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Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.2 (2026)

Michigan state police; creation; director, appointment, salary, oath of office, location of department.

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MICHIGAN STATE POLICE


Act 59 of 1935


28.2 Michigan state police; creation; director, appointment, salary, oath of office, location of department.

Sec. 2.

    There is created a department of the state government which shall be known and designated as the Michigan state police, which shall consist of a director as its executive head, and of such officers and employees as may be appointed or employed in such department. The director shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall hold office during good behavior. The salary of the director shall be such as shall be appropriated by the legislature. The director shall execute the constitutional oath of office.

History: 1935, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 28.2 ;-- Am. 1952, Act 253, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 68, Eff. Mar. 22, 1968

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1973–2025 · leading case: Fredericks v. Gen. Motors Corp., 211 N.W.2d 44 (Mich. Ct. App. 1973).
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Fredericks v. Gen. Motors Corp., 211 N.W.2d 44 (Mich. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 2× “" See, also, 2 Harper & James, The Law of Torts, § 28.2, p 1539. While the doctrine of negligent entrustment most often has been applied in the cases where the chattel supplied has been classified latently defective, or inherently dangerous, and where the party supplied is an…”
Visner v. Michigan State Police (E.D. Mich. 2020). · cites it 2× “260 ; Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.2 . The State of Michigan has not consented to civil rights suits in federal court.”
River Rouge Sch. Dist. v. River Rouge Educ. Ass'n (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “MERC’s factual findings are conclusive when they are “supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole .”
Barbara Jean Bassett v. State Court Adm'r (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “See MCL 28.2 (creating the department of the Michigan State Police); MCL 600.”
Barbara Jean Bassett v. State Court Adm'r (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “See MCL 28.2 (creating the department of the Michigan State Police); MCL 600.”
20241219_C366115_49_366115.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). “See MCL 28.2 (creating the department of the Michigan State Police).”
Clark v. Michigan State Police (E.D. Mich. 2025). “Laws § 28.2 (establishing MSP as a “department of the state government”), Clark’s ability to bring a Monell claim against MSP turns on whether one of the exceptions to Eleventh Amendment immunity applies.”
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