Districts; Commencement of District Courts and Abolition of Municipal Courts; Municipal or Associate Municipal Judges as Judges of District Courts; Election to District Court; Affidavit of Candidacy; Designation on Ballot; Terms of District Judges; Certain Elections Canceled or Rendered Null and Void.

600.9935 Twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-seventh districts; commencement of district courts and abolition of municipal courts; municipal or associate municipal judges as judges of district courts; election to district court; affidavit of candidacy; designation on ballot; terms of district judges; certain elections canceled or rendered null and void.
Sec. 9935.
(1) Effective December 1, 1977, the district court shall commence to function in the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-seventh districts and as of that date, all municipal courts within those districts shall be abolished.
(2) Effective December 1, 1977, the elected incumbent attorney municipal judges of the cities of Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, Riverview, and Wyandotte and the elected incumbent attorney associate municipal judge of the city of Lincoln Park shall become judges of the district court within the districts and election divisions provided in section 8121 and shall serve as district judges until 12 noon of January 1 of the odd numbered year next following the date on which their terms as municipal or associate municipal judges would normally have expired. In seeking election to the district court after December 1, 1977, a municipal or associate municipal judge becoming a judge of the district court pursuant to this subsection may file an affidavit of candidacy in like manner as other incumbent judges of the district court and shall be entitled to designation on the ballot as a judge of the district court. Where the terms of any 2 district judges in such a district or election division expire at the same time, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the general election to fill those offices shall serve a term of 6 years and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve a term of 4 years.
(3) Due to the abolishing of municipal courts in the district court districts listed in subsection (1) as of December 1, 1977, any election scheduled for November of 1977 for the office of municipal or associate municipal judge for a municipal court which is abolished under subsection (1) is hereby canceled and any filing, primary election, or general election for such an office which may occur before this section is enacted into law is hereby rendered null and void.
History:
Add. 1977, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1977
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-99 - Chapter 99 Repeals, Savings Clause and Effective Date (600.9901...600.9948) › Section 600.9936 - Fortieth District and Fourth Division of Fifty-Second District; Commencement of District Courts and Abolition of Municipal Courts; Municipal or Associate Municipal Judges as Judges of District Court; Election to District Court; Affidavit of Candidacy; Designation on Ballot; Terms of District Judges.

600.9936 Fortieth district and fourth division of fifty-second district; commencement of district courts and abolition of municipal courts; municipal or associate municipal judges as judges of district court; election to district court; affidavit of candidacy; designation on ballot; terms of district judges.
Sec. 9936.
(1) Effective November 1, 1978, the district court shall commence to function in the fortieth district and in the fourth division of the fifty-second district and as of that date, all municipal courts within that district and that election division shall be abolished.
(2) Effective November 1, 1978, the elected incumbent attorney municipal judges of the cities of Saint Clair Shores, Clawson, and Troy and the elected incumbent attorney associate municipal judges of the cities of Saint Clair Shores and Troy shall become judges of the district court within the fortieth district and fourth election division of the fifty-second district as provided in sections 8122 and 8123 respectively and shall serve as district judges until 12 noon of January 1 of the odd numbered year next following the date on which their terms as municipal or associate municipal judges would normally have expired. In seeking election to the district court after November 1, 1978, a municipal or associate municipal judge becoming a judge of the district court pursuant to this subsection may file an affidavit of candidacy in like manner as other incumbent judges of the district court and shall be entitled to designation on the ballot as a judge of the district court. When the terms of any 2 district judges in such a district or election division expire at the same time, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the general election to fill those offices shall serve a term of 8 years and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve a term of 6 years.
History:
Add. 1977, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1977
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-99 - Chapter 99 Repeals, Savings Clause and Effective Date (600.9901...600.9948) › Section 600.9938 - Twenty-Third and Fifty-Ninth Districts; Commencement of District Courts and Abolition of Municipal Courts; Municipal Judges as District Court Judges; Election to District Court; Affidavit of Candidacy; Designation on Ballot; Terms of District Judges; Election and Term of District Judge in Fifty-Ninth District.

