Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.943 (2026)

Recorder's court; jurisdiction; circuit courts, jurisdiction.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW

Act 116 of 1954

168.943 Recorder's court; jurisdiction; circuit courts, jurisdiction.

Sec. 943.

The recorder's court in the city of Detroit shall have cognizance and jurisdiction of all offenses under this act committed within the limits of said city, and the offender may in all cases be there proceeded against by information, as provided by the charter of said city or any other statute applicable thereto. In all other cases, the circuit court for the proper county shall have cognizance of such offenses committed within the county, and in cases where the punishment is by such fine or such imprisonment, 1 or both, as the justice's court may impose. The proper justice's court shall have cognizance and jurisdiction thereof.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2004–2006 · leading case: Deleeuw v. Bd. of State Canvassers, 688 N.W.2d 847 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004).

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Deleeuw v. Bd. of State Canvassers, 688 N.W.2d 847 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “31 (requiring the Secretary of State to report election fraud to the Attorney General or prosecutor) and MCL 168.943 (conferring on circuit courts jurisdiction over offenses committed under the act).”

Michigan Civil Rights Initiative v. Bd. of State Canvassers, 708 N.W.2d 139 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). “Rather, the challenge alleged various violations of election law, a subject that is not within the scope of the board’s review.”

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