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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5827 (2026)

Accrual of claim.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Act 236 of 1961

600.5827 Accrual of claim.

Sec. 5827.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, the period of limitations runs from the time the claim accrues. The claim accrues at the time provided in sections 5829 to 5838, and in cases not covered by these sections the claim accrues at the time the wrong upon which the claim is based was done regardless of the time when damage results.

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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 334 cases (94 in the last 5 years), 1965–2026 · leading case: Trentadue v. Buckler Automatic Lawn Sprinkler Co., 479 Mich. 378 (Mich. 2007).

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Trentadue v. Buckler Automatic Lawn Sprinkler Co., 479 Mich. 378 (Mich. 2007). · cites it 99× “This wrongful death case requires us to consider whether the common-law “discovery rule,” which allows tolling of the statutory period of limitations when a plaintiff could not have reasonably discovered the elements of a cause of action within the limitations period, can…”

Marilyn Froling Revocable Living Trust v. Bloomfield Hills Country Club, 769 N.W.2d 234 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 12× “5805(10), or whether MCL 600.5827, the accrual statute, alone governed the time of accrual.”

Garg v. MacOmb Cnty. Cmty. Mental Health Servs., 696 N.W.2d 646 (Mich. 2005). · cites it 8× “§ 600.5827. Fundamental canons of statutory interpretation require us to discern and give effect to the Legislature's intent as expressed by the language of its statutes.”

Bauserman v. Unemployment Ins. Agency, 931 N.W.2d 539 (Mich. 2019). · cites it 6× “Plaintiffs thereafter filed an application *544 for leave to appeal in this Court, and we scheduled oral argument on the application, instructing the parties to address whether "the happening of the event giving rise to [appellants'] cause of action" for the deprivation of…”

Schaendorf v. Consumers Energy Co., 739 N.W.2d 402 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 16× “More recently, the Court refused to apply the discovery rule to fraud claims, relying in part on the plain language of MCL 600.5827, [1] which governs when a claim accrues.”

Terlecki v. Stewart, 754 N.W.2d 899 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 6× “5805(10) and MCL 600.5827 bars plaintiffs’ claim for money damages under any of plaintiffs’ liability theories.”

Melissa Mays v. Governor Rick Snyder, 916 N.W.2d 227 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “Rather, for purposes of statutory limitations periods, our Legislature has stated that a claim accrues “at the time the wrong upon which the claim is based was done,” MCL 600.5827, and our Supreme Court has clarified that “the ‘wrong’ .”

Boyle v. Gen. Motors Corp., 661 N.W.2d 557 (Mich. 2003). · cites it 5× “This case presents the question whether an action for fraud accrues under MCL 600.5827 at the time the wrong was done, or whether it accrues on the date the plaintiff knew or should have known of the fraud or misrepresentation.”

Joliet v. Pitoniak, 715 N.W.2d 60 (Mich. 2006). · cites it 6× “" Here, pursuant to the text of MCL 600.5827, plaintiff's claims accrued at the time the wrongs on which her claims are based were committed, not when she suffered damage.”

Stephens v. Worden Ins. Agency, LLC, 859 N.W.2d 723 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 4× “” The accrual of claims subject to this statutory period is governed by MCL 600.5827. Trentadue v Buckler Automatic Lawn Sprinkler Co, 479 Mich 378, 387 ; 738 NW2d 664 (2007).”

Bonney v. the Upjohn Co., 342 N.W.2d 551 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 8× “In other words, they urge us to apply their version of the "discovery rule" to a products liability action against a drug manufacturer.”

Morse v. Colitti, 896 N.W.2d 15 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “MCL 600.5827. “[T]he claim accrues at the time the wrong upon which the claim is based was done regardless of the time when damage results.”

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