{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.8281","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8281","heading":"Clerk of court and deputy clerks; appointment; term.","body":"Sec. 8281.\n\nIn each county within a district of the first class, in each district of the second class, and in each political subdivision where the court sits within a district of the third class, the district judge or judges of the district shall appoint a clerk of the court. In districts of the first class the judge or judges may appoint the county clerk to act as clerk of the court.\n\nThe clerk of the court shall appoint deputy clerks of the court subject to the approval of the judges.\n\nThe clerk of the court, including a county clerk to the extent he or she is serving as clerk of the court, shall serve at the pleasure of the district judge or judges of the district.\n\nIn the thirty-sixth district the chief judge of the district shall appoint the clerk of the court and deputy clerks pursuant to sections 8272, 8273, and 9104.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-8281","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"c81a9c2130fdef968da08753b238983699245866bb1f7820a415da8867af7c76","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.828","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.8283"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}