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HOUSE BILL NO. 6204
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 2529 (MCL 600.2529), as amended by 2023 PA 35.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2529. (1) In the circuit court, the following fees must 1
be paid to the clerk of the court: 2
(a) Before filing a civil action, including an action for 3
superintending control or another extraordinary writ, the party 4
filing the action shall pay a fee of $150.00. This subdivision does 5
July 03, 2026, Introduced by Rep. Tisdel and referred to Committee on Finance.
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not apply to an action brought exclusively under section 2950, 1
2950a, or 2950h to 2950m, an action under the extreme risk 2
protection order act, or an action for a writ of habeas corpus. The 3
clerk at the end of each month shall transmit for each fee 4
collected under this subdivision within the month $31.00 to the 5
county treasurer and the balance of the filing fee to the state 6
treasurer for deposit in the civil filing fee fund created in 7
section 171. This subdivision does not apply to any of the 8
following: 9
(i) An action brought exclusively under section 2950 or 2950a 10
or sections 2950h to 2950m. 11
(ii) An action under the extreme risk protection order act, 12
2023 PA 38, MCL 691.1801 to 691.1821. 13
(iii) An action for a writ of habeas corpus. 14
(iv) An action brought by the attorney general under the 15
residential mortgage licensing and supervision act. 16
(b) Before filing a claim of appeal or motion for leave to 17
appeal from the district court, probate court, a municipal court, 18
or an administrative tribunal or agency, the appellant or moving 19
party shall pay a fee of $150.00. For each fee collected under this 20
subdivision, the clerk shall transmit $31.00 to the county 21
treasurer and the balance of the fee to the state treasurer for 22
deposit in the civil filing fee fund created in section 171. 23
(c) At the time a trial by jury is demanded, the party making 24
the demand shall pay a fee of $85.00. Failure to pay the fee at the 25
time the demand is made constitutes a waiver of the right to a jury 26
trial. The fee paid must be taxed in favor of the party paying it 27
if the party recovers a judgment for costs. For each fee collected 28
under this subdivision, the clerk shall transmit $25.00 to the 29
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state treasurer for deposit in the juror compensation reimbursement 1
fund created in section 151d. 2
(d) At the time an action in which the custody, support, or 3
parenting time of a minor child is to be determined or modified is 4
filed, the party filing the action shall pay 1 of the following 5
fees: 6
(i) In an action in which the custody or parenting time of a 7
minor child is to be determined or modified, $80.00. 8
(ii) In an action in which the support of a minor child is to 9
be determined or modified, $40.00. This fee does not apply if a fee 10
is paid under subparagraph (i). 11
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this section, on filing a 12
motion, the moving party shall pay a fee of $20.00. In conjunction 13
with an action brought under section 2950 or 2950a, the clerk shall 14
not collect a motion fee for a motion to dismiss the petition, a 15
motion to modify, rescind, or terminate a personal protection 16
order, or a motion to show cause for a violation of a personal 17
protection order. The clerk shall not collect a motion fee for a 18
motion to dismiss a proceeding to enforce a foreign protection 19
order or a motion to show cause for a violation of a foreign 20
protection order under sections 2950h to 2950m. The clerk shall not 21
collect a motion fee for a request for a hearing to contest income 22
withholding under section 7 of the support and parenting time 23
enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.607. For each fee collected 24
under this subdivision, the clerk shall transmit $10.00 to the 25
state treasurer for deposit in the state court fund created by 26
section 151a. 27
(f) For services under the direction of the court that are not 28
specifically provided for in this section related to receiving, 29
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safekeeping, or expending money, purchasing, taking, or 1
transferring a security, or collecting interest on a security, a 2
party shall pay the allowance and compensation that the court 3
determines to be just as ordered by the court after notice to the 4
parties. 5
(g) Upon appeal to the court of appeals or the supreme court, 6
the appellant shall pay $25.00. 7
(h) The applicant or requesting party shall pay $15.00 as a 8
service fee for each writ of garnishment, attachment, or execution 9
and each judgment debtor discovery subpoena issued. 10
(2) The fees paid as provided in this section are payment in 11
full for all clerk, entry, and judgment fees in an action from the 12
commencement of the action to and including the issuance and return 13
of the execution or other final process, and are taxable as costs. 14
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the fees 15
paid under this section must be paid to the county treasurer as 16
required by law. 17
(4) At the end of each month, each fee collected under 18
subsection (1)(d)(i) must be paid to the county treasurer and 19
deposited by the county treasurer as provided under section 2530 to 20
be used to fund services that are not title IV-D services. The fee 21
collected under subsection (1)(d)(ii) must be paid to the county 22
treasurer and deposited by the county treasurer as provided under 23
section 2530. 24
(5) The court shall order any of the fees prescribed in this 25
section waived or suspended, in whole or in part, upon a showing by 26
affidavit of indigency or inability to pay. 27
(6) If the person filing an action described in subsection 28
(1)(d) is a public officer acting in his or her the public 29
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officer's official capacity, if the final judgment or order is 1
submitted with the initial filing as a consent judgment or order, 2
or if other good cause is shown, the court shall order the fee 3
under subsection (1)(d) waived or suspended. If a fee is waived or 4
suspended and the action is contested, the court may require that 1 5
or more of the parties to the action pay the fee under subsection 6
(1)(d). 7
(7) The court may order a party to pay the other party all or 8
part of a fee paid by the other party under subsection (1)(d). 9
(8) A party is not required to pay a fee under this section if 10
the party is filing a child protective action or a delinquency 11
action under section 2 of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 12
1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.2, or under the young adult voluntary foster 13
care act, 2011 PA 225, MCL 400.641 to 400.671. 14
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect 15
unless House Bill No. 6177 (request no. H05171'25) of the 103rd 16
Legislature is enacted into law. 17