Public Conduct in Michigan (2026)

Flint outright bans going person to person or place to place soliciting contributions, with an exception only for…

Jackson County outlaws all begging on Parks and Recreation Commission property, not just aggressive solicitation…

Section 618.33 of the Battle Creek, Michigan Codified Ordinances regulates soliciting alms by place, time and manner…

Dearborn bans aggressive panhandling in public areas, including touching, blocking, following, or intimidating…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, begging without the property owner's or lessee's consent is a misdemeanor. Begging in…

Farmington Hills makes it unlawful to loiter, remain or wander in a public place for aggressive begging, defined to…

Kalamazoo City Code § 22-18 bars soliciting on private property without the owner's permission and bans aggressive…

Begging or soliciting contributions of any kind, public or private, anywhere in a Kent County park is illegal unless…

Pontiac's begging ordinance, City Code Sections 86-145 through 86-148, does not ban panhandling outright but makes it a…

In the City of Royal Oak, loitering, remaining or wandering in a public place for aggressive begging is a criminal…

In the City of Southfield, begging or soliciting money in an aggressive manner, such as blocking a person's path…

Sterling Heights treats panhandling as disorderly conduct, not a narrowly defined "aggressive" offense. City Code §…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-289 bans aggressive panhandling: touching people without…

In Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County), Code § 50-170 makes it a civil infraction to accost, solicit or force oneself upon…

Detroit lets people beg or solicit donations, but bans accosting, blocking, or following someone who refuses, plus…

Livonia treats aggressive panhandling as disorderly conduct under Code § 9.40.010(C)(4), which lists eight specific…

In the City of Novi, Code § 22-7 bars begging within twenty feet of a bank or ATM, soliciting cafe patrons without the…

Ann Arbor's disorderly conduct code bans urinating or defecating on any public street, sidewalk, or building floor open…

Detroit bans urinating or defecating anywhere in public other than a designated restroom. The prohibition is citywide…

Grand Rapids makes it illegal to urinate, defecate, or perform any act creating a hazardous or unsanitary condition in…

Jackson County bans urinating, defecating or spitting in public anywhere on Parks and Recreation Commission property…

Kalamazoo City Code § 22-34.1 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any street, sidewalk, park or other public…

Urinating or defecating anywhere in a Kent County park, other than in restrooms or facilities built for that purpose…

Rochester Hills treats public urination and defecation as disorderly conduct under City Code section 70-117(15). Anyone…

Troy's Criminal Code flatly bars urinating anywhere in public other than a designated lavatory. Chapter 98 Section…

Warren treats urinating or defecating in any public place that is not a bathroom as disorderly conduct. Sec…

Dearborn makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in a public place or in view of the public, regardless of whether…

Section 618.18 of the Battle Creek, Michigan Codified Ordinances bars any person from urinating or defecating in any…

Flint makes it a disorderly-persons offense to urinate or defecate on a public street, sidewalk, or any place open to…

Lansing, Michigan bans urinating, defecating or spitting in any public place or on someone else's property outside a…

It's unlawful in Novi to urinate or defecate anywhere in public other than in a toilet or urinal, under Sec. 22-158 of…

Public urination and defecation are unlawful anywhere in the City of Pontiac outside a restroom under City Code Section…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 278-35(G) makes it disorderly conduct to urinate in a public place, except at…

Sterling Heights makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate anywhere in public except a designated restroom toilet.

Westland makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate in any public place within the city outside an appropriate…

Skateboards, skates, bicycles, scooters, and other wheeled apparatus are banned inside the Dearborn Dog Park, the…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, City Code § 32-216 keeps anyone on roller skates, or riding a coaster, toy vehicle, or…

The City of Flint prohibits roller skates, skateboards and similar devices in Riverbank Park, except during a scheduled…

Skateboarding, long boarding, and inline or roller skating are banned within Grand Rapids' Downtown Improvement…

City Code § 114-22 bars anyone on roller skates or riding a coaster, toy vehicle, "or similar device" (language broad…

Skateboarding is banned outright in Royal Oak's Downtown Business Area and Civic Center Area under City Code Chapter…

Sterling Heights bans skateboards, roller skates, roller blades, and scooters anywhere on the Civic Center Complex…

