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Mich. Comp. Laws § 52.212 (2026)

County medical examiner and deputies; testimony, expenses.

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COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS


Act 181 of 1953


52.212 County medical examiner and deputies; testimony, expenses.

Sec. 12.

    Any and all medical examiners or their deputies may be required to testify in behalf of the state in any matter arising as the result of any investigation required under this act, and shall testify in behalf of the state and shall receive such actual and necessary expenses as the court shall allow.

History: 1953, Act 181, Eff. Jan. 1, 1954 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 92, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1989–2019 · leading case: Maiden v. Rozwood, 597 N.W.2d 817 (Mich. 1999).
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Maiden v. Rozwood, 597 N.W.2d 817 (Mich. 1999). · cites it 2× “" MCL 52.212; MSA 5.953(12) (emphasis added).”
Swickard v. Wayne Cnty. Med. Exam'r, 475 N.W.2d 304 (Mich. 1991). · cites it 2× “The act further provides that a medical examiner "shall keep a record of all views of bodies found dead, together with their view and autopsy reports," MCL 52.”
Est. of Green v. St Clair Cnty. Road Comm'n, 438 N.W.2d 630 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). “15(2881), and a provision in the county medical examiners act regarding testimony of medical examiners, MCL 52.212; MSA 5.953(12), in support of the contention that evidence regarding Mr.”
Otero v. Warnick, 614 N.W.2d 177 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). “’’ MCL 52.212; MSA 5.953(12) (emphasis added).”
People of Michigan v. Ronald Anthony Dimambro Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “While it is true that “[a]ny and all medical examiners or their deputies may be required to testify in behalf of the state in any matter arising as the result of any investigation required under this act,” MCL 52.212 (emphasis added), the medical examiner’s duty is broader than…”
People of Michigan v. Ronald Anthony Dimambro Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “Under MCL 52.212, “[a]ny and all medical examiners or their deputies may be required to testify in behalf of the state in any matter arising as the result of any investigation required under this act, and shall testify in behalf of the state and shall receive such actual and…”
Theresa M Heller v. Joyce L Dejong Do (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “207 (requiring a medical examiner to conduct an investigation upon written request of the attorney general); MCL 52.212 (requiring a medical examiner to testify on “behalf of the state in any matter arising as the result of any investigation required under this act”), but we…”
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