Section 764.9d - Complaint; filing; contents; dismissal. - Michigan Statutes

THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (EXCERPT)
Act 175 of 1927

764.9d Complaint; filing; contents; dismissal.

Sec. 9d.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by sections 9f and 9g, a police officer or other public servant who has issued and served an appearance ticket, at or before the time the appearance ticket is returnable, shall file or cause to be filed in the local criminal court in which it is returnable a complaint charging the person named in the appearance ticket with the offense specified therein.

(2) If the complaint is not sufficient on its face, and if the court is satisfied that a complaint sufficient on its face cannot be drawn and filed on the basis of the available facts or evidence, it shall dismiss the complaint.

History: Add. 1968, Act 147, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 147, Imd. Eff. Sept. 1, 1970