{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.3104","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3104","heading":"Claim against decedent; necessity of administration.","body":"Sec. 3104.\n\n(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a proceeding to enforce a claim against a decedent's estate or the decedent's successors shall not be revived or commenced before the appointment of a personal representative. After the appointment and until distribution, a proceeding or action to enforce a claim against the estate is governed by the procedure prescribed by this article. After distribution, a creditor whose claim has not been barred may recover from the distributees as provided in section 3955 or from a former personal representative individually liable as provided in section 3956.\n\n(2) This act does not apply to a proceeding by a secured creditor of the decedent to enforce the creditor's right to the creditor's security except as provided in part 8 of article III and part 6 of article VII.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 700","Act Act-386-of-1998"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-700-3104","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"2e1dfd1d26f1a4e1a6b1f746d5f30cfdc5a03fd81fdbc673c5ef42280ad78ebc","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.3103","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.3105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}