Title 600, REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Sec. 8134. (1) Unless the sixty-seventh district court and the sixty-eighth district court are consolidated under subsection (4), the sixty-seventh district consists of the county of Genesee except the city of Flint, is a district of the second class, and is divided into the foll…

Sec. 8135. The seventieth district consists of the county of Saginaw, is a district of the first class, and is divided into the following election divisions: (a) The first division consists of the cities of Saginaw and Zilwaukee and the townships of Zilwaukee, Buena Vista, Carrol…

Sec. 8136. (1) The seventy-first-a district consists of the county of Lapeer, is a district of the first class, and has 2 judges. Beginning 12 noon, January 1, 2013, the seventy-first-a district has 1 judge. (2) The seventy-first-b district consists of the county of Tuscola, is a…

Sec. 8137. The seventy-second district consists of the county of St. Clair, is a district of the first class and has 3 judges.

Sec. 8138. (1) The seventy-third-a district consists of the county of Sanilac and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge for the county of Sanilac shall serve as judge of the seventy-third-a district. (2) Until April 1, 2012, the seventy-third-b d…

Sec. 8139. The seventy-fourth district consists of the county of Bay, is a district of the first class and has 3 judges.

Sec. 8140. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the seventy-fifth district consists of the county of Midland, is a district of the first class, and has 2 judges. (2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the seventy-fifth district has 1 judge: (a) The date on whic…

Sec. 8141. The seventy-sixth district consists of the county of Isabella, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.

Sec. 8142. The seventy-seventh district consists of the counties of Mecosta and Osceola, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.

Sec. 8143. (1) Until June 30, 2022, the seventy-eighth district consists of the counties of Newaygo and Oceana, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning July 1, 2022, the seventy-eighth district consists of the counties of Newaygo and Lake, is a district of th…

Sec. 8144. (1) Until June 30, 2022, the seventy-ninth district consists of the counties of Lake and Mason, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning July 1, 2022, the seventy-ninth district consists of the counties of Mason and Oceana, is a district of the firs…

Sec. 8145. The eightieth district consists of the counties of Clare and Gladwin, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.

Sec. 8146. (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the eighty-first district consists of the counties of Alcona, Arenac, Iosco, and Oscoda, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. (2) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district…

Sec. 8147. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighty-second district consists of the county of Ogemaw, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. (2) Beginning April 1, 2012, the eighty-second district consists of the counties of Ogemaw and Roscommon, is a dist…

Sec. 8148. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighty-third district consists of the county of Roscommon, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. (2) Beginning April 1, 2012, the eighty-third district is abolished and the incumbent judge of the eighty-third d…

Sec. 8149. The eighty-fourth district consists of the counties of Wexford and Missaukee, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.

Sec. 815. The probate court shall not have terms of court. The probate court shall be open at all reasonable times as fixed by the probate judge or, in counties having more than 1 probate judge, the chief judge. The probate court may hold evening and weekend sessions.

Sec. 8150. The eighty-fifth district consists of the counties of Manistee and Benzie and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge for the county of Manistee shall serve as judge of the eighty-fifth district within Manistee county and the probate jud…

Sec. 8151. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighty-sixth district consists of the counties of Grand Traverse, Antrim, and Leelanau, is a district of the first class, and has 3 judges. (2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the eighty-sixth district has …

Sec. 8152. (1) The eighty-seventh-A district consists of the county of Otsego, is a district of the first class, and has the following number of judges: (a) Until the date determined under subdivision (b), this district has 1 judge. (b) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy oc…

Sec. 8153. (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the eighty-eighth district consists of the counties of Alpena and Montmorency, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. (2) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in …

Sec. 8154. The eighty-ninth district consists of the counties of Cheboygan and Presque Isle, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.

Sec. 8155. The ninetieth district consists of the counties of Emmet and Charlevoix, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.

Sec. 8156. Until April 1, 2012, the ninety-first district consists of the county of Chippewa, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning April 1, 2012, the ninety-first district consists of the county of Chippewa and is a district of the first class. Under secti…

Sec. 8157. The ninety-second district consists of the counties of Mackinac and Luce, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.

Sec. 8158. (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the ninety-third district consists of the counties of Schoolcraft and Alger, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. (2) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in th…

Sec. 8159. The ninety-fourth district consists of the county of Delta, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.

Sec. 816. (1) A probate judge shall hold sessions of the probate court at the county seat of each county, unless an alternative primary location is designated as provided in subsection (3), and may hold sessions of the probate court in a city of the county where sessions of the c…

Sec. 8160. (1) The ninety-fifth-a district consists of the county of Menominee, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. (2) The ninety-fifth-b district consists of the counties of Dickinson and Iron, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.

Sec. 8161. The ninety-sixth district consists of the county of Marquette, is a district of the first class and has 2 judges.

Sec. 8162. The ninety-seventh district consists of the counties of Houghton, Keweenaw and Baraga, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.

Sec. 8163. (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the ninety-eighth district consists of the counties of Ontonagon and Gogebic, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. (2) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in t…

Sec. 817. Each county shall provide all books, printed blanks and other stationery necessary for keeping the records in the office of the judge of probate, and all furniture, equipment, and supplies necessary for equipping and maintaining the office.

Sec. 8171. The supreme court may make recommendations to the legislature in regard to changes in the number of judges, the creation, alteration and discontinuance of districts based on changes in judicial activity.

Sec. 8175. (1) The additional district judgeships permitted by this chapter shall not be authorized to be filled by election unless each district control unit of the district, by resolution adopted by the governing body of the district control unit, approves the creation of that …

Sec. 8176. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a new district is proposed by law, that new district is not created and any district judgeship proposed for the district is not authorized or filled by election unless each district control unit in the proposed distr…

Sec. 8177. (1) If it is proposed by law to consolidate a district of the third class into or with a district of the second class, that consolidation shall not take effect unless each district control unit in the district of the second class, and each district control unit in the …

Sec. 8178. (1) If it is proposed by law to consolidate 2 or more districts and 1 or all of the district control units fail, not less than 180 days before the next general election, to adopt a resolution approving the consolidation as provided in section 8177, then any 1 of the di…

Sec. 8180. (1) Because the city of Jackson on April 2, 1985 and the county of Jackson on March 28, 1985 have approved the consolidation of the twelfth and thirteenth districts by resolutions adopted by their respective governing bodies, and because the city of Jackson and the cou…

Sec. 8181. Each district court shall keep a record of its proceedings in accordance with rules prescribed by the supreme court and make such reports as the court administrator shall require from time to time.

Sec. 8201. A candidate for and a judge of the district court shall be licensed to practice law in this state and shall be a registered elector of the district and election division in which he seeks and holds office. Except in any district or election division in which there is a…

Sec. 8202. (1) A district judge must receive an annual salary payable by this state as calculated under this section. (2) In addition to the salary received from this state under subsection (1), a district judge may receive from a district funding unit in which the judge regularl…

Sec. 8203. Upon taking office, a district judge shall not engage in the practice of law other than as a judge.

Sec. 8204. Judges of the district court shall be nominated and elected on nonpartisan judicial ballots in the manner provided by law.

Sec. 821. (1) Except for the probate judge in Keweenaw County who is not a judge of the first probate district described in section 807, probate judges shall not engage in the practice of law other than as a judge and must receive an annual salary as calculated under this section…

Sec. 8212. The chief judge of any district upon the request of the chief judge of an adjoining district may direct a district judge within the district to serve temporarily as a district judge in the adjoining district from which the request was made.