§ 168.520Illegal or fraudulent registration; township or city clerk, powers and duties;

assistance by police or sheriff; assistant examiners, appointment, expenses.
 Sec. 520.


                                                                    Michigan Compiled Laws Complete Through PA 9 of 2026
Rendered Thursday, April 30, 2026              Page 199 of 478                              Courtesy of legislature.mi.gov

    If a township or city clerk has knowledge that there is a probable illegal or fraudulent
 registration in the township or city, or in any ward or precinct of the township or city, the clerk
 has the power and duty to make a full investigation of the facts concerning the registration and
 to ascertain whether any name has been illegally or fraudulently registered. A township or city
 clerk is authorized and empowered to call upon the police department of the city or the sheriff
 of the county in which the city is located, or both, to assist in making the investigation, and the
 police department and the sheriff are required to render assistance if the clerk makes a request
 for assistance, and to furnish the clerk at his or her request with all available assistance in
 making the investigation. A township or city clerk is further authorized and empowered if he
 or she considers it necessary or advisable to appoint assistant examiners for the purpose of the
 investigation. Bills for the services of the examiner must be approved by the clerk and must be
 audited and paid by the township board or legislative body of the city in the same manner as
 the expenses of conducting elections are paid.