Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.21b (2026)
Police officer or constable; authority to execute bench warrant.
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THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP ACT
Act 359 of 1947
42.21b Police officer or constable; authority to execute bench warrant.
Sec. 21b.
A police officer of a charter township or, if authorized by the township board, a constable of a charter township has the same authority within the charter township as a deputy sheriff to execute a bench warrant for arrest issued by a court of record or a municipal court.
History: Add. 1992, Act 45, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1992
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1996–2019 · leading case: People v. Houstina, 549 N.W.2d 11 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996).
People v. Houstina, 549 N.W.2d 11 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). “This position misses the principal-agent nature of the court officer’s activities because it is from this relationship that the court officer’s authority emanates.”
John Trendell v. Mark Hackel (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “MCL 42.21b also specifies the authority of police officers of a charter township to execute bench warrants for the arrest of individuals within the charter township: A police officer of a charter township or, if authorized by the township board, a constable of a charter township…”
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