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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8602 (2026)

Appointment of recorder or reporter; appointment of additional recorders or reporters; functions and duties.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.8602 Appointment of recorder or reporter; appointment of additional recorders or reporters; functions and duties.

Sec. 8602.

    (1) Each judge of the district court shall appoint his or her own recorder or reporter.

    (2) Pursuant to supreme court rule, the chief or only judge of the district may appoint additional certified recorders or reporters. Appointed additional recorders or reporters shall perform the duties and functions of recorder or reporter when so assigned and shall perform other functions and duties as may be assigned by the chief or only judge of the district or the court administrator.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1984–1995 · leading case: Irons v. 61st Jud. Dist. Ct. Emp., 362 N.W.2d 262 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984).
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Irons v. 61st Jud. Dist. Ct. Emp., 362 N.W.2d 262 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 10× “Pursuant to MCL 600.8602; MSA 27A.8602, Judge Irons appointed someone other than Johnson to serve as her court recorder.”
Irons v. 61st Jud. Dist. Court Employees Chapter of Local No 1645, 139 Mich. App. 313 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 10× “Pursuant to MCL 600.8602; MSA 27A.8602, Judge Irons appointed someone other than Johnson to serve as her court recorder.”
York v. 50th Dist. Court, 536 N.W.2d 891 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995). “See also MCL 600.8602; MSA 27A.8602 (each judge of the district court shall appoint his or her own recorder or reporter) and MCR 8.”
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