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Home » US Law » 2022 Michigan Compiled Laws » Chapter 801 - Jails and Workhouses » Act 118 of 1984 - The Prisoner Reimbursement to the County Act (801.81 - 801.93) » Section 801.90 – Civil Action to Recover and Enforce Money Judgment; District Court; Venue.
801.90 Civil action to recover and enforce money judgment; district court; venue.

Sec. 10.

Consistent with section 7, the county may file the civil action in the district court to recover a money judgment and to enforce that judgment in the same manner as other money judgments entered by the district court. If the defendant is still a prisoner in the county jail, venue in a district of the first class is proper in the county where the county jail is located and in a district of the second or third class is proper in the district where the county jail is located. If the defendant is a prisoner in a state correctional facility, venue is proper in the county in which the state correctional facility is located.

History: 1984, Act 118, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1984 ;– Am. 1996, Act 544, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997