Battle Creek, MI

Under Battle Creek's lodging chapter, a permit holder cannot let a transient guest stay more than twenty eight consecutive days in a ninety consecutive day period, except through the…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, no one can operate a hotel, motel or tourist home without a permit from the Community Services Department. The permit expires December 31 at…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, application, permit and inspection fees for a hotel, motel or tourist home are set in the fee, bond and insurance schedule under § 802.24, not in…

Battle Creek Codified Ordinances § 652.07(b)(8) prohibits erecting, excavating, demolishing, altering or repairing any building, or excavating streets and highways, outside 7:00 a.m…

Battle Creek Codified Ordinances § 652.07(b)(11) bars an amplified sound system in a parked or moving motor vehicle, motorcycle or moped that is plainly audible at fifty feet from 7:00…

Under Battle Creek Codified Ordinances § 652.07(b)(2), electronic sound equipment and musical instruments, amplified or not, cannot be louder than a voluntary listener in the room…

Battle Creek Codified Ordinances § 608.11(d) bars owning, harboring or keeping any animal that, by frequent or loud habitual barking, yelping or howling, annoys other persons residing…

Battle Creek Codified Ordinances § 652.07(b)(3) bans yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, singing or any loud noise on public streets between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. It also bars…

Michigan's Aeronautics Code preempts local regulation of aircraft operations and noise, leaving control over aircraft noise to state and federal authorities under MCL 259.1 et seq.

Section 618.20 of the Battle Creek, Michigan Codified Ordinances bans igniting, discharging or using consumer fireworks within the City except on listed holiday days after 11:00 a.m…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, no person can kindle or maintain open burning except recreational fires and bonfires, and bonfires need a permit. Burning construction materials…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, a recreational fire must stay two feet or less in height and three feet or less in diameter. Portable outdoor fireplaces and fire pits must…

Michigan requires plan review and a state certificate from LARA's Bureau of Fire Services Storage Tank Division before installing any LP-gas system with a single 2,000-gallon tank, a…

Battle Creek, Michigan requires owners of private trees overhanging a street or public right-of-way to keep a clear space of not less than fifteen feet above the street, sidewalk or…

Battle Creek, Michigan requires private garden compost piles to sit at least five feet from every adjoining property line and at least 20 feet from the nearest residential structure…

A Battle Creek resident who wants to plant, prune or remove a tree in the curb lawn or public right-of-way must apply for a permit from the Department of Public Works. The Director of…

Battle Creek, Michigan sets one numeric rule for private garden rain barrels and cisterns: rain catchment systems must be located at least five feet from all adjoining property lines…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, no one can keep more than three dogs or five cats on the same or adjacent premises without a kennel license that City zoning allows. A kennel is…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, honey bees must be kept in the rear yard at least 30 feet from adjacent property lines and 100 feet from neighboring homes, behind a six-foot…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, an animal can leave its owner's premises only on a leash no longer than eight feet, and a vicious animal needs a muzzle plus a leash of three…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, an impounded animal must be microchipped before the owner can redeem it, unless it already has a chip or a licensed veterinarian signs an…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, hens are allowed on single and two-family residential parcels under Section 608.30 only with a City license, a rear-yard enclosure at least 20…

Section 608.14(d) in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan ties sterilization to impoundment. On a third or subsequent impound, any animal six months or older must be sterilized before…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, anyone who owns, harbors or keeps a cat over six months old needs a license from the City Treasurer and must apply within seven days of the cat…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, no one can keep a wild animal on their property without all State and Federal permits, open inspection by Animal Control Officers, adequate…

Battle Creek, Michigan names no breed in its dangerous animal rules. Section 608.29 classifies an animal as potentially dangerous or dangerous based upon specific behaviors, in five…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, a kennel or veterinary use must enclose every outdoor run and breeding area on all sides with an obscuring wall or fence at least four feet high…

Michigan DNR prohibits baiting and feeding of free-ranging deer and elk in the Lower Peninsula due to chronic wasting disease. State wildlife law preempts local rules permitting such…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, an accessory dwelling unit is a smaller independent dwelling on the same lot as a detached single-family home. In the R-3 district it can be…

In Battle Creek, Michigan, accessory buildings on one and two-family lots in the AG and R Districts cannot exceed 10% of the lot area or sixteen feet in height. They stay out of the…

