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Chapter 691
- JUDICIARY
Act 122 of 1925 ‑ Repealed- RESIGNATION OR RETIREMENT OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES (691.2 - 691.2)
Act 27 of 1929 ‑ Repealed- RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE (691.21 - 691.21)
Act 87 of 1945 ‑ Repealed- ABOLISHING DEFENSE OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION (691.141 - 691.141)
Act 127 of 1945 ‑ Repealed- ABOLISHING DEFENSE OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION (691.151 - 691.152)
Act 104 of 1925 ‑ Repealed- ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF CIRCUIT JUDGE (691.211 - 691.213)
Act 313 of 1927 ‑ Repealed- SPECIAL TERMS OF CIRCUIT COURTS (691.231 - 691.233)
Act 125 of 1895 ‑ Repealed- TERMS OF COURT; INGHAM COUNTY (691.248 - 691.252)
Act 272 of 1905 ‑ Repealed- TERMS OF COURT; CALHOUN COUNTY (691.261 - 691.266)
Act 91 of 1929 ‑ Repealed- RESIGNATION OR RETIREMENT OF CIRCUIT JUDGE (691.271 - 691.272)
Act 224 of 1921 ‑ Repealed- CIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONER; ADDITIONAL SALARY (691.281 - 691.281)
Act 26 of 1895 ‑ Repealed- SELECTION OF JURORS IN UPPER PENINSULA (691.411 - 691.416)
Act 67 of 1869 ‑ Repealed- CHARGE OR INSTRUCTION TO JURY (691.431 - 691.434)
Act 204 of 1893 ‑ Repealed- BOARD OF JURY COMMISSIONERS; WAYNE COUNTY (691.441 - 691.466)
Act 161 of 1959 ‑ Repealed- PUBLIC SECURITIES VALIDATION ACT (691.481 - 691.492)
Act 315 of 1927 ‑ Repealed- ACTIONS BY AND AGAINST COMMON CARRIERS (691.521 - 691.524)
Act 233 of 1911 ‑ Repealed- JOINT TORT-FEASORS IN LIBEL CASES (691.571 - 691.571)
Act 280 of 1905 ‑ Repealed- MARRIAGE AS BAR TO ACTION FOR DAMAGES (691.591 - 691.591)
Act 255 of 1929 ‑ Repealed- PROCESS AGAINST DOMESTIC INSURANCE COMPANY (691.601 - 691.601)
Act 294 of 1929 ‑ Repealed- PUBLICATION OF NOTICES IN NEWSPAPER (691.611 - 691.612)
R.S. of 1846 ‑ Repealed- Revised Statutes of 1846 (691.626 - 691.626)
Act 179 of 1921 ‑ Repealed- UNIFORM FOREIGN DEPOSITIONS ACT (691.631 - 691.633)
Act 178 of 1921 ‑ Repealed- UNIFORM PROOF OF STATUTES ACT (691.641 - 691.643)
Act 7 of 1941 ‑ Repealed- STATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL, AND MUNICIPAL COURT RECORDS (691.661 - 691.662)
Act 18 of 1941 ‑ Repealed- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF PARTIES (691.671 - 691.671)
Act 217 of 1915 ‑ Repealed- JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING VERDICT (691.691 - 691.693)
Act 73 of 1927 ‑ Repealed- JUDGMENT AFTER DISAGREEMENT OF JURY (691.701 - 691.701)
Act 106 of 1935 ‑ Repealed- INSTALLMENT PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS (691.711 - 691.721)
Act 13 of 1937 ‑ Repealed- FILING SECURITY FOR DAMAGES OR COSTS BY UNITED STATES (691.751 - 691.751)
Act 212 of 1929 ‑ Repealed- CASH OR SECURITIES IN LIEU OF BAIL OR BOND (691.771 - 691.776)
Act 31 of 1937 ‑ Repealed- GARNISHMENT; MILK OR CREAM PRODUCERS (691.781 - 691.781)
R.S. of 1846 ‑ Repealed- Revised Statutes of 1846 (691.830 - 691.843)
Act 151 of 1919 ‑ Repealed- SALARIES OF CLERKS IN JUSTICE COURTS (691.881 - 691.883)
Act 309 of 1945 ‑ Repealed- ASSIGNMENTS OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (691.901 - 691.911)
Act 304 of 1949 ‑ Repealed- ADMISSION IN EVIDENCE OF PHOTOSTATIC BUSINESS RECORDS (691.921 - 691.921)
Act 116 of 1956 ‑ Repealed- REPRODUCTION OF FILED OR RECORDED DOCUMENTS (691.931 - 691.934)
Act 130 of 1957 ‑ Repealed- ADDITIONAL PLACE FOR HOLDING CIRCUIT COURT; ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (691.951 - 691.952)
Act 227 of 1963 ‑ EMERGENCY INTERIM JUDICIAL SUCCESSION ACT (691.971 - 691.977)
Section 691.973 ‑ Judges; unavailability; special emergency judges, designations, duration of service.
