2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8425 Limitation on claim or recovery; amendment increasing amount claimed.

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


600.8425 Limitation on claim or recovery; amendment increasing amount claimed.

Sec. 8425.

(1) A person having a claim in excess of the applicable jurisdictional amount as prescribed by section 8401 may institute an action in the small claims division but may not claim or recover more than the jurisdictional amount.

(2) If an action properly commenced in the small claims division is removed to the district court or to any other court pursuant to section 8408 or 8423, either party may amend his or her own pleadings to increase the amount claimed upon payment of any difference in the applicable filing fee.


History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 496, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985



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