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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8101 (2026)

District court; establishment; court of record; judicial districts; city located in more than one district.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.8101 District court; establishment; court of record; judicial districts; city located in more than one district.

Sec. 8101.

    (1) A district court is established in the state. The district court is a court of record. The state is divided into judicial districts of the district court each of which is an administrative unit subject to the superintending control of the supreme court.

    (2) When a city is located in more than 1 district, the provisions of section 8251 as to where the district court is required to sit shall apply only to that part of such city lying within the particular county or district. A city having a population in excess of 20,000 which is located in more than 1 district is a part of the district containing the greater portion of the population of the city.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 22, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1973

Constitutionality Notes:

    Act 236 of 1961, MCL 600.8101 to 600.9928 do not violate Const 1963, art IV, § 24. People v Milton, 393 Mich 234; 224 NW2d 266 (1974).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 32 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1970–2024 · leading case: Hodge v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 884 N.W.2d 238 (Mich. 2016).
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Hodge v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 884 N.W.2d 238 (Mich. 2016). · cites it 4× “10 MCL 600.8101, as enacted by 1968 PA 154 .”
Judges of the 74th Jud. Dist. v. Bay Cnty., 190 N.W.2d 219 (Mich. 1971). · cites it 6× “The 74th Judicial District was established pursuant to the 1963 Constitution of the State of Michigan, art 6, § 26, as implemented by MCLA § 600.8101 (Stat Ann 1971 Cum Supp § 27A.”
Pucci v. Nineteenth Dist. Court, 628 F.3d 752 (6th Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “See Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8101 (1) (“The state is divided into judicial districts of the district court each of which is an administrative unit subject to the superintending control of the supreme court.”
Barachkov v. 41B Dist. Court, 311 F. App'x 863 (6th Cir. 2009). · cites it 4× “”); Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8101 (1) (“The state is divided into judicial districts of the district court each of which is an administrative unit subject to the superintending control of the Supreme Court.”
Employees & Judge of the Second Jud. Dist. Court v. Hillsdale Cnty., 378 N.W.2d 744 (Mich. 1985). · cites it 2× “MCL 600.8101; MSA 27A.8101 provides in § 8101: (1) A district court is established in the state.”
Pucci v. Nineteenth Dist. Court, 565 F. Supp. 2d 792 (E.D. Mich. 2008). · cites it 2× “8121 (4), which means that the City of Dearborn “is responsible for maintaining, financing and operating the district court,” Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8103 (3). The district court is an administrative unit unto itself, although it is subject to superintending control by the state…”
Kain v. State, 311 N.W.2d 351 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “" MCL 600.8101(1); MSA 27A.8101(1). The 61st judicial district is defined as follows: "The sixty-first district consists of the city of Grand Rapids, is a district of the third class and has 5 judges.”
Livingston Cnty. v. Livingston Circuit Judge, 225 N.W.2d 352 (Mich. 1975). · cites it 2× “Court Reporter 17 County Juvenile Officer [7] MCLA 600.8101 et seq.; MSA 27A.8101 et seq.”
Dolan v. City of Ann Arbor, 666 F. Supp. 2d 754 (E.D. Mich. 2009). · cites it 2× “” Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8101 (1). In accordance with this statutory scheme, the Michigan Supreme Court has emphasized on more than one occasion that the district courts are part of the State’s “one court of justice,” and that “[t]he judiciary is an independent department of the…”
Nezdropa v. Wayne Cnty., 394 N.W.2d 440 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “However, the judicial district was created by statute, MCL 600.8101(1); MSA 27A.8101(1), which then created a district control unit and assigned it the cost of operating the court.”
Pucci v. Michigan Supreme Court, 601 F. Supp. 2d 886 (E.D. Mich. 2009). · cites it 2× “The district court is an administrative unit unto itself, and although it is subject to superintending control by the state supreme court, Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8101 (1), the administrative duties of the court, including the authority to hire and fire court employees, fall to…”
City of Ctr. Line v. 37th Dist. Judges, 271 N.W.2d 526 (Mich. 1978). · cites it 2× “We would enter an order declaring that the 37th district shall sit in Center Line to hear all judicial business properly brought there under the jurisdictional and venue provisions of the state, and that the judges of the court are not empowered to limit the judicial business…”
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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8101(1) — 7 cases
Hodge v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 884 N.W.2d 238 (Mich. 2016). “10 MCL 600.8101, as enacted by 1968 PA 154 .”
Kain v. State, 311 N.W.2d 351 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). “" MCL 600.8101(1); MSA 27A.8101(1). The 61st judicial district is defined as follows: "The sixty-first district consists of the city of Grand Rapids, is a district of the third class and has 5 judges.”
Nezdropa v. Wayne Cnty., 394 N.W.2d 440 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “However, the judicial district was created by statute, MCL 600.8101(1); MSA 27A.8101(1), which then created a district control unit and assigned it the cost of operating the court.”
People v. Fiorillo, 491 N.W.2d 281 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992).
Shoultes v. Szekely, 654 F. Supp. 966 (W.D. Mich. 1987).
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