Section 691.975 ‑ Special emergency judges; powers and duties; termination of authority by legislature.
Section 691.991 ‑ Building construction or design; certain provisions for indemnification void; contractor defined; "public entity" defined; application of MCL 691.1401 to 691.1419.
Act 104 of 1962 ‑ Repealed- BOARD OF JURY COMMISSIONERS (691.1001 - 691.1023)
Act 247 of 1963 ‑ PUBLICATION OF NOTICES IN NEWSPAPERS (691.1051 - 691.1051)
Section 691.1051 ‑ Newspaper; definition; publication of notices; duties of newspaper operator.
Section 691.1102 ‑ Register of deeds; reproductions; duplication; storage; display.
Section 691.1111 ‑ Recording, copying, recopying, or replacing filed or recorded documents.
Section 691.1113 ‑ Public records; correction, alteration and indorsement; procedure.
Act 20 of 2008 ‑ UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (691.1131 - 691.1143)
Section 691.1134 ‑ Foreign-country judgment; recognition by court; burden for establishing ground for nonrecognition.
Section 691.1135 ‑ Lack of personal jurisdiction; refusal of recognition prohibited; conditions; bases.
Section 691.1136 ‑ Recognition of foreign-country judgment; raising action as original matter; raising action by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.
Section 691.1139 ‑ Recognition of foreign-country judgment; commencement of action.
Section 691.1140 ‑ Applicability and construction of act; promotion of uniformity of law.
Section 691.1141 ‑ Recognition of foreign-country judgment under principles of comity.
Act 191 of 1967 ‑ Repealed- UNIFORM FOREIGN MONEY-JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (691.1151 - 691.1159)
Act 502 of 1996 ‑ UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS ACT (691.1171 - 691.1179)
Section 691.1174 ‑ Foreign judgment; filing; affidavit; fee; notice of filing; enforcement.
Act 330 of 2000 ‑ Repealed- STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT PROTECTION ACT (691.1191 - 691.1197)
Act 127 of 1970 ‑ Repealed- THOMAS J. ANDERSON, GORDON ROCKWELL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1970 (691.1201 - 691.1207)
Act 296 of 2006 ‑ REVISED STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT PROTECTION ACT (691.1301 - 691.1310)
Section 691.1303 ‑ Separate disclosure statement to be provided by transferee; type; contents.
Section 691.1304 ‑ Transfer of structured settlement payment rights; final court order; approval; basis; findings.
Section 691.1306 ‑ Transfer of structured settlement payment rights; application for approval; court jurisdiction; notice of proposed transfer.
Section 691.1307 ‑ Waiver prohibited; scope and effect of act; failure to comply with act.
Section 691.1339 ‑ Disqualification of collaborative lawyer in associated law firm.
Section 691.1343 ‑ Standards of professional responsibility and mandatory reporting not affected.
Section 691.1347 ‑ Privilege against disclosure for collaborative law communication; admissibility; discovery.
