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Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.256 (2026)
Private detectives and detective agencies; transfer of licensing and regulatory functions.
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EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION ACT OF 1965
Act 380 of 1965
16.256 Private detectives and detective agencies; transfer of licensing and regulatory functions.
Sec. 156.
All powers, duties and functions of the secretary of state under the provisions of Act No. 383 of the Public Acts of 1927, as amended, being sections 338.801 to 338.813 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, relating to private detectives and private detective agencies are transferred by a type II transfer to the department of state police.
History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
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case, 1978–1978 · leading case: Gravlin v. Dep't of State Police, 274 N.W.2d 21 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978).
Gravlin v. Dep't of State Police, 274 N.W.2d 21 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). “The licensing duties of the Secretary of State were transferred to the State Police by § 156 of the Executive Organization Act, MCL 16.256; MSA 3.29(156). (1) Is the complaint for mandamus in the Court of Appeals an appropriate remedy for plaintiff in view of the fact that MCL…”
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