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Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.411 (2026)

Candidate for office of county commissioner; qualifications; nomination; nonrefundable filing fee; eligibility.

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APPORTIONMENT OF COUNTY BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS


Act 261 of 1966


46.411 Candidate for office of county commissioner; qualifications; nomination; nonrefundable filing fee; eligibility.

Sec. 11.

    A candidate for the office of county commissioner must be a resident and registered voter of the district that he or she seeks to represent and must remain a resident and registered voter to hold his or her office, if elected. Nominations and elections for commissioners must be by partisan elections. In order for the name of a candidate for nomination for the office of county commissioner to appear on the official primary ballot, a nominating petition or a nonrefundable filing fee of $100.00 must be filed with the county clerk. The nominating petition must have been signed by a number of qualified and registered electors residing within the district as determined under section 544f of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.544f. The deadline for filing nomination petitions or filing fees is the same as for a candidate for state representative. An individual who has been convicted of a violation of section 12a(1) of 1941 PA 370, MCL 38.412a, is not eligible to be a county commissioner for 20 years after the conviction.

    

    

History: 1966, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 137, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 504, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 158, Eff. Jan. 1, 2003 ;-- Am. 2021, Act 145, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2021

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2026 · leading case: Gallagher v. Keefe, 591 N.W.2d 297 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999).
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Gallagher v. Keefe, 591 N.W.2d 297 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 12× “§ 46.411; MSA 5.359(11), because at the time defendant became a candidate for the election, she was neither a resident nor a registered voter in the district she sought to represent.”
Okros v. Myslakowski, 241 N.W.2d 223 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 3× “MCLA 46.411; MSA 5.539(11). Therefore, the defendant’s nomination in the Democratic primary and subsequent election to office were void.”
Monroe Cnty. v. Mark Brant (Mich. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 2× “See MCL 46.411; MCL 168.24a(1). Hence, an injunction like the one requested by Brant in his complaint below—i.”
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