Act 170 of 1964 ‑ GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE (691.1401 - 691.1419)***** 691.1419 THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO NONECONOMIC DAMAGES MADE UNDER SECTION 17: See subsection (7) *****
Section 691.1402 ‑ Repairing and maintaining highways; damages for bodily injury or damage to property; liability, procedure, and remedy as to county roads; judgment against state; payment of judgment; liability of municipal corporation; effect of contractual undertaking to perform work on state trunk line highway; limitations on duties of governmental agency; limitation.
Section 691.1402a ‑ Municipal corporation; maintenance of sidewalk; liability; presumption; additional defense; limitation.
Section 691.1405 ‑ Government owned vehicles; liability for negligent operation.
Section 691.1406 ‑ Public buildings; dangerous condition; liability; notice, contents, service.
Section 691.1407 ‑ Immunity from tort liability; intentional torts; immunity of judge, legislator, official, and guardian ad litem; immunity of governmental agency under MISS DIG underground facility damage prevention and safety act; definitions.
Section 691.1407c ‑ Donated fire control or rescue equipment; liability; testing, repair, or maintenance; rights of employee or volunteer under MCL 418.101 to 418.941; "organized fire department" defined.
Section 691.1408 ‑ Claim or civil action against officer or employee of governmental agency for injuries caused by negligence; services of attorney; payment of claim; judgment for damages; indemnification; payment or settlement of judgment; criminal action against officer or employee of governmental agency; services of attorney; reimbursement for legal expenses; liability on governmental agency not imposed.
Section 691.1410 ‑ Claims against state, political subdivision, or municipal corporation; procedure.
Section 691.1417 ‑ Damages or physical injuries caused by sewage disposal system event; compliance of claimant and governmental agency with relief provisions.
Section 691.1418 ‑ Economic damages; grounds for noneconomic damages; available defenses.
Act 236 of 2020 ‑ Repealed- COVID-19 RESPONSE AND REOPENING LIABILITY ASSURANCE ACT (691.1451 - 691.1460)
Act 240 of 2020 ‑ PANDEMIC HEALTH CARE IMMUNITY ACT (691.1471 - 691.1477)***** Act 240 of 2020 This act applies retroactively on or after March 29, 2020 and before July 14, 2020: See 691.1477 *****
Section 691.1475 ‑ Health care provider or health care facility; immunity for health care services in response to COVID-19 pandemic.
Section 691.1476 ‑ Inapplicable to claims under the worker's disability compensation act of 1969.
Act 17 of 1963 ‑ LIABILITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS FOR EMERGENCY CARE (691.1501 - 691.1507)
Section 691.1501 ‑ Physician, physician's assistant, nurse, or EMS provider rendering emergency care; determining fitness to engage in competitive sports; liability for acts or omissions; definitions.
Section 691.1502 ‑ Emergency care; exemption from civil liability; exception; staffing hospital emergency facilities.
Section 691.1504 ‑ Rendering of cardiopulmonary resuscitation; applicability of subsection (1) to civil actions; use of automated external defibrillator; applicability of subsections (3) and (4).
Section 691.1507 ‑ Member of national ski patrol system rendering emergency care; liability for acts or omissions.
Act 174 of 1967 ‑ Repealed- BLOOD BANKING AND TRANSFUSION PROCEDURES (691.1511 - 691.1512)
Act 448 of 1978 ‑ IMMUNITY OF RESTAURANT OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES (691.1521 - 691.1522)
Section 691.1522 ‑ Removal of food lodged in throat; liability of employee or owner of restaurant.
Act 339 of 1982 ‑ Repealed- IMMUNITY OF FOOD DONORS FROM CIVIL LIABILITY (691.1531 - 691.1536)
Section 691.1542 ‑ Sport shooting ranges; civil liability or criminal prosecution; state rules or regulations.
Section 691.1554 ‑ Community dispute resolution fund; creation; purpose; administration.
Section 691.1560 ‑ Selection of grant recipients; contents of grant applications submitted for funding; allocations; matching amount; “civil filing fee fund” defined.
Section 691.1561 ‑ Fiscal affairs of grant recipient; inspection, examination, and audit.
Section 691.1562 ‑ Providing statistical data annually to state court administrator; annual report.
