Sec. 8407.
(1) A claim shall not be filed or prosecuted in the small claims division by an assignee of a claim or by a third party beneficiary under a third party beneficiary contract.
(2) Within a district court district a person shall not file more than the following number of claims in the small claims division in 1 week:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person shall not file more than 5 claims.
(b) A person shall not file more than 20 claims on behalf of a county, city, village, or township.
(3) A person shall not file a claim on behalf of a sole proprietorship or a partnership unless that person is the proprietor, a partner in the plaintiff partnership, or a full-time salaried employee of the plaintiff having knowledge of the facts surrounding the complaint. A person shall not file a claim on behalf of a corporation unless that person is a full-time, salaried employee having knowledge of the facts surrounding the complaint. A person shall not file a claim on behalf of a county, city, village, township, or local or intermediate school district unless that person is an elected or appointed officer or an employee of the county, city, village, township, or local or intermediate school district who has knowledge of the facts surrounding the complaint and who is authorized by the governing body of the county, city, village, township, or local or intermediate school district to file the claim.
History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 496, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 272, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 1984 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 192, Eff. July 1, 1992 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 486, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961
Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)
236-1961-84 - Chapter 84 Small Claims Division (600.8401...600.8427)
Section 600.8401 - Small Claims Division; Creation; Judge; Jurisdiction.
Section 600.8401a - Instruction Sheets.
Section 600.8403 - Affidavit Forms; Availability; Preparation.
Section 600.8405 - Service; Manner; Proof.
Section 600.8407 - Filing of Claim in Small Claims Division; Restrictions.
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 600.8418 - 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 600.8425 - 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.