Michigan Compiled Laws
236-1961-84 - Chapter 84 Small Claims Division (600.8401...600.8427)
Section 600.8401 - Small Claims Division; Creation; Judge; Jurisdiction.

Sec. 8401.
A small claims division is created in each district as a division of the district court. A judge of the district court shall sit as judge of the small claims division. The jurisdiction of the small claims division shall be confined to cases for the recovery of money in which the amount claimed does not exceed the following:
(a) Beginning September 1, 2012, $5,000.00.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2015, $5,500.00.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2018, $6,000.00.
(d) Beginning January 1, 2021, $6,500.00
(e) Beginning January 1, 2024, $7,000.00.
History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 496, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 192, Eff. July 1, 1992 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 27, Eff. Jan. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 142, Eff. Sept. 1, 2012

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Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961

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

236-1961-84 - Chapter 84 Small Claims Division (600.8401...600.8427)

Section 600.8401 - Small Claims Division; Creation; Judge; Jurisdiction.

Section 600.8401a - Instruction Sheets.

Section 600.8402 - Commencement of Action; Filing, Form, and Contents of Affidavit; Notice; Name of Plaintiff; Removal; Waiver.

Section 600.8403 - Affidavit Forms; Availability; Preparation.

Section 600.8404 - Service of Affidavit and Notice on Defendant; Form and Contents of Notice; Evening and Saturday Court Hours.

Section 600.8405 - Service; Manner; Proof.

Section 600.8406 - Appearances; Copy of Affidavit and Notice of Hearing; Application for New Notice; Jurisdiction to Render Judgment; Continuance.

Section 600.8407 - Filing of Claim in Small Claims Division; Restrictions.

Section 600.8408 - Parties; Representation; Request for Trial Before District Court Judge; Removal; Waiver.

Section 600.8409 - Attachment or Garnishment Prohibited; Execution; Judgment, Enforcement; Instruction Sheets.

Section 600.8410 - Settlement; Payment of Judgment; Execution, Attachment, or Garnishment; Warning; Examination of Assets; Payment of Judgment in Full; Copy of Judgment.

Section 600.8410a - Writ of Garnishment as to Periodic Payments Issued by Small Claims Division of District Court; Duration.

Section 600.8411 - Removal; Waiver; Hearings; Manner of Conducting; No Jury or Verbatim Record.

Section 600.8412 - Waiver of Rights.

Section 600.8413 - Judgments; Conclusiveness; Form.

Section 600.8415 - Venue of Actions.

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.

Section 600.8418 - Judgments; Certification.

Section 600.8419 - Forms and Stationery.

Section 600.8420 - Fees; Disposition.

Section 600.8421 - Costs to Prevailing Party.

Section 600.8422 - Counterclaim; Continuance.

Section 600.8423 - Separate Action by Defendant; Transmittal Fee; Transfer of Cause.

Section 600.8424 - Actions for Fraud, Libel, Slander, Assault, Battery, or Other Intentional Torts; Governmental Agency as Party.

Section 600.8425 - Limitation on Claim or Recovery; Amendment Increasing Amount Claimed.

Section 600.8426 - Name in Which Defendant Sued; Validity of Judgment.

Section 600.8427 - Conduct of Small Claims Hearing by District Court Judge or Magistrate; Appeal.