The Clock On Your Case
MCL 780.131 — an inmate brought to trial within 180 days of the department's notice
This clock runs for an inmate of a state correctional facility with charges pending elsewhere in Michigan that could bring a prison sentence. It starts with the Department of Corrections rather than with the inmate.
180 days. Whenever the department receives notice of an untried warrant, indictment, information or complaint against an inmate, the inmate is brought to trial within 180 days after the department delivers to the prosecuting attorney, by certified mail, written notice of the place of imprisonment and a request for final disposition, with a statement of the inmate's sentence, time served and parole status.
What it does not cover. Offenses committed while incarcerated in the facility, or after an escape and before return to custody.
The constitutional right to a speedy trial runs alongside the statute and is decided on different terms; court rules, and the interstate agreement on detainers for charges in another state, are not on this page. Counting the days in a particular case, and what tolls them, is a question for a licensed Michigan attorney.
Sources for this section (1)
- MCL 780.131 — Notice of untried warrant, indictment, information, or complaint; request for final disposition
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of September 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Michigan attorney.