REPRODUCTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS

MCL ch. 691, subtit. Act 105 of 1964

in effect

MCL 691.1101 Destruction or disposal of certain records.

691.1101. Destruction or disposal of certain records. Sec. 1. If a department, commission, board, or officer of this state, a political subdivision, or a municipal court of record reproduces pursuant to the records reproduction act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401 to 24.406, records kept by or in the department, commission, board, office, or court, the department, commission, board, officer, or court may cause the original records to be disposed of or destroyed pursuant to sections 201, 285, 287, and 289 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1201, 18.1285, 18.1287, and 18.1289, if applicable, and section 11 of the Michigan history center act, 2016 PA 470, MCL 399.811. A record of a municipal court of record shall not be disposed of or destroyed unless the record has been in the custody of the court for at least 6 years. 1964, Act 105, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1992, Act 187, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992; Am. 2017, Act 180, Eff. Feb. 19, 2018 [AdminRule] R 18.101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.

MCL 691.1102 Register of deeds; reproductions; duplication; storage; display.

691.1102. Register of deeds; reproductions; duplication; storage; display. Sec. 2. The register of deeds of a county, if so instructed by a resolution of the county board of commissioners, may reproduce pursuant to the records media act a deed, mortgage, map, instrument, or writing recorded in his or her office and a record or index required by law to be kept by him or her. The register of deeds shall make reproductions in duplicate and store 1 reproduction in a building separate from his or her office. The register of deeds shall retain the other reproduction in his or her office with suitable equipment for displaying the record at not less than its original size or for preparing copies for persons entitled to copies. 1964, Act 105, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1992, Act 187, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992

MCL 691.1103 Reproductions; admissibility in evidence.

691.1103. Reproductions; admissibility in evidence. Sec. 3. A reproduction of a record in a medium pursuant to the records media act or a reproduction consisting of a printout or other output readable by sight from such a medium prepared under any other law has the same force and effect as the original and shall be treated as an original for the purpose of admissibility in evidence. A duly certified or authenticated copy of the reproduction shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original reproduction. 1964, Act 105, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1992, Act 187, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992

Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/Chapter%20691.xmlFetched: 10/20/2026