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Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.131 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-28-of-1969 / Section 445.131
Unsolicited merchandise; rights of recipients.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or agent or employee thereof, in any manner, or by any means, shall offer for sale goods where the offer includes the voluntary and unsolicited sending of goods by mail or otherwise not actually ordered or requested by the recipient, either orally or in writing. The receipt of any such unsolicited goods shall be deemed for all purposes an unconditional gift to the recipient. The recipient may refuse to accept delivery of the goods, is not bound to return them to the sender, and may use or dispose of them in any manner he sees fit without any obligation on his part to the sender.

History: 1969, Act 28, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767A.9 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767A.9
Knowingly making false statement as perjury; penalty; neglect or refusal to comply with subpoena as contempt; determination that witness has purged himself or herself of contempt; commutation of sentence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A person who makes a false statement under oath in an examination conducted under this chapter knowing the statement is false is guilty of perjury punishable as follows:

Except as provided in subdivision (b), by imprisonment for not more than 15 years.

If the false statement was made during the investigation of a crime punishable by imprisonment for life, by imprisonment for life or for any term of years.

A person who neglects or refuses to comply with an investigative subpoena in violation of a court order is guilty of contempt punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or by a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both. If the witness appears before the court to purge himself or herself of that contempt, he or she shall be allowed to appear before the prosecuting attorney to answer any proper question concerning the matter under investigation, and after the witness appears before the prosecuting attorney, upon transcript of the testimony, the witness shall be brought before the court and after examination, the court shall determine whether the witness has purged himself or herself of the contempt. The court shall commute the sentence if the court finds the witness has purged himself or herself of that contempt.

History: Add. 1995, Act 148, Eff. Oct. 1, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.241 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.241
Law, ordinance, or regulation of local unit of government; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 141.

A condominium project shall comply with applicable local law, ordinances, and regulations. Except as provided in subsection (2), a proposed or existing condominium project shall not be prohibited nor treated differently by any law, regulation, or ordinance of any local unit of government, which would apply to that project or development under a different form of ownership.

Except as to a city having a population of more than 1 million persons, a local unit of government is preempted by the provisions of this act from enacting a law, regulation, ordinance, or other provision, which imposes a moratorium on conversion condominiums, or which provides rights for tenants of conversion condominiums or apartment buildings proposed as conversion condominiums, other than those provided in this act.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978; Am. 1980, Act 283, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1980; Am. 1980, Act 513, Imd. Eff. Jan. 26, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1539 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1539
Teacher-administrator preparation and certification fund; establishment; administration; deposit of fees; receipt of revenue; expenditures; carryover of unexpended money.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1539.

(1) A teacher-administrator preparation and certification fund is established in the department of treasury to be administered by the department of education.

(2) The department of education shall receive and forward to the state treasurer for deposit in the teacher-administrator preparation and certification fund all fees collected under section 1538 or 1538a. The teacher-administrator preparation and certification fund may receive as revenue money from any other source, as appropriated by the legislature.

(3) The revenue in the teacher-administrator preparation and certification fund shall be expended for the operation of the teacher preparation and certification program and the administrator preparation and certification program and for teacher and administrator professional development and other quality-related activities, including the teacher certification database system under section 1531h.

(4) Money in the teacher-administrator preparation and certification fund that is unexpended at the end of the state fiscal year shall be carried over to the succeeding state fiscal year, shall not revert to the general fund, and shall be expended as provided in subsection (3).

History: Add. 1988, Act 339, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1988; Am. 2004, Act 76, Imd. Eff. Apr. 21, 2004; Am. 2007, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.341 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-199-of-1962 / Section 408.341
Skier conduct; prohibited conduct in ski area.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

A skier shall conduct himself or herself within the limits of his or her individual ability and shall not act or ski in a manner that may contribute to his or her injury or to the injury of any other person. A skier shall be the sole judge of his or her ability to negotiate a track, trail, or slope.

While in a ski area, a skier or passenger shall not do any of the following:

Board a ski lift which has been designated as closed.

Wilfully board or embark upon, or disembark from, a ski lift, except at an area designated for those purposes.

Intentionally drop, throw, or expel an object from a ski lift while riding on the lift.

