Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.22 (2026)

Police officers of village; powers.

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THE HOME RULE VILLAGE ACT

Act 278 of 1909

78.22 Police officers of village; powers.

Sec. 22.

When any person has committed or is suspected of having committed any crime or misdemeanor within a village, whether incorporated under the provisions of this act or under an existing charter of the village heretofore granted or passed by the legislature for the government of a village, or has escaped from any prison of such a village, the police officers of such village shall have the same right to pursue, arrest and detain such person without the village limits as the sheriff of the county.

History: 1909, Act 278, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Apr. 21, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 2864 ;-- CL 1929, 1784 ;-- CL 1948, 78.22

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1980–1980 · leading case: People v. Rowe, 289 N.W.2d 915 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980).

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People v. Rowe, 289 N.W.2d 915 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). “1752), and by police officers of villages (MCL 78.22; MSA 5.1532). In summary, we hold that a law enforcement officer to whom a warrant is addressed may execute the warrant anywhere in the county where it is issued and, if the accused is out of the county, the law enforcement…”

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