Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.14 (2026)

Counties bordering on Lake Superior; common jurisdiction.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

45.14 Counties bordering on Lake Superior; common jurisdiction.

Sec. 14.

The county of Chippewa, and such other counties as may hereafter be organized upon the shore of Lake Superior, shall have jurisdiction, in common, of all offences committed on that part of Lake Superior which lies within the limits of this state, and such offences may be heard and tried in either of such counties in which legal process against the offender shall be first issued, in like manner and to the same effect as if the offence had been committed in any part of either of said counties.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 13 ;-- CL 1857, 313 ;-- CL 1871, 444 ;-- How. 450 ;-- CL 1897, 2452 ;-- CL 1915, 2250 ;-- CL 1929, 1108 ;-- CL 1948, 45.14

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1980–1988 · leading case: Theophelis v. Lansing Gen. Hosp., 424 N.W.2d 478 (Mich. 1988).

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Theophelis v. Lansing Gen. Hosp., 424 N.W.2d 478 (Mich. 1988). “01, p 1; §45.14, p 70 (“Certainly a legislature is not compelled by any superior force to obey dictionary definitions or the rules of grammar”); § 46.”

Dep't of Nat. Resources v. Bjork, 288 N.W.2d 461 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). “MCL 45.14, 300.14; MSA 5.290, 13.1224. We reject defendants’ argument that their authority to fish came from an order of the Delta County Circuit Court and that, therefore, jurisdiction lay only in that county.”

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