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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.519 - Directed Verdicts; Reserved Decision in Civil Cases, Judgment Notwithstanding Verdict.

730.519 Directed verdicts; reserved decision in civil cases, judgment notwithstanding verdict.
Sec. 19.
In any city affected by the provisions of this act, in all civil jury trials in such municipal court, if either party shall at the close of the testimony, and before the case is submitted to the jury, request a directed verdict in his favor, the judge presiding may reserve his decision thereon, and submit the case to the jury under proper instructions as to the law applicable to such case. After the case is thus submitted to the jury, and after receiving and recording the verdict of the jury and before judgment is entered in said cause, the judge may hear arguments of counsel for and against said request, but in all cases he shall receive and record the verdict of the jury as rendered. If the judge shall then decide as a matter of law that the party requesting the directed verdict was entitled thereto, and if the verdict of the jury is adverse to the party making such request, the judge shall enter his decision and give judgment in accordance with such decision notwithstanding the verdict entered.
History:
1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.520 - Judgment in Case of Disagreement of Jury.

730.520 Judgment in case of disagreement of jury.
Sec. 20.
In any city affected by the provisions of this act, in all civil jury trials in which the jury disagrees and is discharged by the judge, either party may on motion and notice to the opposite party request the entry of judgment upon the evidence and proofs taken, within 7 days after the discharge of such jury, and if the judge before whom such case was tried shall decide as a matter of law that a verdict should have been directed for either party, he shall enter judgment accordingly.
History:
1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.521 - Civil Process; Service Anywhere in County.

730.521 Civil process; service anywhere in county.
Sec. 21.
In any city affected by the provisions of this act, any civil process issued out of the municipal court of such city may be served in any part of the county in which such city is located.
History:
1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.522 - Concurrent Jurisdiction; Replevin; Jurisdictional Amount.

730.522 Concurrent jurisdiction; replevin; jurisdictional amount.
Sec. 22.
(1) In addition to all the general jurisdiction of former justices of the peace, every municipal court affected by this act shall have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil actions when the amount in controversy does not exceed the amount in subsection (2) and in all actions of replevin when the value of the property involved does not exceed the amount in subsection (2). This section applies notwithstanding any jurisdictional limitations contained in any charter or statute under which a municipal court was created and established.
(2) The jurisdictional amount for purposes of this section is $1,500.00, unless the city in which the municipal court is located increases the jurisdictional amount for that municipal court to $3,000.00 by resolution of the city's legislative body. A resolution under this subsection shall be submitted to the state court administrative office, and the increase in the jurisdictional amount shall take effect January 1 of the year immediately following the year in which the resolution is received by the state court administrative office.
History:
1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 196, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 147, Imd. Eff. July 12, 1965 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 367, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.523 - Appeals in Criminal Cases.

730.523 Appeals in criminal cases.
Sec. 23.
Except as provided in section 23a, appeals in criminal cases may be taken as a matter of right from the municipal court of a city to the circuit court of the county in which the city is located in the same manner and time as is provided by law for appeals in criminal cases from the former justice courts or as otherwise provided by law.
History:
1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 54, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 415, Eff. Jan. 1, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.523a - Appeal in Civil Action or Criminal Case; Effect of Resolution.

730.523a Appeal in civil action or criminal case; effect of resolution.
Sec. 23a.
(1) An appeal in a civil action or a criminal case from a municipal court of a city that adopts a resolution under subsection (2) shall be taken from the municipal court to the circuit court in the county in which the city is located. The appeal shall not be a de novo proceeding in circuit court. The conditions, manner, and time of the appeal shall be the same as is provided by law and by supreme court rule for appeals in civil actions or criminal cases from the district court.
(2) This section applies only in a city that maintains a municipal court on the effective date of this section and that, by resolution of its legislative body, agrees to assume any local financial obligations that may arise out of this section, and applies only to actions commenced on or after the date on which that resolution is submitted to the state court administrative office. A resolution required under this subsection is not valid unless it is adopted and submitted to the state court administrative office not later than 180 days after the effective date of this section.
History:
Add. 1998, Act 415, Eff. Jan. 1, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.524 - Attorney Fees Taxable.