600.9938 Twenty-third and fifty-ninth districts; commencement of district courts and abolition of municipal courts; municipal judges as district court judges; election to district court; affidavit of candidacy; designation on ballot; terms of district judges; election and term of district judge in fifty-ninth district.
Sec. 9938.
(1) Effective January 1, 1980, the district court shall commence to function in the twenty-third district and as of that date, the municipal court within that district shall be abolished. Effective January 1, 1981, the district court shall commence to function in the fifty-ninth district and as of that date, the municipal courts within that district shall be abolished.
(2) Effective January 1, 1980, the elected incumbent attorney municipal judges of the city of Taylor shall become judges of the district court within the twenty-third district as provided in section 8121(8) and shall serve as district judges until 12 noon of January 1 of the odd numbered year next following the date on which their terms as municipal judges would normally have expired. In seeking election to the district court after January 1, 1980, each municipal judge becoming a judge of the district court pursuant to this subsection may file an affidavit of candidacy in like manner as other incumbent judges of the district court and shall be entitled to designation on the ballot as a judge of the district court. In the first election of district judges in the twenty-third district to be held in the even numbered year preceding the expiration of the incumbents' terms as provided in this subsection, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the general election to fill those offices shall serve a term of 6 years and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve a term of 4 years.
(3) In the fifty-ninth district, the district judge provided in section 8128a shall be elected in 1980 as provided in chapter 21A of Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, for a term of 6 years.
History:
Add. 1977, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1977
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-99 - Chapter 99 Repeals, Savings Clause and Effective Date (600.9901...600.9948) › Section 600.9939 - Causes of Action Transferred to District Court Valid and Subsisting; Orders and Judgments Appealable; Rights and Privileges Applicable to Employees of Abolished Municipal Courts.

600.9939 Causes of action transferred to district court valid and subsisting; orders and judgments appealable; rights and privileges applicable to employees of abolished municipal courts.
Sec. 9939.
(1) All causes of action transferred to the district court pursuant to section 9924 (1) shall be as valid and subsisting as they were in the court from which they were transferred. All orders and judgments entered before the respective dates on which municipal courts are abolished pursuant to section 9935, 9936, 9937, or 9938 shall be appealable in like manner and to the same courts as applicable before those respective dates.
(2) The rights and privileges accorded under section 8271 (4) and (5) to employees of courts abolished by section 9921 shall apply to employees of the municipal courts abolished by sections 9935, 9936, 9937, or 9938 to the same extent and effect.
History:
Add. 1977, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1977
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-99 - Chapter 99 Repeals, Savings Clause and Effective Date (600.9901...600.9948) › Section 600.9944 - Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996.

600.9944 Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to judicial assistants in district court in thirty-sixth district.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-99 - Chapter 99 Repeals, Savings Clause and Effective Date (600.9901...600.9948) › Section 600.9946 - Expired. 1981, Act 2, Eff. June 30, 1985.

600.9946 Expired. 1981, Act 2, Eff. June 30, 1985.
Compiler's Notes:
The expired section provided for a joint legislative committee on state assumption of trial court operation.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-99 - Chapter 99 Repeals, Savings Clause and Effective Date (600.9901...600.9948) › Section 600.9948 - Repealed. 2002, Act 92, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003.

600.9948 Repealed. 2002, Act 92, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to election districts.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Repealed - Act 65 of 2017 - Trial Court Funding Act (600.11101 - 600.11105)

TRIAL COURT FUNDING ACT
Act 65 of 2017
600.11101-600.11105 Repealed. 2017, Act 65, Eff. Sept. 12, 2019.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 122 of 1925 - Resignation or Retirement of Supreme Court Justices (691.2 - 691.2)

RESIGNATION OR RETIREMENT OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
Act 122 of 1925
691.2 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 127 of 1945 - Abolishing Defense of Governmental Function (691.151 - 691.152)

ABOLISHING DEFENSE OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION
Act 127 of 1945
691.151-691.152 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 104 of 1925 - Absence or Disability of Circuit Judge (691.211 - 691.213)

ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF CIRCUIT JUDGE
Act 104 of 1925
691.211-691.213 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 125 of 1895 - Terms of Court; Ingham County (691.248 - 691.252)

TERMS OF COURT; INGHAM COUNTY
Act 125 of 1895
691.248,691.252 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 272 of 1905 - Terms of Court; Calhoun County (691.261 - 691.266)

