Rule 2.228 - Transfer to the Court of Claims(A) A notice of transfer to the Court of Claims must be provided before or at the time the defendant files an answer.(B) After the time provided in subrule (A) -(1) If the court in which a civil action is pending has concurrent jurisdiction with the Court of Claims, the defendant must seek leave to file a notice of transfer and the court may grant leave if it is satisfied that the facts on which the motion is based were not and could not with reasonable diligence have been known to the moving party more than 14 days before the motion was filed.(2) If the court in which a civil action is pending does not have subject matter jurisdiction because the case is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, MCR 2.227 governs.Adopted September 20, 2018, effective 1/1/2019.