Do any act which interferes with the running or operation of a ski lift, such as, but not limited to: swinging or bouncing on an aerial lift, attempting to contact supporting towers, machinery, guides, or guards while riding on a ski lift; or skiing out of the designated ski track on a surface lift or tow.

Use a ski lift, unless the skier or passenger has the ability to use the lift safely without instruction on use of the lift by a ski area owner, manager, operator, or employee, or unless the skier or passenger requests and receives instruction before entering the boarding area of the ski lift.

Use a ski lift or ski without properly engaging and using ski restraining devices, brakes, or restraining straps.

History: 1962, Act 199, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1962; Am. 1981, Act 86, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.2131 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-49-of-2025 / Section 445.2131
Applicability of definitions under the event online ticket sales act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

For the purposes of this act, the definitions in section 3 of the event online ticket sales act apply to the use of those terms in this act.

History: 2025, Act 49, Eff. Mar. 24, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.181a — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-8-of-1952 / Section 780.181a
Foreign support order; transmittal of support payments to friend of court or state disbursement unit; duties of friend of court or SDU; filing copy of foreign support order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31a.

If there is no Michigan support order but there is a foreign support order, upon request of the obligee or the family independence agency if support has been assigned to it, the friend of the court in the county where the obligee resides shall inform the source of support payments to transmit the payments to the friend of the court or the state disbursement unit, as appropriate.

The friend of the court or SDU shall receive, record, disburse, and monitor payments made pursuant to the foreign support order.

A copy of the foreign support order shall be filed with the clerk of the court.

The filing of a support order pursuant to this section is not a registration as described in section 30.

History: Add. 1990, Act 241, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990; Am. 1999, Act 155, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.756 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.756
False statement as perjury.
Status: in_force

Sec. 756.

An elector who shall falsely state that he or she is incapable of marking his or her ballot shall, on conviction, be considered guilty of perjury.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1979, Act 151, Imd. Eff. Nov. 27, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.257 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.257
Discontinuance of street, alley, or other public land; reservation of easement; recording resolution or ordinance; copy to director of energy, labor, and economic growth.
Status: in_force

Sec. 257.

(1) Subject to the restrictions prescribed in section 255a, when the governing body of a municipality determines that it is necessary for the health, welfare, comfort, and safety of the people of the municipality to discontinue an existing street, alley, or other public land shown on a plat, by resolution or ordinance, the governing body may reserve an easement in the street, alley, or land for public utility purposes and other public purposes within the right of way of the street, alley, or other public land vacated.

(2) The resolution or ordinance shall be recorded within 30 days with the register of deeds and a copy shall be sent to the director of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 1978, Act 556, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1978; Am. 2010, Act 63, Imd. Eff. May 6, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.262 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-86-of-1935 / Section 28.262
Bureau of identification filing system for fingerprints of inmates of state institutions; purpose, equipment, supplies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

It shall be the duty of the bureau of identification to install and maintain a filing system for the purpose of recording and preserving the various impressions received by it by virtue of the terms of this act, said filing system to be separated from the system now employed by the bureau for the recording and preserving of finger-print impressions of criminals. The equipment and supplies for the proper carrying out of this act shall be furnished by the department of public safety.

History: 1935, Act 86, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1935; CL 1948, 28.262
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1581 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-198-of-1984 / Section 125.1581
Lessee of business incubation center; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A lessee of a business incubation center shall do all of the following:

Pay rent, which amount shall be determined by the board. The board may agree to have the rent for a predetermined number of months payable at a later date by which time the business is expected to have received committed starting capital.

Pay utilities as determined by the board.

Make every effort to relocate to a permanent location not later than 18 months after entering a business incubation center. A business may request extensions of this requirement for periods of not more than 12 months. The board may grant extensions of up to 12 months at a time upon a determination that a business still requires the services of the center. This subdivision does not apply to support services. As used in this subdivision, "support services" means those services provided to all lessees of the center to assist them in the operation of their business. Support services includes, but is not limited to, bookkeeping, secretarial services, duplicating, and delivery.

