State and vertical
Michigan investigation work runs through LARA professional investigator licensing, PA 285 of 1965, surveillance and recording-law review, insurance and bonding context, and attorney handoffs. PI Core gives investigation teams an organized case record without replacing practitioner judgment.
Quick answer
PI Core is Butler Solutions' investigation case management software surface for Michigan private investigation firms. It supports intake, assignment, evidence records, surveillance notes, media and document organization, attorney handoff context, chain-of-custody style review, audit-oriented operations, and migration from CROSStrax, Trackops, or CaseFleet. Michigan fit depends on LARA regulation of professional investigators, Public Act 285 of 1965, MCL 338.821 et seq., agency and qualifying officer requirements, insurance or bonding context, MCL 750.539c eavesdropping and surveillance-recording review, and attorney work product expectations when the retaining customer is a law firm. PI Core does not file LARA renewals, decide whether a recording is lawful, or replace investigator judgment. It gives the firm a structured place to track regulated work, evidence handling, license-review context, assignments, documents, and migration results before cutover. Pricing is $99, $149, $199, or custom by user count, with a 3-month free trial, founding cohort discount, design partner path, and migration terms described on Butler's pricing and migration pages.
PI Core in Michigan
This page is narrower than the Michigan state hub. It is for private investigation firms evaluating PI Core specifically, not for defense firms or bail agencies reviewing the full Butler product family.
Butler is Michigan-based, with family operating context concentrated in the Midwest. The page does not make facility, data center, customer-count, or licensing-relationship claims. Implementation starts with LARA license posture, surveillance workflows, attorney handoffs, source systems, evidence media, and reporting practices the firm actually uses.
Michigan regulatory landscape
Michigan PI operations are shaped by LARA licensing, PA 285 of 1965, agency requirements, recording-law review, and evidence handoff expectations.
Michigan professional investigators are regulated by LARA under Public Act 285 of 1965. PI Core can track agency, qualifying officer, assignment, license-review, and renewal reminder context. It does not file renewals or decide whether a license is active.
Michigan's Professional Investigator Licensure Act covers investigation business such as securing evidence for court, locating people or property, and gathering information about conduct or identity. PI Core organizes case intake, scope, assignments, evidence, notes, and reporting context.
Michigan recording law is nuanced. MCL 750.539c governs eavesdropping and surveillance recordings, and practitioner review should remain explicit. PI Core can track audio flags, consent notes, interview context, and attorney review status, but it does not decide legality.
Michigan PI agencies may need insurance or bonding context and clean deliverables for retaining attorneys. PI Core supports responsible-party records, evidence organization, report drafts, delivery status, and work product context while compliance review remains with the firm.
Workflow specificity
The workflow claims below stay inside current product positioning: investigation intake, assignment, evidence organization, surveillance documentation, recording-law review context, attorney handoff context, migration review, and audit-oriented operations.
PI Core keeps client, attorney, subject, scope, due date, assignment, location, and license-review notes near the investigation record. Michigan-specific agency and qualifying officer questions can be tracked without claiming automated regulatory decisions.
Michigan surveillance work often creates photos, video, logs, timestamps, locations, and narrative notes. PI Core organizes those artifacts around the case so the investigator can review what was captured, when it was captured, and what needs client or attorney delivery.
PI Core can make Michigan recording-law review visible through audio flags, consent notes, interview context, and attorney review status. It does not decide MCL 750.539c questions or replace legal analysis before a recording is made or used.
Investigators working for Michigan attorneys need clean handoffs: report drafts, supporting media, exhibit references, delivery notes, and privilege context. PI Core supports the organized handoff record while the firm decides the actual reporting format and review sequence.
Michigan firms moving from CROSStrax, Trackops, or CaseFleet can use the PI Core trial period for a parallel run. Imported cases, contacts, reports, evidence references, media links, assignments, and notes are reviewed before primary operations move.
City-level PI Core
These city+vertical pages add county court, local bar, custody, licensing, and implementation-scope context beneath this state+vertical page.
PI Core coverage for Wayne County practitioners, with city-specific authority and workflow context layered under theMichigan page.
Review Detroit PI CorePricing and programs
PI Core uses Butler's uniform pricing structure: Starter at $99 per user per month, Small Team at $149 per user per month, Firm at $199 per user per month, and custom pricing above 25 users. PI Core includes a 3-month free trial. Each product has a founding cohort with 100 spots and 25% off for 2 years, plus an application-based design partner program with 10 spots per product.
Migration
PI Core migration follows Butler's existing migration program. Founding cohort customers receive migration free. Standard cloud-to-cloud migration is $499 for typical scope up to 5,000 records. Complex migration is $1,499 for multi-source histories, large document libraries, or unusual source structures. Migration fees are credited back as platform credit after 6 months of paid subscription.
Michigan PI Core FAQ
Yes. PI Core is built for investigation firms that need structured intake, assignments, evidence organization, surveillance notes, attorney handoff context, reporting workflow, audit-oriented operations, and migration support from incumbent PI or litigation case management software.
No. PI Core can track license-review context, responsible parties, qualifying officer context, investigator assignments, and renewal reminders, but it does not file LARA renewals, determine eligibility, or replace Michigan licensing review.
PI Core can keep consent notes, audio flags, interview context, and attorney review status close to the case. It does not decide whether a recording is lawful under MCL 750.539c or related authority. Investigators should keep practitioner or attorney review in the workflow.
PI Core can organize responsible agency, qualifying officer context, assigned investigator, task history, evidence references, notes, and report delivery around the case. It does not make regulatory determinations under the Professional Investigator Licensure Act.
PI Core supports organization of surveillance logs, timestamps, locations, narrative notes, photos, video references, report drafts, and delivery status. The page does not claim forensic hash verification or automatic admissibility analysis unless that scope is verified during implementation.
PI Core keeps attorney, client, case, privilege context, report drafts, supporting media, assignments, and delivery status together. This helps firms maintain a cleaner handoff record when the investigation supports litigation or criminal defense work.
Yes, where usable exports or records are available. Migration review identifies cases, contacts, assignments, notes, reports, evidence references, media libraries, and active deadlines. The 3-month trial period supports a parallel run while imported records are reviewed.
Active investigations should be handled through a parallel-run plan. Investigators can validate assignments, case status, report drafts, evidence references, surveillance notes, and attorney handoffs before cutover so discrepancies surface before PI Core becomes the primary system.
Butler does not position PI Core as the cheapest option. Pricing is per user at $99, $149, $199, or custom by user count, with founding cohort discounts where available. The reason to evaluate PI Core is investigation workflow fit and evidence handling discipline.
Start with PI Core pricing if user count, trial period, founding cohort eligibility, and migration terms are the main questions. Use contact if the questions are LARA workflow, recording-law review, surveillance evidence, attorney handoffs, or source-system migration.
Public sources cited
State and vertical information cited from public sources current as of May 4, 2026. Butler updates state+vertical content as court, licensing, and practice rules change.
Michigan PI Core evaluation
Use pricing if the main question is user count, trial period, founding cohort, or migration terms. Use contact if the question is state-specific court fit, source-system migration, or implementation scope.