Battle Creek, Michigan does not treat a retaining wall as a fence, but a retaining wall over four feet tall must have a fence at least four feet tall along the top. Terraced walls over…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, no one can build a permanent fence without first getting a permit, unless the code says otherwise. The fee is whatever amount the City Commission…

Battle Creek, Michigan bans barbed wire, razor wire, concertina strands, single wire and cattle fencing, and bars electrically charged fences unless buried underground. Narrow…

Battle Creek, Michigan caps residential fences at four feet in the primary and required secondary front yard and six feet in side and rear yards. No fence can sit within 25 feet of a…

In the Central Business District of Battle Creek, Michigan, no one can stop, stand or park on a street to load or unload merchandise between 6:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. the next day except…

Battle Creek, Michigan bars parking in designated individual or agency spaces, fire lanes and other posted safety zones, on a required front yard or vacant lot, and on the curb lawn…

Battle Creek, Michigan bars trucks, truck tractors, trailer coaches, farm tractors, implements of husbandry and commercial vehicles, with or without trailers, from parking on any…

In Battle Creek, Michigan the City Manager can declare a snow emergency and prohibit parking on all streets. The ban starts at least three hours after the third announcement, stays in…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, Section 1261.02 declares the parking or storage of a recreational vehicle or trailer in a front yard or on a vacant lot a nuisance. Storage is…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, Section 1261.02 allows front-yard automobile parking only on an improved driveway or turnabout. An improved surface is concrete, asphalt or…

Michigan's Vehicle Code establishes uniform statewide procedures for declaring, towing, and disposing of abandoned vehicles, preempting most local rules.

Michigan regulates nonconsensual towing through the Michigan Vehicle Code, 1949 PA 300. MCL 257.252k makes an owner or lessor of private real property post a sign at every vehicular…

Battle Creek, Michigan allows a home occupation in residential districts only as an accessory use run by the resident with no employees, entirely inside the dwelling, using no more…

In Battle Creek, Michigan a state licensed child care family home serves one but fewer than eight minor children, and the licensee must permanently live in the home as a member of the…

Battle Creek, Michigan bans any home occupation service that creates unreasonable traffic to the premises, bars meeting or rendezvous use, forbids selling goods from the home and…

Michigan's Cottage Food Law lets you sell qualifying non-hazardous homemade foods without a license or inspection as long as gross sales stay under $50,000 a year. A $75,000 cap…

Michigan has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit. The word "microenterprise" returns zero results in a full-text search of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and the only…

Michigan's Public Health Code Part 125 sets uniform safety, lifeguard, and water quality standards for public and semi-public pools. State rules apply statewide regardless of local…

In the City of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, Section 827.04(b) allows no more than three garage sales at any one location in a twelve month period, and no single sale can run…

Fairs and festivals on Battle Creek, Michigan streets and public areas run under a non-renewable, non-transferable special event permit that can carry time, place and manner…

Sidewalk cafes are prohibited in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, except under a revocable seasonal permit from the Community Services Department, and only on the Michigan Avenue…

In Battle Creek, Michigan, no one can use the City's parks and playgrounds for a public meeting or assembly without written permission from the City Manager or a designee, obtained…

No one can hold a parade on a Battle Creek street without a permit under Uniform Traffic Code Rule 447, issued by the City Clerk under the City Manager's authority. The permit needs…

Anyone selling prepared food from a vehicle or cart in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan needs a vendor's license from the City Clerk before the first sale. The license requires a…

Licensed vendors in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan can locate on properties, streets, and sidewalks, but the spot must meet zoning rules for outdoor sales and display, private…

Vendors are prohibited in the Battle Creek, Michigan Downtown Business District except in designated parking spaces parallel to Jackson Street between McCamly Street and Capital Avenue…

In the City of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, Section 827.04 allows one garage sale sign on the sale premises, up no more than two days before the sale and gone after the last…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, Section 1263.10(b)(6) bars billboards from flashing, blinking or oscillating lights and requires underground wiring and lighting directed away…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, window signs in commercial and industrial districts cannot exceed 30% of the window area on which the sign is placed. Section 1263.09 sets that…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, Section 1263.10 limits billboards to Agriculture, B-1, I-1 and I-2 districts along a limited access highway or state trunk line. Billboards must…

