Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.561a (2026)

Nonresident borrowing fees.

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STATE AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT

Act 89 of 1977

397.561a Nonresident borrowing fees.

Sec. 11a.

A library may charge nonresident borrowing fees to a person residing outside of the library's service area, including a person residing within the cooperative library's service area to which that library is assigned, if the fee does not exceed the costs incurred by the library in making borrowing privileges available to nonresidents including, but not limited to, the costs, direct and indirect, of issuing a library card, facilitating the return of loaned materials, and the attendant cost of administration.

History: Add. 1984, Act 432, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1985

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2007 · leading case: Goldstone v. Bloomfield Twp. Pub. Library, 737 N.W.2d 476 (Mich. 2007).

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Goldstone v. Bloomfield Twp. Pub. Library, 737 N.W.2d 476 (Mich. 2007). · cites it 6× “[MCL 397.561a.] The Attorney General's conclusions about the focus of the constitutional convention debates match my own.”

Goldstone v. Bloomfield Twp. Pub. Library, 708 N.W.2d 740 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs contention that MCL 397.561a supports his contention that local libraries are required to provide full services upon payment of a borrowing fee is contrary to the actual language of the statutory provision.”

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