730.524 Attorney fees taxable.
Sec. 24.
In all cases of contested trials, where an appearance has been entered by an attorney in behalf of the opposite party, the prevailing party, if he be the plaintiff and was represented by a regularly licensed attorney, shall be entitled to tax the sum of $10.00 in case of rendition of a judgment of $300.00 or under, $15.00 in the case of rendition of a judgment of over $300.00 but not more than $500.00, and $25.00 in case of rendition of a judgment of over $500.00; and if the defendant is the prevailing party, he shall be entitled to tax the sum of $10.00 in case the plaintiff sought in his pleadings to recover a judgment of $300.00 or less, $15.00 in case the plaintiff sought in his pleadings to recover a judgment of over $300.00 but not more than $500.00, and $25.00 if the plaintiff in his pleadings sought to recover a judgment of over $500.00, as an attorney fee.
History:
1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.525 - Matters Returnable Before Presiding Judge.

730.525 Matters returnable before presiding judge.
Sec. 25.
All writs, summons, proceedings or matters of any kind, which by law are made returnable before a justice of the peace and are not herein otherwise provided for, shall be returnable before the presiding judge of the municipal court of any city affected by the provisions of this act.
History:
1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.526 - Conduct of Trial by Litigants or Attorneys; Contempt for Violation.

730.526 Conduct of trial by litigants or attorneys; contempt for violation.
Sec. 26.
Individual litigants may conduct the trial of their own causes in the municipal court of any city affected by the provisions of this act, but it shall be unlawful for any one excepting an attorney at law to conduct the trial of other than their own individual suits in any such court. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of contempt of court and may be punished therefor by any judge of the municipal court or any circuit judge of the county in which such city is located, by a fine of not more than $50.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail of such county for a period of not more than 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
History:
1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.527 - Bail; Setting Date for Examinations; Recognizance in Criminal Cases.

730.527 Bail; setting date for examinations; recognizance in criminal cases.
Sec. 27.
If a warrant has been issued by a judge of the municipal court of any city affected by this act for a criminal offense, the person charged with that offense may be arraigned by any judge of that municipal court. The judge may fix the amount of bail or let the person to bail, or both, and set a date for the examination provided by law before the judge who signed the warrant. If the person charged with the offense waives examination, the judge may fix the amount of bail or let the person to bail, or both, and bind the person to appear before the circuit court of the county or any court having jurisdiction of that cause for trial. If a warrant has been issued by a municipal judge for an offense against the laws of this state and the person charged has been arraigned and the amount of bail has been set, a recognizance for the appearance of the person charged to answer for that offense may be taken and entered into by any clerk or deputy clerk of that court.
History:
1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 303, Eff. June 30, 1994
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.528 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Judges and Municipal Courts; Fees.

730.528 Provisions applicable to municipal judges and municipal courts; fees.
Sec. 28.
All the provisions of general statutes, local or special acts, or charter provisions, relating to justices of the peace and to justice courts in any city, shall apply to the municipal judges and to the municipal court of any city affected by the provisions of this act. The legislative body of any city may provide for a fixed fee not exceeding $5.50 if the amount in controversy does not exceed $600.00, and a fee not exceeding $11.00 in all other civil cases except as otherwise provided by law. Nothing in this section shall be considered to change the fees for jurors, witness fees and mileage, attorney fees, or constable's fees and mileage which are provided by statute.
History:
1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 79, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 148, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.529 - Judgments; Signing by Judges.

730.529 Judgments; signing by judges.
Sec. 29.
Judgments rendered in any such municipal court shall be signed by the judge by or before whom such cause was tried.
History:
1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.530 - Conciliation Division; Judges; Clerks; Jurisdictional Amount.

730.530 Conciliation division; judges; clerks; jurisdictional amount.
Sec. 30.
(1) Any municipal court affected by this act may provide for a conciliation division where civil actions in which the debt or damages claimed do not exceed the amount in subsection (2), excepting replevin suits, suits commenced by writ of attachment, and suits commenced by civil warrant, except as hereinafter provided, may be brought and settled in an informal manner. The judges of the municipal court are hereby constituted conciliators of the conciliation division, and shall act as such as part of their official duties. Any municipal judge may authorize any clerk or deputy clerk of the court to act as conciliator in any case.
(2) The jurisdictional amount for purposes of this section is $100.00, unless the city in which the municipal court is located increases the jurisdictional amount for that municipal court to $600.00 by resolution of the city's legislative body. A resolution under this subsection shall be submitted to the state court administrative office, and the increase in the jurisdictional amount shall take effect January 1 of the year immediately following the year in which the resolution is received by the state court administrative office.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 367, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.531 - Conciliation Division; Summons, Default, Hearings, Adjournment.

