Sec. 2116.
All laws, bylaws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances of the common council or of the board of trustees of an incorporated city or village or the township board of a township in this state may be read in evidence in all courts and in all proceedings before any officer, body, or board in which it is necessary to refer thereto, from a record thereof, kept by the clerk or recorder of the city, village, or township; or from a printed copy thereof, purporting to have been published by authority of the common council, board of trustees, or township board, in a newspaper published in such city, village, or township; or from any volume of ordinances, codification, or compilation of ordinances purporting to have been printed by authority of the common council or board of trustees of such city, village, or township; and the record, certified copy, volume, codification, or compilation shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and validity of such laws, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances, without proof of the enactment, publishing, or any other thing concerning the same.
History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 140, Imd. Eff. Nov. 13, 1973
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961
Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)
236-1961-21 - Chapter 21 Evidence (600.2101...600.2169)
Section 600.2102 - Affidavit Taken in Other State or Country; Authentication.
Section 600.2103 - Judicial Records of Other States or Countries; Use as Evidence; Authentication.
Section 600.2104 - Judicial Records of Foreign Countries; Copies as Evidence.
Section 600.2105 - Judicial Records of Foreign Countries; Proof by Common Law Methods.
Section 600.2106 - Court Order, Judgment, or Decree of Court of Record; Certified Copy as Evidence.
Section 600.2107 - Public Records; Certified Transcript as Evidence.
Section 600.2108 - Secretary of State; Certificate of Nonexistence of Record.
Section 600.2109 - Recorded Conveyance and Instruments; Certified Copies.
Section 600.2111 - Certificate of Lost Paper as Evidence of Loss.
Section 600.2112 - Certificates of Justices of the Peace of Other States as Evidence.
Section 600.2113 - Constitution, Laws, and Resolutions; Official Publication as Evidence.
Section 600.2114 - Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
Section 600.2114a - Issues of Foreign Law; Notice; Evidence; Duties of Court; Review on Appeal.
Section 600.2115 - Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
Section 600.2117 - Device by Way of Seal as Evidence of Seal.
Section 600.2118 - Repealed. 1967, Act 178, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
Section 600.2118a - Foreign Records and Laws; Evidence; Copies, Certification.
Section 600.2119 - Judgment; Record of Certified Copy as Evidence.
Section 600.2120, 600.2121 - Repealed. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975.
Section 600.2122 - Certified as Evidence; United States Land Office Records.
Section 600.2124 - Certified Copies as Evidence; United States Weather Record.
Section 600.2125 - Proof of Publication; Notice of Application to Court or Judicial Officer.
Section 600.2126 - Proof of Publication; Notice of Sale of Real Property.
Section 600.2127 - Proof of Publication; Presumptive Evidence.
Section 600.2128 - Proof of Publication; Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 600.2131 - Written Instruments; Proof; Acknowledgment.
Section 600.2132 - Marriage Certificates and Records as Evidence.
Section 600.2133 - Marriage License or Certificate; Record as Evidence.
Section 600.2134 - Purchase of Public Lands; Certificates as Evidence.
Section 600.2135 - Breed of Horses; Evidence.
Section 600.2137 - Reproduction or Copy Admissible in Evidence.
Section 600.2139 - Seal; Presumptive Evidence of Consideration.
Section 600.2140 - Corporate Existence; Proof.
Section 600.2141 - Copartnership; Proof.
Section 600.2143 - Subscribing Witness to Instrument Need Not Be Called; Exception.
Section 600.2144 - Signature or Handwriting; Proof.
Section 600.2145 - Open Account or Account Stated; Proof, Counterclaim.
Section 600.2149 - Loss of Instrument; Proof and Disproof.
Section 600.2150 - Repealed. 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.
Section 600.2151 - Admission of Member of Corporation as Evidence.
Section 600.2152 - Mental Competency of Testator; Presumption.
Section 600.2153 - Public Officers; Administration of Oaths for Certain Purposes.
Section 600.2157 - Physician-Patient Privilege; Waiver.
Section 600.2157b - Confidential Communication to Crime Stoppers Organization; Definitions.
Section 600.2158 - Crime; Interest or Relationship of Witness, Effect.
Section 600.2160 - Repealed. 1967, Act 263, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
Section 600.2161 - Cross Examination of Opposite Party or Agent.
Section 600.2162 - Husband or Wife as Witness for or Against Other.
Section 600.2163 - Repealed. 1998, Act 323, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1998.
Section 600.2165 - Disclosure of Students' Records or Communications by School Teacher or Employee.
Section 600.2166 - Admissibility of Evidence in Action by or Against Person Incapable of Testifying.
Section 600.2167 - Repealed. 2014, Act 124, Imd. Eff. May 20, 2014.