{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.5706","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5706","heading":"Venue.","body":"Sec. 5706.\n\nThis section governs venue in all courts having jurisdiction over summary proceedings and is not jurisdictional.\n\nIn districts where the district court is operative, the following are the proper places in which to commence and try summary proceedings:\n\nThe county in which the premises or any part of the premises are situated, in districts of the first class.\n\nThe district in which the premises or any part of the premises are situated, in districts of the second or third class.\n\nIn districts where the district court is not operative, the municipal court of the city in which the premises or any part of the premises are situated is a proper court in which to commence and try summary proceedings. A municipal court having jurisdiction pursuant to section 9928 over a township in which the premises or any part of the premises are situated is a proper court in which to commence and try summary proceedings.\n\nSummary proceedings brought in a county, district, or court not designated as a proper county, district, or court may be tried in that county, district, or court, unless a defendant moves for a change of venue or the court upon its own motion orders a change of venue. The defendant's motion or the court's order shall be made within the time and in the manner provided by court rule and the court shall transfer such a proceeding to a proper county, district, or court on the condition that the plaintiff pay to the court to which the action is transferred an additional filing fee and on such other conditions relative to expense and costs as may be provided by court rule.\n\nOn such grounds and conditions as may be provided by court rule, the venue of summary proceedings commenced in a proper county, district, or court may be changed to any other county, district, or court and the proceeding tried in that county, district, or court. The court to which any transfer is made pursuant to this subsection or subsection (4) has full jurisdiction of the proceeding as though the proceeding were originally commenced in that court.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-5706","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"6435391906dd9402932edf8f6c7486685ba3bf3fecb7e37ea9084f349cb2ed40","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.5704","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.5708"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}