Detroit, MI

Detroit caps detached sheds and other accessory buildings at 50 percent of the required rear setback area in R1 and R2 districts and requires a 10-foot gap from the house.

Detroit's zoning code sets siting rules for compost piles on permitted urban farms and gardens: kept near the rear crop setback and at least 20 feet from any house.

Detroit's zoning code requires required landscaped areas to have working irrigation and bars designing systems that overlap water zones or spray impervious pavement.

Detroit's zoning code lists rainwater catchment systems as a permitted accessory feature on any urban garden, alongside rain barrels, cisterns, and compost bins.

Detroit requires a General Services Department permit before anyone cuts, destroys, sprays, or does surgical work on a tree growing on a public street, boulevard, alley, or parkway…

Detroit exempts cultivated flower and garden beds from its citywide 8-inch weed and plant-growth cap, so residents can plant native or naturalized landscaping instead of turf grass…

Detroit declares weeds or grass over eight inches and brush or underbrush over one foot a public nuisance on any land, occupied or vacant. The General Services Department can order it…

Detroit property owners must trim branches overhanging streets or sidewalks to keep a clear 10-foot vertical clearance and remove dead or hazardous limbs, per City Code enforced by…

Detroit requires animal-grooming shops to operate inside a fully enclosed, soundproof building and eliminate odors reaching neighboring properties, with extra limits in the MKT…

Detroit does not require pet owners citywide to spay or neuter dogs or cats. The mandate applies only to animals issued a dangerous or potentially dangerous determination, and to dogs…

Detroit bans feeding wild birds except from a feeder that only birds can reach, mounted at least 48 inches above ground level: ground feeding and low feeders are both prohibited.

Detroit prohibits owning, keeping, selling, or transferring any farm animal such as chickens, goats, or horses anywhere in the city, with a narrow exception for approved urban farms…

Detroit limits any residence to two animals of the same species over four months old, covering cats, and unlike dogs, cats carry no city license requirement; a loose cat can still be…

Detroit licenses pet shops rather than banning retail sales of dogs and cats. Chapter 6, Article VII sets facility, sanitation, and humane-treatment standards, but the code has no…

Detroit limits residents to two animals of the same species over four months old per single residence, a cap enacted in 2020 to curb hoarding and overcrowding complaints.

Detroit prohibits owning, keeping, or selling any wild animal or farm animal within city limits, with narrow exceptions for zoos, circuses, and approved educational programs under…

Detroit does not require dog owners to microchip their pets. Animal Care and Control may implant chips in licensed dogs for a fee, and owners must file a written registration transfer…

Detroit bans feeding wild birds except from feeders elevated at least 48 inches, and bars non-owners from feeding stray cats or dogs outdoors except brief owner-permitted or…

Detroit requires small-animal veterinary clinics to operate entirely inside a soundproof, enclosed building, control odors reaching neighboring properties, and keep any outdoor…

Detroit dog owners must keep dogs on their own property or under a six-foot leash or restraint in public; retractable leashes are banned for dogs over 60 pounds.

Detroit's Animal Care and Control Division can declare a dog "potentially dangerous," "dangerous," or "vicious" after an investigation, triggering strict confinement, muzzling, and…

Michigan sets no statewide beekeeper license or registration. Under the Apiary Law, 1976 PA 412, MDARD runs voluntary hive inspections and holds standby authority to quarantine bee…

Detroit bans single- and two-family homes from attaching barbed wire to any fence, and prohibits razor wire and electrified fencing entirely in residential, business, and special…

Detroit caps residential fences at 4 feet in front yards and 6 feet on sides and rear, with materials, post placement, and barbed-wire rules set by city code.

Detroit caps front yard fences at four feet (three if opaque) on single- and two-family lots, six feet on side and rear yards, and eight feet elsewhere under City Code § 50-14-381…

Detroit requires adjoining lot owners to jointly build and maintain the partition fence between their properties, with duty split by which owner's side holds the posts.

