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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8342 (2026)

Appeals from district court; appeals to court of appeals from circuit court or recorder's court; appeals based on pleas of guilty or nolo contendere.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.8342 Appeals from district court; appeals to court of appeals from circuit court or recorder's court; appeals based on pleas of guilty or nolo contendere.

Sec. 8342.

    (1)  Appeals from the district court shall be to the circuit court in the county in which the judgment is rendered.

    (2) Except as provided in subsections (4) and (5), all appeals from final judgments shall be as of right and all other appeals shall be by application.

    (3) All appeals to the court of appeals from judgments entered by the circuit court or the recorder's court on appeals from the district court shall be by application.

    (4) All appeals from final orders and judgments based upon pleas of guilty or nolo contendere shall be by application.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 206, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1997

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1972–2024 · leading case: People v. Goecke, 579 N.W.2d 868 (Mich. 1998).
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People v. Goecke, 579 N.W.2d 868 (Mich. 1998). · cites it 4× “§ 600.8342; M.S.A. § 27A.8342, which provides in part: (1) Appeals from the district court shall be to the circuit court in the county in which the judgment is rendered.”
Fieger v. Cox, 734 N.W.2d 602 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 4× “5 Because MCL 600.8342 entitles a party to appeal a district court decision to the circuit court, the following provisions of MCR 3.”
Abel v. Grossman Investments Co., 838 N.W.2d 204 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “3 The procedures for appeals from the district to the circuit court are governed by a series of court rules.”
Moore v. Spangler, 258 N.W.2d 34 (Mich. 1977). · cites it 2× “All appeals from final judgments shall be as of right and all other appeals shall be by application. All appeals to the court of appeals from judgments entered by the circuit court on appeals from the district court shall be by application.”
People v. McCoy, 254 N.W.2d 829 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 4× “8342; MCLA 600.8342, GCR 1963, 705, and Jackson County Prosecutor v Court of Appeals, 394 Mich 527 [; 232 NW2d 172 ] (1975); "B.”
Bay Cnty. Prosecutor v. Bay Cnty. Dist. Judge, 302 N.W.2d 225 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “We first decide whether a writ of superintending control is the proper method by which to review the district court's failure to bind over persons charged with larceny in a building, and, if so, whether the circuit judge should be disqualified on grounds of prejudice.”
Oakland Cnty. Prosecutor v. Forty-Sixth Dist. Judge, 250 N.W.2d 127 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “If it was not, application for leave to appeal was required, MCLA 600.8342; MSA 27A.8342. The statute just cited provides for appeal from district court to circuit court.”
People v. Flowers, 477 N.W.2d 473 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991). “MCL 600.8342; MSA 27A.8342, as amended effective January 1, 1982; MCR 7.”
Moore v. Ninth Dist. Judge, 244 N.W.2d 346 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). “2, MCLA 600.8342; MSA 27A.8342. Hence the action filed in the circuit court in this case was not a true complaint for an order of superintending control and not an original civil action appealable as a matter of right to this Court.”
People v. Recorder's Court Judge 1, 250 N.W.2d 809 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “If not, application for leave to appeal was required, MCLA 600.8342; MSA 27A.8342. We hold that review by the people of a decision by the recorder’s court to discharge a defendant at the conclusion of a preliminary examination is by complaint for an order of superintending…”
People v. Goecke, 547 N.W.2d 338 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). “MCL 600.8342; MSA 27A.8342. A party may appeal a district court decision as of right if the appeal is filed within twenty-one days of the entry of the order or judgment that is being appealed.”
Krajicek v. Justin, 991 F. Supp. 875 (E.D. Mich. 1998). · cites it 2× “” Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated § 600.8342(1) allows circuit judges for the county in which the judgment is rendered to hear appeals from the district court.”
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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8342(1) — 3 cases
Fieger v. Cox, 734 N.W.2d 602 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). “5 Because MCL 600.8342 entitles a party to appeal a district court decision to the circuit court, the following provisions of MCR 3.”
Abel v. Grossman Investments Co., 838 N.W.2d 204 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “3 The procedures for appeals from the district to the circuit court are governed by a series of court rules.”
Krajicek v. Justin, 991 F. Supp. 875 (E.D. Mich. 1998). “” Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated § 600.8342(1) allows circuit judges for the county in which the judgment is rendered to hear appeals from the district court.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8342(2) — 5 cases
People v. Goecke, 579 N.W.2d 868 (Mich. 1998). “§ 600.8342; M.S.A. § 27A.8342, which provides in part: (1) Appeals from the district court shall be to the circuit court in the county in which the judgment is rendered.”
Fieger v. Cox, 734 N.W.2d 602 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). “5 Because MCL 600.8342 entitles a party to appeal a district court decision to the circuit court, the following provisions of MCR 3.”
Abel v. Grossman Investments Co., 838 N.W.2d 204 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “3 The procedures for appeals from the district to the circuit court are governed by a series of court rules.”
People v. Qualls, 421 N.W.2d 248 (Mich. Ct. App. 1988).
People of Michigan v. Ruben Sandoval (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8342(4) — 1 case
Abel v. Grossman Investments Co., 838 N.W.2d 204 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “3 The procedures for appeals from the district to the circuit court are governed by a series of court rules.”
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