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Mich. Comp. Laws § 49.155 (2026)

Opinions of prosecuting attorney or county corporation counsel.

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Revised Statutes of 1846


R.S. of 1846


49.155 Opinions of prosecuting attorney or county corporation counsel.

Sec. 55.

    The prosecuting attorney, or county corporation counsel in a county which has employed an attorney in lieu of the prosecuting attorney to represent the county in civil matters, shall give opinions, in cases where this state, a county, or a county officer may be a party or interested, when required by a civil officer in the discharge of the officer's respective official duties relating to an interest of the state or county.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14 ;-- CL 1857, 395 ;-- CL 1871, 531 ;-- How. 553 ;-- CL 1897, 2558 ;-- CL 1915, 2407 ;-- CL 1929, 1288 ;-- CL 1948, 49.155 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 535, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978

Compiler's Notes:

    The above section as originally enacted was numbered section 56.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1954–1972 · leading case: Wayne Cnty. Prosecuting Attorney v. Wayne Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 205 N.W.2d 27 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972).
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Wayne Cnty. Prosecuting Attorney v. Wayne Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 205 N.W.2d 27 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972). “154; and fourth, the general duty to advise county officers in regard to their official duties under MCLA 49.155; MSA 5.753. It should be noted that all of these statutes were enacted prior to enactment of 1941 PA 15 , as amended.”
Ray v. Gun Plains Twp., 66 N.W.2d 95 (Mich. 1954). “” And, also, in CL 1948, § 49.155 (Stat Ann § 5.753), as follows: “The prosecuting attorneys shall give opinions, in cases where the State or county may be a party or interested, when required by any civil officers in the discharge of their respective official duties relating to…”
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