Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1835 (2026)

Civil process; privileged persons.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Act 236 of 1961

600.1835 Civil process; privileged persons.

Sec. 1835.

(1) All persons going to, attending, or returning from, any court proceedings in any action in which their presence is needed are privileged from service of process if service could not have been made on them had they not gone to, attended, or returned from the proceedings.

(2) Any person brought into this state by or after waiver of extradition based on a criminal charge is privileged against the service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceedings which he or she is returned to answer until he or she has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or, if acquitted, until he or she has a reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he or she came.

(3) A member of the legislature shall not be privileged from civil process except on a day on which there is a scheduled meeting of the house of which he or she is a member. However, a member of the legislature shall not be privileged from civil process on a day on which there is a scheduled meeting of the house of which he or she is a member, if such process is executed by certified mail, return receipt requested.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1984

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: People of Michigan v. Stephen Louis Thiel (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).

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People of Michigan v. Stephen Louis Thiel (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 12× “]” MCL 600.1835 “provides a privilege from service of process in a civil suit under certain circumstances.”

S. v. Ghannam (E.D. Mich. 2019). · cites it 5× “Plaintiffs also correctly note that the only case defendants cite in which § 600.1835 was applied to invalidate a service attempt involved a defendant who traveled from another state to attend a state-court proceeding in Michigan.”

Moch v. Nelsen, 609 N.W.2d 848 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). “MCL 600.1835; MSA 27A.1835 provides a privilege from service of process in a civil suit under certain circumstances.”

Trevino v. Talmadge, 438 S.E.2d 489 (Va. Ct. App. 1993). “Talmadge contends that because he was in Michigan solely to testify, the March 23, 1982 service of process on him was invalid under Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 600.1835 (1) (West 1993).”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1835(1) — 2 cases

People of Michigan v. Stephen Louis Thiel (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). “]” MCL 600.1835 “provides a privilege from service of process in a civil suit under certain circumstances.”

S. v. Ghannam (E.D. Mich. 2019). “Plaintiffs also correctly note that the only case defendants cite in which § 600.1835 was applied to invalidate a service attempt involved a defendant who traveled from another state to attend a state-court proceeding in Michigan.”

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