Michigan election law universally prohibits political signs and electioneering within 100 feet of any polling place entrance on Election Day, applying uniformly across all…

Section 618.34 of the Battle Creek, Michigan Codified Ordinances defines loitering as remaining in a location for a period that a reasonable person would regard as excessive for its…

In the City of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, the Codified Ordinances regulate electric skateboards through Chapter 819, which treats them as electric scooters. Riders under…

Section 618.33 of the Battle Creek, Michigan Codified Ordinances regulates soliciting alms by place, time and manner. It bars solicitation from sunset to sunrise without a license or…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, a person who occupies or controls a place and permits or suffers it to become a resort of noisy, boisterous or disorderly persons violates…

Section 618.18 of the Battle Creek, Michigan Codified Ordinances bars any person from urinating or defecating in any public place, or on private property without the consent of the…

Battle Creek, Michigan prohibits consuming or possessing open alcoholic liquor in any public place, including streets, sidewalks, parks and parked vehicles. Exceptions cover licensed…

No dwelling in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan can be rented unless the owner first holds a rental permit issued through the City Clerk. Any occupancy by someone other than the…

Battle Creek, Michigan adopted the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code as its own Property Maintenance Code, then amended it. Section 1450.03 requires every dwelling unit to…

Before evicting, a Michigan landlord must serve the correct written demand: 7 days for nonpayment of rent, 7 days for serious health hazards, extensive damage, or physical violence…

Michigan eviction procedure is governed uniformly by the Summary Proceedings Act. Landlords must follow statutory notice and court process under MCL 600.5701 through 600.5759.

Michigan has no statute requiring a landlord to give advance notice before entering a rented unit. A tenant's protection comes instead from the lease terms and from MCL 600.2918, which…

Either party may end a Michigan estate at will or month-to-month tenancy by giving one month's notice. When rent is payable at intervals shorter than three months, the notice need only…

Michigan has no statewide rent control and no cap on rent increases. A 1988 state law, MCL 123.411, bars every local government from enacting, maintaining, or enforcing any ordinance…

Michigan's Landlord-Tenant Act caps a residential security deposit at one and one-half months' rent. A landlord who keeps any of the deposit for damages must mail the tenant an…

Michigan requires 15 years of adverse possession before a squatter can claim title to land. Under MCL 600.5801 the owner's action to recover land is barred after 15 years in most…

No one can run a pawnshop or a secondhand goods and junk business in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan without first getting a license from the City Clerk's Office. The license runs…

Battle Creek, Michigan confines adult businesses to B-1, I-1 and I-2 zoning and requires 1,000 feet from another adult business, a church, a school or a public park, and 300 feet from…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, Section 1251.18(c)(14) says in no instance shall the repair or sale of motor vehicles be permitted to be a home occupation. Paid car work is out…

Michigan regulates retail sale of vapor products and alternative nicotine products under the Youth Tobacco Act, MCL 722.641 and MCL 333.12601.

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, yard waste that cannot be secured in a container is set out in bundles or plastic bags. A bundle is tied trimmings no longer than four feet and…

In Battle Creek, Michigan, garbage and refuse cannot go out for collection before 1:00 p.m. local time on the day prior to scheduled pickup, and empty containers, recycling bins and…

Under Section 1064.26 of the Battle Creek, Michigan code, bulky waste on curbside unlimited service goes at the curbside in a manner to prevent scattering, and the City contractor can…

Section 642.02 of the Battle Creek, Michigan Codified Ordinances bars knowingly dumping, depositing, throwing or leaving litter on public or private property or water without consent…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, refuse and recycling go out no earlier than 1:00 p.m. the day before collection, and empty containers must be off the curb by 9:00 a.m. the day…

Battle Creek, Michigan defines recycling, recycling bins and recycling carts in Section 1064.06 and authorizes random bin and cart audits for contamination. Bins hold under twenty…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, refuse intended for recycling must be rinsed free of food or beverage residue and placed in recycling bins or recycling carts for collection…

The City of Battle Creek, Michigan provides residential refuse collection through a City contractor, either curbside unlimited or backyard service one time per week, plus curbside…

When a holiday falls on a Battle Creek, Michigan collection day, Section 1064.25 has the City contractor collect refuse on the following day, skipping other holidays and Sundays. White…