Detroit residents can petition the City Clerk to designate their block as a residential parking permit area, requiring 60 percent signatures and City Council approval before permits…

Detroit bans parking on signed streets within a large no-parking zone bounded by the Detroit River and three freeways, plus dozens of individually listed streets, every night between 3…

Parking on a designated snow emergency route in Detroit is automatically banned once 2+ inches of snow or ice accumulate between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m., and the City can extend the ban…

Detroit prints no tow rates in its code. Chapter 46, Article II, Division 5, rewritten in full by Ordinance No. 2021-34 effective October 18, 2021, caps a police-authorized tower at…

Detroit bans keeping, parking, or storing inoperative or unlicensed motor vehicles on any premises, including cars mid-disassembly or being stripped: a Property Maintenance Code blight…

Detroit requires vehicles parked on public streets to sit parallel to the curb, curb-side wheels within 12 inches, with the correct side of the car against the curb depending on street…

Detroit bars vehicles from standing or parking in a marked loading zone except for the brief loading or unloading of passengers, or the reasonable time a commercial vehicle needs to…

Detroit bans parking commercial vehicles, trailers, buses, motor homes, and recreational equipment on residential streets at any time under City Code § 46-4-19.

Detroit limits RVs, trailers and boats in residential yards to the garage or rear yard, caps counts, and sets a three-foot setback from side and rear lot lines.

Detroit limits residential off-street parking to garages, one approved side-yard driveway, or a paved rear-yard pad: parking on lawns or other unpaved areas is banned citywide in R1…

Detroit requires a plumbing permit before connecting a residential pool's filter, circulating pump, and water fill line, and a separate permit when the pool is filled through a garden…

Detroit requires every swimming pool to be fully enclosed by a four-foot fence with a self-latching gate and a working water filtration system, with unused pools drained or covered…

Detroit caps client and visitor traffic to a home occupation at levels matching normal neighborhood activity: no numeric count, but a real, enforceable standard.

Detroit bars any exterior sign for a home-based business: the zoning code requires zero visible evidence of a home occupation from the street or a neighboring lot.

Detroit lets home occupations run without a permit if they stay incidental to the dwelling, but zoning caps their size, staff, and visibility, and bars retail sales outright.

Detroit's zoning code lists 'family day care home' as a by-right use in every residential district from R1 through R6, while a larger 'group day care home' needs a conditional use…

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…

Detroit prohibits amplified music, speech, and sound equipment citywide between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under the city's noise ordinance, with narrow exemptions for essential and…

Detroit bans heavy construction equipment noise, pile drivers, jackhammers, drills, in or near residential zoning districts between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., with violations treated as a…

Detroit bans motor vehicle horn misuse, unauthorized sirens, and any stereo or speaker sound audible more than ten feet from your car, with escalating fines starting at $100.

Non-residential uses that create off-site noise impacts on residential, business, and other Detroit zoning districts must meet Chapter 50's operational performance standards, including…

Detroit bans amplified music, loudspeakers, and steam or air whistles citywide between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under City Code § 16-1-13.

Detroit treats habitual barking, howling, or yelping that disturbs neighbors as a public nuisance. Animal Care and Control investigates complaints and can order the owner to abate the…

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.

Detroit limits backyard campfires to fire pits no more than three feet in diameter, kept at least ten feet from buildings, fences, and property lines under the Fire Prevention Code.

Detroit prohibits open burning citywide unless it falls into one of two narrow exceptions: a supervised clean-wood campfire in a fire pit, or an outdoor cooking unit, both kept clear…

Detroit's Property Maintenance Code requires single-station smoke alarms in all existing one- and two-family dwellings and near sleeping areas in every rental unit, with battery backup…

Detroit limits when consumer fireworks can legally be lit to five holiday windows each year, all after 11:00 a.m., with a $1,000 civil fine for igniting outside them.

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…

Michigan imposes a 6% use tax on short-term rental accommodations under 30 days. Hosts must register with Treasury and remit tax monthly or quarterly, regardless of where they operate.

Scaffolds erected over Detroit streets, alleys, or sidewalks during construction, renovation, or repair must be well-supported, wide enough, and properly secured so they and any…

Detroit enforces the 2015 Michigan Plumbing Code for all plumbing work citywide, adding its own permit-application and enforcement rules through the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and…

Detroit zoning caps how far a deck or patio cover can extend into a required setback, decks up to eight feet into a front or rear setback, patio covers with strict rear- and side-yard…

Rental property built before 1978 that fails a lead risk assessment must be fixed by certified abatement or EPA-trained interim controls before Detroit will issue lead clearance or a…

Detroit requires all power elevators, escalators, and moving walks to be inspected and serviced at least every 30 days by a City-licensed unlimited-elevator journeyperson to keep…

Detroit requires a written permit from the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department before wiring, altering, or adding electrical equipment, enforcing the 2014…

Detroit requires permit holders to notify the Building Official when work is ready for inspection, provide site access for each required inspection, and complete a final inspection…

Detroit requires licensed child care homes and centers to provide a fenced 2,000-square-foot outdoor play area and safe pickup zones under the zoning code.