TERMS OF COURT; CALHOUN COUNTY
Act 272 of 1905
691.261-691.266 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 91 of 1929 - Resignation or Retirement of Circuit Judge (691.271 - 691.272)

RESIGNATION OR RETIREMENT OF CIRCUIT JUDGE
Act 91 of 1929
691.271,691.272 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 26 of 1895 - Selection of Jurors in Upper Peninsula (691.411 - 691.416)

SELECTION OF JURORS IN UPPER PENINSULA
Act 26 of 1895
691.411-691.416 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 67 of 1869 - Charge or Instruction to Jury (691.431 - 691.434)

CHARGE OR INSTRUCTION TO JURY
Act 67 of 1869
691.431-691.434 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 204 of 1893 - Board of Jury Commissioners; Wayne County (691.441 - 691.466)

BOARD OF JURY COMMISSIONERS; WAYNE COUNTY
Act 204 of 1893
691.441-691.466 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 315 of 1927 - Actions by and Against Common Carriers (691.521 - 691.524)

ACTIONS BY AND AGAINST COMMON CARRIERS
Act 315 of 1927
691.521-691.524 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 233 of 1911 - Joint Tort-Feasors in Libel Cases (691.571 - 691.571)

JOINT TORT-FEASORS IN LIBEL CASES
Act 233 of 1911
691.571 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1960.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 179 of 1921 - Uniform Foreign Depositions Act (691.631 - 691.633)

UNIFORM FOREIGN DEPOSITIONS ACT
Act 179 of 1921
691.631-691.633 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 178 of 1921 - Uniform Proof of Statutes Act (691.641 - 691.643)

UNIFORM PROOF OF STATUTES ACT
Act 178 of 1921
691.641-691.643 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 7 of 1941 - State, Local Governmental, and Municipal Court Records (691.661 - 691.662)

STATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL, AND MUNICIPAL COURT RECORDS
Act 7 of 1941
691.661,691.662 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 217 of 1915 - Judgment Notwithstanding Verdict (691.691 - 691.693)

JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING VERDICT
Act 217 of 1915
691.691-691.693 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 106 of 1935 - Installment Payment of Judgments (691.711 - 691.721)

INSTALLMENT PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS
Act 106 of 1935
691.711-691.721 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 13 of 1937 - Filing Security for Damages or Costs by United States (691.751 - 691.751)

FILING SECURITY FOR DAMAGES OR COSTS BY UNITED STATES
Act 13 of 1937
691.751 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 212 of 1929 - Cash or Securities in Lieu of Bail or Bond (691.771 - 691.776)

CASH OR SECURITIES IN LIEU OF BAIL OR BOND
Act 212 of 1929
691.771-691.776 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 31 of 1937 - Garnishment; Milk or Cream Producers (691.781 - 691.781)

GARNISHMENT; MILK OR CREAM PRODUCERS
Act 31 of 1937
691.781 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (691.830 - 691.843)

Revised Statutes of 1846
R.S. of 1846
691.830-691.843 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 151 of 1919 - Salaries of Clerks in Justice Courts (691.881 - 691.883)

SALARIES OF CLERKS IN JUSTICE COURTS
Act 151 of 1919
691.881-691.883 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 309 of 1945 - Assignments of Accounts Receivable (691.901 - 691.911)

ASSIGNMENTS OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Act 309 of 1945
691.901-691.911 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 304 of 1949 - Admission in Evidence of Photostatic Business Records (691.921 - 691.921)

ADMISSION IN EVIDENCE OF PHOTOSTATIC BUSINESS RECORDS
Act 304 of 1949
691.921 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 116 of 1956 - Reproduction of Filed or Recorded Documents (691.931 - 691.934)

REPRODUCTION OF FILED OR RECORDED DOCUMENTS
Act 116 of 1956
691.931-691.934 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 130 of 1957 - Additional Place for Holding Circuit Court; St. Joseph County (691.951 - 691.952)

ADDITIONAL PLACE FOR HOLDING CIRCUIT COURT; ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
Act 130 of 1957
691.951,691.952 Repealed. 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 227 of 1963 - Emergency Interim Judicial Succession Act (691.971 - 691.977) › Section 691.971 - Emergency Interim Judicial Succession Act; Short Title.

