Terms Used In Michigan Laws 762.10a

  • 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.
     A violation of section 219a or 540g of the Michigan penal code, Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, being section 750.219a and 750.540g of the Michigan Compiled Laws, may be prosecuted in the jurisdiction in which the telecommunication or telecommunications service originated or terminated or in the jurisdiction to which the bill for the telecommunications service was or would have been sent.