In the City of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, the Codified Ordinances regulate electric skateboards through…

Skateboards fall under the Park Chapter's bicycle rules in Clinton Township. Section 1062.02(e) defines "conveyance" to…

Detroit bans riding skateboards, roller blades, roller skates, or scooters in any city park, public place, or boulevard…

Farmington Hills requires anyone under sixteen to wear a protective safety helmet while skateboarding, biking, or…

In the City of Kalamazoo, City Code § 33-22 bans skateboards, roller skates, and scooters from state trunk line…

Riding a bicycle, e-bike, skateboard, e-skateboard, scooter, e-scooter, mobility device or in-line skates on a sidewalk…

Livonia bans skateboards, rollerblades and roller skates on the sidewalks, ramps, steps and other property adjacent to…

Muskegon County parks confine skateboards, bicycles, scooters, roller-skates and similar devices to park roadways, and…

Code of Ottawa County § 400.3.1.15(a) allows skateboards, scooters, and roller skates on Commission Park Property only…

Warren bans skateboards, roller skates, roller blades and scooters on ramps, staircases, landscape structures, benches…

Wyoming, Michigan regulates skateboards and electric skateboards as micromobility devices under Code of Ordinances Sec…

Kent County's Parks Ordinance lets the Parks Department post areas off-limits to roller skates, rollerblades, and…

Rochester Hills Code section 74-66 lets people roller skate or coast on skateboards, hand sleds, bobsleds or other…

Shelby bars skateboards, bicycles, roller blades and scooters from the public sidewalks along North Michigan Avenue…

Hosting, attending or knowingly enabling a nuisance party is a misdemeanor in the City of Kalamazoo under §§ 21-25…

Saginaw County Ordinance #107 makes it illegal to allow an "open house party" where a minor possesses, consumes or uses…

When Ann Arbor police can't identify who's responsible for a noisy gathering, the property's owner, lessee, or occupant…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, a person who occupies or controls a place and permits or suffers it to become a…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, a responsible person who exercises control over a residence or rental premises commits…

Detroit bans loud music, amplified sound, or noise-making devices between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. citywide, with tighter…

Farmington Hills makes it illegal for an adult in control of a residence to let minors possess or consume alcohol or…

Grand Rapids prohibits letting your property host a 'residential disturbance,' a gathering between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m…

Lansing bars any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise that annoys, disturbs or endangers others' comfort, repose or…

Novi holds hosts responsible for underage drinking at their own parties. City Code § 22-217 makes it unlawful for…

Rochester Hills Code section 70-354 makes it unlawful for anyone 16 or older who controls a residence or hall to allow…

In the City of Royal Oak, the Open Party Ordinance (City Code §§ 430-13 to 430-17) makes it a crime for anyone…

Sterling Heights makes it a misdemeanor to host, maintain, cause, or facilitate a gathering that becomes a public…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-280 makes it a crime to let a home, yard or business become a…

Warren fines anyone who lets a noisy or riotous gathering disturb the neighborhood at a residence they own, rent, or…

Section 15-149 of the West Bloomfield Township Code makes it unlawful for an adult who controls a residence to allow an…

Westland makes it a misdemeanor to create loud, unreasonable noise that disturbs neighbors' comfort or peace, including…

Troy Code Section 98.11.03 makes it a criminal offense to loiter, frequent or live in any place with intent to use…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, it is unlawful to loiter, loaf, wander or stand idle in a public place after a police…

Grand Rapids bans loitering in a public building or private premises after being told to leave by the owner or…

In the City of Pontiac, City Code § 58-92 makes it unlawful to "knowingly loiter" about any building, vacant lot…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 278-45 makes it a criminal offense to loiter or remain in a public place for…

Warren makes it unlawful to loiter, loaf, or hang around a public place in ways that block sidewalks, obstruct…

Ann Arbor bans loitering on public streets, sidewalks, or public building premises when circumstances would alarm a…

Section 618.34 of the Battle Creek, Michigan Codified Ordinances defines loitering as remaining in a location for a…

Bay County makes it a misdemeanor to loiter in or about a school building or on school grounds without a legitimate…

