Title 257, MOTOR VEHICLES

Sec. 252d. (1) A police agency or a governmental agency designated by the police agency may provide for the immediate removal of a vehicle from public or private property to a place of safekeeping at the expense of the last titled owner of the vehicle in any of the following circ…

Sec. 252e. (1) The following courts have jurisdiction to determine if a police agency, towing agency or custodian, or private property owner has acted properly in reporting or processing a vehicle under section 252a, 252b(6) to (11), or 252d: (a) The district court. (b) A municip…

Sec. 252f. (1) Upon the filing of a petition prescribed in section 252a, 252b, or 252d, signed by the owner of the vehicle that has been taken into custody, or, upon the filing of a petition prescribed in section 252a signed by the secured party regarding a vehicle that has been …

Sec. 252g. (1) Subject to section 252a(18), a public sale for a vehicle and its contents that has been determined to be abandoned under section 252a or removed under section 252d shall be conducted in the following manner: (a) It shall be under the control of the police agency. H…

Sec. 252h. (1) The abandoned vehicle fund is created within the state treasury. (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to th…

Sec. 252i. (1) A towing service, custodian of a vehicle, or both, shall not be precluded from the recovery of towing fees or, subject to subsection (2), storage fees from the last titled owner of a vehicle deemed abandoned under section 252a or section 252b, or removed under sect…

Sec. 252j. Sections 252a and 252b do not apply to a vehicle that is owned by the same person who owns the private real property on which the vehicle is located and do not prohibit or preempt a local unit of government from regulating the number and placement of vehicles on privat…

Sec. 252k. Except as otherwise provided in section 252l, an owner or lessor of private real property shall post a notice that meets all of the following requirements before authorizing the towing or removal of a vehicle from the real property without the consent of the owner or o…

Sec. 252l. Section 252k does not apply to any of the following: (a) Real property that is appurtenant to and obviously part of a single- or dual-family residence. (b) An instance when notice is personally given to the owner or other legally entitled person in control of a vehicle…

Sec. 252m. For a period of 1 year beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the secretary of state shall insert notification of the civil fines and sanctions that may be imposed for the violation of sections 240 and 252a(1) into all mailings c…

Sec. 253. (1) The secretary of state, upon receiving a report of a stolen vehicle, shall file the report with the records of the secretary of state and shall not transfer the certificate of title of the vehicle to a person other than the owner's insurance company until officially…

Sec. 254. Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement of a material fact, either in his or her application for the certificate of title required by this act, or in any assignment of that title, or who, with intent to procure or pass title to a motor vehicle which he o…

Sec. 255. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person shall not operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon any highway, a vehicle required to be registered under this act unless, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no later than …

Sec. 256. (1) A person shall not lend to another person, or knowingly permit the use of, any certificate of title, registration certificate, registration plate, special plate, or permit issued to him or her if the person receiving or using the certificate of title, registration c…

Sec. 257. (1) A person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of a felony: (a) Alters with fraudulent intent a certificate of title, registration certificate, or registration plate issued by the department. (b) Forges or counterfeits a certificate of title, registration …

Sec. 258. (1) The secretary of state may cancel, revoke, or suspend the registration of a vehicle, a certificate of title, registration certificate, or registration plate if any of the following apply: (a) The secretary of state determines that the registration, certificate of ti…

Sec. 259. (1) All registration plates, certificates of title, registration certificates or the license of any dealer or wrecker, are the property of this state, shall contain information required by this act, and shall be made in a manner and bear information and be in a configur…

Sec. 25a. "Autocycle" means a motorcycle that is equipped with safety belts, rollbar or roll hoops, handlebars or a steering wheel, and equipment otherwise required on a motorcycle, has not more than 3 wheels in contact with the roadway at any 1 time, and is not equipped with a s…

Sec. 25b. "Low-speed vehicle" means a self-propelled motor vehicle to which both of the following apply: (a) The vehicle conforms to the definition of low-speed vehicle under 49 CFR 571.3(b). (b) The vehicle meets the standard for low-speed vehicles under 49 CFR 571.500.

Sec. 25c. "Limousine" means that term as defined in section 2 of the limousine, taxicab, and transportation network company act.

Sec. 25d. "Limousine driver" means that term as defined in section 2 of the limousine, taxicab, and transportation network company act.

Sec. 26. "Limited access highway" means every highway, street, or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such points only, and in such manner as may be determined by the publi…

Sec. 27. "Local authorities" means every municipal and other local board or body having authority to enact laws relating to traffic under the constitution and laws of this state.

