Taylor, MI

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 48-185 of the city code bars parking on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, on crosswalks, and within 20 feet of a…

The City of Taylor designates certain blocks as resident-only parking zones under Article IX of Chapter 48. Huron, Mayfair, and Weddel Streets between the alley north of Ecorse Road…

When the mayor declares a snow emergency in Taylor, Section 48-44 bans parking on every city street until the emergency ends. The mayor triggers the ban once four inches of snow has…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, recreational vehicles and utility trailers cannot sit in a front or side yard, must be stored on a hard or gravel surface, and are capped at one per…

Taylor bans parking any commercial vehicle over 10,000 pounds in a residential district or on a residential street, full stop, under Zoning Section 15.10(c). Pickup trucks and vans…

Every manufacturing, warehouse, retail or service use in the City of Taylor, Michigan must provide off-street loading space under Section 17.03 of the zoning ordinance. Loading docks…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, a vehicle left on public or private property for 48 continuous hours without the owner or occupant's consent, or 48 hours after a police tag identifies…

Wayne County, Michigan, can seize and impound a vehicle used for street racing or for assisting a race under Sec. 207-7 of its Public Nuisance Ordinance. The seizing agency must serve…

Sec. 50-40 of the Taylor City Code lets the city declare a water use reduction or prohibition emergency during drought or system-wide heavy demand. Options range from alternate-day…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, City Code Section 20-124 sets tree and shrub spacing rules for highways and requires branches to clear at least seven feet over sidewalks and 13 feet…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, City Code Section 20-122(e) bars anyone from removing, destroying, breaking, cutting, or defacing a tree growing in a highway or park without a permit…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, grass and weeds over eight inches tall count as high weeds under Code section 20-147, and every landowner must keep the premises, adjoining gutters and…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, radios, stereos, loudspeakers and musical instruments played loud enough to annoy neighbors are unlawful noise, capped at 65 dBA from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, it is unlawful to run an electronically amplified sound system in a parked or moving vehicle, including motorcycles and mopeds, so loud it is clearly…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, keeping an animal that habitually barks, howls or otherwise disturbs the neighborhood is a code violation. City Code Sec. 6-8 bars keeping or harboring…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, residential noise cannot exceed 50 dBA between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., versus 65 dBA during the day. Shouting, singing or other loud street noise…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, building construction, demolition and street excavation cannot run between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. without a permit, and power tools like pile drivers…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, powered construction and industrial machinery cannot exceed graduated decibel limits at 50 feet, from 94 dB(A) for equipment made before 1972 down to…

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.

Open burning of garbage is banned outright in the City of Taylor under Taylor City Code § 22-64, and salvage operations may never be conducted by open burning either. Any other open…

Consumer fireworks may only go off in the City of Taylor the day before, the day of, and the day after a national holiday, between 8:00 a.m. and midnight, under Taylor City Code §…

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…

City of Taylor, Michigan parks protect wild birds from harm under Sec. 34-81 of the city code. It's unlawful to hunt, harm, frighten, chase, shoot at, or throw objects at any bird in a…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, City Code Section 6-80 requires every cat six months or older to be licensed within five days of acquisition, Section 6-81 conditions that license on a…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, City Code Section 6-10 bars any animal owner from letting the animal run at large or leave a fenced or secured area except on a leash and under…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, a veterinary clinic must keep animal housing and exercise areas at least 100 feet from adjacent residential districts, run all activity inside an…

A pet grooming shop in Taylor that only grooms and trains dogs, without boarding them overnight, does not need a kennel license. But once a groomer keeps, grooms, cares for, trains…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, wild or exotic animals cannot be kept in any household or kennel. City Code Sec. 6-2(a) flatly bars wild or exotic animals, fowl, farm animals and…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, keeping chickens, other fowl or farm livestock at a residence is not allowed. City Code Sec. 6-2(a) bars fowl, farm animals and livestock, along with…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, a household cannot keep more than three domestic animals age four months or older. City Code Sec. 6-2(b) limits dogs, cats and nonbreeding rabbits…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, dangerous-dog rules turn on behavior, not breed. City Code Sec. 6-52 makes it unlawful to let a vicious, fierce or dangerous animal go unconfined or…

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…

Home-based businesses in the City of Taylor, Michigan may display a nameplate sign identifying the occupant's home occupation without a sign permit under Sec. 18.04(h) of the Zoning…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, a home occupation must stay inside the enclosed dwelling, employ only immediate family living on-site, sell only what is produced there, and keep…

