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Michigan Court Records

Court records are made public so that people can access them freely. However, because of the numbers of court records available under different case categories it makes the task of looking for court records an enormous one. You can now choose to request for Massachusetts court records from www.courtrecords.org and receive them in a few days.

It is important to understand the manner in which a state’s trial court system is structured and accordingly court records stored. Michigan has a trial court system that includes circuit courts, district courts, probate courts, municipal courts and the court of claims. While the Michigan district, municipal and probate courts have limited jurisdiction over certain cases, the circuit courts have general jurisdiction over all types of cases. The circuit courts usually hear cases that fall beyond the jurisdiction of the other courts.

The circuit courts hear civil cases of more than $25,000 in disputes and criminal cases such as felonies and juvenile delinquency cases. Each Michigan circuit court has a family division to deal with domestic relations cases as well as a friend of the court who manages cases that involve minors. The district courts hear cases of misdemeanors, preliminary hearings for felonies and for traffic violations. They also try civil cases of less than $25,000 in dispute. Probate courts handle matters of wills, trusts, estates and guardianship. Michigan municipal courts share some jurisdiction with the district courts and the court of claims handles matters beyond the purview of the municipal courts and for more than $1000 in dispute.

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