In Battle Creek, Michigan, a dumpster with a capacity of two yards or more must be fully concealed and enclosed by a solid fence or wall that rises at least six inches above the…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, a video or film production counts as a special event, so shooting on any City street, park or public area requires a special event permit from…

Battle Creek, Michigan treats a video or film production on a City street, park or public area as a special event that needs a permit from the City Clerk. Applications are due at least…

No company can run a shared electric scooter program in Battle Creek, Michigan without a two-year license from the City, and the City limits licenses to no more than three at any given…

In the City of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, the bike lane riding rule in the Codified Ordinances sits in Chapter 819, which regulates electric scooters. Section 819.10(h)…

Michigan does not legalise golf carts on public streets statewide, and it does not leave the question to every council either. MCL 257.657a switches street use on only where the local…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, Section 652.07(b)(9) declares unreasonable any loud and excessive noise made while loading or unloading a vehicle. The code sets no decibel…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, no child under sixteen may be in a public place or establishment between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., with a later start for fifteen-year-olds on…

The City of Battle Creek, Michigan closes every City park and playground from one-half hour after sunset local time until 5:30 a.m. the next day. Walking, running, playing, parking or…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, a person who goes house to house taking orders for future delivery is a vendor and needs a City Clerk license. Door-to-door vending is limited to…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, street and park trees are planted by the Department of Public Works, not by residents. Elm trees go sixty feet apart, oaks fifty feet, other…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, Section 1262.04(c) protects existing trees counted toward landscaping requirements or labeled "to remain" on a site plan. Paving cannot encroach…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, every subdivision plat must carry proposed soil erosion and sediment control measures, and those measures must be built into the final…

Every new and redevelopment project in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan must meet the volume and flow rate management requirements of the City's Stormwater Management Technical…

Battle Creek, Michigan adopts the FEMA Flood Insurance Study titled Calhoun County, Michigan (All Jurisdictions), dated 4/4/11, and its listed Flood Insurance Rate Map panels as the…

In a 100-year floodplain in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, the lowest floor, including the basement, of new or substantially improved residential and nonresidential buildings must…

Michigan's Part 323 NREPA preempts local coastal rules in designated high-risk erosion, flood-risk, and environmental areas along the Great Lakes.

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, premises and exterior property, including vacant lots, must be kept free of weeds or plant growth above nine inches, and noxious weeds are…

Battle Creek requires the owner, occupant, tenant or lessee next to a public sidewalk to clear snow by midnight the same day if it accumulates before noon, or by midnight the next day…

Battle Creek, Michigan treats a building as dangerous if it is likely to collapse, open to trespassers, unfit for habitation, or unoccupied for 180 consecutive days and not listed for…

Battle Creek, Michigan has no section titled sit-lie. Section 618.13 instead makes it a misdemeanor to occupy a street, sidewalk, park, public building or other public place in a way…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, every rental permit application, initial or renewal, triggers an inspection of the dwelling by a code official against the Property Maintenance…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, a complaint received by the City that a dwelling violates the Housing Code is the first listed basis for an inspection under § 1462.01. A request…

The City of Battle Creek, Michigan, does not name smokers, but Section 1610.05(c) allows wood fires for food preparation as recreational fires. They stay 15 feet from structures and…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices cannot be operated on balconies or within ten feet of combustible construction, decorations…

Battle Creek, Michigan regulates the look of new downtown and neighborhood commercial buildings through form-based standards in Section 1250.04. They cover the T-3, T-4, T-5 and T-6…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, a planned unit residential development can earn a density bonus under Section 1250.01(d)(3): 10% for mostly detached or small-cluster housing, 5%…

In Battle Creek, Michigan, light from a property cannot exceed 0.5-foot candles at the property line, measured five feet above the ground. The bulb or light-emitting element cannot be…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, a billboard cannot be lit by anything except approved electrical devices that meet the Electrical Code, must be fed by underground wiring, and…

Battle Creek, Michigan requires all outdoor lighting to be aimed at and confined to the ground, using full cut-off fixtures that send no light above a ninety degree horizontal plane…

Battle Creek, Michigan requires every residential refuse container to be vector and vermin proof with a tightly fitting lid, and requires containers kept free of anything that would…