730.531 Conciliation division; summons, default, hearings, adjournment.
Sec. 31.
Any person having a claim within the jurisdiction of the conciliation division of any such court may appear before the clerk or any deputy clerk of such court and state his claim without formality or written pleadings. The clerk shall thereupon issue a summons in substantially the following form:
STATE OF MICHIGAN
The municipal court for the City of ..............................
To ................................
You are notified that (name of plaintiff) has commenced suit against you for (state nature of claim and amount).
Be in the above court on the ............... day of ..............., 19..., at .......... o'clock in the ............ noon, or judgment will be taken against you. Bring witnesses and papers if any. Be prepared for trial at that time.
............................. Clerk
By ................... Deputy Clerk.
The summons shall notify the defendant to appear for trial at a certain time and place not less than 6 nor more than 14 days from the date of issue, and shall be served at least 2 days before the date set therein for trial. The clerk or deputy clerk, on request of the plaintiff, may notify the defendant by telephone or by mail, in which case the clerk's fee for such service shall be 25 cents, for the use of the city. If the defendant does not appear at the date and time set, no judgment shall be taken unless service was had upon him by summons, and the case may be adjourned and summons issued and served personally upon the defendant. If the defendant does not appear at the date and time set, after personal service of the summons upon him, the clerk shall forthwith enter his default, and the plaintiff may thereupon or at any time within 15 days thereafter prove his claim before a conciliator of the court. Hearings shall be informal and may be private. The conciliator may suspend rules of evidence and may dispense with the swearing of witnesses. There shall be no adjournments unless in the opinion of the conciliator an adjournment is necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.532 - Conciliation Division; Settlement; Judgment, Payment.

730.532 Conciliation division; settlement; judgment, payment.
Sec. 32.
The parties prior to or at the hearing may make a settlement upon such terms as they may agree upon, in which case it shall be reduced to writing and signed by the parties, and the settlement shall be filed in the cause and in all respects shall be considered as a judgment rendered by the conciliator. Any judgment rendered in such conciliation division may provide for its satisfaction by payment to the clerk of the court or to the plaintiff of either a lump sum, or by installments in such amounts and at such times as the conciliator may deem just and reasonable under the circumstances. The presiding municipal judge or the conciliator in the cause thereafter for good cause shown may alter the amount of installment payments and the time of payment of such judgments, and authorize execution or garnishment to issue thereon where it appears that the defendant has not paid according to the terms of the agreement or order.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.533 - Conciliation Division; Transfer to Regular Division; Costs.

730.533 Conciliation division; transfer to regular division; costs.
Sec. 33.
Either party to a suit in the conciliation division shall be entitled to make demand, before the commencement of the hearing in his cause, to transfer the cause to the regular division; the conciliator shall then transfer the cause to the regular division of the court. At the termination of the suit, the judge hearing the same shall have discretion to save the opposite party harmless from costs caused by the transfer to the regular division, if in his opinion the cause should have been heard in the conciliation division.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534) › Section 730.534 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act; Short Title.

730.534 Michigan uniform municipal court act; short title.
Sec. 34.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan uniform municipal court act".
History:
Add. 1957, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 184 of 1956 - Municipal Courts (730.551 - 730.551) › Section 730.551 - Municipal Courts; Criminal Jurisdiction.

730.551 Municipal courts; criminal jurisdiction.
Sec. 1.
In addition to such jurisdiction as previously conferred upon them, municipal courts having a salaried judge or judges shall have original jurisdiction of all prosecutions and proceedings in behalf of the people of this state for all misdemeanors and offenses arising under the laws of this state and committed within the corporate limits of the cities in which the courts are located, and which are punishable by a fine or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both, and may issue all lawful writs and process and do all lawful acts which may be necessary and proper to carry into effect the jurisdiction given by this act. This act shall not affect the jurisdiction of the circuit court over any case pending in the circuit court when this 1974 amendatory act takes effect.
History:
1956, Act 184, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 385, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1974
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Repealed - Act 42 of 1961 - Municipal Courts or Justice of the Peace Courts (730.571 - 730.575)

MUNICIPAL COURTS OR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS
Act 42 of 1961
730.571-730.575 Repealed. 1990, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1990.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 217 of 1990 - Repealer (730.581 - 730.581) › Section 730.581 - Acts and Parts of Acts Repealed.