Sec. 27a. "Major component part" means 1 of the following parts of a vehicle: (a) The engine. (b) The transmission. (c) The right or left front fender. (d) The hood. (e) A door allowing entrance to or egress from the vehicle's passenger compartment of the vehicle. (f) The front o…

Sec. 28. "Manufacturer" means a person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the manufacture of new motor vehicles, trailers or trailer coaches or semi-trailers, as a regular business.

Sec. 29. "Maximum axle load" means the gross weight over the axle which includes vehicles and load.

Sec. 2a. "Automotive recycler" means a person who engages in business primarily for the purpose of selling at retail salvage vehicle parts and secondarily for the purpose of selling at retail salvage motor vehicles or manufacturing or selling a product of gradable scrap metal.

Sec. 2b. (1) "Automated driving system" means hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing all aspects of the dynamic driving task for a vehicle on a part-time or full-time basis without any supervision by a human operator. (2) "Automated motor vehicle" means…

Sec. 2c. (1) "Automated speed enforcement system" means an electronic traffic sensor system that does both of the following: (a) Automatically detects a vehicle exceeding the posted speed limit using a lidar system or another technology that must not be either of the following: (…

Sec. 3. "Axle" means the common axis of rotation of 1 or more wheels whether power driven or freely rotating, and whether in 1 or more segments and regardless of the number of wheels carried thereon.

Sec. 30. "Metal tire" means every tire the surface of which in contact with the highway is wholly or partly of metal or other hard, non-resilient material.

Sec. 301. (1) Except as provided in this act, an individual shall not drive a motor vehicle on a highway in this state unless that individual has a valid operator's or chauffeur's license with the appropriate group designation and indorsements for the type or class of vehicle bei…

Sec. 302. The following persons are exempt from obtaining a license under this chapter: (a) A person serving in the Armed Forces of the United States if furnished with a driver's permit and operating an official motor vehicle in that service or a person who is a military driver a…

Sec. 302a. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this act, and as provided in this section, a nonresident operator of a motor vehicle who is the holder of a license to operate a motor vehicle issued by a country other than the United States is not required to obtain a license to op…

Sec. 303. (1) The secretary of state shall not issue a license under this act to any of the following individuals: (a) An individual, as an operator, who is less than 18 years of age, except as otherwise provided in this act. (b) An individual, as a chauffeur, who is less than 18…

Sec. 303a. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the suspension, revocation, denial, disqualification, or cancellation of an operator's license, chauffeur's license, or commercial driver license by another state or the United States shall run concurrently with a suspension, r…

Sec. 304. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), the secretary of state shall issue a restricted license to an individual whose license was suspended or restricted under section 319 or revoked or denied under section 303 based on either of the following: (a) Two or more convic…

Sec. 306. (1) The secretary of state, on receiving an application for a temporary instruction permit from an individual who is 18 years of age or older, may issue that permit that entitles the applicant, while carrying the permit, to drive a motor vehicle other than a motor vehic…

Sec. 306a. (1) The secretary of state may issue a commercial learner's permit that entitles an individual to drive a vehicle requiring a vehicle group designation or endorsement under section 312e if all of the following apply: (a) The individual submits a proper application and …

Sec. 307. (1) If an applicant for an operator's license or chauffeur's license to operate a noncommercial motor vehicle is a citizen of the United States, the applicant shall supply a photographic identity document, a birth certificate, or other sufficient documents as the secret…

Sec. 307a. For an operator or chauffeur license that contains a vehicle group designation, the secretary of state shall issue a license that contains the information required under this act and all of the following information: (a) The name and address of residence of the license…

Sec. 307b. (1) Beginning October 1, 2010, when any male citizen of the United States or a male immigrant to the United States who is less than 26 years of age applies for an operator's license or chauffeur's license, the secretary of state shall, with the applicant's consent, obt…

Sec. 308. (1) The secretary of state shall not approve the application of a person who is 17 years of age or less for an operator's license unless the application is signed by the parent or guardian of the applicant and the person has satisfied the appropriate requirements of sec…

Sec. 309. (1) Before issuing a license, the secretary of state shall examine each applicant for an operator's or chauffeur's license who at the time of the application is not the holder of a valid, unrevoked operator's or chauffeur's license under a law of this state providing fo…

Sec. 30b. "Michigan university" means any of the following institutions of higher education: (a) Central Michigan University. (b) Eastern Michigan University. (c) Ferris State University. (d) Grand Valley State University. (e) Lake Superior State University. (f) Michigan State Un…

Sec. 30c. "Modified agriculture vehicle" means a vehicle that satisfies both of the following conditions: (a) It has been modified from its original use so that the transport of agricultural commodities is the vehicle's primary purpose. (b) It is certified by the United States de…

Sec. 31. "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle that has a saddle or seat for the use of the rider and is designed to travel on not more than 3 wheels in contact with the ground. Motorcycle includes an autocycle, but does not include a tractor.