Detroit prohibits obstructing or encumbering any sidewalk, street, alley, or public place with animals, boxes, signs, barrels, fences, or other materials, except for narrow permitted…

Detroit property owners must repair a broken sidewalk or driveway apron within 30 days of a Department of Public Works notice; if they don't, the City does the work and bills them for…

Detroit requires a City Council-approved permit before anyone can build or place a structure that encroaches into a street, alley, or public easement, issued through the Department of…

Detroit requires new construction and substantial improvements in flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest floor, including the basement, to or above the base flood elevation set by…

Heavy commercial vehicles over 8,500 lbs GVWR can't idle more than 5 minutes per hour in Detroit, with civil fines up to $500 per violation.

Detroit requires a Water and Sewerage Department-approved Post-Construction Stormwater Management Plan before site plan approval for projects adding 21,780 square feet or more of…

Detroit requires a floodplain development permit from the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department before any construction begins in a flood hazard area, plus a…

Detroit property owners must grade lots to prevent soil erosion and stop stagnant water from pooling on the ground or inside a building, under the city's property maintenance code…

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

Detroit requires anyone operating a pawnshop to get a license from the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department before opening, backed by a $3,000 surety bond and…

Detroit zones vape and e-cigarette shops as "tobacco retail stores," a conditional use that needs a Board of Zoning Appeals or BSEED review and must sit 1,000 feet from any school…

Detroit bans engine repair and vehicle assembly as a home business in every residential district; incidental repairs are allowed only in enclosed structures or rear yards, 8 a.m.-8…

Detroit requires anyone buying, selling, or exchanging secondhand goods at a store, shop, or flea market to hold a used goods dealer license from the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and…

Private-property tow companies in Detroit need the owner's authorization and Police Department approval before hooking up a vehicle, and storage yards must hold a City business license.

Detroit requires a license from the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department before any tattoo, branding, or body-piercing business can open, backed by zoning, fire…

Detroit requires a Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department license for every sexually-oriented business and bars approval unless the site sits in an M4 or M5 zone…

Every massage facility and massage school in Detroit must obtain an annual license from the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department Business License Center before…

Detroit requires a parade permit from the Chief of Police, approved by City Council resolution, before any march or parade using city streets.

Detroit requires City Council approval of a permit before any organization can hold a street fair or festival in the city, and the Council can attach conditions for public health…

Detroit requires a Recreation Department permit for public events, picnics, and private gatherings held in city parks, with public-event applications due at least seven business days…

Detroit bans urinating or defecating anywhere in public other than a designated restroom. The prohibition is citywide and carries standard misdemeanor penalties under the general code.

Detroit bans loud music, amplified sound, or noise-making devices between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. citywide, with tighter limits near residential zoning districts, under the city's non-motor…

Detroit bans riding skateboards, roller blades, roller skates, or scooters in any city park, public place, or boulevard when done in a way that could harm a person or property, with an…

Detroit police can order anyone loitering on a street, sidewalk, overpass, or public place to move on, and it's unlawful to stay and obstruct pedestrian or vehicle traffic after being…

Detroit prohibits drinking alcoholic liquor on any street, sidewalk, alley, or other publicly-owned area, with a narrow exception for licensed commercial quadricycle tours; violators…

Detroit lets people beg or solicit donations, but bans accosting, blocking, or following someone who refuses, plus soliciting within 15 feet of ATMs, transit stops, and business…

Detroit bans placing or carrying any advertising sign, material, or commercial message on a freeway overpass where it would face oncoming freeway traffic, enforced as a misdemeanor by…

Detroit caps window signs at 25% of the window's area in most districts, rising to 50% for vinyl mesh signs, with an 80-square-foot cap per building.

