Michigan Code — CIVIL.RIGHTS
Browse 139 sections in division CIVIL.RIGHTS of the Michigan code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 37.11. Short title.
- § 37.12. Definitions.
- § 37.13. Office of global Michigan; powers and duties.
- § 37.14. Denial of full and equal access; complaint process; remedy.
- § 37.21. Short title; legislative intent; definitions.
- § 37.22. Meaningful language access to public services; reasonable steps.
- § 37.23. Prohibition on charging for use of oral language services or translation.
- § 37.24. Biennial report to office of global Michigan on implementation of meaningful language access to public services.
- § 37.101. Executive reorganization order no. 1966-1; implementing the order of the state insurance commissioner to hospital service corporations requiring a non-discrimination agreement in contracts with participating hospitals.
- § 37.111. Transfer of powers and duties of the Michigan women's commission, Indian affairs commission, commission on Spanish-Speaking affairs, and office of Spanish-Speaking affairs to the director of the department of civil rights.
- § 37.113. Transfer of the Michigan women's commission from the department of civil rights to the department of labor and economic opportunity by a type I transfer; transfer of the Michigan council on educational opportunity for military children from the department of labor and economic opportunity to the department of education by a type II transfer.
- § 37.121. Short title.
- § 37.123. Definitions.
- § 37.125. Asian Pacific American affairs commission; creation; election of chairperson and vice-chairperson; terms; vacancy; appointment.
- § 37.127. Bylaws; meetings; quorum; voting; compensation; administrative services; staff.
- § 37.129. Meetings held pursuant to open meetings act; writings subject to freedom of information act.
- § 37.131. Commission; duties.
- § 37.133. Office of Asian Pacific American affairs; creation; director; administration services; staff; appropriation as condition.
- § 37.135. Office of Asian Pacific American affairs; duties.
- § 37.137. State interagency council on Asian Pacific American affairs; creation; membership; purpose.
- § 37.201. Short title.
- § 37.202. Definitions.
- § 37.203. Employer or employment agency; prohibited conduct; voluntary request for examination by employee; requirements and prohibitions.
- § 37.204. Employer or employment agency; prohibited action against employee or applicant.
- § 37.205. Confidentiality.
- § 37.206. Information obtained from employee or applicant during examination; inadmissibility in criminal proceeding.
- § 37.207. Action for injunctive relief or damages; damages for injury or loss; attorney's fees; damages for discharge in violation of act.
- § 37.208. Violation; penalty.
- § 37.209. Conditional effective date.
- § 37.231. Short title; definitions.
- § 37.232. Person with control over public accommodation or public service; prohibited conduct.
- § 37.233. Civil action; injunctive relief and damages; costs; fees.
- § 37.251. Definitions.
- § 37.252. Delivery of envelope or package with personal information visible prohibited.
- § 37.261. Short title.
- § 37.262. Definitions.
- § 37.263. Collection of electronic data or metadata by federal agency; assistance or support by state or political subdivision; limitation; circumstances.
- § 37.271. Short title.
- § 37.272. Definitions.
- § 37.273. Duties of employer.
- § 37.274. Educational institution; prohibited acts.
- § 37.275. Certain acts by employer not prohibited or restricted.
- § 37.276. Powers of educational institution to gain access to certain information.
- § 37.277. Duties not created by act; liability.
- § 37.278. Violation of provisions of act as misdemeanor; civil action; injunction; damages; written demand and documentation; jurisdiction; affirmative defense.
- § 37.291. Investigation, prosecution, or detainment of United States citizen; aid prohibited; exception.
- § 37.301. Definitions.
- § 37.303. Voluntary identification and patch for service animal; development and availability; eligibility.
- § 37.305. Telephone complaint hotline; use by department to receive reports; referral to law enforcement agency.
- § 37.307. False or fraudulent affidavit as misdemeanor; penalty.
- § 37.1101. Short title.
- § 37.1102. Opportunity guaranteed; civil right; accommodation of person with disability; undue hardship.
- § 37.1102a. Adoption of standardized design; international symbol of access; removal of "handicapped".
- § 37.1103. Definitions.
- § 37.1201. Definitions.
- § 37.1202. Employer; prohibited conduct; exceptions; access to genetic information.
- § 37.1203. Employment agency; prohibited conduct.
- § 37.1204. Labor organization; prohibited conduct.
- § 37.1205. Apprenticeship, on the job, or other training or retraining programs; discrimination prohibited.
- § 37.1206. Prohibited notices, advertisements, inquiries, applications, and records.
- § 37.1208. Plan.
- § 37.1209. Contract to which state a party; covenant not to discriminate against employee or applicant for employment; breach.
- § 37.1210. Burden of proof; cost of accommodation as undue hardship; reduction of limitations; restructuring job or altering schedule; applicability of subsections (2) to (16); violation; notices.
- § 37.1211. Powers of person under article.
- § 37.1212. Education and training programs.
- § 37.1213. Article not in conflict with civil rights act.
- § 37.1214. Accommodation not construed as preferential treatment or employee benefit.
