Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8503 (2026)
District court of first or second class; clerk or deputy clerk as magistrate.
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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961
Act 236 of 1961
600.8503 District court of first or second class; clerk or deputy clerk as magistrate.
Sec. 8503.
Subject to the provisions of section 8501, the judges of the district court within a district of the first or second class may appoint a clerk or deputy clerk as a magistrate to perform the duties and exercise the powers of a magistrate in addition to the duties as a clerk or deputy clerk of the district court.
History: Add. 1970, Act 61, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2002–2002 · leading case: United States v. Neering, 194 F. Supp. 2d 620 (E.D. Mich. 2002).
United States v. Neering, 194 F. Supp. 2d 620 (E.D. Mich. 2002). “§ 600.8503; MSA 27A.8503. The purpose of this order is to appoint a non-attorney magistrate to perform specified duties upon approval by the State Court Administrative Office.”
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