Terms Used In Michigan Laws 764.6

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Clerk: means the clerk or a deputy clerk of the court. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Judicial district: means the following:
  (i) With regard to the circuit court, the county. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • Magistrate: means a judge of the district court or a judge of a municipal court. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
    •    The magistrate shall certify on the recognizance the fact of having let the defendant post bail and shall deliver the recognizance taken to the person who made the arrest, who shall cause the recognizance to be delivered without unnecessary delay to a magistrate or clerk of the court in the judicial district before which the accused is recognized to appear.
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