2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - CHAPTER 83 DISTRICT COURT: JURISDICTION; POWERS (600.8301...600.8396)

REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961
Chapter 83
DISTRICT COURT: JURISDICTION; POWERS

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Section 600.8301Exclusive jurisdiction in civil actions; jurisdiction over civil infraction actions.
Section 600.8302Equitable jurisdiction and authority; injunctive order; order rescinding or reforming contract; equitable claims; judgment or order; jurisdiction and authority of district and circuit courts.
Section 600.8303Forfeiture proceedings under chapter 47.
Section 600.8304District court; jurisdiction.
Section 600.8306Power with respect to attachment and garnishment; conditions upon which relief available; compliance with rules; garnishment proceedings as auxiliary actions; fees.
Section 600.8307Actions as cause of discipline or discharge of principal defendant from employment; reinstatement; civil action.
Section 600.8308Unlawful taking or detention of goods or chattels; civil action to recover possession; power of district court, municipal court, and common pleas court; conditions; delivery before judgment.
Section 600.8311District court; criminal jurisdiction.
Section 600.8312Venue.
Section 600.8313Prosecution of violations; exception.
Section 600.8314Probation departments.
Section 600.8315Actions prohibited; exception.
Section 600.8316Marriages; authority to perform; fee.
Section 600.8317Powers of district court.
Section 600.8318Pleadings and procedures; rules.
Section 600.8319Basis and exercise of jurisdiction.
Section 600.8320Definitions; multiple district plans; assignment as district judge.
Section 600.8321Civil process; service.
Section 600.8322Bailiff of common pleas court as bailiff of thirty-sixth district court; court officer; rotation of process; surety bond; powers; bearing of arms; term; vacancy; peace officer; record of financial transactions; audit; compensation; contributions to retirement system in which bailiff member; payments to Wayne county retirement system; review of retirement fund; copies of actuarial reports.
Section 600.8323District court; witnesses, fees; payment.
Section 600.8326Service of process; schedule of fees; mileage rate.
Section 600.8331Proceedings to be recorded.
Section 600.8341Appeals on record.
Section 600.8342Appeals from district court; appeals to court of appeals from circuit court or recorder's court; appeals based on pleas of guilty or nolo contendere.
Section 600.8343Judgments of abolished courts.
Section 600.8344Disposal of documents, records, recordings, and notes; schedule; destruction of notes, tapes, and recordings; register of actions as official record; applicability of section.
Section 600.8345Causes transferred from abolished courts.
Section 600.8351Jurors; selection; compensation; failure to respond to jury duty.
Section 600.8353Civil jury; number; verdict.
Section 600.8355Criminal jury; number; verdict.
Section 600.8361Repealed. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
Section 600.8371Filing fees paid to clerk of district court; disposition; waiver or suspension; exception; filing fee for civil action; fee in trial by jury; motion filing fees.
Section 600.8372, 600.8373Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993.
Section 600.8375Assessment of costs.
Section 600.8379Fines and costs assessed in district court; payment; disposition; definitions.
Section 600.8381Fines and costs; convictions; civil infraction determinations, guilty pleas, or civil infraction admission; disposition; court filing fee report; definitions.
Section 600.8391Traffic bureau; establishment; administration; purpose; authority over personnel; location and number of offices; appeals.
Section 600.8392State civil infraction bureau.
Section 600.8395Parking violations bureau; establishment; purpose; operating expense; operation by downtown development authority; definition.
Section 600.8396Municipal ordinance violations bureau.

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