Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2455 (2026)

Taxation of costs in circuit court, district court, and municipal courts of record; notice.

✓ current as of July 2026

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Act 236 of 1961

600.2455 Taxation of costs in circuit court, district court, and municipal courts of record; notice.

Sec. 2455.

Costs in the circuit court, in the district court, and in municipal courts of record having civil jurisdiction, may be taxed by any of the judges or clerks of the courts and upon notice and proceedings as shall be provided by the rules of the supreme court.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1989–2023 · leading case: Persichini v. William Beaumont Hosp., 607 N.W.2d 100 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000).

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Persichini v. William Beaumont Hosp., 607 N.W.2d 100 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 4× “[MCL 600.2455; MSA 27A.2455.] We conclude, however, that these statutes apply only to fee-shifting rules that actualize a substantive policy, such as a statute that permits a prevailing party in certain classes of litigation to recover fees.”

People v. Michael Jones, 451 N.W.2d 525 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “We are not persuaded by the prosecution’s argument that the trial court’s authority to impose costs as part of the defendant’s sentence may be found in § 2455 of the Revised Judicature Act, MCL 600.2455; MSA 27A.2455, which provides: Costs in the circuit court, in the district…”

20231207_C359082_69_359082.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “Because the trial court has the authority to tax costs incurred in its court, see MCL 600.2455, it had the authority to tax the expenses that -18- Lamar incurred in connection with its letter of credit as a cost under MCL 600.”

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