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Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.11 (2026)

Statutes; definition: registered mail.

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CERTIFIED MAIL IN LIEU OF REGISTERED MAIL


Act 147 of 1956


8.11 Statutes; definition: registered mail.

Sec. 1.

    Wherever there is contained in the statutes of this state the term or terms, or direction for the use of, "registered mail" or "registered mail, return receipt requested," such term or terms shall be deemed to include the term or terms "certified mail" or "certified mail, return receipt requested," and in the case of certified mail the receipt of mailing shall be postmarked.

History: 1956, Act 147, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1942–2022 · leading case: People v. Jolly, 502 N.W.2d 177 (Mich. 1993).
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People v. Jolly, 502 N.W.2d 177 (Mich. 1993). · cites it 2× “[2 LaFave & Scott, Substantive Criminal Law, § 8.11, p 456. Emphasis added.] The "something additional," which justifies punishing robbers who are, in fact, armed with dangerous weapons more harshly than unarmed robbers, is the recognition that robbers who are, in fact, armed…”
Michales v. Morton Salt Co., 538 N.W.2d 11 (Mich. 1995). · cites it 4× “[Welch, Worker's Compensation in Michigan (rev ed), § 8.11, pp 8-14 to 8-15.] In the present case, plaintiff's job was to monitor and check gauges.”
Advisory Opinion Re Constitutionality of 1972 PA 294, 1972 PA 294 (Mich. 1973). · cites it 2× “217; — registered mail, including certified mail, MCLA 8.11; MSA 2.220. This common-sense method of legislating definitions would be impossible if the Legislature was obliged to reenact and publish the acts affected.”
Plumley v. Klein, 199 N.W.2d 169 (Mich. 1972). · cites it 2× “" Neither case goes so far as to hold that the presence of liability insurance, by itself, will or should permit the maintenance of tort actions by children against their parents.”
Haske v. Transp. Leasing, Inc., Indiana, 566 N.W.2d 896 (Mich. 1997). · cites it 2× “10, p 8-11 and § 8.11, pp 8-14 to 8-15, that this revision operated to reduce the number of positions in employment that could give rise to a claim of disability by redefining the relevant job pool from the broad category of “field of employment” to the smaller category of “work…”
Wa Foote Mem'l Hosp. v. City of Jackson, 686 N.W.2d 9 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “§ 8.11 that whenever the term "registered mail" is used in the statutes of this state, the term shall be deemed to include the term "certified mail" and that certified mail shall be postmarked.”
W A Foote Mem'l Hosp. v. City of Jackson, 262 Mich. App. 333 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “Our conclusion is further supported by the Legislature’s provision in MCL 8.11 that whenever the term “registered mail” is used in the statutes of this state, the term shall be deemed to include the term “certified mail” and that certified mail shall be postmarked.”
Mosier v. Carney, 138 N.W.2d 343 (Mich. 1965). · cites it 2× “But, as pointed out by 1 Harper and James, Law of Torts, § 8.11, p 649, `where there is insurance protection, there is no menace either to family discipline or to domestic peace.”
Everson v. Michigan Dep't of Corr., 222 F. Supp. 2d 864 (E.D. Mich. 2002). “§ 8.11 — Use of Opposite Sex Corrections Personnel in Prison Searches.”
In Re John C. Lodge High., 65 N.W.2d 820 (Mich. 1954). “[Stat Ann and Stat Ann 1953 Cnm Snpp § 8.11 et seq.]), under which the instant proceedings were instituted, required that the petitioner obtain the consent of the Detroit city council before proceeding to the acquisition of private property for the Lodge highway.”
Grand Rapids Bd. of Educ. v. Baczewski, 65 N.W.2d 810 (Mich. 1954). “[Stat Ann § 8.11 et seq.)), said property being “designated, selected and established as a school site.”
In Re Huron-Clinton Metro. Auth.'s Petition as to Belleville Lake Park Proj., 10 N.W.2d 920 (Mich. 1943). “§ 8.11 et seq.), to acquire certain privately-owned lands on the northerly side of Belle-ville lake in Van Burén township, Wayne county, for the purpose of establishing a public park.”
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