Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 769.1l (2026)

Order of restitution; deduction; payment to court; priority.

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THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE


Act 175 of 1927


769.1l Order of restitution; deduction; payment to court; priority.

Sec. 1l.

     If a prisoner under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections has been ordered to pay any sum of money as described in section 1k and the department of corrections receives an order from the court on a form prescribed by the state court administrative office, the department of corrections shall deduct 50% of the funds received by the prisoner in a month over $50.00 and promptly forward a payment to the court as provided in the order when the amount exceeds $100.00, or the entire amount if the prisoner is paroled, is transferred to community programs, or is discharged on the maximum sentence. The department of corrections shall give an order of restitution under section 20h of the corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.220h, or the crime victim's rights act, 1985 PA 87, MCL 780.751 to 780.834, priority over an order received under this section.

History: Add. 2005, Act 325, Eff. Jan. 1, 2006

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2009–2026 · leading case: People v. Jackson, 769 N.W.2d 630 (Mich. 2009).
People v. Jackson, 769 N.W.2d 630 (Mich. 2009). “1k and MCL 769.1l. These statutes give Michigan trial courts the power to both impose a fee for a court-appointed attorney as part of a defendant’s sentence and to enforce that imposition against an imprisoned defendant.”
People of Michigan v. Ryan David Devellis (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 12× “1k and MCL 769.1l (providing a process for the DOC to recoup fees from a prisoner’s prison account).”
People of Michigan v. Jerry Damone Cole (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 10× “] Also, MCL 769.1l provides for the deduction of funds from an incarcerated defendant’s prison account: If a prisoner under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections has been ordered to pay any sum of money as described in [MCL 769.”
People of Michigan v. Jerry Damone Cole (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 10× “] Also, MCL 769.1l provides for the deduction of funds from an incarcerated defendant’s prison account: If a prisoner under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections has been ordered to pay any sum of money as described in [MCL 769.”
People of Michigan v. Robert Taylor (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 9× “” MCL 769.1l provides for the deduction of funds from an incarcerated defendant’s prison account: If a prisoner under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections has been ordered to pay any sum of money as described in [MCL 769.”
People of Michigan v. Christopher Lehman Tadgerson (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 7× “” MCL 769.1l provides the procedure for collecting court-imposed costs from prisoners and states in relevant part as follows: If a prisoner under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections has been ordered to pay any sum of money as described in section 1k and the…”
People of Michigan v. Deartis Andre Mock (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “” The Jackson Court further noted that MCL 769.1l provided a procedure for enforcing the fee without an ability-to-pay assessment, but the Court concluded that this procedure was constitutional “because the statute’s monetary calculations necessarily conduct a preliminary,…”
People of Michigan v. Deartis Andre Mock (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “” The Jackson Court further noted that MCL 769.1l provided a procedure for enforcing the fee without an ability-to-pay assessment, but the Court concluded that this procedure was constitutional “because the statute’s monetary calculations necessarily conduct a preliminary,…”
People of Michigan v. Miqueenise Chantal Weed (Mich. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 4× “Under MCL 769.1l, trial courts may order that costs and fees imposed under MCL 769.”
People of Michigan v. Dandre Marquise Bell (Mich. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 4× “MCL 769.1l provides a procedure by which the Department of Corrections is to deduct prisoner funds when a prisoner has been ordered to pay an assessment under MCL 769.”
People of Michigan v. Norvell Glenn Cooper (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “The trial court signed an order of remittance to garnish defendant’s prisoner account the same day that it sentenced defendant, effectively placing him on notice of the enforcement action, but the language in the remittance order mimics the language of MCL 769.1l. “MCL 769.1l…”
People of Michigan v. Norvell Glenn Cooper (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “The trial court signed an order of remittance to garnish defendant’s prisoner account the same day that it sentenced defendant, effectively placing him on notice of the enforcement action, but the language in the remittance order mimics the language of MCL 769.1l. “MCL 769.1l…”
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