Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.130
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Former sheriff; delivery of property, process, documents and prisoners to successor.
Official statutory text
Sec. 30.
Within 10 days after the service of such certificate upon such former sheriff, he shall deliver to his successor,
First. The jail of the county, with all its appurtenances, and the property of the county therein:
Second. All the prisoners then confined in such jail:
Third. All process, orders, rules, commitments and all other papers or documents in his custody, authorizing, or relating to, the confinement of such prisoners; and if any such process shall have been returned a statement in writing of the contents thereof, and when returned:
Fourth. All writs of capias ad respondendum, and other original process, and all precepts and other documents, for the summoning of a grand or petit jury, then in his hands, which shall not have been fully executed by him:
Fifth. All executions, attachments and final process then in his hands, except such as the said former sheriff shall have executed, or shall have begun to execute by the collection of money thereon, or by a levy on property in pursuance thereof.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 147; CL 1857, 429; CL 1871, 571; How. 599; CL 1897, 2602; CL 1915, 2466; CL 1929, 1358; CL 1948, 51.130
Within 10 days after the service of such certificate upon such former sheriff, he shall deliver to his successor,
First. The jail of the county, with all its appurtenances, and the property of the county therein:
Second. All the prisoners then confined in such jail:
Third. All process, orders, rules, commitments and all other papers or documents in his custody, authorizing, or relating to, the confinement of such prisoners; and if any such process shall have been returned a statement in writing of the contents thereof, and when returned:
Fourth. All writs of capias ad respondendum, and other original process, and all precepts and other documents, for the summoning of a grand or petit jury, then in his hands, which shall not have been fully executed by him:
Fifth. All executions, attachments and final process then in his hands, except such as the said former sheriff shall have executed, or shall have begun to execute by the collection of money thereon, or by a levy on property in pursuance thereof.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 147; CL 1857, 429; CL 1871, 571; How. 599; CL 1897, 2602; CL 1915, 2466; CL 1929, 1358; CL 1948, 51.130
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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