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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2906 (2026)
Confession of judgment.
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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961
Act 236 of 1961
600.2906 Confession of judgment.
Sec. 2906.
Judgments may be entered in any circuit court at any time, upon a plea of confession, signed by an attorney of such court, although there is no suit then pending between the parties, if the following provisions are complied with, and not otherwise:
(1) The authority for confessing such judgment shall be in some proper instrument, distinct from that containing the bond, contract or other evidence of the demand for which such judgment was confessed;
(2) Such authority shall be produced to the officer signing each judgment, and shall be filed with the clerk of the court in which the judgment shall be entered, at the time of the filing and docketing of such judgment.
History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1972–2020 · leading case: USA Jet Airlines, Inc v. Schick, 638 N.W.2d 112 (Mich. Ct. App. 2001).
USA Jet Airlines, Inc v. Schick, 638 N.W.2d 112 (Mich. Ct. App. 2001). “MCL 600.2906 provides: Judgments may be entered in any circuit court at any time, upon a plea of confession, signed by an attorney of such court, although there is no suit then pending between the parties, if the following provisions are complied with, and not otherwise: (1) The…”
D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc. of Ohio v. Frick Co., 405 U.S. 174 (1972). “§§ 42-88 and 36-236; Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 600.2906 and 493.12, Mich.”
Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Miskinis, 344 N.W.2d 788 (Mich. 1984). “MCL 600.2906; MSA 27A.2906. [23] Id., pp 185-187; Bryant v Jefferson Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n, 166 US App DC 178; 509 F2d 511 (1974).”
Bode & Grenier, LLP v. Carroll Knight, 808 F.3d 852 (D.C. Cir. 2015). “Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2906 . Confessions of Judgment may take effect, “although there is no suit then pending between the parties,” upon the filing of the Confession, “signed by [a Michigan] attorney,” with the local court.”
Barton W Morris Jr Pc v. Isaac Vanvelzen (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “BACKGROUND On May 5, 2016, Jennifer VanVelzen, also known as Jennifer McBurney, and plaintiff entered into a Retainer Fee Agreement (“First Agreement”), wherein plaintiff agreed to represent Jennifer in connection with a criminal matter and she agreed to pay fees pursuant to the…”
Barton W Morris Jr Pc v. Isaac Vanvelzen (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “But I write separately only to note that while nothing in MCL 600.2906 precludes an attorney from obtaining a confessed judgment against a client, other jurisdictions have condemned this practice as unethical in the context of an attorney-client relationship.”
Capital Partners Network OT, Inc. v. TNG Contractors, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2020). “393, 399 (2001); Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 600.2906 (West). Virginia recognizes cognovit notes by statute (see Va.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2906(1) — 2 cases
USA Jet Airlines, Inc v. Schick, 638 N.W.2d 112 (Mich. Ct. App. 2001). “MCL 600.2906 provides: Judgments may be entered in any circuit court at any time, upon a plea of confession, signed by an attorney of such court, although there is no suit then pending between the parties, if the following provisions are complied with, and not otherwise: (1) The…”
Barton W Morris Jr Pc v. Isaac Vanvelzen (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “BACKGROUND On May 5, 2016, Jennifer VanVelzen, also known as Jennifer McBurney, and plaintiff entered into a Retainer Fee Agreement (“First Agreement”), wherein plaintiff agreed to represent Jennifer in connection with a criminal matter and she agreed to pay fees pursuant to the…”
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