Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8351 (2026)

Jurors; selection; compensation; failure to respond to jury duty.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Act 236 of 1961

600.8351 Jurors; selection; compensation; failure to respond to jury duty.

Sec. 8351.

Jurors for the district court shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of chapter 13. Jurors in the district court shall be paid by the county in districts of the first and second class and by the political subdivisions where the trial takes place in districts of the third class in like amount as is paid to jurors of the circuit court. Failure to respond to jury duty in the district court shall be punishable in like manner as in the circuit court.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1971–1986 · leading case: Judges of the 74th Jud. Dist. v. Bay Cnty., 190 N.W.2d 219 (Mich. 1971).

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Judges of the 74th Jud. Dist. v. Bay Cnty., 190 N.W.2d 219 (Mich. 1971). · cites it 2× “8314); compensation of jurors, MCLA § 600.8351 (Stat Ann 1971 Cum Supp § 27A.”

Ottawa Cnty. Controller v. Ottawa Prob. Judge, 401 N.W.2d 869 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “8314; compensation of *605 jurors, MCL 600.8351; MSA 27A.8351, and the like.”

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