Clinton Township bans loitering, lingering, sitting or standing in the public areas of hotels, offices, business…

Dearborn bans loitering, loafing, or standing idle in public places that obstructs streets, sidewalks, or business…

Detroit police can order anyone loitering on a street, sidewalk, overpass, or public place to move on, and it's…

Farmington Hills bars standing or idling in or about a store or business when it interferes with normal operations or…

The City of Flint bans loitering, lingering or standing around on streets, sidewalks and other public places when the…

Kalamazoo City Code § 22-37C makes it unlawful to loiter, congregate or be found in any house or place where illegal…

Lansing, Michigan bars prowling around someone else's property at night without permission and bars unwarranted…

Livonia's disorderly-persons law, Code § 9.40.010(C), makes loitering unlawful in five specific settings: houses of…

In the City of Novi, Code § 22-92 bans loitering on any street, sidewalk, overpass or public place, defining loitering…

Rochester Hills defines loitering broadly, as remaining idle or lingering in one spot, including sitting in a parked…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, § 16-80 bars loitering in a public place in a way that disturbs others…

Shelby's disorderly conduct chapter makes it unlawful to loiter in any public place or to obstruct the free passage of…

In the City of Southfield, it is unlawful to linger, loiter, sit or stand in the public areas of any hotel, motel…

Sterling Heights bans loitering in a place, time, or manner unusual for law-abiding people when it creates a…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-285 bans loitering, loafing or standing idle in a public place…

In West Bloomfield Township, Section 15-143 makes it unlawful to obstruct free passage in a public place after a police…

Westland's disorderly-persons ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to loiter around illegal businesses, vice locations, or…

Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County) makes it unlawful to conduct oneself in any public street, park or place, or place open…

Rochester Hills prohibits smoking outright at Thelma G. Spencer Park under section 74-113, defining smoking broadly to…

Ann Arbor bans smoking within 20 feet of city building entrances, within 10 feet of AAATA bus stops, near the Blake…

Bay County bans smoking in library buildings, on library grounds and in Library System bookmobiles, except in areas the…

Grand Rapids prohibits smoking, including e-cigarettes, in any public place whether open or enclosed: covering city…

Muskegon County bans smoking, tobacco and e-cigarette use across county park beach areas, including sand, grass, decks…

Code of Ottawa County § 400.3.1.6(a)(xviii) prohibits smoking or using a tobacco product, e-cigarette, or similar…

Westland prohibits consuming or smoking marihuana in any public place, including parks and sidewalks, and bars smoking…

Dearborn bans smoking within 15 feet of play structures in its community parks and entirely inside mini-parks that have…

Flint prohibits smoking or carrying lighted tobacco in any public place, plus specific outdoor streets and sidewalks…

The City of Novi bans smoking inside every enclosed building it owns, leases or operates and pushes that ban outward…

Shelby bans smoking in any public park in the village, unless the area has been designated a smoking area by the…

Warren prohibits smoking within twenty-five feet of any entrance to a city-owned or -managed public building, from city…

In the City of Kalamazoo, City Code § 33-24 bars smoking in any park area or at any event that is posted or designated…

Kent County's Parks Ordinance bars smoking any cigarette, cigar, pipe, or other smoking material inside enclosed…

Dearborn pedestrians must cross streets only at marked crosswalks at intersections; crossing anywhere else on the…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, pedestrians cannot cross the roadway anywhere but a marked crosswalk once…

Grand Rapids requires pedestrians to use a marked crosswalk between signalized intersections; crossing elsewhere means…

In the City of Kalamazoo, pedestrians crossing outside a marked crosswalk must take a route at right angles to the…

Pedestrians crossing outside a crosswalk must yield to vehicles, and may not cross at all between signalized…

City Code § 114-255 requires pedestrians in the City of Pontiac to stay off the main traveled roadway wherever a…

Taylor has no separate jaywalking ordinance of its own. Section 48-19 of the City Code adopts the entire Michigan…

Possessing, delivering or using marijuana or any other controlled substance anywhere in a Kent County park is unlawful…

Sec. 22-177 of the Novi city code makes it unlawful for anyone to use or knowingly possess marijuana anywhere within…

