# Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.501: Municipal courts; salaried judges; designation; adoption of act by ordinance or charter provision

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## Section

- **Citation:** Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.501
- **Heading:** Municipal courts; salaried judges; designation; adoption of act by ordinance or charter provision
- **Jurisdiction:** Michigan
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-5-of-1956 / Section 730.501

## Text

Sec. 1.

In any city in this state now or hereafter having a population of 15,000 or more, according to the latest or each succeeding federal decennial census, having a justice court with 1 or more justices of the peace who are paid a salary in lieu of fees, whether said justices and justice courts are provided for by city charters or by any statutes of this state, such courts shall hereafter be designated as municipal courts and the justices thereof as municipal judges; said change shall in no way affect or change the present laws and statutes of this state, except that the word "municipal" shall replace "justice" with full force and effect and with like intent whenever and wherever the said word "justice" appears in said acts or general or special laws of the state or the municipal charter of any such city with reference to justice courts or justices of the peace.

Any city having a population of less than 15,000 and a justice of the peace who is paid a salary in lieu of fees and required to be an attorney may adopt by ordinance the provisions of this act and such court shall be deemed a municipal court under this act for all purposes while said ordinance is in effect.

Any city may provide in its charter, whether in the first instance or by amendment or revision, for a municipal court under the provisions of this act. If any city provides in its charter for a municipal court to come into being at the end of the term or terms of its incumbent justices of the peace, it shall provide that each municipal judge, including the first incumbent, shall be an attorney at law as required in section 8 of this act.

History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956; Am. 1957, Act 179, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1959, Act 209, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1959

## Nearby sections

- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.501 Municipal courts; salaried judges; designation; adoption of act by ordinance or charter provision.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.501.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.501a Uniform municipal court act; definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.501a.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.502 Name of court; title of judges, entitlement of papers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.502.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.503 Candidates; designation; incumbency designation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.503.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.504 Incumbent judges or justices; nonapplication of act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.504.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.505 Incumbent judges or justices; continuation, vacancies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.505.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.506 Substitute judges; assistance of other judges.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.506.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.507 Substitute judges; compensation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.507.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.508 Judges; qualifications, terms, election; compensation, jurisdiction, practice and procedure.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.508.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.508a Municipal court judge; eligibility; requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.508a.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.509 Files, records and dockets.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.509.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.510 Jurisdiction of successor judges.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.510.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.511 Set time for trial; hearing or action.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.511.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.512 Judges; rule making power.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C730_AAct-5-of-1956_S730.512.md)

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