Title 600, REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Sec. 741. In all civil actions where sections 705, 715, 725 or 735 constitute the basis of jurisdiction of a defendant, on such defendant's motion the court shall require the plaintiff to post a bond to such defendant with 2 or more sureties to be approved by the judge or clerk o…

Sec. 745. (1) As used in this section, "state" means any foreign nation, and any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States. (2) If the parties agreed in writing that an action on a controversy may be brought in this state and the agreeme…

Sec. 751. The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction over land situated within the state whether or not the persons owning or claiming interests therein are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state.

Sec. 755. The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction over chattels situated within the state whether or not the persons owning or claiming interests therein are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the state.

Sec. 761. The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction over documents which are within the state whether or not the persons owning or claiming interests therein are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the state.

Sec. 765. The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction (1) over the shares in a corporation incorporated in the state (subject to the limitations in the uniform stock transfer act), (2) over share certificates which are located within the territory of the state, (3)…

Sec. 7701. Any party to a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace, conceiving himself aggrieved thereby, may appeal therefrom to the circuit court for the county where the same was rendered, in the following cases: (1) Where final judgment was rendered on an issue of law join…

Sec. 771. The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction over obligations owed by persons who are subject to the judicial jurisdiction of the state whether or not the persons to whom the obligations are owed are subject to the jurisdiction of the state.

Sec. 775. The judicial jurisdiction over status granted to the courts of record of this state by the state's constitution, laws, and court rules may be exercised: (1) to the extent permitted by the constitution of the United States, except as limited by the constitution, court ru…

Sec. 801. The probate court is a court of record and is organized in accordance with this chapter.

Sec. 803. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each county that is not part of a probate court district created by law has 1 judge of probate. (2) Each probate court district created by law has 1 judge of probate. (3) The county of Sanilac has 1 judge of probate. Und…

Sec. 8031. (1) As used in this section to section 8047: (a) "Business court" means a special docket as described and organized under section 8033 and administered as provided in this section to section 8047. (b) "Business enterprise" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limi…

Sec. 8033. (1) Every circuit with not fewer than 3 circuit judges shall have a business court and shall submit a plan for the operation of the business court to the state court administrative office and the supreme court for approval. (2) A circuit other than a circuit described …

Sec. 8035. (1) A business court has jurisdiction over business and commercial disputes in which equitable or declaratory relief is sought or in which the matter otherwise meets circuit court jurisdictional requirements. (2) Venue of a suit in the business court is as provided in …

Sec. 8037. (1) Except as provided in subsection (7), a business court consists of sitting circuit judges assigned by the supreme court in a number reasonably reflecting the caseload of the business court. While sitting as a judge of a business court, a circuit judge may exercise …

Sec. 8039. (1) Whenever possible, an action commenced in a business court shall be filed by electronic communications. (2) A business court shall meet minimum standards as determined by the state court administrative office, which may include electronic filing, telephone or video…

Sec. 8041. (1) An appeal from a business court shall be to the court of appeals, as prescribed by supreme court rules. (2) The time within which an appeal as of right from a business court may be taken shall be governed by supreme court rules concerning appeals from the circuit c…

Sec. 8043. The Michigan judicial institute shall provide appropriate training for all circuit judges serving as business court judges.

Sec. 8045. The fees payable in civil actions in circuit court apply to cases in a business court, unless otherwise provided by law.

Sec. 8047. Any case that is pending on a pilot business court docket on January 1, 2013 shall remain on that pilot business court docket and assigned to the judge who was initially assigned to that case until its completion.