730.581 Acts and parts of acts repealed.
Sec. 1.
The following acts and parts of acts are repealed:
YEAR OF ACT
PUBLIC ACT NUMBER
COMPILED LAWS SECTIONS
1911
299
730.1 to 730.30
1933
269
730.101 to 730.159
1911
171
730.201 to 730.204
1947
41
730.301 to 730.302
1947
109
730.321 to 730.328
1947
103
730.351 to 730.354
1961
42
730.571 to 730.575
History:
1990, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1990
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › Section 750.1 - Michigan Penal Code; Short Title.

750.1 Michigan penal code; short title.
Sec. 1.
Short title—This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Michigan Penal Code".
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.1
Compiler's Notes:
The catchlines following the act section numbers were incorporated as part of the act as enacted.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › Section 750.2 - Rule of Construction.

750.2 Rule of construction.
Sec. 2.
Rule of construction—The rule that a penal statute is to be strictly construed shall not apply to this act or any of the provisions thereof. All provisions of this act shall be construed according to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice and to effect the objects of the law.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.2
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › Section 750.3 - Civil Rights or Remedies Not Affected.

750.3 Civil rights or remedies not affected.
Sec. 3.
Civil rights or remedies not affected—The provisions of this act are not to be deemed to affect any civil rights or remedies existing at the time when this act takes effect, by virtue of the common law or of any provision of statute.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.3
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › Section 750.4 - Civil Remedies Preserved.

750.4 Civil remedies preserved.
Sec. 4.
Civil remedies preserved—The omission to specify or affirm in this act any liability to damages, penalty, forfeiture or other remedy, imposed by law, and allowed to be recovered, or enforced in any civil action or proceeding, for any act or omission declared punishable herein does not affect any right to recover or enforce the same.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.4
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-I - Chapter I Definitions (750.5...750.10a) › Section 750.5 - “Crime” Defined.

750.5 “Crime” defined.
Sec. 5.
"Crime" means an act or omission forbidden by law which is not designated as a civil infraction, and which is punishable upon conviction by any 1 or more of the following:
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Fine not designated a civil fine.
(c) Removal from office.
(d) Disqualification to hold an office of trust, honor, or profit under the state.
(e) Other penal discipline.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.5 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 513, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-I - Chapter I Definitions (750.5...750.10a) › Section 750.6 - Division of Crime.

750.6 Division of crime.
Sec. 6.
Division of crime—A crime is:
1. A felony; or
2. A misdemeanor.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.6
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-I - Chapter I Definitions (750.5...750.10a) › Section 750.7 - Felony; Definition.

750.7 Felony; definition.
Sec. 7.
Felony—The term "felony" when used in this act, shall be construed to mean an offense for which the offender, on conviction may be punished by death, or by imprisonment in state prison.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.7
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-I - Chapter I Definitions (750.5...750.10a) › Section 750.8 - Misdemeanor; Definition.

750.8 Misdemeanor; definition.
Sec. 8.
Misdemeanor—When any act or omission, not a felony, is punishable according to law, by a fine, penalty or forfeiture, and imprisonment, or by such fine, penalty or forfeiture, or imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, such act or omission shall be deemed a misdemeanor.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.8
Former Law:
See section 11 of Ch. XXXV of Act 314 of 1915, being CL 1915, § 13403; CL 1929, § 15150.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-I - Chapter I Definitions (750.5...750.10a) › Section 750.9 - Misdemeanor; Definition.

750.9 Misdemeanor; definition.
Sec. 9.
Misdemeanor—When the performance of any act is prohibited by this or any other statute, and no penalty for the violation of such statute is imposed, either in the same section containing such prohibition, or in any other section or statute, the doing of such act shall be deemed a misdemeanor.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.9
Former Law:
See section 26 of Ch. 156 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5845; CL 1871, § 7678; How., § 9260; CL 1897, § 11330; CL 1915, § 14997; and CL 1929, § 16588.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-I - Chapter I Definitions (750.5...750.10a) › Section 750.10 - Miscellaneous; Definition.

