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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5813 (2026)

Other personal actions.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Act 236 of 1961

600.5813 Other personal actions.

Sec. 5813.

All other personal actions shall be commenced within the period of 6 years after the claims accrue and not afterwards unless a different period is stated in the statutes.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 253 cases (51 in the last 5 years), 1965–2026 · leading case: City of Ann Arbor v. Am. Fed'n of State Employees Local 369, 771 N.W.2d 843 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009).

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City of Ann Arbor v. Am. Fed'n of State Employees Local 369, 771 N.W.2d 843 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 6× “” Later, in a reply to defendant’s motion, plaintiff denied *131 that Michigan imposes a six-month limitations period on claims to vacate an arbitration award, asserting for the first time that such actions are subject to the six-year residual statute of limitations set forth in…”

Rachel Amy Maurer v. Fremont Ins. Co., 926 N.W.2d 848 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 6× “Before the trial court, the parties agreed that claims of fraud are governed by the six-year limitations period in MCL 600.5813. Adams v. Adams (On Reconsideration) , 276 Mich.”

Adams v. Adams, 742 N.W.2d 399 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 3× “In response, defendants assert that plaintiffs claim *710 sounded in fraud or undue influence, 1 and that the trial court properly applied the residual six-year limitations period of MCL 600.5813. Defendants secondarily assert that even if the claim did not sound in fraud, it…”

Boyle v. Gen. Motors Corp., 661 N.W.2d 557 (Mich. 2003). · cites it 4× “Defendants filed a motion for summary disposition, arguing that plaintiffs’ claims are barred by the six-year period of limitation in MCL 600.5813. 2 Defendants argued that plaintiffs’ claims accrued under MCL 600.”

DiPonio Constr. Co. v. Rosati Masonry Co., 631 N.W.2d 59 (Mich. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “Because we conclude that the six-year limitation period provided in MCL 600.5813 applies to plaintiff’s cause of action, we reverse.”

Estes v. Idea Eng'g & Fabricating, Inc, 649 N.W.2d 84 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 5× “1 Were it not for the precedential effect of Baks , 2 3our Court in Estes would have adopted the reasoning of Judge Hoekstra’s dissent in Baks and would have held that § 489 does create a statutory cause of action, with a residual six-year limitation period set forth in MCL…”

Baks v. Moroun, 576 N.W.2d 413 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 8× “The first question presented is whether the trial court properly applied the limitation period contained in § 541a to plaintiffs' claims under § 489, or whether plaintiffs' claims under § 489 should be governed, as plaintiffs argue, by the residual or "catch-all" statute of…”

City of Detroit v. Walker, 520 N.W.2d 135 (Mich. 1994). · cites it 4× “MCL 600.5813; MSA 27A.5813 provides that personal actions not otherwise provided for are subject to a six-year limitation period.”

Local 1064, Rwdsu Afl-cio v. Ernst & Young, 535 N.W.2d 187 (Mich. 1995). · cites it 6× “[2] The trial court denied the motion for summary disposition and held that the relevant limitation period was the six-year period provided by MCL 600.5813; MSA 27A.5813. [3] The trial court concluded that the limitation periods contained in § 5805 do not apply because plaintiff…”

Attorney Gen. v. Harkins, 669 N.W.2d 296 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “We conclude that plaintiffs action is barred by the six-year statute of limitations found in MCL 600.5813. 1 We further conclude that the trial *567 court did not clearly err in finding that plaintiffs action was not frivolous.”

Glowacki v. Motor Wheel Corp., 241 N.W.2d 240 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 8× “On appeal to this Court, plaintiff contends that Count II is contractual in nature and that its breach leads to an action personal in nature which must be governed by the six-year statute of limitations provided in MCLA 600.5813; MSA 27A.5813. 4 Plaintiff also contends that the…”

Hart v. City of Detroit, 331 N.W.2d 438 (Mich. 1982). · cites it 4× “" MCL 600.5813; MSA 27A.5813: "All other personal actions shall be commenced within the period of 6 years after the claims accrue and not afterwards unless a different period is stated in the statutes.”

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