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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) › 236-1961-24 - Chapter 24 Costs (600.2401...600.2461) › Section 600.2441 - Costs; Costs Additional in Civil Actions in Supreme Court and Circuit Court.

600.2441 Costs; costs additional in civil actions in supreme court and circuit court.
Sec. 2441.
(1) In all civil actions or special proceedings in the supreme court, whether heard as an original proceeding or on appeal, the following amounts shall be allowed as costs in addition to other costs unless the court otherwise directs:
(a) On motions, $20.00.
(b) On calendar causes and those given an early hearing, $50.00.
(2) In all civil actions or special proceedings in the circuit court, whether heard as an original proceeding or on appeal, the following amounts shall be allowed as costs in addition to other costs unless the court otherwise directs:
(a) For the proceedings before trial, $20.00.
(b) For motions that result in dismissal or judgment, $20.00.
(c) For the trial of the action or proceeding, $150.00.
(d) In actions in which a confession of judgment is entered, $15.00.
(e) In actions in which a default judgment or consent judgment is entered, $75.00.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 226, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-24 - Chapter 24 Costs (600.2401...600.2461) › Section 600.2445 - Costs on Appeal to Circuit Court, Court of Appeals, or Supreme Court; Damages for Delay and Vexation.

600.2445 Costs on appeal to circuit court, court of appeals, or supreme court; damages for delay and vexation.
Sec. 2445.
(1) Costs on appeal to the circuit court, the court of appeals, or to the supreme court shall be awarded in the discretion of the court.
(2) The appellant may be awarded the costs on appeal if he improves his position on appeal.
(3) The appellee may be awarded damages for the delay and vexation caused by the appeal, to be assessed in the discretion of the court, in addition to costs on appeal, if the appellant does not improve his position on appeal.
(4) Costs in the court below may be awarded to the party who ultimately prevails in the case.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-24 - Chapter 24 Costs (600.2401...600.2461) › Section 600.2451 - Taxation of Costs in Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; Notice.

600.2451 Taxation of costs in supreme court and court of appeals; notice.
Sec. 2451.
Costs in the supreme court and in the court of appeals shall be taxed by 1 of the justices or judges or the clerk thereof, and by such other officers as the supreme court shall, by general or special order, designate for that purpose; and upon notice to the opposite party, as shall be prescribed by the general rules of the court.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-24 - Chapter 24 Costs (600.2401...600.2461) › Section 600.2455 - Taxation of Costs in Circuit Court, District Court, and Municipal Courts of Record; Notice.

600.2455 Taxation of costs in circuit court, district court, and municipal courts of record; notice.
Sec. 2455.
Costs in the circuit court, in the district court, and in municipal courts of record having civil jurisdiction, may be taxed by any of the judges or clerks of the courts and upon notice and proceedings as shall be provided by the rules of the supreme court.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-24 - Chapter 24 Costs (600.2401...600.2461) › Section 600.2461 - Costs; Duties of Taxing Officer.

600.2461 Costs; duties of taxing officer.
Sec. 2461.
Every officer authorized to tax costs in any court for services rendered in any proceeding authorized by law, shall examine the bills presented to him for taxation, whether such taxation be opposed or not, and shall be satisfied that the items charged in such bill are correct and legal; and shall strike out all charges for services, which, in his judgment, were not necessary to be performed.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2501 - Fees; Allowance.

600.2501 Fees; allowance.
Sec. 2501.
For the services mentioned in this chapter, hereafter done or performed in the several courts in this state, by the officers thereof, or in any proceeding authorized by law, the fees hereinafter prescribed shall be allowed.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2504 - Fees; Special Allowance.

600.2504 Fees; special allowance.
Sec. 2504.
The allowance of any fees by this chapter, shall not apply to any case where special provision is otherwise made by law for any particular service, but the fees for such service shall be such as are provided in the statute requiring the service, or providing the compensation therefor.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2507 - Documents; State Officers; Request for Searches and Obtaining Certified Copies; Fees.

