Michigan Compiled Laws
236-1961-83 - Chapter 83 District Court: Jurisdiction; Powers (600.8301...600.8396)
Section 600.8313 - Prosecution of Violations; Exception.

Sec. 8313.
(1) A violation of state criminal law shall be prosecuted in the district court by the prosecuting attorney. A violation of an ordinance of a political subdivision that is a misdemeanor or that is not designated as a civil infraction shall be prosecuted in the district court by the attorney for the political subdivision whose ordinance was violated. If the violation is a civil infraction, the prosecuting attorney or attorney for the political subdivision shall appear in court only in those civil infraction actions that are contested before a judge of the district court in a formal hearing as provided in any of the following, as applicable:
(a) Section 8721.
(b) Section 8821.
(c) Section 747 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.747.
(2) This section does not apply to an ordinance violation designated a blight violation by a political subdivision that establishes an administrative hearings bureau pursuant to statute to adjudicate and impose sanctions for blight violations.
History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 511, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 12, Eff. May 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 54, Eff. Jan. 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 319, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2004

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Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961

Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)

236-1961-83 - Chapter 83 District Court: Jurisdiction; Powers (600.8301...600.8396)

Section 600.8301 - Exclusive Jurisdiction in Civil Actions; Jurisdiction Over Civil Infraction Actions.

Section 600.8302 - Equitable Jurisdiction and Authority; Injunctive Order; Order Rescinding or Reforming Contract; Equitable Claims; Judgment or Order; Jurisdiction and Authority of District and Circuit Courts.

Section 600.8303 - Forfeiture Proceedings Under Chapter 47.

Section 600.8304 - District Court; Jurisdiction.

Section 600.8306 - Power With Respect to Attachment and Garnishment; Conditions Upon Which Relief Available; Compliance With Rules; Garnishment Proceedings as Auxiliary Actions; Fees.

Section 600.8307 - Actions as Cause of Discipline or Discharge of Principal Defendant From Employment; Reinstatement; Civil Action.

Section 600.8308 - Unlawful Taking or Detention of Goods or Chattels; Civil Action to Recover Possession; Power of District Court, Municipal Court, and Common Pleas Court; Conditions; Delivery Before Judgment.

Section 600.8311 - District Court; Jurisdiction.

Section 600.8312 - Venue.

Section 600.8313 - Prosecution of Violations; Exception.

Section 600.8314 - Probation Departments.

Section 600.8315 - Actions Prohibited; Exception.

Section 600.8316 - Marriages; Authority to Perform; Fee; Indigent Parties; Waiver.

Section 600.8317 - Powers of District Court.

Section 600.8318 - Pleadings and Procedures; Rules.

Section 600.8319 - Basis and Exercise of Jurisdiction.

Section 600.8320 - Definitions; Multiple District Plans; Assignment as District Judge.

Section 600.8321 - Civil Process; Service.

Section 600.8322 - Bailiff of Common Pleas Court as Bailiff of Thirty-Sixth District Court; Court Officer; Rotation of Process; Surety Bond; Powers; Bearing of Arms; Term; Vacancy; Peace Officer; Record of Financial Transaction; Audit; Compensation;...

Section 600.8323 - District Court; Witnesses, Fees; Payment.

Section 600.8326 - Service of Process; Schedule of Fees; Mileage Rate.

Section 600.8331 - Proceedings to Be Recorded.

Section 600.8341 - Appeals on Record.

Section 600.8342 - Appeals From District Court; Appeals to Court of Appeals From Circuit Court or Recorder's Court; Appeals Based on Pleas of Guilty or Nolo Contendere.

Section 600.8343 - Judgments of Abolished Courts.

Section 600.8344 - Register of Actions as Replacement for Destroyed Paper Upon Which Judgment Entered; Applicability of Section.

Section 600.8345 - Causes Transferred From Abolished Courts.

Section 600.8351 - Jurors; Selection; Compensation; Failure to Respond to Jury Duty.

Section 600.8353 - Civil Jury; Number; Verdict.

Section 600.8355 - Criminal Jury; Number; Verdict.

Section 600.8361 - Repealed. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985.

Section 600.8371 - Filing Fees Paid to Clerk of District Court; Disposition; Waiver or Suspension; Exception; Filing Fee for Civil Action; Fee in Trial by Jury; Motion Filing Fees.

Section 600.8372, 600.8373 - Repealed. 1993, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1993.

Section 600.8375 - Assessment of Costs.

Section 600.8379 - Fines and Costs Assessed in District Court; Payment; Disposition; Definitions.

Section 600.8381 - Fines and Costs; Conviction; Civil Infraction Determination, Guilty Plea, or Civil Infraction Admission; Disposition; Court Filing Fee Report; Definitions.

Section 600.8391 - Traffic Bureau; Establishment; Administration; Purpose; Authority Over Personnel; Location and Number of Offices; Appeals.

Section 600.8392 - State Civil Infraction Bureau.

Section 600.8395 - Parking Violations Bureau; Establishment; Purpose; Operating Expense; Operation by Downtown Development Authority; Definition.

Section 600.8396 - Municipal Ordinance Violations Bureau.