Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.833 (2026)

Probate register; appointment; salary; oath; bond; term; appointment, compensation, term, powers, and oath of deputy probate registers.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Act 236 of 1961

600.833 Probate register; appointment; salary; oath; bond; term; appointment, compensation, term, powers, and oath of deputy probate registers.

Sec. 833.

(1) In each county the probate judge of the county or probate court district, or the chief probate judge in a county having 2 or more probate judges, may appoint a probate register, at a reasonable salary fixed by the county board of commissioners. The probate register so appointed shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the state constitution of 1963, and give bond to the probate judge or chief judge in the penal sum of $1,000.00 to be approved by that judge, which bond and oath shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county. The probate register shall hold office until his appointment is terminated by the probate judge or chief judge.

(2) If a county has a probate register, the probate judge or the chief probate judge may appoint 1 or more deputy probate registers, who shall have such compensation as is fixed by the county board of commissioners. The term of office of the deputy probate registers and their powers shall be the same as those prescribed by law for probate registers. They shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, which shall be filed with the county clerk.

History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. July 1, 1979

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1986–2013 · leading case: Ottawa Cnty. Controller v. Ottawa Prob. Judge, 401 N.W.2d 869 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986).

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Ottawa Cnty. Controller v. Ottawa Prob. Judge, 401 N.W.2d 869 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “" MCL 600.833; MSA 27A.833 states that the county board of commissioners is to fix a reasonable salary for the probate register.”

Turppa v. Cnty. of Montmorency, 710 F. Supp. 2d 619 (E.D. Mich. 2010). · cites it 2× “Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 600.833 -.834. She served as probate register until October 29, 2007 when her employment was terminated by Montmorency County Chief Probate Judge John E.”

Mitchell Housey v. Macomb Cnty., 534 F. App'x 316 (6th Cir. 2013). “” Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.833 . Although this statutory command seems clear enough, there is an additional wrinkle to consider.”

Turppa v. Cnty. of Montmorency, 724 F. Supp. 2d 783 (E.D. Mich. 2010). · cites it 2× “Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 600.833 -.834. She served as probate register until October 29, 2007 when her employment was terminated by Montmorency County Chief Probate Judge John E.”

Cameron v. Monroe Cnty. Prob. Court, 543 N.W.2d 71 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995). “829(3) (county responsible for compensation of visiting judges); MCL 600.833; MSA 27A.833 (county responsible for compensation of probate register); MCL 600.”

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