600.2507 Documents; state officers; request for searches and obtaining certified copies; fees.
Sec. 2507.
(1) The secretary of state, the auditor general, the state treasurer, and the attorney general may require searches in the respective offices of each other and in the offices of the clerks of any court of record or municipal court, or in the office of a register of deeds, for any papers, records, or documents necessary to the discharge of their respective duties, and may obtain certified copies and certified extracts of such papers, records, or documents without the payment of a fee or charge.
(2) The director of commerce may request searches and obtain certified copies and certified extracts of papers, records, or documents pertaining to criminal matters, medical malpractice, or other public documents or records necessary to the discharge of the duties of the bureau within the department of commerce with responsibility for occupational and professional licensure from the secretary of state, the auditor general, the state treasurer, the clerk of any court of record or municipal court, or from the office of a register of deeds. The secretary of state, the auditor general, the state treasurer, the clerk of any court of record or municipal court, or the office of a register of deeds may charge a reasonable fee for providing the requested information under this subsection, not to exceed the actual cost for providing the requested information.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 84, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2510 - “Page” Defined; Compliance With Format Prescribed by State Court Administrative Office.

600.2510 “Page” defined; compliance with format prescribed by state court administrative office.
Sec. 2510.
(1) When used as a measure for computing fees or compensation, "page" is defined as follows: a page shall consist of 25 lines written on paper 8-1/2 by 11 inches in size, prepared for binding on the left side, with 1-3/8 inch margin on the left side and 3/8 inch margin on the right side. Typing shall be 10 letter to the inch.
(2) A page prepared in accordance with the format prescribed by the state court administrative office shall be counted, billed, and paid for as a full page.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1973 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 31, Imd. Eff. June 22, 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) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2513 - Allowable Fees, Compensation, or Reward for Service.

600.2513 Allowable fees, compensation, or reward for service.
Sec. 2513.
A judge of any court, sheriff, bailiff, district court magistrate, or other officer, or other person except attorneys at law to whom any fees or compensation shall be allowed by law for any service, shall not take or receive any other or greater fee or reward for his service, but such as is or shall be allowed by the laws of this state.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2516 - Fees; for Services Actually Rendered.

600.2516 Fees; for services actually rendered.
Sec. 2516.
No fee or compensation allowed by law, shall be demanded or received by any officer or person for any service, unless such service was actually rendered by him; but this section shall not prevent any officer from demanding any fee herein allowed for any service of which he is entitled by law to require the payment previous to rendering such service.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2519 - Fees; Violation; Misdemeanor; Civil Liability; Forfeiture of Office.

600.2519 Fees; violation; misdemeanor; civil liability; forfeiture of office.
Sec. 2519.
A violation of either section 2513 or 2516 shall be deemed a misdemeanor; and the person guilty thereof shall be liable to the party aggrieved for treble the damages sustained by him, and such violation shall be a cause for forfeiture of office.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2522 - Fees; Taxation for Services Actually Rendered.

600.2522 Fees; taxation for services actually rendered.
Sec. 2522.
No fee shall be taxed for services as having been rendered by any attorney, clerk, sheriff, or other officer, in the progress of a cause, unless such service was actually rendered, except when otherwise expressly provided.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2525 - Fees; Receipt; Liability for Refusal.

600.2525 Fees; receipt; liability for refusal.
Sec. 2525.
Every officer, upon receiving any fees for any official duty or service, shall, if required by the person paying the same, make out in writing and deliver to such person, a particular account of such fees, specifying for what they respectively accrued, and shall receipt the same; and if he refuse or neglect to do so, he shall be liable to the party paying the same for 3 times the amount so paid.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2528 - Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993.

600.2528 Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to fees to clerk of circuit court in county of less than 100,000.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2530a - Repealed. 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993.

600.2530a Repealed. 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to remittance of revenue to the state treasurer.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2531 - Oath of Office; Administration Without Fee.

600.2531 Oath of office; administration without fee.
Sec. 2531.
No fee may be charged by any officer, for administering the oath of office to any member of the legislature, to any military officer, or to any other public officer.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2534 - Publication of Legal Notice, Order, Citation, Summons, Advertisement, or Other Matter; Rates.