Battle Creek, Michigan bars anyone from suspending anything above a sidewalk or otherwise encroaching within a street area unless the item is a fire escape, a balcony, a sign that…

In Battle Creek the City Commission can require, by resolution, the owners of lots to build sidewalks abutting their premises. The City Clerk then gives notice, and the owner has…

Battle Creek forbids placing merchandise, material or signs on a sidewalk, with one exception: construction material stored for up to ninety days under a Public Works permit authorized…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, Section 1262.04(d)(4) prohibits any plants, trees, shrubs or vegetation identified as invasive on the Michigan Natural Features Inventory list…

Battle Creek's tree chapter lists tree of heaven among its prohibited species, alongside poplar, willow, box elder, silver maple, locust, catalpa, mulberry and Chinese elm. The…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, it is unlawful to start excavation, structural changes or repairs, a change in use, or the moving of a building without first getting a zoning…

Inspections inside a dwelling in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan happen during reasonable hours with the consent of an occupant or responsible party. Entry without consent requires…

No one can start plumbing work in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, new or replacement, without first getting a permit from the Building Inspection Division. Only a licensed master…

Battle Creek, Michigan amends Section 305.6 of the adopted 2015 International Property Maintenance Code so that hasp locks and padlocks cannot be used in any areas occupied by…

No one can erect, install, alter, repair, service or maintain electrical wiring in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan without the appropriate permit from the City Inspection Division…

Battle Creek, Michigan defines a child care center as a facility other than a private residence that cares for children under thirteen for less than twenty-four hours a day, and…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, farming is a permitted use in the AG Agricultural District, and Section 1251.17 sets the numbers. Farm buildings stay fifty feet from any…

The Michigan Right to Farm Act (Act 93 of 1981, MCL §286.471 et seq.) provides nuisance protection for qualifying commercial farms following Generally Accepted Agricultural and…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, anyone who reports a Housing Code violation is protected by § 1462.04: the City cannot release the reporter's name, address or telephone number…

Orders under Battle Creek's Property Maintenance Code set compliance times by seriousness: 24 to 72 hours for emergencies and heat, five calendar days for securing an unsafe dwelling…

Battle Creek, Michigan enforces the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code with local amendments: unrepaired sidewalks and driveways, encroaching plantings, missing dwelling…

Battle Creek, Michigan permits roof-mounted and wall-mounted solar energy systems for on-site use as personal-scale solar energy facilities. Roof systems cannot rise more than three…

Since April 2, 2025, Michigan's Homeowners' Energy Policy Act (2024 PA 68, MCL 559.301 to 559.317) makes any provision of a homeowners' association agreement that prohibits or has the…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, yard setbacks are set district by district in Chapter 1240 and collected in the Schedule of Regulations in Section 1241.02. The R-1B…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, building coverage is capped district by district in the dimension tables of Chapter 1240. R-1A Single-Family allows a Maximum Percent of Building…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, the R-1B Single-Family district caps a primary dwelling at 35 feet, 2.5 stories, and attached accessory dwellings must meet the same primary…

In Battle Creek, Michigan, a marihuana grow operation must sit at least 500 feet from religious assembly uses, day cares, preschools, K-12 schools, public parks, libraries and…

Battle Creek, Michigan allows state licensed marihuana establishments and facilities in the zoning districts its Zoning Code designates, so the city has not opted out. Each business…

Michigan's MRTMA allows adults 21+ to grow up to 12 plants at home, preempting local bans on personal cultivation.

Michigan Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act (PA 436 of 2016, MCL §259.301–259.327) creates a comprehensive state framework for drones and preempts local ordinances regulating UAS ownership…

Michigan minimum wage is set by the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (PA 337 of 2018). The Local Labor Regulatory Limitation Act (PA 105 of 2015, MCL §123.1381+) preempts local…

Michigan preempts local paid leave ordinances; statewide paid sick leave is governed by the Earned Sick Time Act under MCL 408.961.

Michigan's Local Government Labor Regulatory Limitation Act preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under MCL 123.1387.

Michigan issues Concealed Pistol Licenses (CPLs) under MCL 28.425 series, with statewide rules that local governments cannot override or supplement.

