Sec. 8281. (1) In each county within a district of the first class, in each district of the second class, and in each political subdivision where the court sits within a district of the third class, the district judge or judges of the district shall appoint a clerk of the court. In districts of the first class the judge or judges may appoint the county clerk to act as clerk of the court. (2) The clerk of the court shall appoint deputy clerks of the court subject to the approval of the judges. (3) The clerk of the court, including a county clerk to the extent he or she is serving as clerk of the court, shall serve at the pleasure of the district judge or judges of the district. (4) In the thirty-sixth district the chief judge of the district shall appoint the clerk of the court and deputy clerks pursuant to sections 8272, 8273, and 9104.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8281
Clerk of court and deputy clerks; appointment; term
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 311 Mich. App. 96 - City of Huntington Woods v. City of Oak Park (2015)
Most recently applied in 311 Mich. App. 96 - City of Huntington Woods v. City of Oak Park (June 2015)
Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd
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