{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-780.117","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.117","heading":"Request for witnesses confined in foreign state; certificate; contents; foreign court having jurisdiction over prisoner, presentment of certificate.","body":"Sec. 7.\n\nIf a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a criminal action pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this state, a judge of the court may certify (1) that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court, (2) that a person who is confined in a penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation or action, and (3) that his presence will be required during a specified time. The certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the prisoner confined, and a notice shall be given to the attorney general of the state in which the prisoner is confined.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 780","Act Act-161-of-1967"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-780-117","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"62f59f636827b7919b5a01a816baafebe0a7983791d70cd27551f85a91f40712","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-780.116","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-780.118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}