{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-vi-16","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Const. art. VI, § 16","heading":"Probate judges; nomination, election, terms.","body":"Sec. 16.\n\nOne or more judges of probate as provided by law shall be nominated and elected at non-partisan elections in the counties or the probate districts in which they reside and shall hold office for terms of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. In counties or districts with more than one judge the terms of office shall be arranged by law to provide that not all terms will expire at the same time.","path":["Michigan Constitution","Article VI"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Article%20VI%20%C2%A7%2016","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"54648591f0e9caadc3eff177383da970e65fbedae0270a8daa87e486eac1a1fc","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-vi-15","next":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-vi-17","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}