750.10 Miscellaneous; definition.
Sec. 10.
Miscellaneous—In this act:
The singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders.
The words "person", "accused", and similar words include, unless a contrary intention appears, public and private corporations, copartnerships, and unincorporated or voluntary associations.
The term "act" or "doing of an act" includes "omission to act".
The word "property" includes any matter or thing upon or in respect to which any offense may be committed.
The word "indictment" includes information, presentment, complaint, warrant and any other formal written accusation.
The word "indictment", unless a contrary intention appears, includes any count thereof.
The term "writing", "written", and any term of like import includes words printed, painted, engraved, lithographed, photographed or otherwise copied, traced or made visible to the eye.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.10
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-I - Chapter I Definitions (750.5...750.10a) › Section 750.10a - Sexually Delinquent Persons; Definition.

750.10a Sexually delinquent persons; definition.
Sec. 10a.
The term "sexually delinquent person" when used in this act shall mean any person whose sexual behavior is characterized by repetitive or compulsive acts which indicate a disregard of consequences or the recognized rights of others, or by the use of force upon another person in attempting sex relations of either a heterosexual or homosexual nature, or by the commission of sexual aggressions against children under the age of 16.
History:
Add. 1952, Act 73, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-II - Chapter II Abduction (750.11...750.13) › Section 750.11, 750.12 - Repealed. 2010, Act 102, Imd. Eff. June 25, 2010.

750.11, 750.12 Repealed. 2010, Act 102, Imd. Eff. June 25, 2010.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to unlawful taking of a woman and compelling her to marry.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-II - Chapter II Abduction (750.11...750.13) › Section 750.13 - Taking or Enticing Away Minor Under Sixteen Years; Violation as Felony; Penalty.

750.13 Taking or enticing away minor under sixteen years; violation as felony; penalty.
Sec. 13.
A person who takes or entices away a minor under the age of 16 years from the minor's father, mother, guardian, or other person having the legal charge of the minor, without their consent, for the purpose of prostitution, concubinage, sexual intercourse, or marriage is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.13 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016
Former Law:
See section 24 of Ch. 153 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5734; CL 1871, § 7533; How., § 9098; CL 1897, § 11493; CL 1915, § 15215; and CL 1929, § 16731.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-III - Chapter III Abortion (750.14...750.15) › Section 750.14 - Repealed. 2023, Act 11, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024

750.14 Repealed. 2023, Act 11, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to penalties for the administration of drugs with the intent to procure a miscarriage.
Constitutionality:
Section held unconstitutional as relating to abortions in the first trimester of a pregnancy as authorized by the pregnant woman's attending physician in the exercise of the physician's medical judgment. People v Bricker, 389 Mich 524; 208 NW2d 172 (1973).
Former Law:
See section 34 of Ch. 153 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5744; CL 1871, § 7543; How., § 9108; CL 1897, § 11503; CL 1915, § 15225; CL 1929, § 16741; sec. 35 of Ch. 153 of R.S. 1846; Act 61 of 1867; CL 1871, § 7544; How., § 9109; CL 1897, § 11504; CL 1915, § 15226; and CL 1929, § 16742.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-III - Chapter III Abortion (750.14...750.15) › Section 750.15 - Repealed. 2023, Act 11, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024

750.15 Repealed. 2023, Act 11, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to the sale of drugs to produce an abortion.
Former Law:
See section 1 of Act 138 of 1873, being How., § 9312; CL 1897, § 11729; CL 1915, § 15523; CL 1929, § 16885; section 3 of Act 138 of 1873, being How., § 9314; CL 1897, § 11731; CL 1915, § 15525; CL 1929, § 16887; section 2 of Act 138 of 1873, being How., § 9313; CL 1897, § 11730; CL 1915, § 15524; and CL 1929, § 16886.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-IV - Chapter IV Adulterating and Misbranding (750.16...750.28) › Section 750.16 - Adulteration; Drugs or Medicine Injurious to Health; Violations; Penalty; “Serious Impairment of a Body Function” Defined; Other Violations Committed.

