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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961
Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)
236-1961-84 - Chapter 84 Small Claims Division (600.8401...600.8427)
- Section 600.8401 - Small Claims Division; Creation; Judge; Jurisdiction.
- Section 600.8401a - Instruction Sheets.
- Section 600.8402 - Commencement of Action; Filing, Form, and Contents of Affidavit; Notice; Name of Plaintiff; Removal; Waiver.
- Section 600.8403 - Affidavit Forms; Availability; Preparation.
- Section 600.8404 - Service of Affidavit and Notice on Defendant; Form and Contents of Notice; Evening and Saturday Court Hours.
- Section 600.8405 - Service; Manner; Proof.
- Section 600.8406 - Appearances; Copy of Affidavit and Notice of Hearing; Application for New Notice; Jurisdiction to Render Judgment; Continuance.
- Section 600.8407 - Filing of Claim in Small Claims Division; Restrictions.
- Section 600.8408 - Parties; Representation; Request for Trial Before District Court Judge; Removal; Waiver.
- Section 600.8409 - Attachment or Garnishment Prohibited; Execution; Judgment, Enforcement; Instruction Sheets.
- Section 600.8410 - Settlement; Payment of Judgment; Execution, Attachment, or Garnishment; Warning; Examination of Assets; Payment of Judgment in Full; Copy of Judgment.
- Section 600.8410a - Writ of Garnishment as to Periodic Payments Issued by Small Claims Division of District Court; Duration.
- Section 600.8411 - Removal; Waiver; Hearings; Manner of Conducting; No Jury or Verbatim Record.
- Section 600.8412 - Waiver of Rights.
- Section 600.8413 - Judgments; Conclusiveness; Form.
- Section 600.8415 - Venue of Actions.
- Section 600.8416 - Location of Small Claims Division; Filing of Claims After Regular Court Hours; Scheduling of Small Claims Hearings; Hearings After Regular Court Hours.
- Section 600.8418 - Judgments; Certification.
- Section 600.8419 - Forms and Stationery.
- Section 600.8420 - Fees; Disposition.
- Section 600.8421 - Costs to Prevailing Party.
- Section 600.8422 - Counterclaim; Continuance.
- Section 600.8423 - Separate Action by Defendant; Transmittal Fee; Transfer of Cause.
- Section 600.8424 - Actions for Fraud, Libel, Slander, Assault, Battery, or Other Intentional Torts; Governmental Agency as Party.
- Section 600.8425 - Limitation on Claim or Recovery; Amendment Increasing Amount Claimed.
- Section 600.8426 - Name in Which Defendant Sued; Validity of Judgment.
- Section 600.8427 - Conduct of Small Claims Hearing by District Court Judge or Magistrate; Appeal.
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