Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.16a (2026)

County jails; contracts for use; lockup required.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

45.16a County jails; contracts for use; lockup required.

Sec. 16a.

In lieu of providing a jail, as required in section 16, each county may contract with other counties for the use of such counties' jails. However, each county shall maintain a lockup which meets the standards established by the department of corrections by rules promulgated in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.80 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 24.101 to 24.110 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: Add. 1968, Act 93, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1968

AdminRule Notes:

R 791.701 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1980–1991 · leading case: In Re Muskegon Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 469 N.W.2d 441 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991).

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In Re Muskegon Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 469 N.W.2d 441 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 3× “MCL 45.16a; MSA 5.291(1) allows counties to meet this obligation by arranging for the housing of prisoners in other facilities: In lieu of providing a jail, as required in section 16 [MCL 45.”

City of Grand Rapids v. Kent Cnty., 292 N.W.2d 475 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). “…the county which has committed such prisoners, and not by the county where the jail is physically located. 7 But see MCL 45.16a; MSA 5.291(1).”

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