750.16 Adulteration; drugs or medicine injurious to health; violations; penalty; “serious impairment of a body function” defined; other violations committed.
Sec. 16.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who knowingly or recklessly commits any of the following actions is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both:
(a) Adulterates, misbrands, removes, or substitutes a drug or medicine so as to render that drug or medicine injurious to health.
(b) Sells, offers for sale, possesses for sale, causes to be sold, or manufactures for sale a drug or medicine that has been adulterated, misbranded, removed, or substituted so as to render it injurious to health.
(2) A person who commits a violation of subsection (1) that results in personal injury is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $4,000.00, or both.
(3) A person who commits a violation of subsection (1) that results in serious impairment of a body function is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.
(4) A person who commits a violation of subsection (1) that results in death is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or both.
(5) Except as provided in sections 25 and 25a of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.25 and 769.25a, a person who commits a violation of subsection (1) with the intent to kill or to cause serious impairment of a body function of 2 or more individuals that results in death is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life without possibility of parole or life without possibility of parole and a fine of not more than $40,000.00. It is not a defense to a charge under this subsection that the person did not intend to kill a specific individual or did not intend to cause serious impairment of a body function of 2 or more specific individuals.
(6) As used in this section, "serious impairment of a body function" means that phrase as defined in section 58c of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.58c.
(7) This section does not prohibit an individual from being charged with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation of law that is committed by that individual while violating this section.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.16 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 213, Eff. Oct. 12, 2004 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 2014
Former Law:
See section 3 of Ch. 159 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5888; CL 1871, § 7728; How., § 9318; CL 1897, § 11406; CL 1915, § 15124; and CL 1929, § 16693.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-IV - Chapter IV Adulterating and Misbranding (750.16...750.28) › Section 750.17 - Repealed. 1968, Act 39, Eff. Jan. 1, 1969.

750.17 Repealed. 1968, Act 39, Eff. Jan. 1, 1969.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to adulteration and misbranding of food.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-IV - Chapter IV Adulterating and Misbranding (750.16...750.28) › Section 750.19-750.24 - Repealed. 1968, Act 39, Eff. Jan. 1, 1969.

750.19-750.24 Repealed. 1968, Act 39, Eff. Jan. 1, 1969.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to adulteration of food, drink, candy, grain or feed, honey, maple sugar, molasses, and syrup, and to misbranding of same.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-IV - Chapter IV Adulterating and Misbranding (750.16...750.28) › Section 750.25 - Adulteration of Butter and Cream.

750.25 Adulteration of butter and cream.
Sec. 25.
(1) A person who possesses with intent to sell, or offer or expose for sale, or sell as butter or as cream, a product that is adulterated within the meaning of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.
(2) Butter is adulterated within the meaning of this section if 1 or both of the following conditions exist:
(a) The fat content is not exclusively derived from cow's milk.
(b) The butter contains less than 80% of milk fat.
(3) Cream is adulterated within the meaning of this section if 1 or more of the following conditions exist:
(a) The cream contains less than 18% of milk fat.
(b) The cream is not that portion of milk, rich in milk fat, that rises to the surface of milk on standing, or is separated from it by centrifugal force.
(c) The cream is not clean.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1937, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 7, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 750.25 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Former Law:
See sections 1 to 4 of Act 78 of 1925, being CL 1929, §§ 5361 to 5364.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-IV - Chapter IV Adulterating and Misbranding (750.16...750.28) › Section 750.27 - Adulterated Cigarettes.

750.27 Adulterated cigarettes.
Sec. 27.
Adulterated cigarettes—Any person within the state who manufactures, sells or gives to any one, any cigarette containing any ingredient deleterious to health or foreign to tobacco, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.27
Former Law:
See section 1 of Act 226 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 5181; and CL 1929, § 12830.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-IV - Chapter IV Adulterating and Misbranding (750.16...750.28) › Section 750.28 - Cereal Beverage With Alcoholic Content; Furnishing to Minors, Penalty.

750.28 Cereal beverage with alcoholic content; furnishing to minors, penalty.
Sec. 28.
Any person who shall sell, give or furnish to a minor, except upon authority of and pursuant to a prescription of a duly licensed physician, any cereal beverage of any alcoholic content under the name of "near beer", or "brew", or "bru", or any other name which is capable of conveying the impression to the purchaser that the beverage has an alcoholic content, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-V - Chapter V Adultery (750.29...750.32) › Section 750.29 - Adultery; Definition.

750.29 Adultery; definition.
Sec. 29.
Definition—Adultery is the sexual intercourse of 2 persons, either of whom is married to a third person.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.29
Former Law:
See section 2 of Ch. 158 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5857; CL 1871, § 7691; How., § 9278; CL 1897, § 11689; CL 1915, § 15463; and CL 1929, § 16818.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-V - Chapter V Adultery (750.29...750.32) › Section 750.30 - Adultery; Punishment.

