Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.325 (2026)

Public servants, voidability of contracts; procedure, knowledge, limitation, reimbursement, settlements, evidences of indebtedness.

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CONTRACTS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS WITH PUBLIC ENTITIES

Act 317 of 1968

15.325 Public servants, voidability of contracts; procedure, knowledge, limitation, reimbursement, settlements, evidences of indebtedness.

Sec. 5.

(1) This act is aimed to prevent public servants from engaging in certain activities and is not intended to penalize innocent persons. Therefore, no contract shall be absolutely void by reason of this act. Contracts involving prohibited activities on the part of public servants shall be voidable only by decree of a court of proper jurisdiction in an action by the public entity, which is a party thereto, as to any person, firm, corporation or trust that entered into the contract or took any assignment thereof, with actual knowledge of the prohibited activity. In the case of the corporation, the actual knowledge must be that of a person or body finally approving the contract for the corporation. All actions to avoid any contract hereunder shall be brought within 1 year after discovery of circumstances suggesting a violation of this act. In order to meet the ends of justice any such decree shall provide for the reimbursement of any person, firm, corporation or trust for the reasonable value of all moneys, goods, materials, labor or services furnished under the contract, to the extent that the public entity has benefited thereby. This provision shall not prohibit the parties from arriving at an amicable settlement.

(2) Negotiable and nonnegotiable bonds, notes or evidences of indebtedness, whether heretofore or hereafter issued, in the hands of purchasers for value, shall not be void or voidable by reason of this act or of any previous statute, charter or rule of law.

History: 1968, Act 317, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968

Compiler's Notes:

Section 191 of Act 227 of the Public Acts of 1975 repealed MCL 4.401 to 4.410, 168.901 to 168.929, 15.321 to 15.330, 15.301 to 15.310, and 15.341 to 15.348. The Michigan Supreme Court, however, in Advisory Opinion on Constitutionality of 1975 PA 227, 396 Mich. 123, 240 N.W.2d 193 (1976), held Act 227 of the Public Acts of 1975 unconstitutional for being in violation of Mich. Const., Art. 4, § 24.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1975–2005 · leading case: Echelon Homes, LLC v. Carter Lumber Co., 694 N.W.2d 544 (Mich. 2005).

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Echelon Homes, LLC v. Carter Lumber Co., 694 N.W.2d 544 (Mich. 2005). · cites it 2× “305(1) ("with actual knowledge of such prohibited conflict"); MCL 15.325(1) ("with actual knowledge of the prohibited activity"); MCL 28.”

Vanburen Twp. v. Ackron, 234 N.W.2d 722 (Mich. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 3× “1(5), arguing that the one-year statute of limitations in MCLA 15.325; MSA 4.1700(55) had run. 1 After hearing the arguments presented by the parties’ counsels, the trial court granted the defendants’ motion for accelerated judgment.”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.325(1) — 1 case

Echelon Homes, LLC v. Carter Lumber Co., 694 N.W.2d 544 (Mich. 2005). “305(1) ("with actual knowledge of such prohibited conflict"); MCL 15.325(1) ("with actual knowledge of the prohibited activity"); MCL 28.”

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