Act 136 of 1993 ‑ IMMUNITY OF FOOD DONORS FROM CIVIL LIABILITY (691.1571 - 691.1574)
Section 691.1572 ‑ Perishable or prepared food donations to nonprofit corporation or charitable organizations; civil liability; exceptions to immunity.
Section 691.1573 ‑ Inspection of food by nonprofit or charitable organization; civil liability; exceptions to immunity.
Section 691.1584 ‑ Slip, trip, stumble, or fall caused from bowler's bowling shoes; liability.
Section 691.1585 ‑ Applicability of act to actions accruing on or after January 1, 2012.
Section 691.1605 ‑ Action against participant in illegal marketing of controlled substances; person injured by individual abuser; presumption.
Section 691.1606 ‑ Action against participant in illegal marketing of controlled substance; recovery of damages by individual abuser; conditions.
Section 691.1607 ‑ Action against participant in illegal marketing of market area controlled substance; person injured by individual abuser; burden of proof; presumption.
Section 691.1608 ‑ Proof of participation in illegal marketing of market area controlled substance; “market area” explained.
Section 691.1609 ‑ Participation in illegal marketing of controlled substance; presumptions.
Section 691.1610 ‑ Recovery of damages, attorney fees, and costs; payment by third party.
Section 691.1611 ‑ Writ of attachment; affidavit; hearing; eligibility to exempt property; judgment not subject to discharge under bankruptcy law; use of seized asset to satisfy judgment.
Section 691.1613 ‑ Representation by prosecuting attorney; stay of action; actions against law enforcement officer, agency, or certain persons prohibited.
Section 691.1619 ‑ Effective date; applicability of act to action arising on and after April 1, 1994; other actions not precluded.
Act 590 of 2012 ‑ SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY LIABILITY ACT (691.1631 - 691.1637)
Section 691.1635 ‑ Immunity of social services agency and its director, member, officer, employee, or agent; exception.
Section 691.1666 ‑ Notice; posting and maintenance of signs; contract; contents of notice.
Act 85 of 2022 ‑ OPIOID LIABILITY LITIGATION ACT (691.1671 - 691.1673)
Section 691.1673 ‑ Prohibition on civil actions related to certain opioid settlements.
Section 691.1694 ‑ Immunity of arbitrator; competency to testify; attorney fees and costs.
Section 691.1710 ‑ Relationship to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
Act 343 of 2016 ‑ WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT COMPENSATION ACT (691.1751 - 691.1757)
Section 691.1753 ‑ Wrongful conviction and imprisonment; action for compensation against state.
Section 691.1754 ‑ Complaint; documentation; verification by plaintiff; service; notice to victim of assaultive crime or serious misdemeanor; discovery.
Section 691.1755 ‑ Judgment in plaintiff's favor; findings; award of compensation; payments; evidence in civil action; acceptance; compromise or settlement of claim; writing; offset; award as subject to income taxes; payment of child support owed by plaintiff; collection of debt by state or local government; setoff or reimbursement for damages; order.
Act 38 of 2023 ‑ EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER ACT (691.1801 - 691.1821)
Section 691.1805 ‑ Action for extreme risk protection order; filing; complaint requirements; confidentiality of petitioner; jurisdiction.
Section 691.1806 ‑ Expedited hearing for extreme risk protection order; notice; change of venue; use of video conferencing technology.
Section 691.1807 ‑ Issuance of extreme risk protection order; determination; preponderance of evidence; considerations; notice exception; hearing requirement; emergency extreme risk protection order; modification or rescission of order; surrendering of firearm.
Section 691.1809 ‑ Contents of extreme risk protection order; effectiveness and enforceability.
Section 691.1810 ‑ Responsibilities of restrained individual; notification to local law enforcement for failure to comply; compliance hearing; warrants.
Section 691.1815 ‑ Duties of law enforcement agency; seizure of firearm; use of law enforcement information network; notification of Federal Bureau of Investigation; failure to reclaim firearm.
Section 691.1819 ‑ Refusal or failure to comply with extreme risk protection order; making a false statement in complaint; penalties.