Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.29
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Suits involving state departments.
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Sec. 29.
It shall be the duty of the attorney general, at the request of the governor, the secretary of state, the treasurer or the auditor general, to prosecute and defend all suits relating to matters connected with their departments.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 12; CL 1857, 181; CL 1871, 256; How. 287; CL 1897, 105; CL 1915, 133; CL 1929, 177; CL 1948, 14.29
It shall be the duty of the attorney general, at the request of the governor, the secretary of state, the treasurer or the auditor general, to prosecute and defend all suits relating to matters connected with their departments.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 12; CL 1857, 181; CL 1871, 256; How. 287; CL 1897, 105; CL 1915, 133; CL 1929, 177; CL 1948, 14.29
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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