Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.761 (2026)

Residential property and small claims division; creation; composition; duties of hearing officers and referees; authority to contract with other persons or referees; consideration of proposed decision.

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TAX TRIBUNAL ACT

Act 186 of 1973

205.761 Residential property and small claims division; creation; composition; duties of hearing officers and referees; authority to contract with other persons or referees; consideration of proposed decision.

Sec. 61.

(1) A residential property and small claims division of the tribunal is created and consists of 1 or more members of the tribunal appointed and serving pursuant to this act and those hearing officers and referees appointed by the tribunal who shall hear and decide proceedings before the residential property and small claims division.

(2) The tribunal may contract with qualified persons other than tribunal employees to act as referees to hear and decide proceedings before the residential property and small claims division.

(3) In matters before the residential property and small claims division, a proposed decision of a hearing officer or referee shall be considered and decided by 1 or more members of the tribunal.

History: 1973, Act 186, Eff. July 1, 1974 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 365, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1976 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 172, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1992 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 126, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2008

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1979–2024 · leading case: Granader v. Southfield Twp., 377 N.W.2d 893 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985).

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Granader v. Southfield Twp., 377 N.W.2d 893 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). “” MCL 205.761; MSA 7.650(61) (emphasis added).”

Gannon v. Cohoctah Twp., 285 N.W.2d 323 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979). “An examination of the statutory sections providing for the small claims division, MCL 205.761 et seq.; MSA. 7.650(61) et seq.”

Shapiro Bag Co. v. City of Grand Rapids, 552 N.W.2d 185 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). “650(26), MCL 205.761; MSA 7.650(61). *564 Under the amended statute, a rehearing is allowed only “by leave of the tribunal.”

Betty D Mercer v. Muskegon Twp. (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “The statutes addressing proceedings in relation to residential property and the MTT’s Small Claims Division, MCL 205.761 et seq., provide no insight regarding the manner or form of notices.”

New Covert Generating Co. LLC v. Twp. of Covert (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). “Chapter 6 of the TTA concerns the residential property and small claims division of the MTT, see MCL 205.761, which are not at issue here.”

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