Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.134 (2026)

Action by attorney general; settlement and compromise of claims and accounts.

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COLLECTION DEPARTMENT

Act 375 of 1927

14.134 Action by attorney general; settlement and compromise of claims and accounts.

Sec. 4.

For the purpose of carrying out this act, the attorney general may bring actions and the collection department may settle and compromise claims and accounts and receive and issue receipts for collections and payments subject to the supervisory control of the state administrative board. A claim or account in the amount of more than $750.00 shall not be compromised or settled at a greater discount than 15%, without the approval of the state administrative board.

History: 1927, Act 375, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 194 ;-- CL 1948, 14.134 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 233, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1983

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1950–1974 · leading case: Castro v. Goemaere, 218 N.W.2d 395 (Mich. Ct. App. 1974).

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Castro v. Goemaere, 218 N.W.2d 395 (Mich. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 2× “See, also, MCLA 14.134; MSA 3.234, granting the Collection Department the power to compromise claims.”

Galperin v. Dep't of Revenue, 42 N.W.2d 823 (Mich. 1950). “Section 4 of the act (CL 1948, § 14.134 [Stat Ann § 3.234]) empowered it to settle and compromise delinquent *565 and past due claims and accounts due the State of Michigan including, inter alia, specific taxes, with the approval, in cases over a certain amount, of the State…”

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