Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.35 (2026)

Salary; assistants; service on commissions.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

14.35 Salary; assistants; service on commissions.

Sec. 35.

The attorney general shall receive such annual salary as shall be provided by law, and his actual necessary expenses. In addition to a deputy provided by law, the attorney general may appoint such assistant attorneys general as he may deem necessary, and who when appointed to such office shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office. Any such assistant attorney general may, when designated thereto by his principal, serve in the place of the attorney general as a member of the public debt commission created by Act No. 13, Public Acts of 1932, Extra Session, and on any other board or commission of which the attorney general is now or may hereafter be an ex officio member, appear for the state in any suit or action before any court or administrative body, or before any grand jury, with the same powers and duties and in like cases as the attorney general, but shall at all times be subject to the orders and directions of the attorney general. Such assistants shall hold office at the pleasure of the attorney general.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 12 ;-- Am. 1847, Act 105, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1847 ;-- CL 1857, 187 ;-- CL 1871, 262 ;-- How. 293 ;-- CL 1897, 111 ;-- CL 1915, 139 ;-- Am. 1921, Act 394, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 183 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 248, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 14.35 ;-- Am. 1948, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 2, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 1948

Compiler's Notes:

Act 13 of 1932, 1st Ex. Sess., referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 202 of 1943.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1960–2015 · leading case: Shirvell v. Dep't of Attorney Gen., 308 Mich. App. 702 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).

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Shirvell v. Dep't of Attorney Gen., 308 Mich. App. 702 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “Critically, in this case, unlike the employee in Rankin, Shirvell’s position as an assistant attorney general required him to make public appearances in court as a representative for all the state’s citizens.”

Detroit Edison Co. v. Corp. & Sec. Comm'n, 105 N.W.2d 110 (Mich. 1960). · cites it 4× “" The attorney general's right to designate assistant attorneys general to sit on administrative boards has been granted by CLS 1956, § 14.35 (Stat Ann 1952 Rev § 3.188), which provides as follows: "In addition to a deputy provided by law, the attorney general may appoint such…”

People v. Freed, 242 N.W.2d 551 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “We note that MCLA 14.35; MSA 3.188 provides that an assistant attorney general may: " * * * appear for the state in any suit or action before any court or administrative body * * * with the same powers and duties and in like cases as the attorney general, but shall at all times…”

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