691.971 Emergency interim judicial succession act; short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "emergency interim judicial succession act".
History:
1963, Act 227, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Compiler's Notes:
The enrolled bill was presented to the Governor on May 8, 1963, and became a law without his approval upon the expiration of 10 days, Sundays excepted, after presentation.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 227 of 1963 - Emergency Interim Judicial Succession Act (691.971 - 691.977) › Section 691.972 - Emergency Interim Judicial Succession Act; Definitions.

691.972 Emergency interim judicial succession act; definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Unavailable" means that the lawful incumbent of the office is absent or unable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office.
(b) "Emergency interim successor" means a person designated pursuant to this act who, in the event the judge is unavailable, is to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified as may be provided by law or until the lawful incumbent is able to resume the exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of the office.
(c) "Attack" means any attack or series of attacks by an enemy of the United States causing, or which may cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian property or persons in the United States in any manner by sabotage or by the use of bombs, missiles, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological or biological means or other weapons or processes.
(d) "Political subdivisions" includes counties, cities, towns, villages, townships, districts, authorities, and other public corporations and entities whether organized and existing under charter or general law.
History:
1963, Act 227, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 227 of 1963 - Emergency Interim Judicial Succession Act (691.971 - 691.977) › Section 691.973 - Judges; Unavailability; Special Emergency Judges, Designations, Duration of Service.

691.973 Judges; unavailability; special emergency judges, designations, duration of service.
Sec. 3.
(1) If any judge of any court is unavailable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his office, and if no other judge authorized to act in the event of absence, disability or vacancy or no special judge appointed in accordance with law is available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office, the duties of the office shall be discharged and the powers exercised by the special emergency judges hereinafter provided for:
(a) The governor, upon approval of this act, shall designate not less than 3 special emergency judges for each member of each court of record and specify the order of their succession. These courts shall include the supreme court, circuit courts, probate courts, common pleas court of Detroit, recorder's court of Detroit, superior court of Grand Rapids and any state or other municipal court of record.
(b) Upon the approval of this act, the duly appointed or elected authority of a political subdivision which has the authority to appoint successors to justices of courts not of record, shall designate for each member of each such court not of record, special emergency justices of not less than 3 for each member of each court and specify their order of succession.
(2) Special emergency judges, in the order specified, shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of such office in case of the unavailability of the regular judges or persons immediately preceding them in the designation. The designating authority shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this act to insure their current status.
(3) Special emergency judges shall discharge the duties and exercise the powers of such office until such time as a vacancy is filled in accordance with the constitution and statutes or until the regular judge or one preceding the designee in the order of succession becomes available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office.
History:
1963, Act 227, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 227 of 1963 - Emergency Interim Judicial Succession Act (691.971 - 691.977) › Section 691.974 - Special Emergency Judges; Oath.

691.974 Special emergency judges; oath.
Sec. 4.
At the time of their designation special emergency judges shall take such oath as may be required for them to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which they may succeed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person, as a prerequisite to the exercise of the powers or discharge of the duties of an office to which he succeeds, shall be required to comply with any other provision of law relative to taking office.
History:
1963, Act 227, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 227 of 1963 - Emergency Interim Judicial Succession Act (691.971 - 691.977) › Section 691.975 - Special Emergency Judges; Powers and Duties; Termination of Authority by Legislature.

691.975 Special emergency judges; powers and duties; termination of authority by legislature.
Sec. 5.
Those authorized to act as special emergency judges may exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office only after an attack upon the United States has occurred. The legislature by concurrent resolution at any time may terminate the authority of the special emergency judges to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of office.
History:
1963, Act 227, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 227 of 1963 - Emergency Interim Judicial Succession Act (691.971 - 691.977) › Section 691.976 - Special Emergency Judges; Removal or Replacement.

691.976 Special emergency judges; removal or replacement.
Sec. 6.
Until such time as the persons designated as special emergency judges are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office in accordance with this act, the persons shall serve in their designated capacities at the pleasure of the designating authority and may be removed or replaced by the designating authority at any time, with or without cause.
History:
1963, Act 227, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 227 of 1963 - Emergency Interim Judicial Succession Act (691.971 - 691.977) › Section 691.977 - Questions of Fact; Adjudication.

