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Last updated on May 28,
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- Text of 1963 Constitution
- Arranged by article; entire file
downloadable
- Search
engine
- Historical
Constitutions of 1835, 1850 and 1908, as well as
Government of the Northwest Territory, also appear on the
Michigan Legislature's web site
- Searchable text of Attorney General opinions
beginning 1977 with non-searchable text, 1963-76
- Web site also has considerable consumer protection information
including
Michigan statutes on automobiles, homes and rent, gifts, fraud
- Registration guidelines for charitable
organizations
- Material for women, children, seniors
Individual
Laws as Originally Passed
- Enrolled Bills, 1997+
- Enrolled bills are the final version before becoming law
- Text is available through the Michigan Legislature web site
- Search by bill number or keyword
- Links to the enrolled text are found under the bill number
- Michigan Public and Local
Acts, 1837+
- Annual compilation of laws as passed
- Issues for 1837-1969 in Buhr Storage; 1970+ in Documents Center as
Doc. Cen. K .M62 A2
- Most volumes for 1837-1921 have been digitized; search MIRLYN
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1837-38 |
1839 |
1840 |
1841 |
| 1842 |
1843 |
1844 |
1845 |
1846 (revised
statutes) |
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1847 |
1853 |
1855 |
1857 |
| 1857 Compiled Laws,
v.1 |
1857 Compiled Laws,
v.2 |
1858 |
1862 |
1864 |
| 1869,
pt.1 |
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1869,
pt.3 |
1870 |
1871 |
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1871, pt. 2,
Compiled Laws |
1871, pt.
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1872 |
1873,
pt.1 |
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1873,
pt.3 |
1874 |
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1875,
pt.2 |
| 1877,
pt.1 |
1877,
pt.2 |
1879,
pt.1 |
1879,
pt.2 |
1881
Index |
| 1881,
pt.1 |
1881,
pt.2 |
1882 |
1883,
pt.1 |
1883,
pt.2 |
| 1885,
pt.1 |
1885,
pt.2 |
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1887,
pt.2 |
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| 1889,
pt.2 |
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1891,
pt.2 |
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1895,
pt.2 |
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1897,
pt.2 |
1899,
pt.1 |
| 1899,
pt.2 |
1901,
pt.1 |
1901,
pt.2 |
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1903,
pt.2 |
| 1905
Index |
1905,
pt.1 |
1905,
pt.2 |
1907 Extra
Session |
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| 1907,
pt.2 |
1909,
pt.1 |
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1911,
pt.1 |
1911,
pt.2 |
| 1912,
pt.2 |
1913,
pt.1 |
1913,
pt.2 |
1915,
pt.1 |
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| 1917,
pt.1 |
1917,
pt.2 |
1919 Extra
Session |
1919,
pt.1 |
1919,
pt.2 |
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pt.1 |
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- Michigan
Legislature, 1997+
- Provides indexes of Michigan Compiled Laws and the Public Acts
updating them
- List of Public Acts with corresponding bill number, date signed,
date effective and sponsor
- Use the enrolled bill number on the Michigan Legislature web site
to find the full text
- The paper copy is updated by West's Michigan Legislative
Service
KFM 4225 .W51 - Ref.)
State Code (Laws in
Force)
- Michigan
Compiled Laws
- Official version of all laws-in-force
- Search for laws or constitution by keyword, law number or
MCL citation
- You can also browse or search within individual chapter
- Advanced search includes additional strategies by history and legal
challenges
- Michigan
Legislature
- Since 1997 lists Michigan Compiled Law Number and the Public Act
number that updates it
- Also has table of Public Acts providing act number, bill number,
sponsor, date signed, and date a new law effective
- The latest printed version of Michigan Compiled
Laws is 1979 (Doc.Cen. KFM 4230 1979 .A24 - Ref.)
- Updated by Michigan Public and Local Acts
(Doc.Cen.
K .M62 A2 - Ref.) and West's Michigan Legislative
Service
KFM 4225 .W51 - Ref.)
- Michigan Statutes
Annotated via Academic
Universe/LEXIS (UMich Only)
- State codes (laws-in-force) appear under State Legal
Research
- Choose state and then state code
- NOTE: This searches Michigan Statutes
Annotated
- Paper equivalent only in Law Library
- Cannot search by Michigan Compiled Laws
number
- Sample Search
State Legal Research/Michigan/Code
medicaid w/5 fraud
- The same information is also available in State Capital
Universe (UMich Only)
Compilations by
Subject
- Assessing the New
Federalism
- State data base includes statistics and law tracking for the 50
states and D.C.
- Fiscal, economic, demographic data
- Information about income security, health, employment, housing, and
child welfare programs
- EXAMPLE: State Data Base - Use Online - Begin -
Health Insurance/Proceed - Minimum Group Size/Proceed - All Years - for
state laws on minimum size of group health insurance coverage
- Family Law in
the 50 States (American Bar Association)
- Tables comparing alimony, custody criteria, child support, grounds for
divorce, property division, third party visitation and guardianship in the
50 states
- Law About...
