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Undersheriff; executing office of sheriff; effect of default or misfeasance.

MCL 51.72
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51.72. Undersheriff; executing office of sheriff; effect of default or misfeasance. Sec. 72. If a vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff of a county, the undersheriff of the county shall in all things execute the office of sheriff, until a sheriff is elected and qualified. A default or misfeasance in office of an undersheriff in that capacity, shall be considered to be a breach of the condition of the bond given on behalf of or by the sheriff who appointed the undersheriff, and also a breach of the condition of the bond executed on behalf of or by the undersheriff to the sheriff by whom the undersheriff was appointed. R.S. 1846, Ch. 14; CL 1857, 413; CL 1871, 554; How. 582; CL 1897, 2581; CL 1915, 2445; CL 1929, 1327; CL 1948, 51.72; Am. 1978, Act 635, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979 [Compiler] This section as originally enacted was numbered section 73.
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-51-72Fetched: 10/20/2026

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