600.2534 Publication of legal notice, order, citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter; rates.
Sec. 2534.
(1) For publishing a legal notice or an order, citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter arising out of judicial proceedings required by law to be published in a newspaper, except as provided in subsection (2), the cost must not exceed the rate of $20.50 per folio for the first publication and $8.45 per folio for each subsequent publication. A minimum cost of $59.00 is allowed for a notice that must be published 2 times or more, and a minimum cost of $44.00 is allowed for a notice that must be published 1 time.
(2) For publications after the effective date of the 2017 public act that amended this section, the department of treasury shall adjust the rates described in subsection (1) to reflect the percentage increase in the United States consumer price index from March 1, 2008 to June 1, 2017 and, annually each year from March 1, 2018 to March 1, 2025, shall further adjust the rates by the percentage increase in the United States consumer price index for the preceding calendar year. The result of an adjustment under this subsection must be rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.
(3) A newspaper that publishes an advertisement for this state other than a tax list may charge for the advertisement its regular established commercial rate in effect at the time the advertisement is published.
(4) A newspaper that accepts for publication a legal or public notice as provided by law shall not charge higher rates or collect higher rates for political notices or political advertising than it charges for commercial advertising of the same or similar size.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 161, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 200, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 153, Eff. Jan. 1, 1977 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 35, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 169, Eff. Jan. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 378, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 506, Eff. Mar. 1, 2007 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 82, Eff. Oct. 10, 2017
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2537 - Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993.

600.2537 Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to jury fees.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2540 - Compensation of Juror for Attendance on Inquest.

600.2540 Compensation of juror for attendance on inquest.
Sec. 2540.
Each juror sworn before any medical examiner or judge, on an inquest taken by either of them on view of any dead body, is entitled to receive $6.00 for each day's attendance and $3.00 for each half day's attendance on the inquest, the accounts for the service to be allowed by the county board of commissioners in counties not having a board of county auditors, and in counties having a board of county auditors by the board, on the certificate of the medical examiner or judge.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2543 - Circuit Court Reporters or Recorders; Fees for Transcripts; Fees as Part of Taxable Costs.

600.2543 Circuit court reporters or recorders; fees for transcripts; fees as part of taxable costs.
Sec. 2543.
(1) The circuit court reporters or recorders are entitled to demand and receive per page for a transcript ordered by any person the sum of $1.75 per original page and 30 cents per page for each copy, unless a lower rate is agreed upon. For a transcript ordered by the circuit judge, reporters or recorders are entitled to receive from the county the same compensation. The supreme court, by administrative order or court rule, may authorize the payment to circuit court reporters or recorders the sum of $3.00 per original page and 50 cents per page for each copy for transcripts ordered and timely filed as part of a program of differentiated case management for appeals of civil cases in which the circuit court either grants or denies summary disposition. If a transcript ordered under a program of differentiated case management is not timely filed, the circuit court reporter or recorder is not entitled to receive the increased rate for that transcript.
(2) Only if the transcript is desired for the purpose of moving for a new trial or preparing a record for appeal shall the amount of reporters' or recorders' fees paid for the transcript be recovered as a part of the taxable costs of the prevailing party in the motion, in the court of appeals or the supreme court.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 158, Eff. Sept. 1, 1974 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 31, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1977 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 522, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 328, Imd. Eff. Sept. 23, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2546 - Certified Copies, Exemplifications of Records, Pleadings, and Proceedings; Fee.

600.2546 Certified copies, exemplifications of records, pleadings, and proceedings; fee.
Sec. 2546.
Except as otherwise provided by law, in the circuit court, district court, or probate court, for all certified copies, and exemplifications of records, pleadings and proceedings furnished on request, where no special provision is otherwise made, the fee is $10.00 plus $1.00 per page.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 240, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 189, Eff. Oct. 8, 1993
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2549 - Depositions and Certified Copies; Fees Taxable as Costs.

600.2549 Depositions and certified copies; fees taxable as costs.
Sec. 2549.
Reasonable and actual fees paid for depositions of witnesses filed in any clerk's office and for the certified copies of documents or papers recorded or filed in any public office shall be allowed in the taxation of costs only if, at the trial or when damages were assessed, the depositions were read in evidence, except for impeachment purposes, or the documents or papers were necessarily used.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2552 - Witness Fees; Traveling Expenses; Attorneys as Witnesses; Incarcerated Witness; Inquests; Per-Mile Rate of Reimbursement.

