County Clerk's Office

The 13th Circuit Court covers three counties: Antrim, Grand Traverse, & Leelanau counties. You must contact each of those County Clerk's offices individually for county clerk questions. 

Antrim County: (231)533-6353

Grand Traverse County: (231)922-4710

Leelanau County: (231)256-9824

Clerk of the Court

The County Clerk is the clerk for the 13th Circuit Court. The court section of the Clerk's Office maintains the court files, accepts payments, accepts/rejects court filings, indexes and other records of the court and permits access to these records in accordance with the law. Computer terminals are available in the Court Section for the public to review court records. You must contact that individual County Clerk's office if you have questions regarding these topics. 

Filings

Lawsuits are initiated by filing the necessary documents with this department. All case related filings are done with the Clerk of the Court. For filing questions, please contact the County clerk at:

Antrim: (231)533-6353

Grand Traverse County: (231)922-4710

Leelanau County: (231)256-9824

Filing Fees

Filing fees in the circuit court are set by statute and Michigan court rules. This link takes you to a website listing circuit court fees. This site is maintained by the State Court Administrative Office and is periodically updated. The fee for filing a motion is set by MCL 600.2529(1)(e). Motions are further governed by Michigan court rule 2.119(G). The wavier or suspension of filing fees is governed by MCR 2.002.

Case Type Codes

A case type code must be assigned to each case filed in the circuit court according to the principal subject matter of the action. 

To access the current list of case type codes in pdf format, click here.

The list of case type codes is also available from the Michigan Supreme Court's web site. To access that site, click here.

Motions

Cases may be brought to the attention of judges on miscellaneous motions under Michigan Court Rule 2.119. The motion day in the 13th Circuit Court is Monday. 

To view our motion practice, click here.

To view our specific motion dates, click here. 

Jury service

The Clerk's office maintains all information about jury service – updates, questionnaires, selection process, excusals, rules and regulations. If you have been selected for jury duty or have a question about jury service, please call the County clerk’s office at (231)922-4710.