SB-0786, As Passed Senate, February 13, 2008
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 786
(As amended, February 12, 2008)
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 8401 (MCL 600.8401), as amended by 1999 PA 27.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
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 only when in
which the amount claimed does not
exceed
$3,000.00 <<$5,000.00>>.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.