{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-393.504","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.504","heading":"Notification of need for or right to interpreter; proof of deafness.","body":"Sec. 4.\n\n(1) Each deaf or deaf-blind person whose appearance in an action or other proceeding entitles the deaf or deaf-blind person to a qualified interpreter shall provide reasonable notice to the appointing authority of the need of a qualified interpreter before the appearance. Each deaf or deaf-blind person who is entitled to a qualified interpreter as an accommodation under state or federal law shall provide reasonable notice to the appointing authority of the need for a qualified interpreter.\n\n(2) An appointing authority, when it knows a deaf or deaf-blind person is or will be coming before it, shall inform the deaf or deaf-blind person of the right to a qualified interpreter.\n\n(3) An appointing authority may require a person requesting the appointment of a qualified interpreter to furnish reasonable proof of the person's deafness, if the appointing authority has reason to believe that the person is not deaf or deaf-blind.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 393","Act Act-204-of-1982"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-393-504","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"2496ef1f055e3a5c863b8c5a94e33d1f06836db118100a89b4e894c96550a4f9","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-393.503a","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-393.505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}