691.977 Questions of fact; adjudication.
Sec. 7.
Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this act shall be adjudicated by the governor, or other official authorized under the constitution and this act to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor, and his decision shall be final.
History:
1963, Act 227, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Repealed - Act 104 of 1962 - Board of Jury Commissioners (691.1001 - 691.1023)

BOARD OF JURY COMMISSIONERS
Act 104 of 1962
691.1001-691.1023 Repealed. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 161 of 1969 - Actions Involving Elections (691.1031 - 691.1032) › Section 691.1031 - Actions Involving Elections; Filing, Laches.

691.1031 Actions involving elections; filing, laches.
Sec. 1.
In all civil actions brought in any circuit court of this state affecting elections, dates of elections, candidates, qualifications of candidates, ballots or questions on ballots, there shall be a rebuttable presumption of laches if the action is commenced less than 28 days prior to the date of the election affected. This section shall not apply to actions brought after the date of the affected election.
History:
1969, Act 161, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 161 of 1969 - Actions Involving Elections (691.1031 - 691.1032) › Section 691.1032 - Actions Involving Elections; Exceptions.

691.1032 Actions involving elections; exceptions.
Sec. 2.
This act shall not apply to actions based upon acts of the state legislature or the legislative body of any county, city, village or township when such acts take effect less than 28 days before the date of election.
History:
1969, Act 161, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 52 of 1963 (2nd Ex. Sess.) - Supreme Court Justices (691.1061 - 691.1064) › Section 691.1061 - Supreme Court Justices; Extension of Term of Office.

691.1061 Supreme court justices; extension of term of office.
Sec. 1.
The terms of office of the justices of the supreme court who are holding office on January 1, 1964 and whose terms would otherwise expire December 31, 1965, 1967, 1969 and 1971, are extended 1 year.
History:
1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 52, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 145, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 52 of 1963 (2nd Ex. Sess.) - Supreme Court Justices (691.1061 - 691.1064) › Section 691.1062 - Retirement Act.

691.1062 Retirement act.
Sec. 2.
For the purpose of the retirement act, this additional period of service shall be considered a part of the term of office for which each of the respective justices was elected as provided in section 12 of Act No. 198 of the Public Acts of 1951, being section 38.812 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.
History:
1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 52, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 52 of 1963 (2nd Ex. Sess.) - Supreme Court Justices (691.1061 - 691.1064) › Section 691.1063, 691.1064 - Repealed. 1980, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1980.

691.1063, 691.1064 Repealed. 1980, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1980.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to the first general election for justices of supreme court and to vacancy caused by death, retirement, or resignation.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 105 of 1964 - Reproduction of Public Records (691.1101 - 691.1103) › Section 691.1101 - Destruction or Disposal of Certain Records.

691.1101 Destruction or disposal of certain records.
Sec. 1.
If a department, commission, board, or officer of this state, a political subdivision, or a municipal court of record reproduces pursuant to the records reproduction act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401 to 24.406, records kept by or in the department, commission, board, office, or court, the department, commission, board, officer, or court may cause the original records to be disposed of or destroyed pursuant to sections 201, 285, 287, and 289 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1201, 18.1285, 18.1287, and 18.1289, if applicable, and section 11 of the Michigan history center act, 2016 PA 470, MCL 399.811. A record of a municipal court of record shall not be disposed of or destroyed unless the record has been in the custody of the court for at least 6 years.
History:
1964, Act 105, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 187, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 180, Eff. Feb. 19, 2018
Admin Rule:
R 18.101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 105 of 1964 - Reproduction of Public Records (691.1101 - 691.1103) › Section 691.1102 - Register of Deeds; Reproductions; Duplication; Storage; Display.

691.1102 Register of deeds; reproductions; duplication; storage; display.
Sec. 2.
The register of deeds of a county, if so instructed by a resolution of the county board of commissioners, may reproduce pursuant to the records media act a deed, mortgage, map, instrument, or writing recorded in his or her office and a record or index required by law to be kept by him or her. The register of deeds shall make reproductions in duplicate and store 1 reproduction in a building separate from his or her office. The register of deeds shall retain the other reproduction in his or her office with suitable equipment for displaying the record at not less than its original size or for preparing copies for persons entitled to copies.
History:
1964, Act 105, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 187, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 105 of 1964 - Reproduction of Public Records (691.1101 - 691.1103) › Section 691.1103 - Reproductions; Admissibility in Evidence.

