Kalamazoo, MI

City Code § 21-9 prohibits installing, using or operating a loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment for commercial purposes anywhere in the City of Kalamazoo if it disturbs a…

City Code § 21-7.C sets dB(A) ceilings for vehicles on Kalamazoo streets, from 82 dB(A) for cars to 90 dB(A) for heavy trucks, and separately bans driving with a defective, missing or…

The City of Kalamazoo bans any 'excessive or unusually loud noise' that disturbs a person's comfort, repose, health, peace or safety anywhere within city limits, at any hour, under…

City Code § 21-7.B sets hard dB(A) ceilings for noise crossing a property line in the City of Kalamazoo: 50 dB(A) daytime and 45 dB(A) overnight in residential and special-purpose…

Flights conducted in accordance with federal law, federal air regulations and air traffic control instructions are exempt from every noise limit in Kalamazoo's Chapter 21, per §…

City Code § 7-3 defines an animal "nuisance" to include habitually disturbing noises, and §§ 7-11 and 7-23 make it unlawful for a Kalamazoo owner to keep any animal, or specifically a…

Kalamazoo sets no fixed construction start and stop time; instead, City Code § 21-20 prohibits any construction or repair work, or operation of pile drivers, steam shovels, pneumatic…

The City of Kalamazoo does not set bin standards for backyard composting; instead it carves compost out of two prohibitions that would otherwise catch a yard pile. City Code Section…

City of Kalamazoo Code § 21-3.A(1) makes any weeds or grass 8 inches or taller a declared public nuisance on any lot in the city, with narrow exceptions for large parcels' interior…

Inside Kalamazoo's Natural Features Protection Overlay District, City Code § 50-6.2(J)(4)(b) requires native species for all required site landscaping. The NFP Review Board can approve…

City Code § 42-6B requires City-maintained street and curblawn trees to keep at least eight feet of clearance over sidewalks and 15 feet over most streets, 16 feet over major…

Only the City of Kalamazoo or its agent may remove a City or street tree outright; anyone else needs a Public Works Department permit under City Code § 42-6C, and removal is allowed…

In the City of Kalamazoo, it is unlawful to construct, operate, maintain or use a swimming pool three feet deep or more without first obtaining a permit from the Building Section of…

In the City of Kalamazoo, every outdoor swimming pool must be enclosed by a fence at least four feet high, or high enough to clear any climbable stationary object within three feet…

Kalamazoo City Code § 22-13 bars parking, storing or abandoning an inoperable, wrecked or partially dismantled motor vehicle anywhere in the City, including a public right-of-way…

City of Kalamazoo City Code § 36-170(A) makes it unlawful to park any motor vehicle on a paved public street between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., unless the vehicle holds an overnight…

In the City of Kalamazoo, City Code § 36-163 bans stopping, standing or parking in specific places on any street: on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within intersections, within 15…

In the City of Kalamazoo, City Code § 50-7.2(B)(2)(c) lets homeowners store trailers, motor homes, boats, and similar vehicles on a driveway in the front or corner yard only between…

City Code § 36-163(D) bars parking any commercial vehicle, truck, trailer or equipment over 10,000 pounds gross weight, more than two axles, over nine feet tall or longer than 21 feet…

City Code § 36-178 lets Kalamazoo's Traffic Engineer designate curb-loading zones and post the hours they apply. Passenger curb loading zones cap a stop at five minutes for loading or…

City Code § 36-186 makes it a public nuisance to park, store or leave any motor vehicle on an unapproved surface at a Kalamazoo single-family home, duplex or multifamily property. An…

City Code § 36-170(D) lets Kalamazoo impound, not just ticket, any vehicle parked on a street in violation of the 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. overnight curfew if the Director of Public…

City Code § 36-187 lets Kalamazoo designate specific blocks as overnight parking permit zones, exempting residents and their guests from the citywide 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. parking…

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…

Kalamazoo City Code § 22-14 bans barbed wire on any fence, barrier or structure within six feet of the ground anywhere in the City, and separately bans any aboveground fence carrying…

In the City of Kalamazoo, residential fences are capped at four feet in a front yard and four feet in a corner side yard within the build-to zone or setback, per City Code § 50-8.5(B)…

In the City of Kalamazoo, bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted within a specific downtown-area boundary set out in the Fire Prevention Code, the same zone where new…

In the City of Kalamazoo, a recreational fire needs a fire-code permit unless it burns in an approved outdoor device at a single- or two-family home, kept 15 feet from any structure…

In the City of Kalamazoo, consumer and homemade fireworks may be ignited only after 11:00 a.m. on specific holiday windows, including New Year's Eve, the weekend before Memorial Day…

