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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961

600.4706 Return of personal property to owner; discharge of lien against real property or motor vehicle; time limitation.

Sec. 4706.

Except as otherwise provided by law, personal property seized pursuant to section 4703 shall be returned to the owner, or a lien filed against real property under section 4703 or against a motor vehicle under section 4705 shall be discharged, within 7 days after the occurrence of any of following:

(a) A warrant is not issued against a person for the commission of a crime within 7 days after the property is seized or, if the property is real property, within 7 days after the lien is filed.

(b) All charges against the consenting legal owner relating to the commission of a crime are dismissed.

(c) The consenting legal owner charged with committing a crime is acquitted of the crime.

(d) In the case of multiple defendants, all persons charged with committing a crime are acquitted of the crime.

(e) Entry of a court order pursuant to this chapter for the return of the property or the discharge of the lien.


History: Add. 1988, Act 104, Eff. June 1, 1988

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-600 > Act-236-of-1961 > 236-1961-47 > Section-600-4706

REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961

600.4706 Return of personal property to owner; discharge of lien against real property or motor vehicle; time limitation.

Sec. 4706.

Except as otherwise provided by law, personal property seized pursuant to section 4703 shall be returned to the owner, or a lien filed against real property under section 4703 or against a motor vehicle under section 4705 shall be discharged, within 7 days after the occurrence of any of following:

(a) A warrant is not issued against a person for the commission of a crime within 7 days after the property is seized or, if the property is real property, within 7 days after the lien is filed.

(b) All charges against the consenting legal owner relating to the commission of a crime are dismissed.

(c) The consenting legal owner charged with committing a crime is acquitted of the crime.

(d) In the case of multiple defendants, all persons charged with committing a crime are acquitted of the crime.

(e) Entry of a court order pursuant to this chapter for the return of the property or the discharge of the lien.


History: Add. 1988, Act 104, Eff. June 1, 1988


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-600 > Act-236-of-1961 > 236-1961-47 > Section-600-4706

REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961

600.4706 Return of personal property to owner; discharge of lien against real property or motor vehicle; time limitation.

Sec. 4706.

Except as otherwise provided by law, personal property seized pursuant to section 4703 shall be returned to the owner, or a lien filed against real property under section 4703 or against a motor vehicle under section 4705 shall be discharged, within 7 days after the occurrence of any of following:

(a) A warrant is not issued against a person for the commission of a crime within 7 days after the property is seized or, if the property is real property, within 7 days after the lien is filed.

(b) All charges against the consenting legal owner relating to the commission of a crime are dismissed.

(c) The consenting legal owner charged with committing a crime is acquitted of the crime.

(d) In the case of multiple defendants, all persons charged with committing a crime are acquitted of the crime.

(e) Entry of a court order pursuant to this chapter for the return of the property or the discharge of the lien.


History: Add. 1988, Act 104, Eff. June 1, 1988