Sec. 1615. Any county in which any governmental unit, including but not limited to a public, municipal, quasi-municipal, or governmental corporation, unincorporated board, public body, or political subdivision, exercises or may exercise its governmental authority is the proper county in which to commence and try actions against such governmental units, except that if the cause of action arose in the county of the principal office of such governmental unit, that county is the proper county in which to commence and try actions against such governmental units.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1615
Venue; actions against governmental units
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Dedes v. Asch (1994)
Most recently applied in Angelucci v. Dart Properties Inc. (May 2013)
1961, Act 236, Eff
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