Dogs must be licensed through the Saginaw County Treasurer and renewed by March 1 each year, and local ordinances require them leashed or confined. Under Michigan's dog-bite statute, an owner is strictly liable when their dog bites someone lawfully present.
Michigan's Dog Law of 1919 requires every dog over four months old to be licensed, and in Saginaw County that license is issued by the County Treasurer at 111 S. Michigan Avenue, by mail, at the Animal Care Center on Bay Road, or through most local vets, and must be renewed by March 1. Leash and running-at-large rules are set by each city and township, with strays impounded by Saginaw County Animal Care and Control. What binds every owner statewide is MCL 287.351: if a dog bites a person without provocation while lawfully on public or private property, the owner is liable regardless of the dog's past behavior.
An unlicensed or at-large dog can be impounded and the owner fined under local ordinance. A bite triggers strict owner liability for all damages under MCL 287.351, regardless of the dog's history.
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