In the City of Kalamazoo, open fires, bonfires, and campfires on private property are unlawful unless the Fire Marshal expressly permits them, and burning leaves or brush is flatly…

In the City of Kalamazoo, keeping chickens is a zoning matter, not an animal-code permit: City Code § 50-4.5D allows poultry and rabbit coops in side or rear yards, set back 10 feet…

In the City of Kalamazoo it's unlawful to keep any exotic or wild animal under City Code § 7-7, unless you're a zoo, licensed circus, accredited school or a licensed medical or…

City Code § 7-19 makes it unlawful for a Kalamazoo dog owner to let their dog off the owner's premises, including on private roads and the common areas of multifamily complexes and…

City Code § 7-24 caps Kalamazoo households at three dogs at a time on any dwelling unit or its surrounding lot unless the owner holds a state kennel license. A nursing mother may…

Kalamazoo doesn't regulate dogs by breed. City Code § 7-3 defines a "vicious and dangerous animal" as one that attacks, bites or injures a person or another animal without provocation…

City Code § 7-34 makes it unlawful to harbor more adult cats, meaning cats over six months old, than can be cared for sanitarily and properly, or in numbers that create a § 7-3…

Kalamazoo's Zoning Ordinance splits animal medical care into two distinct uses at Kalamazoo City Code § 12.3: Veterinary Clinic and Veterinary Hospital. A Veterinary Clinic treats…

In the City of Kalamazoo, a pet grooming business is zoned under the "Sales and Grooming" use, part of the Animal Service category defined in the Zoning Ordinance at Kalamazoo City…

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…

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…

Kalamazoo's zoning ordinance keeps sheds and other accessory structures out of the front yard, sets a three-foot side and rear setback, caps height at that of the principal structure…

Kalamazoo's zoning code permits one accessory dwelling unit per lot in a secondary building, capped at 950 square feet, or one interior ADU capped at 30% of the primary unit's floor…

In the City of Kalamazoo, an in-home day-care is a permitted home occupation under the zoning ordinance. A family day-care (up to six children) needs only a state license, while a…

Kalamazoo allows a home occupation as an accessory use to a residence under Zoning Code Section 50-4.5D(5), but bars animal boarding, dispatch centers, restaurants, firearms sales or…

A Kalamazoo home occupation can display only one nameplate sign, capped at one square foot, and the sign cannot be internally illuminated, under Zoning Code Section 50-4.5D(5)(d); no…

Kalamazoo home occupations can see customers only between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., cap walk-in visits at two clients at a time, and allow up to four for a class such as art, music…

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 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.

Under Kalamazoo City Code § 21-31F, scaffolding erected on a building in the City of Kalamazoo may stay up only as long as reasonably necessary to finish the construction or…

In the City of Kalamazoo, all plumbing installation and repair work is governed by the Michigan Plumbing Code, adopted wholesale by City Code § 9-79 and enforced by the Building…

In the City of Kalamazoo, all electrical wiring, alteration and repair work follows the Michigan Electrical Code, adopted wholesale by City Code § 9-99 and enforced by the Building…

Kalamazoo adopts the Michigan Building Code and Michigan Residential Code by reference under City Code § 9-22, which is what requires permits for erecting, altering, repairing, moving…

In the City of Kalamazoo, discharging or exposing any pollutant to the municipal stormwater system is illegal unless covered by an approved NPDES permit, a compliance plan, or accepted…

The City of Kalamazoo is the designated enforcing agency for state floodplain management rules under Chapter 29, applying FEMA flood insurance maps and Appendix G of the Michigan…

The City of Kalamazoo requires an earth change permit from the Municipal Enforcing Agency before disturbing one acre or more of land, or working within 500 feet of state waters, under…

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 Kalamazoo, a mobile food business must serve customers from the side of the truck facing a curb, lawn, or sidewalk, never the driving-lane side, and cannot prepare…

In the City of Kalamazoo, mobile food businesses may only park and sell in streets and public areas the City Commission has designated by resolution under City Code § 25-67.A, and even…

In the City of Kalamazoo, operating a food truck or other mobile food business without a City Clerk license is unlawful under City Code § 25-66, which requires a Fire Marshal…

In the City of Kalamazoo, any lot or parcel, vacant or occupied, that piles up trash, garbage, rubbish or an abandoned junk automobile is a declared public nuisance under City Code §…

The City of Kalamazoo makes it unlawful to keep or maintain any blighted or vacant structure under § 21-30, and § 21-31 requires every property owner to keep exterior areas clean…

In the City of Kalamazoo, property owners must clear snow and ice from the abutting public sidewalk within 48 hours of accumulation under City Code § 33-18, treating the walk to…

Kalamazoo's regular curbside collection will not take any solid waste item too heavy for two average-size people to lift without equipment, so oversized furniture and appliances are…

