{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.8313","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8313","heading":"Prosecution of violations; exception.","body":"Sec. 8313.\n\nA violation of state criminal law shall be prosecuted in the district court by the prosecuting attorney. A violation of an ordinance of a political subdivision that is a misdemeanor or that is not designated as a civil infraction shall be prosecuted in the district court by the attorney for the political subdivision whose ordinance was violated. If the violation is a civil infraction, the prosecuting attorney or attorney for the political subdivision shall appear in court only in those civil infraction actions that are contested before a judge of the district court in a formal hearing as provided in any of the following, as applicable:\n\nSection 8721.\n\nSection 8821.\n\nSection 747 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.747.\n\nThis section does not apply to an ordinance violation designated a blight violation by a political subdivision that establishes an administrative hearings bureau pursuant to statute to adjudicate and impose sanctions for blight violations.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-8313","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"86cc72612d8cb64e8e6543038326d1574488691ee53a250981899247539f03de","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.8312","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.8314"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}