Effective immediately, 52-1 District Court will accept appearances only by fax or email. All other pleadings must be mailed or delivered to 48150 Grand River Ave, Novi MI 48374.

The 52-1 Criminal Division is responsible for processing paperwork filed by the police departments, state law and local ordinance prosecutors. Cases generally involve misdemeanor offenses, both traffic and non-traffic. In addition, this division is responsible for processing felony offenses for which the maximum penalty exceeds one year in jail. These offenses are authorized only by the county prosecutor and must be scheduled for preliminary examination.

The preliminary examination would decide if there is enough evidence to support that the defendant committed the offense, in which case, the matter would be transferred to Circuit Court for trial. The Criminal Division is also responsible for typing and executing Orders of the Court as delivered in the courtroom. Additionally, clerks in the Criminal Division are responsible for insuring compliance with the Court's orders on unsupervised probation cases.

List of Approved Bail Bondsmen (for Surety Bonds)

Forms

Below is a list of the commonly used forms by the 52nd District Court, 1st Division - Criminal Division.

• 52-1 Contact Information - MC505
• Advice of Rights (English) - DC213
• Advice of Rights (Spanish) - DC213SP
• Appearance - MC02
• Subpoena, Order to Appear and/or Produce - MC11
• Statement of Service and Order for Payment of Court Appointed Representative - MC221
• Motion for Destruction of Biometric Data and Arrest Record - MC235
• Substitution of Attorney - MC306
• Media Request - MC 27
• Request for Appointed Attorney and Order for Repayment - MC222

Additional Criminal Forms can be found at the Michigan Courts Website.