Michigan County Court Information and Location

The Michigan county courts are the circuit courts and district courts within the State of Michigan. There are fifty-seven circuit courts in Michigan. There are 221 judges serving the 57 courts. The circuit courts in Michigan hold hearings in cases related to tort, contracts, property related cases where at least $25,000 is involved, all civil cases, a few special domestic relation cases, felony cases and juvenile delinquencies. The circuit courts are general jurisdiction courts and they also hear appeals from administrative agencies.

Michigan County District Courts

Michigan district courts are limited jurisdiction courts. There are about 105 district courts in the State of Michigan, served by 258 judges. In most of the cases, a jury trial is held. The cases that fall under its jurisdiction are tort cases, contract cases, property cases where a maximum of $25,000 are involved, small claim cases (not exceeding an amount of $3,000), preliminary hearings of felonies and misdemeanor cases, and cases related to ordinance violations.

Macomb County

Besides having jurisdiction over these usual cases, the district court in Macomb County also hears appeals from district courts. The Macomb County Court is located at 40 N. Main St., Mt. Clemens, MI  48043. The various departments of the court are court administration- assignment clerk, case evaluation/ADR, adult or felony drug court, judicial aide, family counseling service, and a juvenile division. The contact details of the assignment clerk staff are:

General docket questions:  586 469 5150
Motions:  586 469 5174
No Progress/No service:  586 469 5133

Access the official website of Macomb County by visiting http://www.macombcountymi.gov/CIRCUITCOURT/depts.htm.

Oakland County

In Oakland County, the district courts hear misdemeanor cases and felony cases. The circuit court deals with civil and criminal cases and also hears appeals from district and probate courts. The family division of the circuit court in Oakland County deals with divorce, adoptions, juvenile delinquencies, and child abuse. There is a division known as the “Friend of the court” that is responsible for handling sensitive domestic relation cases.

A third division known as the probate courts, which are locally funded limited jurisdiction courts, hears cases on guardianships, conservatorships, mental health matters and cases about trust issues.  Visit the home page of Oakland County courts website at http://www.oakgov.com/courts/. The following link has a list of all the district courts in Oakland County: http://www.oakgov.com/courts/dcourt/. The Oakland County circuit court address is:

Oakland County Circuit Court
1200 N. Telegraph Rd.
Pontiac, MI  48341-0404.
For further information call 248-858-0349.

Michigan County Court Information Online

There are 83 counties in the State of Michigan. The individual counties have district and circuit courts. The rules and the jurisdiction of the courts remaining more or less the same within the state. Each county has a number of district, circuit and circuit probate courts. The following link maintained by the government of Michigan has a list of all the courts and the contact information of each of them in all the counties:
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/ctdirn.asp?cono=01. The administrative office addresses of all the state courts can be found here. The list also contains the judges in each court and the names of the probate registers and the administrators. By accessing this site, you can find information on any of the county courts that you need to.