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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6082 (2026)

Imprisonment; segregation from criminals; payment of board.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.6082 Imprisonment; segregation from criminals; payment of board.

Sec. 6082.

    (1) Those persons committed on civil process shall be segregated from those committed on criminal process.

    (2) The board of any person committed under civil process, except for contempt or for collection of fines and penalties, shall be paid in advance by the judgment creditor to the sheriff or keeper of the jail. On failure to pay such board, the judgment debtor shall be released and shall no longer be liable to civil arrest on the judgment under which he was committed.

    (3) In the case of collection of fines or penalties, the board of the prisoner shall be added to the amount of such fines or penalties and collected as part of the original judgment.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1986–1996 · leading case: Valentino v. Oakland Cnty. Sheriff, 381 N.W.2d 397 (Mich. 1986).
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Valentino v. Oakland Cnty. Sheriff, 381 N.W.2d 397 (Mich. 1986). “7 This Court believes that the rotating guard placed at Lazaros’ hospital room, pursuant to the bench warrant entered on February 19, 1976, and the court order of April 21, 1976, is the equivalent of being jailed for the purposes of MCL 600.”
People v. Houstina, 549 N.W.2d 11 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). “6080, MCL 600.6082; MSA *77 27A.6082. Defendant does not dispute the fact that at the time of arraignment he could not post the bond and was told he could post it as is required by the interim bond statute, MCL 780.”
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