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Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.22 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-99-of-1972 / Section 338.22
Investigation and determination of complaints.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The director shall investigate all complaints of alleged violations against or by persons licensed by any board or agency of the department, if the board or agency fails to initiate an investigation within 60 days after the filing of a complaint.

The director shall forward complaints investigated under this section to the board or agency of the department concerned and shall inform the board or agency concerned of all investigations conducted by the director under this section.

Final determination of all complaints shall be forwarded to the director by each board or agency accompanied by a roll call vote of the board or agency.

History: 1972, Act 99, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.18a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.18a
"United States Department of Defense verified electronic signature" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18a.

As used in this act, "United States Department of Defense verified electronic signature" means the certificate-based digital identification code issued to qualified personnel by the United States Department of Defense as part of the Common Access Card, or its successor.

History: Add. 2022, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32728 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32728
Construction and scope of act; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32728.

(1) This part shall not be construed as affecting, intending to affect, or in any way altering or interfering with common law water rights or property rights or the applicability of other laws providing for the protection of natural resources or the environment or limit, waive, cede, or grant any rights or interest that the state possesses as sovereign for the people of the state in the waters or natural resources of the state.

(2) This part does not limit the right of a person whose interests have been or will be adversely affected to institute proceedings in circuit court against any person to protect such interests.

(3) Except as specifically authorized under this part, this part does not authorize the promulgation of rules.

History: Add. 2006, Act 33, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 2006; Am. 2008, Act 185, Imd. Eff. July 9, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.452 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-130-of-1907 / Section 211.452
Purchase price refund; circumstances authorizing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

If shown by proof satisfactory to the state treasurer that land purchased by the petitioner in the manner set forth in section 1 was occupied by the person having the record title to the land at the time of making and recording the determination relating to the land by the state treasurer and at the time the sale was made to the petitioning purchaser, and that the purchaser never obtained possession or any beneficial use of the land and that he or she acquired no title to the land by the purchase for the reason that, on the date of the determination and the sale, the land was occupied, within the meaning of the statutes under which the sale was assumed to be made to the purchaser, or, in any case where the tax homestead deed issued by the state treasurer to this state has been held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction in a case that was pending at the time of purchase of the land from the department of natural resources by the petitioner, the state treasurer shall cause the money paid to this state to be refunded to the purchaser, or his or her assignee, with interest on that money at 6% per annum.

History: 1907, Act 130, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1907; Am. 1909, Act 242, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4163; CL 1929, 3727; CL 1948, 211.452; Am. 2002, Act 430, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18011 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.18011
Practice of podiatric medicine and surgery or as physician's assistant; license or authorization required; use of words, titles, or letters.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18011.

(1) A person shall not engage in the practice of podiatric medicine and surgery or practice as a physician's assistant unless licensed or otherwise authorized by this article.

(2) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination thereof, with or without qualifying words or phrases, are restricted in use only to those persons authorized under this part to use the terms and in a way prescribed in this part: "chiropodist", "chiropody", "chiropodical", "podiatry", "podiatrist", "podiatric", "doctor of podiatric medicine", "foot specialist", "podiatric physician and surgeon", and "d.p.m.".

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2006, Act 161, Eff. Nov. 26, 2006; Am. 2006, Act 391, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.5006 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-23-of-1993 / Section 450.5006
Certificate of withdrawal; contents, form, manner, and execution of application.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1006.

A foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state may withdraw from this state upon receiving from the administrator a certificate of withdrawal. In order to obtain the certificate, the foreign limited liability company shall file an application for withdrawal setting forth all of the following:

The name of the foreign limited liability company and the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is organized.

That the foreign limited liability company is not transacting business in this state.

That the foreign limited liability company surrenders its authority to transact business in this state.

That the foreign limited liability company revokes the authority of its resident agent to receive service of process in this state and consents that service of process in any action, suit, or proceeding based upon any cause of action arising in this state during the time the foreign limited liability company was authorized to transact business in this state may thereafter be made on the company by service upon the administrator.