Michigan firearms preemption (MCL §123.1101–123.1104) prohibits local units of government from imposing any ordinance, regulation, or policy on the purchase, registration, ownership…

Michigan law under MCL 750.227 makes it a felony to carry a concealed pistol in a vehicle without a valid Concealed Pistol License or other statutory exemption.

Michigan's Gaming Control and Revenue Act reserves commercial casino gaming to cities whose local legislative body passes an ordinance approving it and signs a certified development…

Michigan bars bingo, raffles, charity games, numeral games, and millionaire parties unless a licensed 'qualified organization' runs them under the Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman Bingo…

Michigan's penal code makes no exception for private, social, or "friendly" gambling. MCL 750.301 criminalizes accepting money contingent on an uncertain event's outcome: full stop…

Michigan legalized internet sports betting under the Lawful Sports Betting Act, but the Michigan Gaming Control Board can license only two kinds of operators: existing commercial…

Michigan condominium associations get an automatic statutory lien for unpaid assessments under MCL 559.208, foreclosable like a real-estate mortgage. Michigan has no general non-condo…

Michigan's Condominium Act gives co-owners a records right and almost nothing else on meeting mechanics. MCL 559.157(1) makes the books, records, contracts and financial statements…

Michigan condo associations enforce the master deed, bylaws, and rules through MCL 559.165, which makes compliance mandatory, backed by fines, injunctions, and liens. Non-condo HOAs…

Michigan's Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, took effect April 2, 2025 and made any homeowners' association provision that bans an "energy-saving improvement or modification"…

Michigan protects home EV charging through the Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, which took effect April 2, 2025. MCL 559.303(c)(ix) counts "electric vehicle supply equipment"…

Michigan's flag protection is one sentence long and narrower than most. MCL 559.156a bars a developer or association of co-owners from prohibiting a co-owner from displaying a single…

The Michigan Condominium Act lets associations levy fines, but only after due process. Under MCL 559.206 a condo association may impose late charges and, after notice and a hearing…

A Michigan condominium association can foreclose its assessment lien by advertisement, meaning it never has to file a lawsuit, but MCL 559.208(3) bars it from starting until it records…

Michigan runs the opposite way from states that shield owners who rent. MCL 559.212(1) of the Condominium Act says that after the transitional control date the association of co-owners…

Michigan does not run sobriety checkpoints, and the reason is unusual. Michigan's own checkpoint programme was the one the United States Supreme Court upheld under the Fourth Amendment…

Michigan has no statute granting an express right to film police, and no statute forbidding it either. What governs is the 1966 eavesdropping chapter of the Michigan Penal Code, and…

Michigan has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. Nothing in the Michigan Compiled Laws makes it an offence to stand on a sidewalk and decline to give a police officer…

Michigan is one of the few states where the answer to a roadside search question is written into a statute rather than left to case law. Section 5 of the Michigan Regulation and…

Michigan PA 389 of 2016 (MCL 445.572b) prohibits local governments from banning, taxing, or regulating plastic bags and other auxiliary containers.

Michigan set the minimum age to buy, possess, or use tobacco and vapor products at 21 through PA 167 of 2022, which amended the Youth Tobacco Act (MCL 722.641), aligning with federal…

Michigan currently has no statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vape products; an attempted 2019 emergency ban was struck down in court.

Michigan runs a closed list rather than a list of banned colors. MCL 257.698(4) provides that unless a lamp is both covered and unlit, a vehicle on Michigan highways must not carry a…

Michigan sets no measured windshield zone for a camera and no sticker size limit. What it regulates is the screen. MCL 257.708b(1) prohibits operating a motor vehicle with a television…

Michigan bans lane splitting in plain words. MCL 257.660(5) says a person operating a motorcycle, moped, low-speed vehicle, electric personal assistive mobility device or electric…

Michigan does not regulate license plate covers by naming them. It regulates the result. MCL 257.225(2) requires that the plate be maintained free from foreign materials that obscure…

Radar detectors are legal in a private vehicle in Michigan, and the state says so in the statute rather than by silence. MCL 750.508 restricts carrying a police-frequency radio…

Michigan does not run a studded tire season the way its neighbours do. MCL 257.710(b) forbids operating on a highway any tire carrying a block, stud, flange, cleat, spike or other…

Michigan does not set a visible light transmission percentage for any window. MCL 257.709(1)(a) instead bans film outright on the front windshield and on the side windows and sidewings…