600.2552 Witness fees; traveling expenses; attorneys as witnesses; incarcerated witness; inquests; per-mile rate of reimbursement.
Sec. 2552.
(1) A witness who attends any action or proceeding pending in a court of record shall be paid a witness fee of $12.00 for each day and $6.00 for each half day, or may be paid for his or her loss of working time but not more than $15.00 for each day shall be taxable as costs as his or her witness fee. Except as provided in sections 7 and 13 of chapter XV of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 775.7 and 775.13, a witness shall be reimbursed as provided in subsection (5) for his or her traveling expenses in coming to the place of attendance and returning from the place of attendance, to be estimated from the residence of the witness, if his or her residence is within this state, or from the boundary line of this state that the witness passed in coming into this state, if his or her residence is out of this state.
(2) An attorney or counsel in any action or proceeding in which he or she may be interested as attorney or counsel shall not be paid any fee for attending as a witness in that action or proceeding.
(3) A witness who is incarcerated under sentence in a county jail or a state or federal correctional facility when he or she attends an action or proceeding shall not be paid a witness fee and shall not be reimbursed for traveling from or returning to the place where he or she is incarcerated.
(4) A witness who attends a proceeding before any person authorized to hold inquests on the view of dead bodies, or before any officer, person, or board authorized to take the examination of witnesses, shall be paid a witness fee of $12.00 for each day's attendance and $6.00 for each half day; and shall be reimbursed as provided in subsection (5) for his or her traveling expenses in that case in coming to the place of attendance and returning from the place of attendance, to be estimated from the residence of the witness, if his or her residence is within this state, or from the boundary line of this state that the witness passed in coming into this state, if his or her residence is out of this state.
(5) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the per-mile rate of reimbursement of traveling expenses for witnesses shall be the same as the per-mile rate of reimbursement of traveling expenses established by directives of the department of management and budget for state officers and unclassified employees of state agencies while engaged in the performance of state business, pursuant to section 217 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1217.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 20, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1994 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 85, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2555 - Process Server; Traveling Fees.

600.2555 Process server; traveling fees.
Sec. 2555.
A person authorized by this act or supreme court rule to serve process or a paper issued by or filed with a court in this state is only entitled to traveling fees for the service from the place where the court that issued or filed the process or paper is located to the place of service, not to exceed 75 miles each way.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 243, Eff. Jan. 1, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2561 - Coroners; Compensation or Fees.

600.2561 Coroners; compensation or fees.
Sec. 2561.
Coroners shall be entitled to such compensation as shall be determined by the board of supervisors, or to the following fees:
(1) For all services rendered by them, the same fees as are herein allowed to sheriffs for similar services.
(2) For the view of a dead body, and for taking and returning an inquisition thereof, $5.00.
(3) For traveling to the place of such view, 10 cents for each mile both ways.
(4) For every subpoena, warrant or venire for a jury, 25 cents.
(5) Swearing each witness, 10 cents; but the charges for swearing witnesses in any one case, shall not exceed 50 cents.
(6) For taking a recognizance, 25 cents.
(7) All the fees herein allowed to coroners, except for such services authorized to be performed as sheriff as are not chargeable to the county, shall be allowed and paid by the proper county.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 73, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2564 - Repealed. 2003, Act 238, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004.

600.2564 Repealed. 2003, Act 238, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to fees of notaries public.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2568 - Automation Fund.

600.2568 Automation fund.
Sec. 2568.
(1) Each county in this state shall establish an automation fund, and that fund shall receive money deposited by the register of deeds of the county in accordance with section 2567. The county treasurer shall direct investment of the fund and shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.
(2) The county register of deeds of each county shall expend the fees credited to the fund under section 2567 subject to an appropriation under the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2, MCL 141.421 to 141.440a, for upgrading technology in the register of deeds office, with priority given to upgrading search capabilities. Upgrading includes the design and purchase of equipment and supplies, and implementation of systems and procedures that allow the register of deeds to receive, enter, record, certify, index, store, search, retrieve, copy, and otherwise process by automated procedures and advanced technology documents, instruments, abstracts, maps, plats, and other items recorded and maintained by the register of deeds.
(3) Not later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, each register of deeds shall begin to implement procedures to process and make available all items recorded, compiled, or maintained by that register of deeds, using the automated procedures and advanced technology described in subsection (2) to the maximum extent feasible utilizing the fund created under subsection (1).
(4) Four years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the register of deeds of each county shall prepare a report to the legislature that addresses, but is not limited to, each of the following issues:
(a) The progress that has been made by the register of deeds since the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section in achieving a goal of timely processing of recordable instruments.
(b) The extent to which the register of deeds has made records in the register's possession computer accessible by way of internet websites or other on-line media.
(5) The reports required under subsection (4) may be compiled into a single report by an agent of the county registers of deeds before it is submitted to the legislature.
History:
Add. 2002, Act 698, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2570 - Fees of Appraisers; Mileage.

