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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.571 (2026)

Circuit court clerks; duties, accounting.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.571 Circuit court clerks; duties, accounting.

Sec. 571.

    The county clerk of each county shall

    (a) Be the clerk of the circuit court for the county.

    (b) Attend the circuit court sessions.

    (c) Appoint in counties with more than 1 circuit judge or having more than 100,000 population but less than 1,000,000 a deputy for each judge and approved by the judge to attend the court sessions. Each deputy shall receive a salary of at least $6,500.00.

    (d) On the first day of each court term render an accounting to the court of all funds, stocks or securities deposited with the court clerk pursuant to court order.

    (e) Within 10 days after the beginning of each court term pay over to the county treasurer all fees belonging to the county received during the preceding court term together with an accounting thereof.

    (f) Have the care and custody of all the records, seals, books and papers pertaining to the office of the clerk of such court, and filed or deposited therein, and shall provide such books for entering the proceedings in said court, as the judge thereof shall direct.

    (g) Perform such duties as may be prescribed by court rule. Whenever in any statute of this state, the designation "register in chancery" occurs, it shall be deemed to apply to the clerk of the circuit court.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 31, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1965 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 343, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1971–2022 · leading case: Lapeer Cnty. Clerk v. Lapeer Circuit Court, 665 N.W.2d 452 (Mich. 2003).
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Lapeer Cnty. Clerk v. Lapeer Circuit Court, 665 N.W.2d 452 (Mich. 2003). · cites it 12× “§ 600.571 provides: The county clerk of each county shall (a) Be the clerk of the circuit court for the county.”
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. Wayne Cnty., 811 N.W.2d 4 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 5× “” Const 1963, art 7, § 4. “The clerk of each county organized for judicial purposes .”
Wayne Circuit Judges v. Wayne Cnty., 190 N.W.2d 228 (Mich. 1971). · cites it 4× “MCLA § 600.571 (Stat Ann 1971 Cum Supp § 27A.”
Howard v. Bouwman, 650 N.W.2d 114 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “Plaintiffs alleged that under MCL 600.571 and MCR 8.105(B), defendant clerk had a ministerial duty to file complaints, and she breached that duty when she refused to file plain *141 tiffs’ complaint.”
In Re Lapeer Cnty. Clerk, 619 N.W.2d 45 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “For instance, MCL 600.571; MSA 27A.571 provides, among other things: The county clerk of each county shall (a) Be the clerk of the circuit court for the county.”
Seals v. Wayne, Cnty. of (E.D. Mich. 2022). · cites it 3× “The county Clerk’s statutory duties include collecting court costs and “render[ing] an accounting to the court of all funds,” Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.571 , one of the duties delegated to Mr.”
Barbara Jean Bassett v. Wayne Cnty. (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “There is no question that defendant Wayne County, when carrying out its county clerk’s office duties, was performing a governmental function mandated by statute and that it therefore is entitled to governmental immunity. The trial court correctly granted summary disposition in…”
Barbara Jean Bassett v. Wayne Cnty. (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “There is no question that defendant Wayne County, when carrying out its county clerk’s office duties, was performing a governmental function mandated by statute and that it therefore is entitled to governmental immunity. The trial court correctly granted summary disposition in…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.571(a) — 1 case
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. Wayne Cnty., 811 N.W.2d 4 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011). “” Const 1963, art 7, § 4. “The clerk of each county organized for judicial purposes .”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.571(c) — 1 case
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. Wayne Cnty., 811 N.W.2d 4 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011). “” Const 1963, art 7, § 4. “The clerk of each county organized for judicial purposes .”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.571(f) — 2 cases
Lapeer Cnty. Clerk v. Lapeer Circuit Court, 665 N.W.2d 452 (Mich. 2003). “§ 600.571 provides: The county clerk of each county shall (a) Be the clerk of the circuit court for the county.”
In Re Lapeer Cnty. Clerk, 619 N.W.2d 45 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). “For instance, MCL 600.571; MSA 27A.571 provides, among other things: The county clerk of each county shall (a) Be the clerk of the circuit court for the county.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.571(g) — 1 case
Lapeer Cnty. Clerk v. Lapeer Circuit Court, 665 N.W.2d 452 (Mich. 2003). “§ 600.571 provides: The county clerk of each county shall (a) Be the clerk of the circuit court for the county.”
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