691.1103 Reproductions; admissibility in evidence.
Sec. 3.
A reproduction of a record in a medium pursuant to the records media act or a reproduction consisting of a printout or other output readable by sight from such a medium prepared under any other law has the same force and effect as the original and shall be treated as an original for the purpose of admissibility in evidence. A duly certified or authenticated copy of the reproduction shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original reproduction.
History:
1964, Act 105, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 187, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 106 of 1964 - Reproduction of Public Records (691.1111 - 691.1115) › Section 691.1111 - Recording, Copying, Recopying, or Replacing Filed or Recorded Documents.

691.1111 Recording, copying, recopying, or replacing filed or recorded documents.
Sec. 1.
If an officer of a county or city is required or authorized by law to record, copy, recopy, or replace a document, plat, paper, written instrument, or book on file or of record in his or her office, the officer may do so pursuant to the records media act.
History:
1964, Act 106, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 213, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 106 of 1964 - Reproduction of Public Records (691.1111 - 691.1115) › Section 691.1112 - Public Records; Copy or Replacement; Certification.

691.1112 Public records; copy or replacement; certification.
Sec. 2.
If an original document, plat, paper, written instrument, record, or book of record filed or of record in the office of an officer described in section 1 is copied or replaced, and the officer is required by law to certify in or on the copy or replacement that it is a true and correct copy of the original, a copy of the certification by the officer, similarly made and included at the end of the copy or replacement, complies with the law.
History:
1964, Act 106, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 213, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 106 of 1964 - Reproduction of Public Records (691.1111 - 691.1115) › Section 691.1113 - Public Records; Correction, Alteration and Indorsement; Procedure.

691.1113 Public records; correction, alteration and indorsement; procedure.
Sec. 3.
When any record or replacement thereof in the office of any such officer is produced by such process, a correction, alteration, indorsement or entry, required or authorized to be made of or on any instrument or paper or on the record thereof, may be made by filing or inserting copies or recopies produced by the same process of the page or part of the page, so corrected, altered, or on which such indorsement or entry is made, next to the place wherein the copy or record of such instrument or paper is contained or in such other manner as such officer shall deem advisable or practicable. The uncorrected or unaltered record or copy shall also be preserved in its original condition and location and not destroyed or obliterated. The re-recording, re-filing or new instrument shall contain a statement that it is given to correct, and shall state where the original record or file may be found.
History:
1964, Act 106, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 106 of 1964 - Reproduction of Public Records (691.1111 - 691.1115) › Section 691.1114 - Transcripts.

691.1114 Transcripts.
Sec. 4.
Transcripts or certified copies of such copies, records, reproductions and replacements, shall be considered as transcripts or certified copies of the originals.
History:
1964, Act 106, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 106 of 1964 - Reproduction of Public Records (691.1111 - 691.1115) › Section 691.1115 - Reproduction; Admissibility in Evidence.

691.1115 Reproduction; admissibility in evidence.
Sec. 5.
A reproduction in a medium pursuant to the records media act or a reproduction consisting of a printout or other output readable by sight from such a medium, which reproduction is produced under this or any other law, shall be considered an original for all purposes and is admissible in evidence in like manner as the original.
History:
1964, Act 106, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 213, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 20 of 2008 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (691.1131 - 691.1143) › Section 691.1131 - Short Title.

691.1131 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform foreign-country money judgments recognition act".
History:
2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 20 of 2008 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (691.1131 - 691.1143) › Section 691.1132 - Definitions.

691.1132 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Foreign country" means a government other than any of the following:
(i) The United States.
(ii) A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States.
(iii) A federally recognized Indian tribe whose tribal court judgments are entitled to recognition and presumed to be valid under a court rule adopted by the supreme court.
(iv) Any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government's courts is initially subject to determination under the full faith and credit clause of the United States constitution.
(b) "Foreign-country judgment" means the judgment of a court of a foreign country.
History:
2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 20 of 2008 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (691.1131 - 691.1143) › Section 691.1133 - Applicability of Act; Scope.

