Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.81 (2026)

Constables; bond; filing; certified copy as evidence of contents and execution; actions against constables or sureties upon bond.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

41.81 Constables; bond; filing; certified copy as evidence of contents and execution; actions against constables or sureties upon bond.

Sec. 81.

The bond required in section 80 shall be filed in the office of the township clerk, and a copy of the bond certified by the township clerk is presumptive evidence of the contents and execution of the bond. Actions against a constable or his or her sureties upon such a bond shall be commenced within 6 years after the expiration of the year in which commenced the term of office during which the neglect, default, misfeasance, or failure occurred.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 573 ;-- CL 1871, 724 ;-- How. 763 ;-- CL 1897, 2365 ;-- CL 1915, 2145 ;-- CL 1929, 1021 ;-- CL 1948, 41.81 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1971–1971 · leading case: Kambas v. St. Joseph's Mercy Hosp. of Detroit, 189 N.W.2d 879 (Mich. Ct. App. 1971).

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Kambas v. St. Joseph's Mercy Hosp. of Detroit, 189 N.W.2d 879 (Mich. Ct. App. 1971). · cites it 2× “[5] The source sections are CL 1948, § 41.81 (Stat Ann § 5.73), concerning actions against constables, and CL 1948, § 609.”

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