History: 1984, Act 198, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1286 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1286
Persons required to sever employment with and financial interest in professional corporation; exception; failure to comply with section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 286.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person that is any of the following shall within a reasonable period sever all employment with and all direct and indirect financial interests in a professional corporation:

(a) An individual who is an officer, shareholder, agent, or employee of a professional corporation and who becomes legally disqualified with the result that the individual is not a licensed person in at least 1 of the professional services provided by the professional corporation.

(b) An individual who is an officer, shareholder, agent, or employee of a professional corporation, who accepts employment that under existing law restricts or limits his or her authority to continue providing professional services, and who is no longer authorized to provide at least 1 of the professional services provided by the professional corporation without those restrictions or limitations.

(c) A person that is an owner of an entity that is a shareholder of a professional corporation and that becomes legally disqualified with the result that the person is not a licensed person in at least 1 of the professional services provided by the professional corporation.

(d) A person that is an entity that is a shareholder of a professional corporation; that is itself licensed to provide 1 or more professional services; and that becomes legally disqualified with the result that it is not a licensed person in at least 1 of the professional services provided by the professional corporation.

(2) If a person described in subsection (1) regains status as a licensed person in 1 or more of the professional services provided by the professional corporation, or regains the legal ability to provide 1 or more of the professional services provided by the professional corporation, as applicable, within 90 days of the event that caused the loss of that status, the person is not required to sever employment with and financial interests in the professional corporation.

(3) A professional corporation's failure to require compliance with this section is grounds for the forfeiture of its articles of incorporation and its dissolution. If a professional corporation's failure to comply with this section is brought to the attention of the administrator, he or she shall notify the attorney general of the failure and the attorney general may take appropriate action to dissolve the professional corporation.

History: Add. 2012, Act 569, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013; Am. 2018, Act 85, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2219 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-59-of-1986 / Section 125.2219
Dissolution of authority; resolution; disposition of property and assets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

An authority which has completed the purposes for which it was organized shall be dissolved by resolution of the township board. The property and assets of the authority remaining after the satisfaction of the obligations of the authority shall belong to the township.

History: 1986, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.103 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-164-of-1913 / Section 449.103
Copartnership certificate; certified copy as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A certified copy of the said certificate, or renewal certificate, on file in the county clerk's office, signed by the county clerk, and attested by the seal of the circuit court of the county, shall be held to be good and sufficient evidence of any or all the facts in said certificate, or renewal certificate stated and set forth.

History: 1913, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 6356; CL 1929, 9931; CL 1948, 449.103; Am. 1955, Act 138, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 770.9 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 770.9
Bail during pendency of appeal or application for leave to appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

During the pendency of an appeal or application for leave to appeal, a justice or judge of the court in which the appeal or application is filed may admit the defendant to bail, if the offense charged is bailable and if the offense is not an assaultive crime as defined in section 9a of this chapter or sexual assault of a minor as described in section 9b of this chapter.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17363; CL 1948, 770.9; Am. 1977, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 30, 1978; Am. 2004, Act 32, Eff. June 30, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.407 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-370-of-1941 / Section 38.407
Civil service commission; membership, terms, vacancies, eligibility, quorum, removal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Same; members, term, eligibility, appointment; vacancies; removal, manner. The board of supervisors shall, at its next regular or special session, after the adoption of this act in any county, appoint, by a majority vote of the members-elect, 3 electors of the county as members of the civil service commission to take office as soon as appointed and qualified, and who shall serve for the following terms as designated in the resolution of appointment: One member for a term expiring 2 years from December 31 of that year, 1 member for a term expiring 4 years from December 31 of that year, and 1 member for a term expiring 6 years from December 31 of that year. Thereafter the board of supervisors shall biennially, at either the October or April session of that board, appoint by majority vote 1 civil service commissioner for a term of 6 years to take office on January 1 of the next year and succeed the commissioner whose term shall next expire. The commissioner whose term shall next expire shall serve as chairman of the commission. Any vacancy occurring on said commission shall be filled for the unexpired term by the board of supervisors by a majority vote of the members-elect. Each commissioner shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified. No commissioner shall hold any other public office, except that of notary public, or be employed by the county or any other governmental agency, or any board, commission or department thereof in any other capacity. Each commissioner shall have been a resident of the county for 5 years next preceding his appointment and shall be an elector of the county. One commissioner shall be appointed from the county seat or the metropolis of the county, 1 commissioner shall be appointed from outside the county seat or metropolis, and the third member shall be appointed by reason of his knowledge of or experience in employment methods. Not more than 2 of the commissioners so appointed shall be members of the same political party. Two members of the commission shall constitute a quorum thereof. The board of supervisors by a 2/3 vote of all the members-elect may remove a commissioner during his term of office, but only after serving such commissioner with a statement in writing of the reasons for such removal, and allowing him an opportunity to be represented and publicly heard in his defense.

