Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4805 (2026)
Penalty; recovery.
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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961
Act 236 of 1961
600.4805 Penalty; recovery.
Sec. 4805.
(1) Unless otherwise specially provided for by law, if a penalty is incurred by any person and the act or omission for which the penalty is imposed is not also a felony, misdemeanor, or civil infraction, the penalty may be recovered in a civil action.
(2) Unless otherwise specially provided by law, any fine, cost, restitution, reimbursement, assessment, or other fee that is imposed in a criminal case or civil infraction action as authorized by law or court rule may be recovered in the same manner as a civil judgment for money in the same court.
History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 225, Imd. Eff. Dec. 10, 2010
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1993–1993 · leading case: Dir., Bureau of Workers’ Disability Comp. v. Bmc Mfg., Inc, 504 N.W.2d 695 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993).
Dir., Bureau of Workers’ Disability Comp. v. Bmc Mfg., Inc, 504 N.W.2d 695 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993). “But for this provision, MCL 600.4805; MSA 27A.4805 would bar resort to the potent means of collecting debts afforded by the civil law.”
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