600.2570 Fees of appraisers; mileage.
Sec. 2570.
All appraisers of property taken on any writ of attachment, and sheriffs' aids in criminal cases or in the execution of legal process, where no express provision is made for compensation therefor, shall be entitled to $5.00 for each day and $2.50 for each half day for their services, and 6 cents a mile for travel in going and returning.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 284, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2573 - Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975.

600.2573 Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to fees of circuit court commissioners.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2576 - Counties Over 1,000,000; Proceedings Relating to Realty; Fees; Dispositions.

600.2576 Counties over 1,000,000; proceedings relating to realty; fees; dispositions.
Sec. 2576.
(1) Before any action or proceeding for the recovery of possession of lands and buildings shall be commenced before referees, in counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more, there shall be paid to the clerk of the referees, by the party bringing the same the sum of $8.00, if there is only 1 defendant to said action or proceeding. Should there be more than 1 defendant to such action or proceeding, the party bringing the same shall pay to the clerk an additional sum of $5.00 for each additional defendant. Of the fees so collected the sum of 50 cents for each defendant shall be paid by the clerk to the Wayne county retirement system to be credited to the circuit court referees bailiff's retirement fund.
(2) The bailiff serving the summons in said action or proceeding shall receive for his services the sum of $4.50 for each defendant served.
(3) A fee in the amount of $8.00 shall be paid to the clerk of said commissioners for the issuance of a writ of restitution on the consummation of any action or proceeding before a circuit court commissioner. The bailiff serving said writ of restitution shall receive for his services the sum of $4.50.
(4) A fee in the amount of $2.00 shall be paid to the clerk of said commissioners upon the institution of proceedings under RJA chapter 61 for hearing and examination before a circuit court commissioner, and application for dissolution of attachment and also upon the filing of a demand for the examination of a garnishee defendant before a circuit court commissioner.
(5) Before any affidavit on appeal shall be served on a commissioner, in addition to the costs now provided by law for making returns to appeals, the further sum of $4.00 shall be paid to said clerk by the appellant or plaintiff in error, and the clerk therewith shall pay the entry fee in the circuit court and at the same time file therein the return to the appeal.
(6) The moneys so paid shall be for the use of the county and shall be held in full of all fees now allowed by law to said commissioners, from the commencement of such proceeding to and including the issuing of such final process as may be necessary to give effect to an order or judgment of such commissioner.
(7) The sum or sums so paid, including jury fees, shall be taxed as costs of suit in favor of the party paying the same if he is the prevailing party in the action in addition to any other to which he may be entitled by law.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 198, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 259, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1969
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2579 - Supreme Court Crier; Fees.

600.2579 Supreme court crier; fees.
Sec. 2579.
For the service of all orders, processes or writs issued from the supreme court, the supreme court crier shall collect for such service the fees allowed by law to sheriffs. Any and all fees collected by the crier shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the general fund.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2582 - Service on Corporation and Securities Commission; Fee.

600.2582 Service on corporation and securities commission; fee.
Sec. 2582.
If service on a corporation is made by service on the corporation and securities commission, there shall be paid to the corporation and securities commission at the time of such service a fee of $3.00, which sum may be taxed as costs to the plaintiff, in case he prevails in the proceedings.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-25 - Chapter 25 Fees (600.2501...600.2591) › Section 600.2591 - Frivolous Civil Action or Defense to Civil Action; Awarding Costs and Fees to Prevailing Party; Definitions.

