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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5836 (2026)

Accrual of claim; installment contracts.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.5836 Accrual of claim; installment contracts.

Sec. 5836.

    The claims on an installment contract accrue as each installment falls due.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1970–2026 · leading case: H J Tucker & Assocs., Inc. v. Allied Chucker & Eng'g Co., 595 N.W.2d 176 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999).
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H J Tucker & Assocs., Inc. v. Allied Chucker & Eng'g Co., 595 N.W.2d 176 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Although defendant asserts that plaintiff’s claim accrued in 1986, more than six years before plaintiff filed its complaint, and thus the entire breach of contract action was time-barred, we conclude that claims for payments due under the contract between the parties are…”
Blazer Foods, Inc v. Restaurant Props., Inc, 673 N.W.2d 805 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “See also MCL 600.5836 (“[t]he claims on an installment contract accrue as each installment falls due”).”
Jackson v. Am. Can Co., Inc., 485 F. Supp. 370 (W.D. Mich. 1980). · cites it 2× “§ 600.5836, which states: The claims on an installment contract accrue as each installment falls due.”
Petovello v. Murray, 362 N.W.2d 857 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). “MCL 600.5836; MSA 27A.5836. In this instance there existed no acceleration clause in *646 the agreement.”
Frank v. Linkner, 871 N.W.2d 363 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “5835 (claims on certain life insurance contracts “accrue” at the end of the seven-year presumption of death); MCL 600.5836 (“claims on an installment contract accrue as each installment falls due”); MCL 600.”
Davis v. Beres, 180 N.W.2d 111 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 4× “[2] MCLA § 600.5836 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 27A.”
Sparta State Bank v. Covell, 495 N.W.2d 817 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992). “The accrual of a claim based on an installment contract is governed by MCL 600.5836; MSA 27A.5836, which provides that "claims on an installment contract accrue as each installment falls due.”
Visioneering Inc. Profit Sharing Trust v. Belle River Jt. Venture, 386 N.W.2d 185 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “Petovello v Murray, 139 Mich App 639, 645 ; 362 NW2d 857 (1984), citing MCL 600.5836; MSA 27A.5836. Thus, the statutory period of limitation runs separately as to each installment as it becomes due.”
Armbruster v. KH Corp., 206 F. Supp. 2d 870 (E.D. Mich. 2002). “§ 600.5836 which provides that “claims on an installment contract accrue as each installment falls due.”
Harmond Schaefer v. AXA Equitable Life Ins. Co, 345 F. App'x 87 (6th Cir. 2009). · cites it 2× “Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5836 . [ 4 ] Alternatively, Plaintiff asserts that Defendants’ representations equate to an express waiver, or should serve as a basis for applying the doctrine of equitable estoppel.”
Tucker & Assocs., Inc. v. Allied Chucker Co., 595 N.W.2d 176 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “§ 600.5836; MSA 27A.5836, claims for alimony payments, M.”
Lee v. Cincinnati Capital Corp. (E.D. Mich. 2020). · cites it 2× “First, Plaintiffs note that their position is “consistent with the accrual statute applicable to claims on installment contracts, Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 600.5836 , which provides, “[t]he claims on an installment contract accrue as each installment falls due.”
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