MCL - Index of Chapter 51

NOTE: Dates reflect any modification to item, not necessarily a change in law.
Title Subject
Chapter 51 SHERIFFS
R.S. of 1846 Revised Statutes of 1846 (51.68 - 51.85)
R-S-1846-51-68-14 CHAPTER 14 Chapter 14. Of county officers. (51.68...51.85)
R-S-1846-51-68-14-OF-SHERIFFS. OF SHERIFFS. (51.68...51.85)
Section 51.68 Sheriff; bond; penal sum; approval; surety.
Section 51.69 Sheriff; bond; condition.
Section 51.70 Deputy sheriffs; appointment; revocation; special deputies; responsibility for acts, defaults, and misconduct; bond.
Section 51.71 Undersheriff; appointment, vacancies.
Section 51.72 Undersheriff; executing office of sheriff; effect of default or misfeasance.
Section 51.73 Sheriff; appointments and revocations, form, filing; oaths of office.
Section 51.74 Sheriff and deputy sheriff; renewal of security.
Section 51.75 Sheriff; custody of county jails.
Section 51.76 “County primary roads,”“county local roads,” and “state trunk line highways” defined; sheriff's department to provide certain services; resolution requesting services; resolution requesting vehicle inspection program; concurrent resolution requiring reduction of general services; presumption; construction.
Section 51.77 Secondary road patrol and traffic accident prevention; grant; agreement; information; report to office of highway safety planning; effect of reducing expenditures or level of road patrol; recommendations for expenditure of grant; expanded services; allocation formula; annual report; law enforcement plan; report to legislature; impact and cost effectiveness study.
Section 51.78 Repealed. 1952, Act 110, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952.
Section 51.79 Survival of action against sheriff or deputies.
Section 51.82 Sheriff; services to state; payment.
Section 51.83 Sheriff's office; notice, office hours.
Section 51.84 Service of papers at sheriff's office.
Section 51.85 Service of papers on sheriff at county clerk's office.
R.S. of 1846 Revised Statutes of 1846 (51.128 - 51.134)
R-S-1846-51-128-147 CHAPTER 147 Chapter 147. Of admitting prisoners to the liberties of jails, of escapes, and proceedings on the election of a new sheriff. (51.128...51.134)
R-S-1846-51-128-147-PROCEEDINGS-ON-THE-ELECTION-OF-A-NEW-SHERIFF. PROCEEDINGS ON THE ELECTION OF A NEW SHERIFF. (51.128...51.134)
Section 51.128 New sheriff; election, certificate of qualification.
Section 51.129 Former sheriff; ceasing of powers.
Section 51.130 Former sheriff; delivery of property, process, documents and prisoners to successor.
Section 51.131 Former sheriff; instrument of delivery to successor; new sheriff, acknowledgment of receipt.
Section 51.133 Former sheriff; delivery of jail, process documents and prisoners, refusal or neglect.
Section 51.134 Substitute for former sheriff; duties.
Act 2 of 1867 POWERS AND DUTIES (51.221 - 51.221)
Section 51.221 Sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff; powers and duties; fees.
Act 180 of 1919 UNDERSHERIFFS, DEPUTIES, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (51.241 - 51.242)
Section 51.241 Undersheriffs and deputies in counties of 150,000 to 300,000; appointment; compensation, increase.
Section 51.242 Undersheriffs and deputies in counties over 400,000; appointment; compensation.
Act 386 of 1913 CHIEF DEPUTY SHERIFF (51.261 - 51.264)
Section 51.261 Chief deputy sheriff in counties of 150,000 to 300,000; appointment, tenure.
Section 51.262 Chief deputy sheriff; appointment and oath of office, filing.
Section 51.263 Chief deputy sheriff; powers and duties.
Section 51.264 Chief deputy sheriff; compensation.
Act 210 of 1945 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PRISONERS (51.281 - 51.283)
Section 51.281 County jail rules and regulations; adoption by sheriff, endorsement by circuit court, effect.
Section 51.282 Record of infractions of rules and regulations; examination; reduction of sentence; forfeiture and restoration of good time.
Section 51.283 County jail rules and regulations; posting; good behavior allowances, liability of sheriff.
Act 139 of 1947 RECOVERY OF DROWNED BODIES (51.301 - 51.302)
Section 51.301 Recovery of drowned bodies; jurisdiction of police chiefs and sheriffs, duties, expenses.
Section 51.302 Recovery of bodies of drowned persons; assistance from other public agencies; jurisdiction.
Act 298 of 1966 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (51.351 - 51.367)
Section 51.351 Civil service commission for sheriffs' departments in counties over 400,000; creation; applicability of act.
Section 51.352 Civil service commission; membership, appointment, terms; president, term.
Section 51.352a Commissioners; compensation.
Section 51.353 Civil service commission; members, qualifications; holding other office prohibited; political affiliations.
Section 51.354 Civil service commission; vacancies; removal.
Section 51.355 Civil service commission; clerk.
Section 51.356 Sheriff's department; incumbents, eligibility to permanent appointment under civil service.
Section 51.357 Sheriff's department; appointments, reinstatements, promotions and discharges subject to act; exceptions.
Section 51.358 Civil service commission; aid from board of supervisors and department heads; offices, supplies.
Section 51.359 Civil service commission; powers and duties.
Section 51.360 Civil service examination; application; filing; contents; forms; certificates; grounds for refusing to examine or certify applicant; hearing; review; physical examination; age; residence; reinstatement.
Section 51.361 Civil service commission; rules and regulations for examinations.
Section 51.362 Civil service employees; tenure; removal, discharge, reduction or suspension, procedures.
Section 51.363 Civil service examinations, obstructing right to examination or registration, unlawfully furnishing information or impersonating others; penalty.
Section 51.364 Appointment or selection contrary to rules; refusal to comply to or violates act; penalty.
Section 51.365 Civil service commission; definitions.
Section 51.366 Act effective upon approval by electors; petition; ballot; form; referendum.
Section 51.367 Rescission and repeal of act by electors; ballot, form; referendum.