Detroit bars dynamic (digital) advertising signs, billboards, in the Central Business District except inside the designated Entertainment District, while dynamic billboards elsewhere…

Detroit regulates a garage-sale sign as a temporary sign under the sign code: one per property, a permit, a size cap as low as six square feet in residential districts, and removal…

Detroit lets residential properties post portable temporary signs, including campaign signs, only from 30 days before a City primary through seven days after the following general…

Detroit requires alarm systems, including automotive theft alarms in motor vehicles, to auto-terminate within 15 minutes, and bars owners from letting the alarm keep sounding for more…

Detroit bans amplified or reproduced music, speech, and PA sound audible from bars, clubs, and any other source between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. citywide, backed by misdemeanor fines…

Detroit bars loading and unloading vehicles or storage containers between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in or next to residential zoning districts under the noise code.

In Detroit's Traditional Main Street Overlay Areas, rooftop HVAC and mechanical equipment must be screened behind parapets no taller than six feet: a design standard adopted…

Detroit bans all overnight camping in city parks, public places, and boulevards under City Code § 33-1-32: a flat prohibition enforced by the Recreation Department and Detroit Police…

Detroit makes it a crime to keep loitering on a street, sidewalk, overpass, or public place after a police officer has ordered you to move on, if you're blocking foot or vehicle…

Detroit landlords must have rental units professionally inspected for bed bugs before leasing, prove the unit is bug-free, and hire a licensed pest management professional to treat any…

Detroit food establishments must have a person in charge who demonstrates food safety knowledge to inspectors: certified food protection manager status is one of three ways to satisfy…

Detroit property owners must ratproof every building and exterior lot, exterminate rodents when found, and take steps that stop reinfestation under the city's property maintenance code.

Detroit requires an annual Health Department license before anyone can run a needle-exchange program, and licensure hinges on written procedures for picking up and disposing of used…

Detroit lets you run a smoker, grill, or barbecue in your own rear or side yard without a permit, as long as it stays clear of structures and stays supervised.

Detroit requires outdoor cooking units, grills, barbecues, smokers, ovens not attached to a building, to sit in the rear or side yard, at least 10 feet from structures or the property…

Detroit requires the Building Official to inspect every registered rental property on a set renewal schedule and issue a Certificate of Compliance before an owner may occupy the unit…

A complaint to Detroit's Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department triggers a Property Maintenance Code inspection of the rental unit, which can lead to a blight…

Any dumpster or roll-off container placed on a Detroit public right-of-way needs a City Engineering Division permit, must hold at least two cubic yards, and cannot be shared between…

Detroit requires curbside recycle carts to be set out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before collection and pulled in by 9:00 p.m. the same day, and bars carts from front yards…

Detroit puts bulk items and brush at the curb no more than 24 hours before your scheduled bulk collection day; oversized loads over one cubic yard, six feet, or 1,000 pounds draw a…

Detroit residents must set Courville trash containers at the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before collection and pull them back by 9:00 p.m. on collection day.

Detroit collects brush, shrubbery, and tree branch cuttings on your scheduled bulk collection day, but only if pieces run under eight feet long, eight inches thick, 100 pounds total…

Detroit's Department of Public Works offers curbside recycling to homes and businesses that pay the solid waste collection fee, using only Department-approved recycle carts under…

Dumping solid, medical, or hazardous waste anywhere in Detroit without a permit is a blight violation; five cubic yards or more counts as illegal dumping, and police may impound the…

Detroit's Department of Public Works requires curbside Courville trash carts out no earlier than 6 p.m. the night before collection and back in by 9 p.m. on collection day, with…

Detroit assigns one Courville cart per household and sets a strict curbside window: out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before pickup, off the curb by 9:00 p.m. on collection day…

Detroit's zoning code allows urban gardens by right in every residential district and urban farms as a conditional use, but cultivation areas must sit at least five feet from every…

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…

Detroit allows urban gardens by right in every residential district, but the city's Forestry Division bans planting any tree species or other plant it deems injurious or invasive, plus…

Detroit's zoning code bars planting silver maple, boxelder, mulberry, cottonwood, black locust, willow, American and Siberian elm, and other listed species citywide unless the…

Detroit's Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument at Cadillac Square and Woodward Avenue is a designated historic landmark district under City Code Chapter 21, protecting the 1872…

Detroit property owners and occupants must clear sidewalk snow and ice within 24 hours of it falling, or apply salt or sand to keep the walk safe, and violators face escalating civil…

Detroit's Dangerous Buildings Code lets the Building Official order owners to repair, secure, or demolish structures found unsafe or blighted, with civil fines up to $10,000 per…

Detroit caps weeds and plant growth on any premises, including vacant lots, at eight inches and bans noxious weeds entirely, enforced as a blight violation.

