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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6093 (2026)

Recovery of judgment against township, village, city, or county.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Act 236 of 1961

600.6093 Recovery of judgment against township, village, city, or county.

Sec. 6093.

(1) Whenever judgment is recovered against any township, village, or city, or against the trustees or common council, or officers thereof, in any action prosecuted by or against them in their name of office, the clerk of the court shall, on the application of the party in whose favor judgment is rendered, his attorney, executor, administrator, or assigns, make and deliver to the party so applying a certified transcript of the judgment, showing the amount and date thereof, with the rate of interest thereon, and of the costs as taxed under the seal of the court, if in a court having a seal. The party obtaining the certified transcript may file it with the supervisor of the township, if the judgment is against the township, or with the assessing officer or officers of the city or village, if the judgment is against a city or village. The supervisor or assessing officer receiving the certified transcript or transcripts of judgment shall proceed to assess the amount thereof with the costs and interests from the date of rendition of judgment to the time when the warrant for the collection thereof will expire upon the taxable property of the township, city, or village upon the then next tax roll of such township, city, or village, without any other or further certificate than the certified transcript as a part of the township, city, or village tax, adding the total amount of the judgment to the other township, city, or village taxes and assessing it in the same column with the general township, city, or village tax.

The supervisor or assessing officer shall set forth in the warrant attached to the tax roll each judgment separately, stating the amount thereof and to whom payable, and it shall be collected and returned in the same manner as other taxes. The supervisor or assessing officer, at the time when he delivers the tax roll to the treasurer or collecting officer of any township, city, or village, shall deliver to the township clerk or to the clerk or recording officer of the city or village, a statement in writing under his hand, setting forth in detail and separately the judgment stating the amount with costs and interest as herein provided, and to whom payable. The treasurer or collecting officer of the township, city, or village, shall collect and pay the judgment to the owner thereof or his attorney, on or before the date when the tax roll and warrant shall be returnable. In case any supervisor, treasurer, or other assessing or collecting officer neglects or refuses to comply with any of the provisions of this section he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 3 months, or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to exclude other remedies given by law for the enforcement of the judgment.

(2) In any case where a judgment is recovered against a village which, by reason of holding no municipal elections, or for any other reason has no available assessing officer within the jurisdiction of the court wherein the judgment is rendered, the owner of the judgment or any person knowing the facts, acting on behalf of the owner, may make an affidavit showing that the village against which a judgment is pending and unsatisfied, has no available assessing officer within the jurisdiction, and file it with the clerk of the court wherein the judgment is written. The officer who makes the certified transcript shall attach thereto a copy of the affidavit, the correctness of which copy shall also be certified to in the certificate. Any party receiving the certified transcript of judgment and affidavit may file it with the supervisor of the township in which the village, having no assessing officer is located. The supervisor shall assess the amount of the judgment with costs and interest, upon the taxable property of the village, which is without an assessing officer, and thereafter the same steps and proceedings shall be had in the premises as though it were a judgment against the township within which the village is located, except that it shall be assessed against the property within the corporate limits of the village only.

(3) When judgment is recovered against any county or the board of supervisors or any county officer in an action prosecuted by or against him in his name of office, the judgment unless reversed shall be levied and collected as other county charges, and when collected shall be paid by the county treasurer to the person to whom the judgment has been adjudged upon the delivery of a proper voucher therefor.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 25 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1971–2024 · leading case: Shari Guertin v. State of Mich., 912 F.3d 907 (6th Cir. 2019).

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Shari Guertin v. State of Mich., 912 F.3d 907 (6th Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “Michigan law provides that local property tax rolls account for judgments against cities or its officers, see Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6093 (1), while the state treasury pays judgments against “arms of the state.”

Am. Axle & Mfg., Inc v. City of Hamtramck, 604 N.W.2d 330 (Mich. 2000). · cites it 12× “MCL 600.6093 [MSA 27A.6093] was enacted prior to the Headlee Amendment.”

Wayne Circuit Judges v. Wayne Cnty., 190 N.W.2d 228 (Mich. 1971). · cites it 4× “MCLA § 600.6093 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 27A.”

In re City of Detroit, 524 B.R. 147 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2014). · cites it 2× “That section provides that when a party obtains a money judgment against a municipality, the party has the right to take the judgment to the “supervisor” or “assessing officer” of the municipality, who then “shall proceed to assess the amount [of the judgment] .”

Pucci v. Somers, 834 F. Supp. 2d 690 (E.D. Mich. 2011). · cites it 2× “See Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6093 (1). The defendant contends, therefore, that the plaintiff will be secure and a bond is not needed.”

City of Detroit v. City of Highland Park, 878 F. Supp. 87 (E.D. Mich. 1995). · cites it 3× “) § 600.6093. On October 19, 1994 I entered an Opinion and Order granting plaintiff’s request.”

Payton v. City of Highland Park, 536 N.W.2d 285 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 3× “to levy of execution and garnishment would restrict, thwart and interfere with proper and orderly functioning of the municipal governmental machinery; and that to allow an individual municipal creditor to reach municipal funds for the satisfaction of his claim would effect a…”

Am. Axle & Mfg., Inc v. City of Hamtramck, 575 N.W.2d 296 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 4× “Respondent appeals from an order of the Michigan Tax Tribunal in favor of petitioner on its challenge to respondent’s judgment tax assessment *137 levied under MCL 600.6093; MSA 27A.6093. We affirm. This dispute has its origins in the sale of a vacant parcel of land by…”

Zelenka v. Wayne Cnty. Corp. Couns., 372 N.W.2d 356 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). “Since payment of the judgment requires the Wayne County Board of Commissioners’ voucher, the board has a clear legal duty to give its voucher.”

Childress v. Williams, 121 F. Supp. 2d 1094 (E.D. Mich. 2000). “§ 600.6093 “expressly forbids the use of a garnishment [to] collect a judgment against a municipality.”

Bylinski v. City of Allen Park, 8 F. Supp. 2d 965 (E.D. Mich. 1998). · cites it 5× “However, the order also stated that in the event any community failed to pay in cash, the Plan provides a procedure by which the community’s assessing officer shall assess the judgment payments in accordance with M.”

City of Detroit v. City of Highland Park (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 15× “At the outset, we note that the only issue before this Court is Detroit’s ability to collect its judgment against Highland Park pursuant to the provisions of MCL 600.6093. This is the only issue arguably articulated in Highland Park’s statement of the issue on appeal and is the…”

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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6093(1) — 8 cases

Am. Axle & Mfg., Inc v. City of Hamtramck, 604 N.W.2d 330 (Mich. 2000). “MCL 600.6093 [MSA 27A.6093] was enacted prior to the Headlee Amendment.”

Payton v. City of Highland Park, 536 N.W.2d 285 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995). “to levy of execution and garnishment would restrict, thwart and interfere with proper and orderly functioning of the municipal governmental machinery; and that to allow an individual municipal creditor to reach municipal funds for the satisfaction of his claim would effect a…”

Theodore Cadwell v. City of Highland Park (Mich. Ct. App. 2019).

Cook v. Greenleaf Twp. (E.D. Mich. 2022).

Twp. of Leoni v. Twp. of Columbia (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6093(3) — 3 cases

Valentino v. Oakland Cnty. Sheriff, 381 N.W.2d 397 (Mich. 1986).

Valentino v. Dohany, 359 N.W.2d 263 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984).

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