Family child care homes serving up to eight children operate by right in Taylor's R-1A, R-1B, and R-1C single-family districts under Zoning Table 3.02, with no permit beyond a standard…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, the zoning ordinance's definition of "home occupation" excludes any professional office where clients visit the premises, such as insurance, real…

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…

Detached accessory buildings and sheds in Taylor's single-family districts cap out at 720 to 1,500 square feet depending on lot size, sit at least three feet from any lot line, ten…

Residential fences in Taylor cannot exceed six feet in the side or rear yard under Zoning Section 15.03(b). Decorative fences up to three and a half feet are allowed in the front yard…

Taylor prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, spikes, nails and any other sharp point on top of or along a fence, plus fences carrying an electric current that could cause injury, in every…

Building a fence in the City of Taylor, Michigan requires a building permit from the Development Services Department under Table 19.02 of the zoning ordinance, since fence…

Taylor keeps swimming pools, spas and hot tubs out of the front and side yard, requires at least ten feet from the rear lot line and six feet from any accessory structure, under Zoning…

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.

The City of Taylor's water code puts leak repairs on the property owner. Sec. 50-37 makes the department of public works never liable for damage from open faucets, burst pipes, or…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, every owner of a rental dwelling must register it with the city and appoint a responsible local agent before any rental unit is leased or occupied…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, a rental unit cannot be leased or occupied without a valid certificate of compliance from the Building Department, which is only issued after an…

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 Taylor, Michigan, a tenant's complaint of a violation gives the Building Department grounds to inspect the rental dwelling on top of its regular registration, renewal…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, every rental dwelling must be registered with the city and hold a valid certificate of compliance. City Code Sec. 8-102 requires owners to register…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, marihuana establishments are barred from every residential zoning district and residential unit citywide, and growers, processors, secure transporters…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, every adult-use marihuana establishment must sit at least 2,500 feet from schools, houses of worship, residential districts, public libraries, and…

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

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, any alarm system audible beyond the protected property, including a vehicle alarm wired into a premises alarm, must shut off within ten minutes, and…

Sec. 16.07 of Taylor's Zoning Ordinance regulates HVAC and other mechanical equipment on commercial, industrial and nonresidential buildings in the City of Taylor, Michigan, requiring…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, it is unlawful to operate a car, motorcycle or moped sound system so loud it is clearly audible more than 50 feet away, whether the vehicle is parked…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, every structure and exterior property must be kept free of rodent harborage and infestation, and any rodents found must be exterminated promptly using…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, no one may set a solid waste or recycling cart at the curb before 6:00 p.m. the night before pickup, and every empty cart must come back off the curb…

Refrigerators, stoves, water heaters and other bulky household items too large for the regular cart go out through a special pickup that the City of Taylor Department of Public Works…

Every commercial business in the City of Taylor must keep a solid waste dumpster on site, and Taylor City Code § 20-188 requires each one to sit on a concrete pad at least five feet by…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-185 of the city code requires residents to separate recyclables into five specific streams before curbside pickup: newsprint/paper, clear…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-183(b) bans placing litter, trash or rubbish on public or private property unless fully enclosed, and Sec. 20-183(d) sets escalating civil…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-184(a) requires owners and occupants to separate compostable yard waste, such as grass clippings and leaves, from regular garbage, bag it in…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-184(b) sets the collection window for solid waste, recyclables and yard waste: containers cannot go to the curb before 6:00 p.m. the night…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-185(a) requires every owner, lessee or occupant of a residential dwelling to dispose of recyclable materials only through the city's curbside…

Anyone proposing an earth change within 500 feet of a Taylor lake, stream or other state water, or one that will disturb an acre or more, needs a soil erosion and sedimentation control…

Sec. 16.08 of Taylor's Zoning Ordinance requires stormwater to run through underground storm sewers built to city engineering standards in the City of Taylor, Michigan, mandating that…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, new construction inside the Floodplain Overlay District must elevate its lowest floor one foot above base flood level or floodproof to that standard…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, flood-prone areas are set by FEMA maps written directly into the building code. City Code Sec. 8-21 adopts the FEMA Flood Insurance Study for Wayne…

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

In residential zones the City of Taylor treats an uninhabitable, storm-damaged structure and an unsecured vacant dwelling as blighting factors under Taylor City Code § 20-264…

