Legal Reference Services:

• Explaining how to look up a book in our online catalog
• Providing assistance in locating facts in legal almanacs, dictionaries and directories
• Providing assistance in locating a statute, court opinion, court rule, administrative regulation or other kind of law
• Demonstrating how to begin statutory and case law research
• Demonstrating how to use our periodical indexes to find journal articles
• Providing guidance to reliable law-related Internet sites

Document Delivery:
The State Law Library provides copies of materials in electronic and traditional formats using several delivery options. Our fees are as follows:

• Document fees
    $5.00 per citation up to 25 pages, additional 20 cents per page thereafter

• Delivery methods and fees
    Telefacsimile - additional $1.00 per page (average turn-around time is 24 hours)
    U.S. Mail - no additional charge (average turn-around time is 48 hours)
    Email - no additional charge (materials must be available electronically in order to provide this service)
    Express mail (UPS and Federal Express.  Recipient must have an account)

• Payment options
  Invoiced separately (credit card payments accepted after receipt of invoice.  No credit card prepayments.)

Phone: (517) 373-0630
Fax: (517) 373-3915
Email: lmlawlib@michigan.gov

Updated 02/05/2008