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Section 600.8401 - Small Claims Division; Creation; Judge; Jurisdiction. - Sec. 8401. A small claims division is created in each...
Section 600.8401a - Instruction Sheets. - Sec. 8401a. (1) The state court administrator shall prepare instruction...
Section 600.8402 - Commencement of Action; Filing, Form, and Contents of Affidavit; Notice; Name of Plaintiff; Removal; Waiver. - Sec. 8402. (1) An action shall be commenced in the...
Section 600.8403 - Affidavit Forms; Availability; Preparation. - Sec. 8403. Printed affidavit forms for the commencement of actions...
Section 600.8404 - Service of Affidavit and Notice on Defendant; Form and Contents of Notice; Evening and Saturday Court Hours. - Sec. 8404. (1) Upon the filing of the affidavit, the...
Section 600.8405 - Service; Manner; Proof. - Sec. 8405. Except as otherwise provided in this section, service...
Section 600.8406 - Appearances; Copy of Affidavit and Notice of Hearing; Application for New Notice; Jurisdiction to Render Judgment; Continuance. - Sec. 8406. (1) The date for the appearance of the...
Section 600.8407 - Filing of Claim in Small Claims Division; Restrictions. - Sec. 8407. (1) A claim shall not be filed or...
Section 600.8408 - Parties; Representation; Request for Trial Before District Court Judge; Removal; Waiver. - Sec. 8408. (1) An attorney at law, except on the...
Section 600.8409 - Attachment or Garnishment Prohibited; Execution; Judgment, Enforcement; Instruction Sheets. - Sec. 8409. (1) Attachment or garnishment shall not issue from...
Section 600.8410 - Settlement; Payment of Judgment; Execution, Attachment, or Garnishment; Warning; Examination of Assets; Payment of Judgment in Full; Copy of Judgment. - Sec. 8410. (1) Before or at the hearing the parties...
Section 600.8410a - Writ of Garnishment as to Periodic Payments Issued by Small Claims Division of District Court; Duration. - Sec. 8410a. A writ of garnishment issued by the small...
Section 600.8411 - Removal; Waiver; Hearings; Manner of Conducting; No Jury or Verbatim Record. - Sec. 8411. (1) Before the commencement of a trial in...
Section 600.8412 - Waiver of Rights. - Sec. 8412. Unless a party removes a small claims action...
Section 600.8413 - Judgments; Conclusiveness; Form. - Sec. 8413. All judgments of the small claims division shall...
Section 600.8415 - Venue of Actions. - Sec. 8415. (1) Except as provided in subsections (3) and...
Section 600.8416 - Location of Small Claims Division; Filing of Claims After Regular Court Hours; Scheduling of Small Claims Hearings; Hearings After Regular Court Hours. - Sec. 8416. (1) The small claims division of the district...
Section 600.8418 - Judgments; Certification. - Sec. 8418. If the defendant fails to pay the judgment...
Section 600.8419 - Forms and Stationery. - Sec. 8419. Every clerk and deputy clerk of the district...
Section 600.8420 - Fees; Disposition. - Sec. 8420. (1) A fee of the following amount, as...
Section 600.8421 - Costs to Prevailing Party. - Sec. 8421. The prevailing party in any action in the...
Section 600.8422 - Counterclaim; Continuance. - Sec. 8422. If the defendant files a verified answer stating...
Section 600.8423 - Separate Action by Defendant; Transmittal Fee; Transfer of Cause. - Sec. 8423. (1) If a defendant in a small claims...
Section 600.8424 - Actions for Fraud, Libel, Slander, Assault, Battery, or Other Intentional Torts; Governmental Agency as Party. - Sec. 8424. (1) Actions of fraud and actions of libel,...
Section 600.8425 - Limitation on Claim or Recovery; Amendment Increasing Amount Claimed. - Sec. 8425. (1) A person having a claim in excess...
Section 600.8426 - Name in Which Defendant Sued; Validity of Judgment. - Sec. 8426. An individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation may...
Section 600.8427 - Conduct of Small Claims Hearing by District Court Judge or Magistrate; Appeal. - Sec. 8427. A small claims hearing may be conducted either...