Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 764.6 (2026)

Recognizance; certification; delivery.

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THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Act 175 of 1927

764.6 Recognizance; certification; delivery.

Sec. 6.

The magistrate shall certify on the recognizance the fact of having let the defendant post bail and shall deliver the recognizance taken to the person who made the arrest, who shall cause the recognizance to be delivered without unnecessary delay to a magistrate or clerk of the court in the judicial district before which the accused is recognized to appear.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17140 ;-- CL 1948, 764.6 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981

FormerLaw Notes:

See section 7 of Ch. 163 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5983; CL 1871, § 7849; How., § 9460; CL 1897, § 11844; and CL 1915, § 15671.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1987–1987 · leading case: People v. Crawford, 414 N.W.2d 360 (Mich. 1987).

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People v. Crawford, 414 N.W.2d 360 (Mich. 1987). · cites it 2× “875, the magistrate shall certify the recognizance for appearance, MCL 764.6; MSA 28.865, and the magistrate shall inform an alleged felon of his rights and give him an opportunity to speak, MCL 764.”

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