Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2116

Laws, bylaws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances of city, village, or township as evidence.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Act 236 of 1961

600.2116 Laws, bylaws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances of city, village, or township as evidence.

Sec. 2116.

All laws, bylaws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances of the common council or of the board of trustees of an incorporated city or village or the township board of a township in this state may be read in evidence in all courts and in all proceedings before any officer, body, or board in which it is necessary to refer thereto, from a record thereof, kept by the clerk or recorder of the city, village, or township; or from a printed copy thereof, purporting to have been published by authority of the common council, board of trustees, or township board, in a newspaper published in such city, village, or township; or from any volume of ordinances, codification, or compilation of ordinances purporting to have been printed by authority of the common council or board of trustees of such city, village, or township; and the record, certified copy, volume, codification, or compilation shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and validity of such laws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances, without proof of the enactment, publishing, or any other thing concerning the same.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 140, Imd. Eff. Nov. 13, 1973

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1975–1994 · leading case: Stafford's Restaurant of Bloomfield, Inc. v. West Bloomfield Township Board

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Stafford's Restaurant of Bloomfield, Inc. v. West Bloomfield Township Board (1978) michctapp · cites it 6× “Since the township has failed to publish as required by law, we hold it has failed to establish a prima facie case of the existence and validity of the resolution. The failure to publish renders the resolution ineffective.”

People v. Simpson (1994) michctapp “MCL 600.2116; MSA 27A.2116; MRE 202; see Zawicky v Flint Trolley Coach Co, Inc, 288 Mich 655, 658 ; 286 NW 115 (1939).”

Magee v. City of Detroit (1994) michctapp “…resolutions, or regulations. All these, things must be proved, although the proof can be essentially ex parte. See MCL 600.2116; MSA 27A.2116.”

Shelby Township v. Bloomstrand (1975) michctapp “MCLA 600.2116; MSA 27A.2116; GCR 1963, 112.”

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