Michigan Laws 600.6075 – Civil arrest; grounds
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Except as otherwise provided by law, no person is liable to arrest or imprisonment on any civil process unless:
(1) In a proceeding for contempt of court; or
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 600.6075
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- judgment: as used in this act , includes decree. See Michigan Laws 600.112
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
(2) On an action to recover a fine or penalty; or
(3) After a judgment against such person, the judgment creditor provides satisfactory evidence showing 1 or more of the following circumstances:
(a) The judgment debtor has property which he fraudulently conceals or which he unjustly refuses to apply to the judgment against him, and such judgment belongs to such judgment creditor; or
(b) The judgment debtor is about to remove his property out of the jurisdiction of the court in which suit was brought, with the intent to defraud his creditor; or
(c) The judgment debtor has, or is about to dispose of some or all of his property with intent to defraud his creditor.