Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.585 : REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 — CHAPTER 5. CIRCUIT COURTS: ORGANIZATION AND POWERS —COURT OFFICERS — Sheriff and deputy, coroner; power of the county

Whenever the sheriff, a deputy, coroner, or a constable encounters resistance in serving process or reasonably believes that resistance will be encountered, he may take the power of the county and proceed therewith to serve the process.