Detroit's zoning code requires all non-residential development to minimize off-site light spillover and nightglow to the greatest extent possible under Section 50-14-418, a citywide…

Detroit caps light spillover from non-residential and commercial lighting, including security lighting, at 0.5 foot-candles on neighboring property lines and bans strobe lights visible…

Detroit requires City Council to vote and hold public hearings before any department, including police, can acquire or deploy facial recognition or other biometric surveillance…

Detroit requires City Council to publicly vote to approve any license plate reader or camera surveillance purchase, with mandatory reports on data retention and any sharing with…

Detroit requires City Council approval before any city department, including police, buys or installs surveillance cameras, license-plate readers, or similar tech: private home cameras…

Detroit's Property Maintenance Code makes it unlawful for an owner to occupy or rent out a building not maintained in a habitable, sanitary, and safe condition, with every owner…

Detroit landlords must register every rental dwelling with the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department and obtain a Certificate of Registration of Rental Property…

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…

Detroit's code adopts Michigan's three e-bike classes verbatim: Class 1 and 3 assist only while pedaling, capped at 20 and 28 mph; Class 2 has a throttle capped at 20 mph. Shared…

Detroit requires a City permit before any company can offer shared e-scooters or e-bikes for hire, and sets strict geofenced no-ride and no-parking zones across the public right-of-way.

Detroit requires shared e-scooters and e-bikes to use a designated bicycle lane when one exists and bans parking any device, bike, or vehicle inside a bike lane, alley, or crosswalk.

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…

Detroit requires stationary and foot sidewalk vendors to keep a 10-foot-wide sidewalk, a 6-foot clear path, and stay 100 feet from any competing storefront and 20 feet from doorways…

In Detroit, mobile food establishments and special transitory food units can vend only in designated Food Unit Zones inside the Central Business District and Cultural Center Vending…

Detroit requires food trucks and other mobile food establishments to hold a vendor license from the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department before operating, plus…

New residential subdivisions in Detroit must plant street trees meeting Recreation Department standards for soil depth, irrigation, tree grates, staking, and salt resistance under the…

Detroit City Code prohibits police officers and all other public servants from asking about a person's immigration status, except when relevant to investigating or prosecuting a…

Detroit limits single-family homes in the R1 District to 35 feet, measured from grade at the building's front to the roof's peak or, on pitched roofs, the eave-ridge midpoint, per the…

Detroit's R1 single-family district requires a 20-foot front setback, at least 4 feet on each side (14 feet combined), and a 30-foot rear setback, set out in the zoning code's…

Detroit limits single-family R1 lots to 35 percent maximum lot coverage, counting the house plus every accessory building and structure, under the city's zoning dimensional-standards…

Detroit bars minors 15 and under from public streets and parks 8 p.m.-6 a.m. (10 p.m.-6 a.m. during daylight saving), and 16-17 year-olds from 10 p.m., 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Detroit closes all city parks and public places nightly from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.; loitering, picnicking, or congregating during that window is prohibited unless posted signs allow…

Detroit bars marijuana grower, processor, retail, microbusiness, consumption and transporter facilities within 1,000 feet of any drug-free zone use, and the city will not waive that…

Detroit requires marijuana retail/provisioning facilities to sit at least 500 feet from another retailer and 1,000 feet from any school, library, child-care center, or other…

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

Detroit bans handbill and advertising solicitation at any residence posting a "No Trespassing," "No Handbills," or "Post No Bills" notice near its front entrance, backed by misdemeanor…

Anyone running a temporary or transient sales business in Detroit, using a room, building, or structure for under 120 days, must get an itinerant vendor license from the Buildings…

Detroit caps yard and garage sales to daylight hours only, three consecutive days per sale, and one sale per property every 90 days under the zoning code's accessory-use rules.

Wayne County residents who believe they've faced discrimination in housing, employment or public accommodations file a written, notarized complaint with the county's Human Rights…

Wayne County levies a 1% excise tax on charges for accommodations provided to transient guests countywide, funding the stadium and land development fund.

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.

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…

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…