Owners and occupants of residential property in Taylor must clear more than an inch of snow from the sidewalk within 24 hours under Section 48-123. Non-residential properties must…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Sec. 20-178 bars anyone from throwing or depositing litter on any open or vacant private property in the city, whether or not they own it, and the…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, city parks are open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. every day of the year, except in unusual emergencies or when the parks and recreation…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-530 keeps kids under 16 off public streets between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and bars anyone under 18 from public places between…

Groups wanting to hold picnics, parties, performances or civic activities in a City of Taylor, Michigan park must first get a permit from the parks and recreation director. The…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, restaurants and taverns adding accessory outdoor seating (the closest local equivalent to a parklet) must fence the area with a three-foot ornamental…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, a temporary use or special event needs a development services department permit, cannot exceed seven days (fifteen for seasonal sales), and is capped…

Businesses in Taylor's Midtown districts can put merchandise displays or an outdoor cafe on the sidewalk under section 7.07, but displays cannot run more than two feet deep, cannot…

In City of Taylor, Michigan parks, cyclists age 15 and older must stay on paved roads or paths built for bikes rather than cutting across grass or trails. Sec. 34-73 also bans carrying…

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 of Taylor, Michigan parks limit alcohol under Sec. 34-86. Open containers of alcoholic liquor are banned in park motor vehicles, no liquor may be carried or consumed in any park…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-280 makes it a crime to let a home, yard or business become a hangout for noisy, boisterous or disorderly people. The Taylor…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-289 bans aggressive panhandling: touching people without consent, blocking their path, using threatening language, persistently…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-285 bans loitering, loafing or standing idle in a public place when it blocks a business entrance against the owner's wishes, in…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-511 does not ban public marijuana use outright; it requires anyone transporting usable marihuana in a vehicle to keep it in a…

Taylor has no separate jaywalking ordinance of its own. Section 48-19 of the City Code adopts the entire Michigan Vehicle Code, MCL 257.1 et seq., by reference, so Taylor police…

The City of Taylor, Michigan's only mobile food vending rule targets ice cream trucks: Sec. 36-95 bans vending on main thoroughfares or any street with a speed limit over 25 mph…

Michigan's Food Law of 2000 requires statewide licensing for mobile food establishments through MDARD or local health departments, with uniform sanitation standards based on the FDA…

The City of Taylor, Michigan requires a license before anyone operates a peddling, hawking or vending business on its streets. Sec. 36-46 makes it unlawful to sell without first…

The City of Taylor, Michigan requires anyone doing business as a pawnbroker to get a license from the mayor before opening. Sec. 40-49 exempts qualifying internet drop-off stores from…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, no one may run a massage establishment or massage school, or work as a massage therapist, without meeting the licensing rules in Taylor City Code §…

Taylor requires anyone dealing in secondhand goods, scrap metal or junk to hold a city license before opening for business. City Code Section 40-86 authorizes a one-year license that…

Taylor allows vehicle repair and maintenance at a residence only on a concrete or asphalt driveway, and only on vehicles that are licensed and operable, under Zoning Section 15.09(b)…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, tobacco retailers and tobacco stores are classified as a "regulated use" under Zoning Ordinance, Appendix A Sec. 20.02, and cannot open within 1,000…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, a tattoo parlor is a "regulated use" under Zoning Ordinance, Appendix A Sec. 20.02, barred within 1,000 feet of another regulated use and within 1,000…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, adult regulated uses (adult bookstores, cabarets, theaters, escort agencies and similar businesses) are capped at 5,000 square feet, must stay 1,000…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, developers platting a new subdivision cannot plant tree of heaven as a required street tree. Taylor City Code § 26-114 requires at least one tree per…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Code section 20-147 names Canada thistle, dodders, mustards, wild carrot, bindweed, sow thistle, hoary alyssum, ragweed, poison ivy and poison sumac as…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, Taylor City Code § 32-285(b) makes it unlawful to loiter, stand or remain idle on a public street or sidewalk in a way that blocks pedestrians…

Section 44-54(d) of the Taylor City Code makes it unlawful to place rubbish, litter, dirt, vehicles or any other matter on a public sidewalk. The same section bars letting a sidewalk…

Under Section 44-53 of the Taylor City Code, the owner of the abutting land must construct, reconstruct, maintain and replace the sidewalk and driveway approach in front of their…