(Cornell Law School)
- Comprehensive guide to federal and state laws and regulations arranged
by subject category
- Browsable by broad or narrow subject category and searchable by
keyword; subjects include bankruptcy, adoption, divorce, criminal
procedure, etc.
- Sample information for each topic includes federal laws, regulations,
and major court decisions; New York law; tables comparing laws of the 50
states; additional legal material on the web
- Legal
Definitions
- Legal definitions provided by Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney
- Detailed court and criminal terms from a Michigan perspective
- Selected
Acts (State Legislature)
- Internet version of the most frequently-requested Michigan laws
- Available in pdf or text format
- Selections include child custody, the lemon law, open meetings act,
stautory will, truth in lending, and whistleblower
protection
Individual
Acts by Subject
- CIS
License Lookup
- Allows user to verify a license by name and subject of license
- Licenses
- List of over 600 businesses and occupations that require a license in
Michigan
- Brief descriptive information on the license as well as the address
and phone number of the licensing agency
- Michigan Bar Association
- Members of the MBA are searchable by
name and city in the "Public Resources" section of the web site
- All members are licensed to practice in Michigan
- Michigan
Administrative
Code
- Text of all executive agency regulations in force
- Searchable by department or number but not subject
- Updated on a daily basis
- The latest paper version, 1979, is located in the Documents
Center as Doc.Cen. K .M62 A3 - Ref.
- Paper updated by annual supplements (same call number) and the
monthly
Michigan
Register (Doc.Cen K .M62 A31 - Ref.)
- Administrative
Rules (Office of Regulatory Reform)
- Proposed of Michigan executive departments
- Arranged by agency and number; indexed by keyword
- Use the keyword index for a cumulative list of changes to the
administrative code, including those appearing in the supplement and
Michigan Register
- State
Capital
Universe
- Proposed regulations for
Michigan since 1998
- Separate search engine for the Michigan Administrative Code
- Executive
Orders
- Governor's executive orders beginning 2003
- Governor
Engler's Executive Orders, 2000-2002
| All Michigan Executive Orders appear on
the
Michigan Legislature's web site since 1993
(http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?ExecutiveOrders).
Governor's Executive Reorganization Orders (EROs) appear in the
appendix of Michigan's Public and Local Acts (K .M62 A2).
Beginning with 1984 Executive Orders appear in the Michigan
Register (Grad Stacks: K .M62 A31).
Prior to 1984, the Executive Orders are located at the Library
of Michigan. The sets are arranged by governor. Search its online
catalog (http://35.9.2.51/search~S37)
with author keyword as: Michigan
Governor and title keyword as: executive
order? | |
Court
Decisions
- Academic
Universe (UMich
Only)
- Full text of Supreme and appellate court decisions
- Choose Legal Research/State Case Law/Michigan
- Search can be defined by type of court, date, name or keyword
- Sample search: Kevorkian
- Criminal Defense Online (Appellate
Defender Office)
- Summaries of criminal cases in Michigan beginning January 1996
- Includes Michigan Supreme Court decisions, grants and orders and a
unique file of Michigan Court of Appeals published and unpublished decisions
- News bulletins summarize county, state, and national news
(legislation, decisions, etc.) affecting criminal defense
- Michigan
Sentencing Guidelines
- Michigan Supreme
Court
- Text of Supreme Court decisions since 2001
- Includes briefs since April 2002
- Michigan Court of
Appeals
- Look under Resources/Court Opinions to search published
opinions since 2001 and unpublished opinions since 1996
- Michigan
Court Rules
- Rules for the Supreme, Appeals, District, and Probate Courts
- Local court rules, rules of evidence, code of judicial conduct, and
the State Bar of Michigan
Directories
- Appeals
Court
- Biographies of current judges and lists of previous judges
- Published opinions since 2001
- District Courts
- 61st
District
(Grand Rapids)
- Types of cases heard by the court
- Biographies of judges, magistrates, and administrators
- Extensive links to Michigan legal web sites and law firms in Grand
Rapids
- Other District Courts are listed by county in the state's
Trial Court
Directory
- Supreme
Court
- Description of the Michigan court system and types of cases
- Biographies of Supreme Court justices
- Bibliography of publications for purchase
- Decisions beginning 2001
- State
Officers Compensation Commission Final Report: 2000
- Salaries and expense accounts of the government, lieutenant
government, Supreme Court justices, legislators, legislative officer
supplements, 1968-2002
- As of May 29, 2007 the salaries had remained the same
- Trial Court
Directory
- Functions of the circuit, district, probate, family, and claims courts
in Michigan
- Listing of all trial courts by county
Organization and
Procedures
- Michigan
Friend of the
Court Handbook
- State-wide procedures on child custody, child support, and parenting
time
- Made available on the web by the Midland County Friend of the
Court
- Michigan
Manual
- Directory of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches
- Descriptions of each agencies and its missions
- Biographies of key officials, judges, and all legislators with maps
of the districts they represent
- History and Constitutions
- Official Canvas of Votes for the last state-wide election plus
initiatives, referenda, and selected votes since 1948
- See Counties for county court system and
Legal Forms
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Ursula Arnold, Documents Assistant, May 2004
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