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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - CHAPTER 84 SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION (600.8401...600.8427)

REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961
Chapter 84
SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION

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Section 600.8401Small claims division; creation; judge; jurisdiction.
Section 600.8401aInstruction sheets.
Section 600.8402Commencement of action; filing, form, and contents of affidavit; notice; name of plaintiff; removal; waiver.
Section 600.8403Affidavit forms; availability; preparation.
Section 600.8404Service of affidavit and notice on defendant; form and contents of notice; evening and Saturday court hours.
Section 600.8405Service; manner; proof.
Section 600.8406Appearances; copy of affidavit and notice of hearing; application for new notice; jurisdiction to render judgment; continuance.
Section 600.8407Filing of claim; restrictions.
Section 600.8408Parties; representation; request for trial before district court judge; removal; waiver.
Section 600.8409Attachment or garnishment prohibited; execution; judgment, enforcement; instruction sheets.
Section 600.8410Settlement; payment of judgment; execution, attachment, or garnishment; warning; examination of assets; payment of judgment in full; copy of judgment.
Section 600.8410aWrit of garnishment as to periodic payments issued by small claims division of district court; duration.
Section 600.8411Removal; waiver; hearings; manner of conducting; no jury or verbatim record.
Section 600.8412Waiver of rights.
Section 600.8413Judgments; conclusiveness; form.
Section 600.8415Venue of actions.
Section 600.8416Location of small claims division; filing of claims after regular court hours; scheduling of small claims hearings; hearings after regular court hours.
Section 600.8418Judgments; certification.
Section 600.8419Forms and stationery.
Section 600.8420Fees; disposition.
Section 600.8421Costs to prevailing party.
Section 600.8422Counterclaim; continuance.
Section 600.8423Separate action by defendant; transmittal fee; transfer of cause.
Section 600.8424Actions for fraud, libel, slander, assault, battery, or other intentional torts; governmental agency as party.
Section 600.8425Limitation on claim or recovery; amendment increasing amount claimed.
Section 600.8426Name in which defendant sued; validity of judgment.
Section 600.8427Conduct of small claims hearing by district court judge or magistrate; appeal.

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