An address to which the administrator is to mail a copy of any process against the foreign limited liability company.

Other additional information as is necessary or appropriate in order to enable the administrator to determine and assess any unpaid fees payable by the foreign limited liability company.

The application for withdrawal shall be in the form and manner designated by the administrator and shall be executed for the foreign limited liability company as provided in section 103, or, if the foreign limited liability company is in the hands of a receiver or trustee, by the receiver or trustee on behalf of the company.

History: 1993, Act 23, Eff. June 1, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 404.204 — MI Code / Chapter 404 / Act Act-68-of-1907 / Section 404.204
Institutions eligible for contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Such contract with such institute for the cure of said cases shall be made and entered into with one which is located in the state of Michigan, that can satisfy said board that not less than 75 per cent of the persons having taken a full course of treatment, consisting of not less than 4 weeks, have been cured and have remained cured for at least 1 year thereafter.

History: 1907, Act 68, Eff. Sept. 28, 1907; CL 1915, 5295; CL 1929, 8307; CL 1948, 404.204
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1141 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1141
Salary; twenty-first circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1141.

In the twenty-first circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967; Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.120 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.120
Claim for exemption; prohibited conduct; violations; penalties; enforcement; applicability of penalty provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 120.

(1) A person claiming an exemption under section 7cc shall not do any of the following:

(a) Make a false or fraudulent affidavit claiming an exemption or a false statement on an affidavit claiming an exemption.

(b) Aid, abet, or assist another in an attempt to wrongfully obtain an exemption.

(c) Make or permit to be made for himself or herself or for any other person a false affidavit claiming an exemption or a false statement on an affidavit claiming an exemption, either in whole or in part.

(d) Fail to rescind an exemption after the property subject to that exemption is no longer a principal residence as defined in section 7dd.

(e) Claim a substantially similar exemption, deduction, or credit on property in another state, as prohibited by section 7cc(3).

(2) A person who violates a provision of subsection (1) with the intent to wrongfully obtain or attempt to obtain an exemption under section 7cc is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of not more than 1 year and punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or public service of not more than 1,500 hours, or both.

(3) In addition to the penalties provided in subsection (2), a person who knowingly swears to or verifies an affidavit claiming an exemption under section 7cc, or an affidavit claiming any exemption under section 7cc that contains a false or fraudulent statement, with the intent to aid, abet, or assist in defrauding this state or a political subdivision of this state, is guilty of perjury, a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment of not more than 1 year and punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or public service of not more than 1,500 hours, or both.

(4) A person who does not violate a provision of subsection (1), but who knowingly violates any other provision of this act with the intent to defraud this state or a political subdivision of this state, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or public service of not more than 500 hours, or both.

(5) The attorney general and the prosecuting attorney of each county of this state have concurrent power to enforce this act.

(6) The penalty provisions set forth in subsections (2), (3), and (4) do not apply to a violation of subsection (1) or any other provision of this act occurring before December 31, 1995.

History: Add. 1995, Act 74, Eff. Dec. 31, 1994; Am. 2003, Act 140, Eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Am. 2017, Act 122, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.2244 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-223-of-2024 / Section 257.2244
Vicarious liability; exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 44.

A peer-to-peer car sharing program and a shared vehicle owner are exempt from vicarious liability, consistent with 49 USC 30106, under any state or local law that imposes liability based on vehicle ownership, including, but not limited to, section 401 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.401.

History: 2024, Act 223, Eff. Oct. 17, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.121 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-253-of-1917 / Section 247.121
Transfer of surplus funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

If a county operating under the county road system of this state has a surplus in the general fund, the board of commissioners of that county may, by resolution, direct the transfer of a part of that surplus from the general fund to the county road fund, to be used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of highways under the supervision and direction of the board of county road commissioners.

History: 1917, Act 253, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 4005; CL 1948, 247.121; Am. 2011, Act 119, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1180 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-49-of-2008 / Section 123.1180
Transfer of funds to accredited zoological institution; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

Within 10 business days of the receipt of the funds from the local property tax collecting unit for the tax levied under this act, the authority is required to transfer the funds to an accredited zoological institution.