750.30 Adultery; punishment.
Sec. 30.
Punishment—Any person who shall commit adultery shall be guilty of a felony; and when the crime is committed between a married woman and a man who is unmarried, the man shall be guilty of adultery, and liable to the same punishment.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.30
Former Law:
See section 1 of Ch. 150 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5856; How., § 9277; CL 1897, § 11688; CL 1915, § 15462; and CL 1929, § 16817.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-V - Chapter V Adultery (750.29...750.32) › Section 750.31 - Adultery; Complaint and Time of Prosecution.

750.31 Adultery; complaint and time of prosecution.
Sec. 31.
Complainant and time prosecution to be commenced—No prosecution for adultery, under the preceding section, shall be commenced, but on the complaint of the husband or wife; and no such prosecution shall be commenced after 1 year from the time of committing the offense.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.31
Former Law:
See section 3 of Ch. 158 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5858; CL 1871, § 7693; How., § 9279; CL 1897, § 11690; CL 1915, § 15464; and CL 1929, § 16819.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-V - Chapter V Adultery (750.29...750.32) › Section 750.32 - Adultery; Cohabitation of Divorced Parties.

750.32 Adultery; cohabitation of divorced parties.
Sec. 32.
Cohabitation by divorced parties—If any persons after being divorced from the bonds of matrimony for any cause whatever, shall cohabit together, they shall be liable to all the penalties provided by law against adultery.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.32
Former Law:
See section 33 of Ch. 84 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 3254; CL 1871, § 4765; How., § 6253; CL 1897, § 8645; CL 1915, § 11421; and CL 1929, § 12752.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-VI - Chapter VI Advertising (750.33...750.42b) › Section 750.33a - Character or Extent of Business Misrepresentation; Penalty.

750.33a Character or extent of business misrepresentation; penalty.
Sec. 33a.
Any person who states, in an advertisement of his goods, that he is a producer, manufacturer, processor, wholesaler or importer, or that he owns or controls a factory or other source of supply of goods, when such is not the fact, or in any other manner knowingly misrepresents the character, extent, volume or type of his business, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
Add. 1965, Act 105, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-VI - Chapter VI Advertising (750.33...750.42b) › Section 750.34 - Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016.

750.34 Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to advertising relating to certain sexual diseases.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-VI - Chapter VI Advertising (750.33...750.42b) › Section 750.35 - Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016.

750.35 Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to publishing and distributing immoral advertising.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-VI - Chapter VI Advertising (750.33...750.42b) › Section 750.36 - Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016.

750.36 Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to evidence of guilt relating to immoral advertising.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-VI - Chapter VI Advertising (750.33...750.42b) › Section 750.37 - Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016.

750.37 Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to penalty relating to immoral advertising.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-VI - Chapter VI Advertising (750.33...750.42b) › Section 750.38 - Personal Violence or Human Form; Displaying.

750.38 Personal violence or human form; displaying.
Sec. 38.
Displaying, etc., pictures, etc., representing personal violence or human form—Any person who shall post, place or display on any sign board, bill board, fence, building, sidewalk, or other object, or in any street, road, or other public place, any sign, picture, printing or other representation of murder, assassination, stabbing, fighting or of any personal violence, or of the commission of any crime, or any representation of the human form in an attitude or dress which would be indecent in the case of a living person, if such person so appeared in any public street, square or highway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.38
Former Law:
See sections 1 and 2 of Act 205 of 1885, being How., §§ 9314f and 9314h; Act 148 of 1889; CL 1897, §§ 11724 and 11726; CL 1915, §§ 15515 and 15517; and CL 1929, §§ 16880 and 16882.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-VI - Chapter VI Advertising (750.33...750.42b) › Section 750.39 - Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016.

750.39 Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to publication of virtues of patent medicine in immoral or ambiguous language.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-VI - Chapter VI Advertising (750.33...750.42b) › Section 750.40 - Repealed. 2023, Act 12, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024.

750.40 Repealed. 2023, Act 12, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to publication of cures for contraceptive preventatives.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-VI - Chapter VI Advertising (750.33...750.42b) › Section 750.41 - Repealed. 2002, Act 211, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002.

750.41 Repealed. 2002, Act 211, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to sale and distribution of criminal news printed matter.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code › Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568) › 328-1931-VI - Chapter VI Advertising (750.33...750.42b) › Section 750.42 - Repealed. 2000, Act 238, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2000.

750.42 Repealed. 2000, Act 238, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2000.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to advertisements of intoxicating liquors referrring to deceased ex-presidents of the United States.