Section 600.8703 - Municipal civil infraction; commencement; political subdivision as plaintiff; jurisdiction of courts; time and place of appearance.
REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961
600.8703 Municipal civil infraction; commencement; political subdivision as plaintiff; jurisdiction of courts; time and place of appearance.
Sec. 8703.
(1) A municipal civil infraction action is commenced upon the issuance of a citation as provided in section 8707. The plaintiff in a municipal civil infraction action is the political subdivision whose ordinance has been violated.
(2) The district court and any municipal court have jurisdiction over municipal civil infraction actions.
(3) The time specified in a citation for appearance shall be within a reasonable time after the citation is issued.
(4) The place specified in the citation for appearance shall be the court referred to in subsection (2) that has territorial jurisdiction of the place where the municipal civil infraction occurred. Venue in the district court is governed by section 8312.
History: Add. 1994, Act 12, Eff. May 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 388, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998