In the City of Kalamazoo, every garbage or rubbish collection company must run curbside service only on the single weekday City Code § 15A-20.1 assigns to each of five geographic…

Grass clippings, leaves, weeds, and hedge or shrub trimmings set out for City collection in Kalamazoo must go in containers made of galvanized metal, wood fiber, plastic or other…

In the City of Kalamazoo, when New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day falls on a weekday, City Code § 15A-20.1A lets garbage and…

Kalamazoo City Code § 22-10 makes it unlawful to dump, deposit or leave refuse, debris or litter on public or private property in the City of Kalamazoo without the owner's consent. The…

In the City of Kalamazoo, a one-cubic-yard-or-larger dumpster picked up by mechanical means may sit somewhere other than the standard placement line only with a City permit and fee…

In the City of Kalamazoo, garbage and rubbish containers must sit no closer to the street than the house's front roofline unless it is collection day, when curbside placement is…

Kalamazoo City Code § 22-34.1 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any street, sidewalk, park or other public place, on private property visible to the public, or on someone…

Kalamazoo City Code § 22-18 bars soliciting on private property without the owner's permission and bans aggressive panhandling and soliciting near transit stops, banks, building…

Kalamazoo City Code § 22-37C makes it unlawful to loiter, congregate or be found in any house or place where illegal gambling is taking place; § 22-36B separately bans loitering for…

Hosting, attending or knowingly enabling a nuisance party is a misdemeanor in the City of Kalamazoo under §§ 21-25 through 21-27, punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine…

In the City of Kalamazoo, City Code § 33-22 bans skateboards, roller skates, and scooters from state trunk line highways, public parking ramps, and Bronson Park entirely, and from the…

In the City of Kalamazoo, City Code § 33-24 bars smoking in any park area or at any event that is posted or designated smoke-free, a misdemeanor if violated, and § 22-62 separately…

In the City of Kalamazoo, City Code § 22-57 bars consuming or possessing an open, uncapped container of alcoholic liquor on public streets, parkways or sidewalks, or in any other place…

In the City of Kalamazoo, pedestrians crossing outside a marked crosswalk must take a route at right angles to the curb, or the shortest path to the opposite curb, never diagonally…

In the City of Kalamazoo, it is unlawful to place any sign, structure, wire, encumbrance, encroachment, merchandise or obstruction on a street, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk that…

In the City of Kalamazoo, owners and occupants of abutting premises must keep the sidewalk in good repair under City Code § 33-38, and letting a walk stay broken or dangerous without…

Kalamazoo's zoning ordinance allows balconies, awnings and signage to project into the public right-of-way only under a City encroachment agreement, and it caps how far those elements…

No one may use Kalamazoo's streets, alleys or public grounds for a parade, march, gathering or special event, including one selling food, drink or merchandise, without a permit from…

Kalamazoo's zoning ordinance lets restaurants set up sidewalk cafes in the right-of-way, but requires a five-foot clear pedestrian pathway along the building facade and a temporary…

In the City of Kalamazoo, anyone holding a special event, parade, or gathering on City streets, alleys, or public grounds, including parks, must first file a written application with…

In the City of Kalamazoo, a tenant, neighbor or other member of the public can trigger a Housing Code inspection by filing a complaint: City Code § 17-12E(2) directs the Building…

The City of Kalamazoo runs rental housing inspections as an ongoing systematic program rather than a one-time check: City Code § 17-12.1 requires every owner or responsible local agent…

Every owner of a rental dwelling, hotel, bed-and-breakfast inn, rooming house, residential cooperative or residential collective in the City of Kalamazoo must register the property…

The City of Kalamazoo enforces habitability through City Code § 17-48, which adopts the International Property Maintenance Code as the Housing Code's residential maintenance standard…

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…

In the City of Kalamazoo, loading, unloading or otherwise handling boxes, crates and garbage containers in a way that disturbs nearby residents is illegal before 6:00 a.m. and after…

Kalamazoo does not license home auto repair separately; instead, City Code § 21-17 bars repairing, rebuilding or testing any truck, automobile or motorcycle within a residential zone…

In the City of Kalamazoo, anyone operating a pawnbroker business must first obtain a license from the City Clerk under City Code § 24-2 and apply through the process in § 24-3, which…

In the City of Kalamazoo, a secondhand dealer under City Code § 24-1 is anyone whose primary business is buying, storing, selling or exchanging used goods, from electronics to tools to…

Wreckers that tow a vehicle in Kalamazoo without the owner's consent must notify the Department of Public Safety first under City Code § 40-8, and must give a receipt disclosing the…

Kalamazoo bars sexually oriented businesses from operating within 750 feet of a school, church, park, residential zone or another adult regulated use under Zoning Code § 50-4.4C(1)(d)…

