Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1999-4
In order to improve the administration of justice; to improve the service to the public, other agencies, and the judiciary; to improve the performance and efficiency of Michigan trial court operations; to enhance the trial courts' ability to create and maintain an accurate record of the trial courts' proceedings, decisions, orders, and judgments pursuant to statute and court rule, it is ordered that the State Court Administrator establish Michigan Trial Court Records Management Standards for data, case records, and other court records and that trial courts conform to those standards. The State Court Administrative Office must enforce the standards and assist courts in adopting practices to conform to those standards.
Case records maintained under MCR 8.119(D) must be made available electronically to the same extent they are available at the courthouse, provided that certain personal data identifiers are not available to the public. In order to protect privacy and address security concerns, it is ordered that the State Court Administrative Office must establish standards and develop court forms that ensure all protected personal identifying information necessary to a given court case is provided to the court separately from filed documents except as otherwise required by law.
Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1999-4