Resources
Ottawa County Courthouse
- Two (2) Public Computers
- Internet Access
- MarginSoft Child Support Calculator/MiChildSupport Calculator
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Printer Access (print outs/copies are $0.25 a page and can be picked up in the LSHC)
- Research Materials
- Free Publications
Online Resources
Legal Resources
General Information
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How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers
This guide is intended to help a person with a legal problem find legal rules that can
resolve or prevent conflict. - Common Legal Citations and How to Find Them (PDF)
Use this chart to identify frequently cited Michigan and federal legal materials. - Michigan Legislative History
This guide is designed to help you find Michigan legislative documents in the Law Library and elsewhere (University of Michigan). - Sources of Michigan Legislative History (PDF)
- Research Sources: Starting Points
- Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)
Free Legal Research Websites
- Library of Michigan - Law Library
- Michigan Government Information
- Annual Reports
- Topical Monographs
- Statistical reports and data
- Periodicals, brocures, pamphlets
- Visual media such as videos, maps, and posters
- Michigan Administrative Law Materials
- Executive (gubernatorial) orders and directives
- Administrative rules and the Michigan regulatory code
- Administrative opinions, rulings and/or decisions (formal and informal)
- Formal policies, directives, bulletins and letter rulings
- Procedural manuals and handbooks
- Michigan Legislative and Statutory Materials
- Legislative bills, resolutions, acts, summaries and analyses
- Excerpts of Michigan House and Senate Journals
- Public acts (session laws) and codified statutes
- Procedural manuals, handbooks, and analyses
- Finding aids and resources to assist with legislative history and statutory research
- Michigan Constitutional Law
- Constitutional Convention proceedings, records and journals
- Constitutional commentary and analysis
- Michigan ballot proposals
- Michigan Caselaw, Court Rules and Procedures
- Court rules
- Judicial opinions, rulings and/or decisions (formal and informal)
- Formal policies, directives, bulletins or other rulings
- Procedural manuals and handbooks
- Michigan Regional, Local, and Tribal Government Materials
- Charters, constitutions, by-laws
- Codes and ordinances
- Compacts
- Library
of Michigan History
The Library of Michigan History Collection contains images and documents that chronicle the library's history. - State of Michigan
- Michigan Legislature
Paid Legal Research Websites
Online Legal Help Centers
Federal Legal Resources
Michigan Legal Resources
- Michigan Constitution
- State of Michigan Departments
- Michigan Administrative Code
- Administrative Decisions
- Attorney General Opinions
- Tax Forms
- Statutes, bills and pending legislation
- Opinions of the Michigan Supreme Court and Michigan Court of Appeals
- Court Rules
- Model Civil Jury Instructions
- Court Forms – SCAO approved
- Michigan Child Support Formula
- Michigan Court of Appeals
- Michigan Supreme Court
Local Legal Resources
Libraries
Law Libraries
- Directory of Michigan Law Services
This directory provides contact information for law libraries in Michigan. This directory also contains information about the kinds of materials each library has. - Michigan State College of Law Library
- Western Michigan University – Cooley Law School Libraries
- University of Michigan Law Library
- Wayne State University Law Library
Local Libraries
- Allendale Township Library
- Gary Byker Memorial Library of Hudsonville
- Georgetown Township Public Library
- Herrick District Library(Holland)
- Howard Miller Library(Zeeland)
- Loutit District Library (Grand Haven)
- Coopersville Area District Library
- Patmos Library of Jamestown
- Spring Lake District Library