Kalamazoo does not issue a separate massage establishment license. City Code section 50-4.4C(1)(f)[4] instead exempts a professional massage therapy enterprise from the zoning code's…

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 Kalamazoo, selling or giving away drug paraphernalia is a misdemeanor under City Code § 22-41, but the section carves out syringe and needle distribution: the City…

Kalamazoo's Housing Code puts responsibility for rodent and pest infestation on the owner in duplexes, multiunit buildings and shared common areas, and on new tenants for their first…

In the City of Kalamazoo, a yard or garage sale open to the public can run no more than seven calendar days within any 90-day period under City Code § 21-31E, part of the Chapter 21…

In the City of Kalamazoo, planting a tree in the curblawn or street right-of-way requires prior written permission from the Public Works Department under City Code § 42-6, and the tree…

In the City of Kalamazoo, trees on the Protected Tree List in Table 6.2-4, plus any tree over 24 inches in diameter regardless of species, are protected wherever a parcel sits in the…

In the City of Kalamazoo, City Code § 33-24 limits use of City parks to their posted hours of operation and bars sleeping in any park open at night between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

In the City of Kalamazoo, minors under 17 may not be on any street, alley or public place between midnight and 6:00 a.m. under City Code § 22-43, and minors under 12 face an earlier…

In the City of Kalamazoo, City Code § 33-24 bars camping in any City park without written City permission, bans sleeping on paved or improved surfaces at any time, lets a Public Safety…

In the City of Kalamazoo, charcoal burners, smokers, and other open-flame cooking devices cannot be operated on a combustible balcony or within 10 feet of combustible construction…

In the City of Kalamazoo, door-to-door peddlers and transient merchants must get a license from the City Clerk under City Code § 25-2 before selling, submitting proof of identity, a…

In the City of Kalamazoo, internally illuminated LED billboards are allowed only as replacements for existing large static off-premises signs in D1, D2, D3, CC, M-1 and M-2 districts…

City Code § 50-9.5 allows only one freeway sign per lot within 200 feet of a highway right-of-way, and only in Manufacturing and Business/Technology/Research (BTR) districts, or in…

In the City of Kalamazoo, City Code § 50-9.5(G) caps window signs at 25% coverage of ground-floor windows and 30% coverage of upper-floor windows, letting an upper-floor business post…

Kalamazoo's Zoning Ordinance defines an election campaign sign at Kalamazoo City Code § 12.3 as one that advocates or opposes a candidate or ballot issue in a federal, state, county…

In the City of Kalamazoo, external floodlights on off-premises signs must aim inward and stay shielded from homes and rights-of-way, beacon and strobe lighting is banned outright, and…

In the City of Kalamazoo, every project in the DDA District or the Southtown Design Review District must follow the city's Downtown Design Standards and Guidelines and clear an…

Kalamazoo's traffic code treats a cyclist as a vehicle driver: § 36-215.1 grants bicycle riders the same rights and duties as motor-vehicle drivers. Where usable bicycle paths exist…

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…

City Code § 50-6.2(J)(4)(b) bars planting anything on Table 6.2-6, the Prohibited Planting List, or any species the Midwest Invasive Species Network recognizes as nonnative and…

City Code § 42-6A(1) bars anyone from planting Ailanthus Altissima, the Tree of Heaven, in any Kalamazoo curblawn or street right-of-way, alongside 18 other listed species such as…

Kalamazoo's zoning ordinance treats agriculture as a permitted commercial-category use with development standards: lots used for growing food crops are capped at 10,000 square feet…

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…

Kalamazoo's residential district table caps impervious lot coverage at 45% in the lowest-density RS-4 and RS-5 districts, rising to 70% in the RM-36 multifamily district, with the…

Kalamazoo caps residential building height at 35 feet across its RS-4, RS-5, RS-7, RD-8, RD-19, RM-15 and RM-15C districts, while the higher-density RM-24, RM-36 and RMU districts are…

Kalamazoo's residential zoning table sets front setbacks of 25 feet in RS-4 and RS-5 down to 15 feet in RM-36 and RMU, with side and rear setbacks that shrink further next to other…

Kalamazoo's water utility credits customers for underground service-line leaks only under a leak adjustment policy set by the Director of Public Utilities and City Commission…

Kalamazoo has opted in to adult-use marihuana under the MRTMA and licenses retailers through City Code Chapter 20B. Zoning Code Section 50-4.4E bars every marihuana establishment from…

Zoning Code Section 50-4.4E(1)(b) keeps every Kalamazoo marihuana establishment, except safety compliance labs, at least 1,000 feet from a preexisting K-12 school and at least 500 feet…

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.

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…