Sec. 1. The attorney general of the state is hereby authorized and empowered to intervene in any action heretofore or hereafter commenced in any court of the state whenever such intervention is necessary in order to protect any right or interest of the state, or of the people of the state. Such right of intervention shall exist at any stage of the proceeding, and the attorney general shall have the same right to prosecute an appeal, or to apply for a re-hearing or to take any other action or step whatsoever that is had or possessed by any of the parties to such litigation.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.101
Intervention; authorization
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 106 Mich. App. 731 - Hartman v. Insurance Co. of North America (1981)
Most recently applied in 325 Mich. App. 38 - People of Michigan v. Susan Hernandez-Zitka (May 2018)
1919, Act 232, Eff
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