Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.81
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Constables; bond; filing; certified copy as evidence of contents and execution; actions against constables or sureties upon bond.
Official statutory text
Sec. 81.
The bond required in section 80 shall be filed in the office of the township clerk, and a copy of the bond certified by the township clerk is presumptive evidence of the contents and execution of the bond. Actions against a constable or his or her sureties upon such a bond shall be commenced within 6 years after the expiration of the year in which commenced the term of office during which the neglect, default, misfeasance, or failure occurred.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16; CL 1857, 573; CL 1871, 724; How. 763; CL 1897, 2365; CL 1915, 2145; CL 1929, 1021; CL 1948, 41.81; Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
The bond required in section 80 shall be filed in the office of the township clerk, and a copy of the bond certified by the township clerk is presumptive evidence of the contents and execution of the bond. Actions against a constable or his or her sureties upon such a bond shall be commenced within 6 years after the expiration of the year in which commenced the term of office during which the neglect, default, misfeasance, or failure occurred.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16; CL 1857, 573; CL 1871, 724; How. 763; CL 1897, 2365; CL 1915, 2145; CL 1929, 1021; CL 1948, 41.81; Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
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