Michigan Compiled Laws
236-1961-83 - Chapter 83 District Court: Jurisdiction; Powers (600.8301...600.8396)
Section 600.8321 - Civil Process; Service.

Sec. 8321.
(1) Civil process in the district court shall be served by a sheriff, deputy sheriff or a court officer appointed by the judges of the court for that purpose, except that officers of the department of state police or conservation officers of the department of natural resources may serve civil process in any action to which the state is a party and police officers of an incorporated city or village may serve civil process in any action to which the incorporated city or village is a party.
(2) Under rules of the supreme court, any other person may serve any process or order of the district court that does not require the seizure, attachment, or garnishment of property or the arrest of a person. This section applies notwithstanding section 1908.
History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 326, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2005

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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.