Michigan Public Records Law

= Short Description =

Who is covered?
Governor: Not covered

Legislature: Not covered/exempt

Courts: Not covered

Advisory Committees: unclear

What is the process like?
Any person can request a record. Requests must be made in writing, and sufficiently describe the record sought. Responses must be issued within 5 business days of the reciept of a request. Fees are allowed, but must be limited to actual costs of mailing and incremental costs of copying, including labor, search, examination, and review costs. Fees are calculated using the lowest salary of a state employee qualified to conduct the search, certain benefits are also allowed to be included in the calculation.

Most recent changes?
1996?

= Legislation =

The following are bills introduced in 2011:

= Articles, Blog Posts, etc =