History: 2008, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.13b — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.13b
“Empty weight” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13b.

Empty weight means the shipping weight of a vehicle as furnished by the manufacturer or in lieu thereof, the scale weight taken from a weight receipt furnished by the weighmaster operating scales approved and sealed by the state department of agriculture. For commercial vehicles empty weight shall also mean fully equipped for the use for which the vehicle is intended.

History: Add. 1967, Ex. Sess., Act 3, Imd. Eff. Nov. 15, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.954d — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-203-of-1994 / Section 722.954d
Annual report card.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4d.

The department shall publish an annual report card for each supervising agency that evaluates the achievements of that agency in obtaining permanency for children and making recommendations for the removal of barriers to permanency.

History: Add. 1997, Act 172, Eff. Mar. 31, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.465 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-158-of-1964 / Section 290.465
Violation of act; misdemeanor, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Any person who violates any provision of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00, and in default in payment thereof, by imprisonment for not less than 10 days in the county jail, and for each subsequent violation by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or both.

History: 1964, Act 158, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2308 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2308
Place for delivery of goods and documents of title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2308.

Unless otherwise agreed

the place for delivery of goods is the seller's place of business or if he has none his residence; but

in a contract for sale of identified goods which to the knowledge of the parties at the time of contracting are in some other place, that place is the place for their delivery; and

documents of title may be delivered through customary banking channels.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.7301 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.7301
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7301.

The administrator may promulgate rules relating to the licensure and control of the manufacture, distribution, prescribing of controlled substances included in schedule 2, and dispensing of controlled substances in this state.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1986, Act 174, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986; Am. 1988, Act 60, Eff. Aug. 1, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 80, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.904 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.904
State bar; regulation by supreme court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 904.

The supreme court has the power to provide for the organization, government, and membership of the state bar of Michigan, and to adopt rules and regulations concerning the conduct and activities of the state bar of Michigan and its members, the schedule of membership dues therein, the discipline, suspension, and disbarment of its members for misconduct, and the investigation and examination of applicants for admission to the bar.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.531 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-266-of-2001 / Section 288.531
Bulk milk hauler/sampler; requirements for picking up milk; measurement; pickup record; information; copies; responsibility of driver for official samples.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.

(1) A bulk milk hauler/sampler shall not take milk from a farm tank without first determining that the farmer has a valid permit. Milk shall be picked up from only an approved farm tank, constructed to sanitary standards with agitation and cooling except as approved in writing by the director on a case-by-case basis.

(2) A bulk milk hauler/sampler shall pick up only milk that appears to be normal and does not contain off odors or visible foreign material and that has been stored on the farm for no more than 72 hours, except that milk produced under the manufacturing milk law of 2001 may be stored as provided under that act. Goat milk may be stored up to 7 days in a farm tank if properly cooled. Sheep milk may be frozen for storage.

(3) A bulk milk hauler/sampler shall not record or report inaccurately a milk measurement taken in the farm tank. A measurement shall be made with a measuring gauge that is clean and wiped dry with a sanitary towel or by any other measuring method meeting the requirements of section 65(3).

(4) After measuring the milk in the farm tank, the bulk milk hauler/sampler shall promptly, accurately, and legibly record the following information on the pickup record:

(a) The gauge or stick reading.

(b) The converted gauge or stick reading in pounds.

(c) The date and time of pickup.

(d) The milk producer's name and permit number.

(e) The temperature of the milk from an accurate thermometer.

(f) The bulk milk hauler/sampler's permit identification, which is the first and last name, or the hauler/sampler's identification number printed on the license.

(g) The assigned "bulk tank unit" (BTU) number.

(5) A bulk milk hauler/sampler shall provide the original copy of the pickup record to the milk buyer and a duplicate copy, or other record acceptable to the director, to the producer.

(6) A milk tank truck driver engaged in direct farm pickup has direct responsibility for accompanying official samples.

