{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.1490","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1490","heading":"Definitions; court reporter, court recorder, stenomask reporter, or owner of firm; familial relationship with party or attorney; disclosure required; financial interest.","body":"Sec. 1490.\n\nAs used in this section and sections 1491, 1492, and 1493:\n\n\"Blanket contract\" means a contract under which a court reporter, court recorder, stenomask reporter, or court reporting firm agrees to perform all court reporting or court recording services for a client for 2 or more cases at a rate of compensation fixed in the contract.\n\n\"Court reporting firm\" means a business entity that provides the services of court reporters, court recorders, or stenomask reporters.\n\n\"Owner\" means a person who has any ownership interest in a court reporting firm.\n\nA court reporter, court recorder, stenomask reporter, or owner of a court reporting firm shall not provide or arrange to provide court reporting or recording services if he or she is a relative, employee, attorney, or counsel of any of the parties, or is a relative or employee of an attorney or counsel of any of the parties, without disclosing that familial relationship.\n\nA court reporter, court recorder, stenomask reporter, or owner of a court reporting firm shall not provide or arrange to provide court reporting or recording services if he or she is financially interested in the action.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-1490","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"3da53fa02879e088ec1df7cdfa6dc9ee35d0b565c10fdab7b4462cbce36f5612","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.1487","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.1491"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}