600.2591 Frivolous civil action or defense to civil action; awarding costs and fees to prevailing party; definitions.
Sec. 2591.
(1) Upon motion of any party, if a court finds that a civil action or defense to a civil action was frivolous, the court that conducts the civil action shall award to the prevailing party the costs and fees incurred by that party in connection with the civil action by assessing the costs and fees against the nonprevailing party and their attorney.
(2) The amount of costs and fees awarded under this section shall include all reasonable costs actually incurred by the prevailing party and any costs allowed by law or by court rule, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Frivolous" means that at least 1 of the following conditions is met:
(i) The party's primary purpose in initiating the action or asserting the defense was to harass, embarrass, or injure the prevailing party.
(ii) The party had no reasonable basis to believe that the facts underlying that party's legal position were in fact true.
(iii) The party's legal position was devoid of arguable legal merit.
(b) "Prevailing party" means a party who wins on the entire record.
History:
Add. 1986, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986
Compiler's Notes:
Section 3 of Act 178 of 1986 provides:“(1) Sections 2925b, 5805, 5838, and 5851 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended by this amendatory act, shall not apply to causes of action arising before October 1, 1986.“(2) Sections 1483, 5838a, and 6304 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to causes of action arising on or after October 1, 1986.“(3) Sections 1629, 1653, 2169, 2591, 2912c, 2912d, 2912e, 6098, 6301, 6303, 6305, 6306, 6307, 6309, and 6311 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to cases filed on or after October 1, 1986.“(4) Sections 1651 and 6013 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended by this amendatory act, shall not apply to cases filed before October 1, 1986.“(5) Chapter 49 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to cases filed on or after January 1, 1987.“(6) Chapter 49a of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as added by this amendatory act, shall apply to cases filed in judicial circuits which are comprised of more than 1 county on or after July 1, 1990 and shall apply to cases filed in judicial circuits which are comprised of 1 county on or after October 1, 1988.”
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2601 - Bonds; Form; Defect; Amendment; New Bond.

600.2601 Bonds; form; defect; amendment; new bond.
Sec. 2601.
(1) Whenever a bond is required by law to be given by any person in order to entitle him to any right or privilege conferred by law or to commence any proceeding, it is not necessary that the bond conform in all respects to the form prescribed by the statute. It is sufficient if it substantially conforms to the form prescribed by the statute and does not vary so as to prejudice the rights of the party to whom or for whose benefit the bond is given.
(2) Whenever a bond defective in any respect has been or is given, the court, officer, or body that would be authorized to receive the bond or to entertain any proceeding in consequence of the bond if it were perfect may amend the bond in any respect upon the application of the obligors of the bond or may allow a new bond bearing the date at which the earlier bond was required to be given to be substituted in the place of the defective bond upon the application of the person required to give the bond. The new bond shall then be deemed valid from the date of the execution of the earlier bond. When application is made to amend, the court, officer, or body is not limited to the particular amendment applied for but has power to amend the bond in any respect so as to make the defective bond meet the requirements that existed at the time it was given. When a new bond is allowed, it shall be substantially the same as might have been demanded when the defective bond was given.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2605 - Stay of Proceedings Without Bond; Conditions.

600.2605 Stay of proceedings without bond; conditions.
Sec. 2605.
If the party applying for a stay of proceedings is unable to give a stay bond by reason of poverty, the judge may, upon due proof of inability for such reason, grant such stay without requiring such bond upon such conditions and for such reasonable time as the judge may determine.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2607 - Stay Pending Appeal of Judgment; Amount of Bond; Limitation; Rescission of Limitation.

600.2607 Stay pending appeal of judgment; amount of bond; limitation; rescission of limitation.
Sec. 2607.
(1) The amount of a bond issued to stay execution on a judgment while an appeal is pending shall be determined according to the applicable Michigan court rules and statutory provisions. The bond shall not exceed $25,000,000.00 regardless of the amount of the judgment. The maximum amount allowed for a bond under this subsection shall be adjusted on January 1 following the fifth year after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section and on January 1 every 5 years after that adjustment by an amount determined by the state treasurer to reflect the annual aggregate percentage change in the Detroit consumer price index since the previous adjustment. As used in this subsection, "Detroit consumer price index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the Detroit area from the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor and as certified by the state treasurer.
(2) If the appellee proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the party for whom the bond to stay execution has been limited is purposefully dissipating or diverting assets outside of the ordinary course of business for the purpose of avoiding ultimate payment of the judgment, the court shall rescind the limitation granted under subsection (1).
History:
Add. 2002, Act 265, Eff. Jan. 1, 2003
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 1 of Act 265 of 2002 provides:“Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January 1, 2003 and applies to an appeal filed on or after that date.”
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2611 - Bond Not Required of State or Municipal Corporation; Appeal.

