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Section 730.529 – Judgments; Signing by Judges.

730.529 Judgments; signing by judges. Sec. 29. Judgments rendered in any such municipal court shall be signed by the judge by or before whom such cause was tried. History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956

Section 730.530 – Conciliation Division; Judges; Clerks; Jurisdictional Amount.

730.530 Conciliation division; judges; clerks; jurisdictional amount. Sec. 30. (1) Any municipal court affected by this act may provide for a conciliation division where civil actions in which the debt or damages claimed do not exceed the amount in subsection (2), excepting replevin suits, suits commenced by writ of attachment, and suits commenced by civil […]

Section 730.531 – Conciliation Division; Summons, Default, Hearings, Adjournment.

730.531 Conciliation division; summons, default, hearings, adjournment. Sec. 31. Any person having a claim within the jurisdiction of the conciliation division of any such court may appear before the clerk or any deputy clerk of such court and state his claim without formality or written pleadings. The clerk shall thereupon issue a summons in substantially […]

Section 730.532 – Conciliation Division; Settlement; Judgment, Payment.

730.532 Conciliation division; settlement; judgment, payment. Sec. 32. The parties prior to or at the hearing may make a settlement upon such terms as they may agree upon, in which case it shall be reduced to writing and signed by the parties, and the settlement shall be filed in the cause and in all respects […]

Section 730.533 – Conciliation Division; Transfer to Regular Division; Costs.

730.533 Conciliation division; transfer to regular division; costs. Sec. 33. Either party to a suit in the conciliation division shall be entitled to make demand, before the commencement of the hearing in his cause, to transfer the cause to the regular division; the conciliator shall then transfer the cause to the regular division of the […]

Section 730.522 – Concurrent Jurisdiction; Replevin; Jurisdictional Amount.

730.522 Concurrent jurisdiction; replevin; jurisdictional amount. Sec. 22. (1) In addition to all the general jurisdiction of former justices of the peace, every municipal court affected by this act shall have concurrent jurisdiction in all civil actions when the amount in controversy does not exceed the amount in subsection (2) and in all actions of […]

Section 730.523 – Appeals in Criminal Cases.

730.523 Appeals in criminal cases. Sec. 23. Except as provided in section 23a, appeals in criminal cases may be taken as a matter of right from the municipal court of a city to the circuit court of the county in which the city is located in the same manner and time as is provided by […]