Rochester Hills Code section 70-277 makes it unlawful to use or possess marijuana except as authorized by state law…

Southfield's own Code still makes it unlawful to possess, control, use, give away or sell marijuana anywhere in the…

Dearborn bars consuming or smoking marijuana in public, or wherever the property owner prohibits it, punishable by a…

Warren bans registered medical marijuana patients from consuming marijuana anywhere the public can access, including…

Clinton Township prohibits consuming or smoking marihuana in public places, or wherever a property owner or manager…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 278-46 makes it a criminal offense to knowingly or intentionally possess…

Sterling Heights bans consuming marijuana in any public place under City Code § 35-65(A)(5), part of a longer list of…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-511 does not ban public marijuana use outright; it requires…

Troy Code Section 98.11.01(c) forbids consuming or smoking marihuana in any public place, and extends to private…

West Bloomfield Township Code Section 15-221(a)(1)e bars consuming or smoking marihuana in a public place, unless it…

In Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County), Code § 50-188(d) makes it unlawful to consume marijuana in a public place, and…

Ann Arbor prohibits drinking alcoholic liquor on public streets, in public parking lots or structures, and inside…

Clinton Township bans drinking beer, wine, or liquor anywhere in public outside of a building, including on sidewalks…

Detroit prohibits drinking alcoholic liquor on any street, sidewalk, alley, or other publicly-owned area, with a narrow…

Farmington Hills bans bringing, possessing, or drinking alcoholic liquor anywhere in a city park under City Code §…

Grand Rapids makes it unlawful to consume alcoholic liquor in any public place or place open to the public, except on…

In the City of Pontiac, City Code § 10-2 makes it unlawful to drink, carry or possess unsealed alcoholic liquor on…

In the City of Southfield, drinking alcoholic liquor on public highways is flatly banned, and drinking in any public…

West Bloomfield Township bans alcohol entirely inside its community parks: Section 16-25 makes it unlawful to sell or…

Battle Creek, Michigan prohibits consuming or possessing open alcoholic liquor in any public place, including streets…

Bay County makes it a misdemeanor to drink alcohol on any public street, highway, alley, sidewalk or public way open to…

Dearborn bans drinking or carrying an open alcoholic container on any public street, highway, or vehicle parked there…

City Code § 4-29 bans drinking alcoholic liquor on public streets, in public parking lots or structures, or inside the…

The City of Flint bans drinking alcohol or beer on public streets, in parks, or in any other public place, including…

In the City of Kalamazoo, City Code § 22-57 bars consuming or possessing an open, uncapped container of alcoholic…

Drinking or possessing alcoholic liquor in a Kent County park is illegal without the Parks Director's written approval…

Livonia Code § 9.32.100 makes it unlawful to drink alcohol in a car on public streets, or on the premises of any…

Muskegon County bans possessing alcohol on county park property except at specific locations and times, and only after…

Code of Ottawa County § 400.3.1.8(a) bars anyone on Commission Park Property from possessing any alcoholic beverage…

Rochester Hills bans bringing, possessing or drinking alcoholic liquor in any city park unless the city council grants…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, § 16-179 makes it unlawful to imbibe any alcoholic beverage in any…

Troy makes it a misdemeanor to drink alcoholic liquor anywhere in public unless the location holds a Michigan Liquor…

Warren makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to $500 and 90 days in jail, to bring, possess or consume alcoholic…

Westland bans drinking alcohol on any public highway citywide, and bars all liquor except beer or wine in unlicensed…

Wyoming, Michigan bans possessing or drinking alcoholic liquor in any city-owned or city-administered public park or…

Jackson County bans drinking or possessing alcohol on Parks and Recreation Commission property unless the person is 21…

Lansing, Michigan bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, parks and…

In the City of Novi, it is unlawful to possess an open container of alcoholic liquor, or to consume alcoholic liquor…

In the City of Royal Oak, City Code § 278-32 bans transporting or possessing any alcoholic liquor in an open, uncapped…

Drinking alcohol on any Sterling Heights street, sidewalk, alley or parking area is banned outright under City Code §…

City of Taylor, Michigan parks limit alcohol under Sec. 34-86. Open containers of alcoholic liquor are banned in park…