History: 1941, Act 370, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 38.407
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.12 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 88.12
Powers of council; ordinances, enactment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Whenever by this act or any other provisions of law any power or authority is vested in, or duly imposed upon, the corporation or council, the council may enact such appropriate ordinances as may be necessary for the execution and exercise of such power and authority, and to regulate the performance of such duty.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3073; CL 1915, 2989; CL 1929, 1913; CL 1948, 88.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.327 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-298-of-1992 / Section 14.327
Conditional effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

This act shall not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 1140 of the 86th Legislature is enacted into law.

History: 1992, Act 298, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1660 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-182-of-1986 / Section 38.1660
Implementation of Tier 2 plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the department shall implement the Tier 2 plan as soon as administratively feasible, but not later than September 30, 2019.

History: Add. 2018, Act 674, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1131 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-20-of-2008 / Section 691.1131
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform foreign-country money judgments recognition act".

History: 2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 249.2 — MI Code / Chapter 249 / Act Act-99-of-1917 / Section 249.2
Authority to raise funds; bonds; estimates, plans; separate account.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Townships, good roads districts and counties are hereby authorized to raise funds, either by general taxation or bond issues, for the building of federal aided roads and to deposit their portion of the cost of such roads with the state treasurer to be credited to the specific federal aid road project for which the money has been appropriated, which funds shall be paid out by the state highway commissioner together with funds appropriated by the state as the work of construction proceeds. Taxes for such purpose may be authorized, spread and collected, and bonds may be issued and sold, in the same manner, and subject to the same limitations and restrictions, as is or may be provided, in Act 283 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended: Provided, however, That in no case shall the furnishing of estimates, plans or specifications by the board of county road commissioners for the construction, maintenance or improvement of a highway hereunder be regarded as necessary: Provided further, That the state highway commissioner shall upon written request by a board of supervisors or by a township board, or at his own option, furnish estimates, plans and specifications for any such improvement. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to open and maintain a separate account with each road project for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act.

History: 1917, Act 99, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917; CL 1929, 4399; CL 1948, 249.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.835 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-448-of-1976 / Section 460.835
Board of commissioners; quorum; effect of vacancy; action authorized by resolution; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35.

A majority of the commissioners of a joint agency shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the joint agency. A vacancy in the board of commissioners of the joint agency shall not impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the joint agency. Action taken by the joint agency under this article shall be authorized by resolution at any regular or special meeting, and each resolution shall take effect immediately. A vote of the majority of the commissioners on the board of commissioners shall be necessary to take action, or pass a resolution. A commissioner of a joint agency shall not receive compensation for the performance of his duties but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in the performance of his duties.

History: 1976, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.201 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-123-of-1867 / Section 484.201
License and reports.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That it shall not be lawful for any telegraph company, association or individual to transact the business of telegraphing or sending messages by telegraph within this state without first procuring a certificate of authority or license from the state treasurer of this state, and before obtaining such certificate, such company, association or individual, shall furnish the state treasurer of this state annually, in the month of March in each year, with a statement under oath, of the president, treasurer, or superintendent of such company, association or individual which statement shall show:

First The name and locality of the company or association.

Second The amount of its capital stock, and how much is paid up on such stock.

Third The amount of gross receipts on their current business in this state, for the year ending December 31, next preceding such report.

History: 1867, Act 123, Eff. June 27, 1867; CL 1871, 1615; How. 3714; CL 1897, 5264; CL 1915, 6682; CL 1929, 11684; CL 1948, 484.201