Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 50.63 (2026)

County clerk; deputies, appointment.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

50.63 County clerk; deputies, appointment.

Sec. 63.

Each county clerk shall appoint 1 or more deputies, to be approved by the circuit judge, 1 of whom shall be designated in the appointment as the successor of such clerk in case of vacancy from any cause, and may revoke such appointment at his pleasure, which appointment and revocation shall be in writing, under his hand, and filed in the office of the county treasurer, and the deputy or deputies, may perform the duties of such clerks.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14 ;-- Am. 1850, Act 65, Imd. Eff. Mar. 5, 1850 ;-- CL 1857, 404 ;-- Am. 1861, Act 146, Eff. June 15, 1861 ;-- Am. 1871, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1871 ;-- CL 1871, 540 ;-- Am. 1875, Act 109, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875 ;-- How. 573 ;-- CL 1897, 2572 ;-- CL 1915, 2433 ;-- CL 1929, 1314 ;-- CL 1948, 50.63

Compiler's Notes:

This section as originally enacted was numbered section 64.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1955–2011 · leading case: Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. Wayne Cnty., 811 N.W.2d 4 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011).

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Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. Wayne Cnty., 811 N.W.2d 4 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “We also note the language in MCL 50.63, which provides that “[e]ach county clerk shall appoint 1 or more deputies, to be approved by the circuit judge,.”

Branch Cnty. Bd. of Comm'rs v. Int'l Union, United Auto., Aerospace & Agric. Implement Workers, 677 N.W.2d 333 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 7× “” After conducting a hearing on the complaint, and without engaging in a separate analysis of each of the relevant statutory provisions, MCL 50.63, MCL 48.37, and MCL 53.91, that delineate the powers of *192 appointment of county clerks, treasurers, and registers of deeds, the…”

Kent Cnty. Register of Deeds v. Kent Cnty. Pension Bd., 70 N.W.2d 765 (Mich. 1955). “683); CL 1948, § 50.63 (Stat Ann § 5.833). Apparently the purpose of this later statute was to provide for the appointment of additional deputies in areas where circumstances demanded it.”

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