Sec. 805. (1) The additional judges of probate permitted by section 803 shall not be filled by election unless the county, by resolution adopted by the county board of commissioners, approves the creation of that judgeship and unless the clerk of that county files a copy of the r…

Sec. 807. A probate court district is created in each of the following described districts when a majority of the electors voting on the question in each affected county approves the probate court district. The districts shall consist as follows: (a) The first district consists o…

Sec. 808. (1) When each county board of commissioners of a district described in section 807 agrees by resolution to form a district, the question of creation of the district shall be submitted to the electors of the affected counties at the next primary, general, or special elec…

Sec. 809. (1) Except when the vacancy or vacancies occur after the date established by Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being sections 168.1 to 168.992 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for nonincumbent candidates to file for the office of probate judge for a full…

Sec. 810. Except when section 809 results in an earlier effective date, a probate court district created under section 808 becomes effective upon the beginning date of the term for which an incumbent probate judge in any county in the district no longer seeks reelection to that o…

Sec. 8101. (1) A district court is established in the state. The district court is a court of record. The state is divided into judicial districts of the district court each of which is an administrative unit subject to the superintending control of the supreme court. (2) When a …

Sec. 8102. The provisions for election divisions of a judicial district have no effect on the administration of a judicial district.

Sec. 8103. (1) A district of the first class is a district consisting of 1 or more counties and in which each county comprising the district is responsible for maintaining, financing and operating the district court within its respective county except as otherwise provided in thi…

Sec. 8104. (1) The term "district funding unit" or "district control unit" means: (a) The county in districts of the first and second class. (b) The city or the township in districts of the third class except as provided in subdivision (c). (c) The city or the incorporated villag…

Sec. 8105. The district court in the thirty-sixth district shall not function for judicial purposes until September 1, 1981.

Sec. 810a. (1) The probate judges in the counties of Arenac, Kalkaska, Crawford, Lake, Iron, and Ontonagon have the jurisdiction, powers, duties, and title of a district judge within their respective counties, in addition to the jurisdiction, powers, duties, and title of a probat…

Sec. 811. (1) Judges of probate shall be elected in the manner provided in Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended. For the office of judge of probate in a probate court district created pursuant to law, nominating petitions and incumbency affidavits of candidacy shall…

Sec. 8111. The first district consists of the county of Monroe, is a district of the first class and has 3 judges.

Sec. 8112. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the second district consists of the counties of Lenawee and Hillsdale, is a district of the first class, and is divided into the following election divisions: (a) The first division consists of the county of Lenawee and has 2 j…

Sec. 8113. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), the third district consists of the counties of St. Joseph and Branch, is a district of the first class and is divided into the following election divisions: (a) The first division consists of the county of Branch and h…

Sec. 8114. The fourth district consists of the county of Cass, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.

Sec. 8115. The fifth district consists of the county of Berrien, is a district of the first class and has 5 judges.

Sec. 8116. The seventh district consists of the county of Van Buren, is a district of the first class, and has 2 judges.

Sec. 8117. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighth district consists of the county of Kalamazoo, is a district of the first class, and has 7 judges. (2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the eighth district has 6 judges: (a) The date on which a vacancy…

Sec. 8118. The tenth district consists of the county of Calhoun and the city of Battle Creek, is a district of the first class and has 4 judges.

Sec. 8119. (1) The twelfth district consists of the county of Jackson except the city of Jackson, is a district of the second class and has 2 judges. However, due to section 8180, effective January 1, 1986, the twelfth district consists of the county of Jackson, is a district of …

Sec. 812. A judge of probate after being elected or appointed shall qualify by taking the constitutional oath of office and shall subscribe the same and file it in the office of the county clerk or, in the instance of a probate court district created pursuant to law, file it with…

Sec. 8120. (1) The fourteenth district consists of the county of Washtenaw except the city of Ann Arbor, is a district of the second class, and has 4 judges. If the township of Ypsilanti approves the formation of the fourteenth-b district and district judgeship subject to section…

Sec. 8121. (1) The sixteenth district consists of the city of Livonia, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges. (2) The seventeenth district consists of the township of Redford in the county of Wayne, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges. (3) Except as ot…

Sec. 8121a. (1) The thirty-sixth district consists of the city of Detroit, is a district of the third class, and, except as provided in subsection (2), has 30 judges. (2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the thirty-sixth district has 29 judges: (a) The date on whi…

Sec. 8122. (1) The thirty-seventh district consists of the cities of Warren and Center Line, is a district of the third class, and has 4 judges. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the thirty-eighth district consists of the city of Eastpointe, is a district of the…