Before any company lays cable, conduit, poles or pipe in a Taylor street or sidewalk right-of-way, Section 44-160 requires a nonexclusive permit from the department of public works…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, a garage sale permit from the city clerk lasts no more than five days under Section 40-140, and Section 40-141 caps any one person at two permits per…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, a nine-member historical commission established under City Code Section 2-289 works to preserve the city's historic and cultural resources. The mayor…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, City Code Section 4-182 bars anyone from using a public right-of-way or any public or private property to shoot a commercial motion picture…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, City Code Section 4-183(a)(6)d.3 waives the filming permit's processing fee and daily property use fee for student filming: productions directed or…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, City Code Sections 4-184, 4-186, and 4-187 require any production seeking a filming permit to submit a traffic control plan naming every road or lane…

Taylor's zoning ordinance does not mandate a green building code; Sec. 16.01 only encourages sustainable design and LEED-oriented materials during site plan review for non-residential…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, a child care center or day care center is not a permitted use in the R-1A, R-1B or R-1C single-family districts; it is a special land use under Zoning…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, building permits and construction code enforcement run through the city's building official under state law. City Code Sec. 8-19 designates the…

Wayne County adopted the 1996 International Plumbing Code as Chapter 233's plumbing standard and requires Buildings Division plan review and approval before any plumbing work begins…

Wayne County adopted the 1996 National Electrical Code for all electrical work countywide and requires plans and specifications be submitted to its Buildings Division for review before…

Wayne County, Michigan runs a childhood lead testing program under Code of Ordinances Ch. 151, screening children ages six months to six years for lead poisoning countywide, regardless…

Wayne County's buildings division, inside the Department of Public Services, reviews every plan application and conducts all inspections required by the building, electrical…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, before removing, damaging or destroying a landmark tree you need a tree removal permit from the development services department under Sec. 16.03(b) of…

Taylor's Zoning Ordinance Sec. 16.03 treats landmark and historic trees as a protected class in the City of Taylor, Michigan: no one may develop, clear, fill or otherwise disturb the…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, no one may plant a tree in a public highway (the parkway strip between the curb and sidewalk) or park without prior approval from the superintendent of…

Sec. 16.05 of Taylor's Zoning Ordinance builds dark-sky intent directly into its lighting standards for the City of Taylor, Michigan: outdoor fixtures reviewed at site plan must help…

Sec. 16.05(a)(4) of Taylor's Zoning Ordinance targets light trespass directly in the City of Taylor, Michigan, and Table 16.05 backs it with numbers: light spilling onto a lot line…

Billboards and other signs in the City of Taylor, Michigan may only be illuminated by steady, stationary, shielded light sources aimed directly at the sign or built into it. Bare…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, a farm must sit on at least ten acres outside a platted subdivision, keep no livestock, and set accessory buildings back 150 feet from the…

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 Taylor, Michigan, single-family zoning caps how much of a residential lot buildings and pavement can cover. Table 3.03 of the zoning ordinance limits R-1A lots to 25 percent…

Taylor's zoning ordinance fixes minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks for every single-family lot. Table 3.03 requires a 35-foot front yard in the R-1A district, dropping to 25…

Single-family homes in Taylor are capped at 2.5 stories under the zoning ordinance, with a maximum height of 30 feet in the R-1A district and 25 feet in R-1B and R-1C. Roof-mounted…

Taylor's Midtown zoning districts, MT-1 and MT-2 along Goddard Road, run on their own architectural design code. Section 7.04 requires storefront-style facades, at least 75 percent…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, the city council may grant a residential planned unit development up to a 10 percent density bonus under Zoning Ordinance, Appendix A Sec. 22.04(d)…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, changeable message signs and electronic reader boards are limited to 25 square feet and 8 feet in height in nonresidential districts, counted toward…

Garage sale and open house signs in the City of Taylor, Michigan need a sign permit and are capped at 6 square feet and 3 feet tall under Table 18.06.a of the zoning ordinance…

Political signs are allowed in every zoning district in the City of Taylor, Michigan without a sign permit, capped at 16 square feet under Table 18.06.a of the zoning ordinance. The…

Billboards in the City of Taylor, Michigan must sit on a lot adjacent to and facing the I-94 highway, and are only permitted in the I-1 and I-2 industrial districts under Section…

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…