{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-vi-23","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Const. art. VI, § 23","heading":"Judicial vacancies, filling; appointee, term; successor; new offices.","body":"Sec. 23.\n\nA vacancy shall occur in the office of judge of any court of record or in the district court by death, removal, resignation or vacating of the office, and such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor. The person appointed by the governor shall hold office until 12 noon of the first day of January next succeeding the first general election held after the vacancy occurs, at which election a successor shall be elected for the remainder of the unexpired term. Whenever a new office of judge in a court of record, or the district court, is created by law, it shall be filled by election as provided by law. The supreme court may authorize persons who have been elected and served as judges to perform judicial duties for limited periods or specific assignments.","path":["Michigan Constitution","Article VI"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Article%20VI%20%C2%A7%2023","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"fdc09a1f533f561d5197425041e975ac57fcfd60d99896f250fa52d1f298be8c","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-vi-22","next":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-vi-24","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."}