2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.303 Judges; terms; oath of office.

REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961


600.303 Judges; terms; oath of office.

Sec. 303.

(1) Judges of the court of appeals shall be elected at the general November elections and shall take office on the succeeding January 1 in accordance with the constitution and election laws of the state.

(2) Judges of the first court of appeals shall be elected in the general November election of 1964.

(3) In the general November election of 1964, the 3 candidates for the office of judge of the court of appeals in each district receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected. Of these candidates elected, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be elected for a 10-year term, the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes cast shall be elected for an 8-year term and the candidate receiving the third highest number of votes shall be elected for a 6-year term. Thereafter in each general November election in which judges are to be elected for a 6-year term, the office shall be filled under the general election laws of this state.

(4) Judges of the court of appeals shall take and subscribe the oath of office required by the constitution before entering upon the discharge of their duties.


History: Add. 1964, Act 281, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1964



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