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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - CHAPTER 21 EVIDENCE (600.2101...600.2169)

REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961
Chapter 21
EVIDENCE

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Section 600.2101Cases tried without jury; objections to testimony or evidence; exclusion of testimony from record; taking of excluded testimony; return of excluded testimony to court of appeals or supreme court.
Section 600.2102Affidavit taken in other state or country; authentication.
Section 600.2103Judicial records of other states or countries; use as evidence; authentication.
Section 600.2104Judicial records of foreign countries; copies as evidence.
Section 600.2105Judicial records of foreign countries; proof by common law methods.
Section 600.2106Court order, judgment, or decree of court of record; certified copy as evidence.
Section 600.2107Public records; certified transcript as evidence.
Section 600.2108Secretary of state; certificate of nonexistence of record.
Section 600.2109Recorded conveyance and instruments; certified copies.
Section 600.2110Recorded conveyances and instruments; record in county other than situs; certified copies.
Section 600.2111Certificate of lost paper as evidence of loss.
Section 600.2112Certificates of justices of the peace of other states as evidence.
Section 600.2113Constitution, laws, and resolutions; official publication as evidence.
Section 600.2114Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
Section 600.2114aIssues of foreign law; notice; evidence; duties of court; review on appeal.
Section 600.2115Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
Section 600.2116Laws, bylaws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances of city, village, or township as evidence.
Section 600.2117Device by way of seal as evidence of seal.
Section 600.2118Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
Section 600.2118aForeign records and laws; evidence; copies, certification.
Section 600.2119Judgment; record of certified copy as evidence.
Section 600.2120, 600.2121Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975.
Section 600.2122Certified as evidence; United States land office records.
Section 600.2123Certified copies as evidence; records of board of control of Saint Mary's Falls ship canal.
Section 600.2124Certified copies as evidence; United States weather record.
Section 600.2125Proof of publication; notice of application to court or judicial officer.
Section 600.2126Proof of publication; notice of sale of real property.
Section 600.2127Proof of publication; presumptive evidence.
Section 600.2128Proof of publication; prima facie evidence.
Section 600.2129Proof of publication; copy of record of document; certification; court orders; seal.
Section 600.2130Schedules, classifications, tariffs, and supplements filed with regulatory commissions; copies as evidence; presumption.
Section 600.2131Written instruments; proof; acknowledgment.
Section 600.2132Marriage certificates and records as evidence.
Section 600.2133Marriage license or certificate; record as evidence.
Section 600.2134Purchase of public lands; certificates as evidence.
Section 600.2135Breed of horses; evidence.
Section 600.2136Library record, book, or paper; copy or reproduction admissible as evidence; fee; false certification; penalty.
Section 600.2137Reproduction of court records; placement in department archives; disposition or destruction of records; reproduction or copy admissible in evidence.
Section 600.2138Filed or recorded documents; copy or replacement; certification; admissibility as evidence; transcript or certified copy; filing or inserting correction, alteration, indorsement, or entry.
Section 600.2139Seal; presumptive evidence of consideration.
Section 600.2140Corporate existence; proof.
Section 600.2141Copartnership; proof.
Section 600.2142Seal; prima facie proof of lawful execution of instruments by corporations, other firms.
Section 600.2143Subscribing witness to instrument need not be called; exception.
Section 600.2144Signature or handwriting; proof.
Section 600.2145Open account or account stated; proof, counterclaim.
Section 600.2146Writing or record made in regular course of business; reproduction admissible in evidence; other circumstances; lack of entry; reproduction as evidence.
Section 600.2147Business record prepared or entered in regular course of business; reproduction as evidence; delivery of copy to adverse party.
Section 600.2148Reproduced records of business firms; disposal of original record; admissibility of reproduction in evidence; "person" defined.
Section 600.2149Loss of instrument; proof and disproof.
Section 600.2150Repealed. 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.
Section 600.2151Admission of member of corporation as evidence.
Section 600.2152Mental competency of testator; presumption.
Section 600.2153Public officers; administration of oaths for certain purposes.
Section 600.2154Witness; obligation to answer through revealing civil liability; self-incrimination.
Section 600.2155Repealed. 1984, Act 274, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985.
Section 600.2156Minister, priest, or Christian Science practitioner; nondisclosure of confessions.
Section 600.2157Physician-patient privilege; waiver.
Section 600.2157aDefinitions; consultation between victim and sexual assault or domestic violence counselor; admissibility.
Section 600.2158Crime; interest or relationship of witness, effect.
Section 600.2159Parties as witnesses; depositions; comment on failure of criminal defendant to testify.
Section 600.2160Repealed. 1967, Act 263, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
Section 600.2161Cross examination of opposite party or agent.
Section 600.2162Husband or wife as witness for or against other.
Section 600.2163Repealed. 1998, Act 323, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1998.
Section 600.2163aDefinitions; prosecutions and proceedings to which section applicable; use of dolls or mannequins; support person; notice; videorecorded statement; special arrangements to protect welfare of witness; videotape deposition; section additional to other protections or procedures; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Section 600.2164Expert witnesses; fees; contempt for excessive fees; number; application of section.
Section 600.2165Disclosure of students' records or communications by school teacher or employee.
Section 600.2166Admissibility of evidence in action by or against person incapable of testifying.
Section 600.2167Preliminary examination or grand jury proceeding; receiving technician's report in evidence; furnishing copies to attorney; notice; adjournment; testimony by technician, forensic pathologist, or medical examiner; use of video or voice communication equipment.
Section 600.2169Qualifications of expert witness in action alleging medical malpractice; determination; disqualification of expert witness; testimony on contingency fee basis as misdemeanor; limitations applicable to discovery.

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