History: 2001, Act 266, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002; Am. 2008, Act 136, Eff. June 20, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1075 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1075
“Veterans Memorial Highway.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 75.

That portion of highway US-10 in Mason county beginning at the city of Scottville and continuing west to the city of Ludington shall be named the "Veterans Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2002, Act 651, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 229.9 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 229.9
Owner's consent to highway or logging railroad; temporary highway deemed private highway; payment of expenses and damages; cutting trees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A highway or logging railroad shall not be laid out along or upon any road made or caused to be made by the owner of any land or by any person with the consent of the owner and used by the person who made the same, unless the owner consents thereto in writing. Such temporary highways shall be private highways, and the expenses of their laying out, including the compensation due the township supervisor, the jury or commissioners acting as such, for the services, and damages that may be awarded on account of the taking of lands therefor, shall be paid to the supervisor by the persons applying for the same, and upon the payment they may enter upon, open and work the highways at their own and sole expense, but no trees shall be cut therein except as shall be necessary to make a track or tracks.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; Am. 1913, Act 335, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 4455; CL 1929, 4070; CL 1948, 229.9; Am. 1972, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5458 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5458
Definitions; L.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5458.

"Lead-based paint" means paint or other surface coatings that contain lead equal to or in excess of 1.0 milligrams per square centimeter or more than 0.5% by weight.

"Lead-based paint activity" means inspection, risk assessment, and abatement in target housing and child occupied facilities or in any part thereof.

"Lead-based paint hazard" means any of the following conditions:

Any lead-based paint on a friction surface that is subject to abrasion and where the lead dust levels on the nearest horizontal surface are equal to or greater than the dust lead hazard levels identified in rules promulgated under this part.

Any damaged or otherwise deteriorated lead-based paint on an impact surface that is caused by impact from a related building component.

Any chewable lead-based painted surface on which there is evidence of teeth marks.

Any other deterioriated lead-based paint in or on any residential building or child occupied facility.

Surface dust in a residential dwelling or child occupied facility that contains lead in a mass-per-area concentration equal to or exceeding the levels established by rules promulgated under this part.

Bare soil on residential real property or property of a child occupied facility that contains lead equal to or exceeding levels established by rules promulgated under this part.

"Lead-based paint investigation" means an activity designed to determine the presence of lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards in target housing and child occupied facilities.

"Living area" means an area of a residential dwelling used by 1 or more children age 6 and under including, but not limited to, a living room, kitchen area, den, playroom, and a children's bedroom.

History: Add. 1998, Act 219, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1998; Am. 2002, Act 644, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.486 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-16-of-1875 / Section 457.486
Incorporation of tribe of Improved Order of Red Men; making and executing articles of incorporation; filing copy of articles with department of commerce, signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; powers; evidence of existence and incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Any 7 or more persons, residents of this state, being members of a tribe of Improved Order of Red Men, having been duly chartered by the great council of the Improved Order of Red Men of this state, desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals, specifying, as provided in article 2 of this act, and file a copy of such articles with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name expressed in such articles of association; and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law, capable to purchase, hold, enjoy, grant, sell, give, lease, and demise real and personal estate, of suing and being sued, and may have a common seal, and change and alter the same at pleasure; and a certified copy of the record of such articles of association under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation: Provided, That the value of such real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of $10,000.00, and that they and their successors shall have authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, demise, and dispose of said real and personal estate or part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and income shall be devoted exclusively to the charitable and benevolent purposes of the Improved Order of Red Men.

History: 1875, Act 16, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875; How. 4547; CL 1897, 8044; CL 1915, 10516; CL 1929, 10721; CL 1948, 457.486; Am. 1982, Act 90, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.455 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-306-of-1931 / Section 123.455
Free employment bureau; delegation of powers by legislative body.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The powers herein enumerated may be delegated by the said legislative body of the city or village to any department, commission or agency of such city or village as may be designated or created by such legislative body.

History: 1931, Act 306, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1931; CL 1948, 123.455