Sec. 1.
(1) In any city in this state now or hereafter having a population of 15,000 or more, according to the latest or each succeeding federal decennial census, having a justice court with 1 or more justices of the peace who are paid a salary in lieu of fees, whether said justices and justice courts are provided for by city charters or by any statutes of this state, such courts shall hereafter be designated as municipal courts and the justices thereof as municipal judges; said change shall in no way affect or change the present laws and statutes of this state, except that the word "municipal" shall replace "justice" with full force and effect and with like intent whenever and wherever the said word "justice" appears in said acts or general or special laws of the state or the municipal charter of any such city with reference to justice courts or justices of the peace.
(2) Any city having a population of less than 15,000 and a justice of the peace who is paid a salary in lieu of fees and required to be an attorney may adopt by ordinance the provisions of this act and such court shall be deemed a municipal court under this act for all purposes while said ordinance is in effect.
(3) Any city may provide in its charter, whether in the first instance or by amendment or revision, for a municipal court under the provisions of this act. If any city provides in its charter for a municipal court to come into being at the end of the term or terms of its incumbent justices of the peace, it shall provide that each municipal judge, including the first incumbent, shall be an attorney at law as required in section 8 of this act.
History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 179, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 209, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1959
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts
Act 5 of 1956 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act (730.501 - 730.534)
Section 730.501a - Uniform Municipal Court Act; Definitions.
Section 730.502 - Name of Court; Title of Judges, Entitlement of Papers.
Section 730.503 - Candidates; Designation; Incumbency Designation.
Section 730.504 - Incumbent Judges or Justices; Nonapplication of Act.
Section 730.505 - Incumbent Judges or Justices; Continuation, Vacancies.
Section 730.506 - Substitute Judges; Assistance of Other Judges.
Section 730.507 - Substitute Judges; Compensation.
Section 730.508a - Municipal Court Judge; Eligibility; Requirements.
Section 730.509 - Files, Records and Dockets.
Section 730.510 - Jurisdiction of Successor Judges.
Section 730.511 - Set Time for Trial; Hearing or Action.
Section 730.512 - Judges; Rule Making Power.
Section 730.513 - Presiding Judge; Designation, Term, Absence.
Section 730.514 - Presiding Judge; Powers and Duties, Motions, Bonds, Defaults, Rule Powers.
Section 730.515 - Motions; Form, Filing, Hearing, Notices.
Section 730.516 - Setting Aside Verdict or Judgment; New Trial; Procedure.
Section 730.517 - Instructions to Jury; Requests to Charge.
Section 730.518 - Directed Verdicts; Condition.
Section 730.520 - Judgment in Case of Disagreement of Jury.
Section 730.521 - Civil Process; Service Anywhere in County.
Section 730.522 - Concurrent Jurisdiction; Replevin; Jurisdictional Amount.
Section 730.523 - Appeals in Criminal Cases.
Section 730.523a - Appeal in Civil Action or Criminal Case; Effect of Resolution.
Section 730.524 - Attorney Fees Taxable.
Section 730.525 - Matters Returnable Before Presiding Judge.
Section 730.526 - Conduct of Trial by Litigants or Attorneys; Contempt for Violation.
Section 730.527 - Bail; Setting Date for Examinations; Recognizance in Criminal Cases.
Section 730.528 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Judges and Municipal Courts; Fees.
Section 730.529 - Judgments; Signing by Judges.
Section 730.530 - Conciliation Division; Judges; Clerks; Jurisdictional Amount.
Section 730.531 - Conciliation Division; Summons, Default, Hearings, Adjournment.
Section 730.532 - Conciliation Division; Settlement; Judgment, Payment.
Section 730.533 - Conciliation Division; Transfer to Regular Division; Costs.
Section 730.534 - Michigan Uniform Municipal Court Act; Short Title.