{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.4358","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4358","heading":"Discharge of prisoner in civil cases.","body":"Sec. 4358.\n\nIf the prisoner is in custody by virtue of civil process from any court legally constituted, or issued by any officer in the course of judicial proceedings before him, authorized by law, the prisoner shall be discharged only if 1 of the following situations exists:\n\nWhere the jurisdiction of the court or officer has been exceeded, either as to matter, place, sum or person;\n\nWhere, though the original imprisonment was lawful, the party is entitled to be discharged;\n\nWhere the process is void;\n\nWhere the process, though in proper form, has been issued in a case not allowed by law;\n\nWhere the person having the custody of the prisoner is not the person empowered by law to detain him; or\n\nWhere the process is not authorized by any judgment, order or decree of any court, nor by any provision of law.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-4358","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"91723c708c03a09172c9bf49753e51d4fb4fd358091bb1c1ed52475589d1d69c","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.4355","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.4361"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}