691.1133 Applicability of act; scope.
Sec. 3.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), this act applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that both of the following apply:
(a) The judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money.
(b) Under the law of the foreign country where rendered, the judgment is final, conclusive, and enforceable.
(2) This act does not apply to a foreign-country judgment, even if the judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, to the extent that the judgment is any of the following:
(a) A judgment for taxes.
(b) A fine or other penalty.
(c) A judgment for divorce, support, or maintenance or other judgment rendered in connection with domestic relations.
(3) A party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that this act applies to the foreign-country judgment.
History:
2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 20 of 2008 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (691.1131 - 691.1143) › Section 691.1134 - Foreign-Country Judgment; Recognition by Court; Burden for Establishing Ground for Nonrecognition.

691.1134 Foreign-country judgment; recognition by court; burden for establishing ground for nonrecognition.
Sec. 4.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3), a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this act applies.
(2) A court of this state shall not recognize a foreign-country judgment if any of the following apply:
(a) The judgment was rendered under a judicial system that does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law.
(b) The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant.
(c) The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter.
(3) A court of this state need not recognize a foreign-country judgment if any of the following apply:
(a) The defendant in the proceeding in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceeding in sufficient time to enable the defendant to defend.
(b) The judgment was obtained by fraud that deprived the losing party of an adequate opportunity to present its case.
(c) The judgment or the cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this state or of the United States.
(d) The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment.
(e) The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be determined otherwise than by proceedings in that foreign court.
(f) If jurisdiction was based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action.
(g) The judgment was rendered in circumstances that raise substantial doubt about the integrity of the rendering court with respect to the judgment.
(h) The specific proceeding in the foreign court leading to the judgment was not compatible with the requirements of due process of law.
(4) A party resisting recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that a ground for nonrecognition stated in subsection (2) or (3) exists.
History:
2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 20 of 2008 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (691.1131 - 691.1143) › Section 691.1135 - Lack of Personal Jurisdiction; Refusal of Recognition Prohibited; Conditions; Bases.

691.1135 Lack of personal jurisdiction; refusal of recognition prohibited; conditions; bases.
Sec. 5.
(1) A foreign-country judgment shall not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if any of the following apply:
(a) The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country.
(b) The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant.
(c) The defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding, agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved.
(d) The defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceeding was instituted or was a corporation or other form of business organization that had its principal place of business in, or was organized under the laws of, the foreign country.
(e) The defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign country.
(f) The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country and the proceeding involved a cause of action arising out of that operation.
(2) The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in subsection (1) is not exclusive. The courts of this state may recognize bases of personal jurisdiction other than those listed in subsection (1) as sufficient to support a foreign-country judgment.
History:
2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 20 of 2008 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (691.1131 - 691.1143) › Section 691.1136 - Recognition of Foreign-Country Judgment; Raising Action as Original Matter; Raising Action by Counterclaim, Cross-Claim, or Affirmative Defense.

691.1136 Recognition of foreign-country judgment; raising action as original matter; raising action by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.
Sec. 6.
(1) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment.
(2) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.
History:
2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 20 of 2008 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (691.1131 - 691.1143) › Section 691.1137 - Foreign-Country Judgment; Findings.

691.1137 Foreign-country judgment; findings.
Sec. 7.
If the court in a proceeding under section 6 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this act, then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is both of the following:
(a) Conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment of a sister state entitled to full faith and credit in this state would be conclusive.
(b) Enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment rendered in this state.
History:
2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 20 of 2008 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (691.1131 - 691.1143) › Section 691.1138 - Appeal; Stay of Proceedings.

691.1138 Appeal; stay of proceedings.
Sec. 8.
If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.
History:
2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 20 of 2008 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (691.1131 - 691.1143) › Section 691.1139 - Recognition of Foreign-Country Judgment; Commencement of Action.

691.1139 Recognition of foreign-country judgment; commencement of action.
Sec. 9.
An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment shall be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or 15 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country.
History:
2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 691 - Judiciary › Act 20 of 2008 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (691.1131 - 691.1143) › Section 691.1140 - Applicability and Construction of Act; Promotion of Uniformity of Law.

691.1140 Applicability and construction of act; promotion of uniformity of law.
Sec. 10.
In applying and construing this uniform act, a court shall consider the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
History:
2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008