§ 168.869Commencement of recount; delay; expenses of local recount

Sec. 869.
    A recount must not be commenced until the board of county canvassers determines, by
 communicating with the secretary of state in a form and manner as provided by the secretary
 of state, that a petition has not been filed requesting a recount by the board of state canvassers
 of ballots cast in the same district. If the board of county canvassers is advised by the secretary
 of state that a petition has been filed with the secretary of state praying for a recount by the
 board of state canvassers of the ballots cast in the same county or district, then no action must
 be taken on the recount until the board of county canvassers receives instructions from the
 board of state canvassers. Nothing contained in this section shall act to delay any recount of
 the ballots cast at any city, ward, township, or village election if the ballots cast at that election
 are not sealed in the same ballot containers with the state and county offices. For any recount
 of ballots cast in any city, ward, township, village, school, or district election, the board of
 county canvassers shall charge the appropriate local unit the actual and necessary expenses of
 conducting the recount, and the local unit shall pay those charges to the county treasurer.