- § 37.1301. Definitions.
- § 37.1302. Prohibited conduct.
- § 37.1303. Exemptions.
- § 37.1401. “Educational institution” defined.
- § 37.1402. Educational institution; prohibited conduct.
- § 37.1403. Educational institution; plan.
- § 37.1501. Definitions.
- § 37.1502. Owners, persons engaging in real estate transactions, real estate brokers, and real estate salesmen; prohibited conduct.
- § 37.1503. Certain rentals excepted from MCL 37.1502.
- § 37.1504. Financial assistance or financing; prohibited conduct.
- § 37.1505. Information as to applicant's credit worthiness.
- § 37.1506. Prohibited representations.
- § 37.1506a. Real estate transaction; prohibited conduct; “covered multifamily dwellings” defined.
- § 37.1507. Person subject to article; plan.
- § 37.1601. Administration of act; rules.
- § 37.1602. Prohibited conduct.
- § 37.1603. Adjustment order; violation of terms prohibited.
- § 37.1604. Other acts not invalidated.
- § 37.1605. Complaints.
- § 37.1606. Civil action; commencement; “damages” defined; compensation for lost wages; notice as condition to bringing civil action; applicability of subsection (5).
- § 37.1607. Diminishment of rights prohibited.
- § 37.2101. Short title.
- § 37.2102. Recognition and declaration of civil right; action arising out of discrimination based on sex or familial status.
- § 37.2103. Definitions.
- § 37.2201. Definitions.
- § 37.2202. Employer; prohibited practices; exceptions.
- § 37.2202a. Designation of racial or ethnic classifications in writing developed by employer; transmission of information to federal agency; “writing” defined.
- § 37.2203. Employment agency; prohibited practices generally.
- § 37.2204. Labor organization; prohibited practices generally.
- § 37.2205. Employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee; training programs; prohibited practices.
- § 37.2205a. Employer, employment agency, or labor organization; record of information regarding misdemeanor arrest, detention, or disposition; failure to recite or acknowledge information; “law enforcement agency” defined.
- § 37.2206. Employer, labor organization, or employment agency; prohibited practices.
- § 37.2207. Individual seeking employment; prohibited practices.
- § 37.2208. Application for exemption; bona fide occupational qualification.
- § 37.2209. Covenants.
- § 37.2210. Plan.
- § 37.2211. Different standards of compensation; different terms, conditions, or privileges of employment.
- § 37.2301. Definitions.
- § 37.2302. Public accommodations or services; prohibited practices.
- § 37.2302a. Applicability to private club.
- § 37.2303. Exemptions.
- § 37.2304. Violation.
- § 37.2401. Definition.
- § 37.2402. Educational institution; prohibited practices.
- § 37.2402a. Designation of racial or ethnic classification in writing developed by educational institution; transmission of information to federal agency; “writing” defined.
- § 37.2403. Religious educational institution; exemption.
- § 37.2404. Private educational institution; exemption.
- § 37.2404a. Single-gender school, class, or program; definitions.
- § 37.2501. Definitions.
- § 37.2502. Persons engaging in real estate transactions, real estate brokers, or real estate salesperson; prohibited practices; prohibition on use of source of income by landlord; section subject to MCL 37.2503.
- § 37.2503. Nonapplicability of MCL 37.2502; “immediate family” defined; information relative to marital status.
- § 37.2504. Application for financial assistance or financing; prohibited practices; nonapplicability of MCL 37.2504(1)(b).
- § 37.2505. Condition, restriction, or prohibition limiting use or occupancy of real property; exceptions; inserting or honoring void provision.
- § 37.2506. Real estate transactions; prohibited representations.
- § 37.2506a. Use by landlord of reasonable accommodations.
- § 37.2507. Plan.
- § 37.2601. Commission; powers and duties generally; quorum; vacancy; compensation and expenses; conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of certain writings to public.
- § 37.2602. Department; powers and duties generally.
- § 37.2603. Complaint; petition for temporary relief or restraining order; notice of pendency of action.
- § 37.2604. Findings of fact and conclusions of law; final order dismissing complaint; copies of order.
- § 37.2605. Findings of fact and conclusions of law; cease and desist order; amendment of pleadings; findings and order based thereon; copies of order; scope of action ordered; certification of violation to licensing or contracting agency.
- § 37.2606. Appeals.
- § 37.2701. Prohibited conduct.
- § 37.2702. Violation of order prohibited.
- § 37.2703. Revocation or suspension of license.
- § 37.2704. Termination of contract.
- § 37.2705. Construction of act.
- § 37.2801. Action for injunctive relief or damages; venue; “damages” defined.
- § 37.2802. Costs of litigation.
- § 37.2803. Legal or equitable remedies.
- § 37.2804. Repeal of MCL 423.301 to 423.311, 37.1 to 37.9, and 564.101 to 564.704.
- § 37.2901. Transfer of powers and duties of the Michigan Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday commission from the department of management and budget to the department of civil rights by a type II transfer.