600.2611 Bond not required of state or municipal corporation; appeal.
Sec. 2611.
In any suit or proceeding in which the state, or any state officer duly authorized for that purpose, or any corporate body in charge of any state institution, or any municipal corporation, is a party, no bond shall be required to be given by any such party as a prerequisite to the taking of an appeal, or the making of an order staying proceedings.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2615 - Bond Not Required of State or Municipal Corporation; Process.

600.2615 Bond not required of state or municipal corporation; process.
Sec. 2615.
No bond, obligation, or security may be required of the state of Michigan, or of any of its departments, institutions or subdivisions in any action instituted by or in which the state of Michigan or any of its departments, institutions or subdivisions is a party, or for the issuance of any warrant or levying of any execution on behalf of said parties.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2621 - Single Corporate Surety; Sufficiency.

600.2621 Single corporate surety; sufficiency.
Sec. 2621.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, a statute requiring a bond with 2 sureties on the bond may be satisfied by having, as surety on the bond, a single corporate surety authorized to transact such business in this state.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2625 - Oath to Sureties or Bail.

600.2625 Oath to sureties or bail.
Sec. 2625.
Whenever any officer is authorized to take any sureties or bail, he is authorized to administer an oath to every person who is offered as such bail or surety, to ascertain his sufficiency.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2641 - Change in Parties; Effect; New Bonds.

600.2641 Change in parties; effect; new bonds.
Sec. 2641.
No change in parties, made by order of court, shall impair any previous attachment of the estate of any person remaining a defendant in the action; nor impair bonds or recognizances of any person remaining a party either as against himself or his sureties; nor impair receipts to an officer for property attached; and, when parties are changed, the court may order new bonds if such new bonds are deemed necessary.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2645 - Liability of Officer if Sureties Insufficient; Recovery of Penalty by State or County.

600.2645 Liability of officer if sureties insufficient; recovery of penalty by state or county.
Sec. 2645.
(1) If on the return of an execution, duly issued upon any judgment obtained on a bond, it appears that the sureties taken therein were insufficient at the time of taking, and that the officer receiving them had reasonable ground to doubt their sufficiency, or failed to comply with the rules of the supreme court in receiving the bond, the officer is liable to the party aggrieved for the amount of the judgment recovered by him, and for his costs and expenses in such suit.
(2) If such suit was brought by the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney, an action may in like manner be brought by them, in the name of the people of this state, for the amount of the judgment so recovered. The penalty recovered shall be paid into the treasury of the county in which the bond was taken, to the credit of the general fund.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2651 - Joint Defendants; Appeal Bond; Judgment Against Sureties.

600.2651 Joint defendants; appeal bond; judgment against sureties.
Sec. 2651.
If the defendants, or any 2 or more of them, have taken any cause where they are joint defendants by appeal to any court, and have filed a bond on appeal and on the trial or hearing in the higher court, a verdict, finding, opinion or judgment is rendered for 1 or more of such defendants so appealing, the surety or sureties on such appeal bond shall not be released from his or their liability on such bond by reason of such action, but judgment may be entered against said surety or sureties as well as against the defendant or defendants held liable.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2655 - Security for Costs; Judgment Against Surety.

600.2655 Security for costs; judgment against surety.
Sec. 2655.
Whenever any person becomes security for costs for another, in any court in this state, whether such security is required by law to be given, or is required by order of the court, in case the opposite party in any such action recovers final judgment for costs against the principal, thereupon judgment or decree may immediately be entered, as well against such surety as against such principal, and execution may issue against such surety, in the same manner as if he had been himself a party to such suit.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 › Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948) › 236-1961-26 - Chapter 26 Bonds (600.2601...600.2665) › Section 600.2661 - Actions on Probate Bonds.

600.2661 Actions on probate bonds.
Sec. 2661.
All actions may be commenced in this state by order of a probate court, upon any bond required by law to be filed with such court.
History:
1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963