Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 50.61 (2026)

County clerk; bond; penal sum; approval.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

50.61 County clerk; bond; penal sum; approval.

Sec. 61.

As determined by the county board of commissioners, the county clerk either shall be covered by a blanket bond or shall give a bond to the people of the state, in the penal sum of $2,000.00, to be approved by the circuit judge, for the faithful discharge of the duties of the county clerk's office.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14 ;-- Am. 1853, Act 72, Eff. May 16, 1853 ;-- CL 1857, 402 ;-- CL 1871, 538 ;-- How. 571 ;-- CL 1897, 2570 ;-- CL 1915, 2431 ;-- CL 1929, 1312 ;-- CL 1948, 50.61 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 255, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 635, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979

Compiler's Notes:

This section as originally enacted was numbered section 62.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1979–1979 · leading case: Wayne Cnty. Prosecutor v. Wayne Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 286 N.W.2d 62 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979).

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Wayne Cnty. Prosecutor v. Wayne Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 286 N.W.2d 62 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979). “4 The duties of the clerk, treasurer and drain commissioner are enumerated in MCL 50.61 et seq.; MSA 5.831 et seq., MCL 48.”

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