Troy, MI

Troy lets residents compost yard waste at home under City Code Chapter 16, Section 2.19, so long as bins stay small, screened and away from lot lines. No meat, dairy, fats, cooked food…

Troy property owners must keep tree branches trimmed to an 8-foot clearance above any street or right-of-way abutting their land. The Director of Parks and Recreation enforces the rule…

Troy Code Chapter 18, Section 12.01 limits automatic sprinkler systems to the non-peak hours of 11pm to 5am. Manual, attended irrigation not tied to an underground system can run any…

Troy declares turf grass or weeds over eight inches tall a nuisance on any premises and requires owners to cut it back between May 1 and November 1 each year. Owners who fail to abate…

Troy's Tree Regulations chapter bars anyone from trimming, spraying or removing a tree in a public place, street right-of-way or park without a permit from the Parks and Recreation…

Troy's landscape ordinance requires at least fifty percent of a development's required plantings to be native species, and Section 13.02.A.7 lets developers choose those species based…

Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in Oakland County. The Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner's RainSmart Rebates program pays homeowners in southeast Oakland County…

Troy bans keeping an inoperable vehicle outside a fully enclosed building for more than 14 days. A vehicle counts as inoperable if it lacks a running engine, four inflated tires, a…

Troy bars parking a commercial vehicle, truck, or trailer on any residential street for more than one hour under Chapter 107, Section 107.14(4). The clock stops only while the vehicle…

When snow makes plowing necessary, Troy's City Manager can declare a snow emergency and ban parking on specific streets until they are clear curb to curb. Only the Police Chief or…

Troy's zoning ordinance requires on-site loading and unloading space for any use that receives or ships goods, sized at least 10 by 50 feet with 14 feet of vertical clearance. Loading…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance allows off-street parking, including driveways, in a home's front yard, but Section 13.06 requires every driveway and parking lot to be hard-surfaced with…

Troy limits outdoor RV and boat storage in single-family districts to 48 hours unless the vehicle sits fully enclosed or behind the house's front face, at least 3 feet from side and…

Oakland County has no county-level street parking ordinance. State law MCL 257.674 (Michigan Vehicle Code) sets baseline prohibitions on all Oakland streets: no parking within 15 feet…

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…

Troy requires a 48-inch fence or barrier around any private pool, hot tub or spa deeper than 24 inches, with self-closing, self-latching gates. An existing barrier cannot be altered in…

Oakland County does not issue residential swimming pool permits directly. Public pools must be reviewed and permitted by EGLE under MCL 333.12522, while residential pools require a…

Troy bans consumer fireworks year-round except on a short list of holiday windows. Chapter 98 Section 98.15.01 opens firing only for New Year's, the weekend before Memorial Day, June…

Troy's Property Maintenance Code requires smoke alarms outside every sleeping area, in every bedroom and on every story of a dwelling unit, wired to house power with battery backup…

Troy lets residents run a small outdoor ground fire, the Code's term for a backyard fire pit, without a permit, as long as it stays at least 25 feet from any structure or combustible…

Troy bans open burning that's offensive or hazardous, and flatly prohibits burning waste like paper, leaves, or debris outside any structure anywhere in the city. Section 307.1.1 of…

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…

Troy lets any lot owner build and keep a fence along the line shared with a neighboring lot or along a street or alley, and makes every lot owner responsible for rebuilding, care and…

Troy bans electrically charged fences citywide and bars barbed wire in residential zones, except barbed wire used to block access to an attractive nuisance at least 6 feet above…

Troy requires a Building Department permit before any fence goes up. Chapter 83, Sec. 5 of the City Code makes construction without one unlawful, ties the fee to the Chapter 60 fee…

Troy residential fences top out at 6 feet, dropping to 30 inches in the area ahead of the front building line. Corner lots get a 48-inch allowance along the common street side, and no…

Troy's Code makes it unlawful to play a radio, TV, phonograph or musical instrument, or to yell, shout or make other loud noise on public streets, "particularly" between 11:00 p.m. and…

Troy Code Chapter 88 makes it unlawful to keep any animal or bird that causes "frequent or long continued noise" disturbing a neighbor's comfort. There's no fixed minutes-per-hour…

Troy bans construction noise, including excavating, demolition, alteration or repair work, outside 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Work on Sundays or outside that…

Troy bans using any drum, loudspeaker or amplifier "for the purpose of attracting attention for any purpose," full stop, under Chapter 88's nuisance code. Operating a sound truck with…

Troy requires every motor vehicle's exhaust to run through a muffler that prevents "loud explosive noises," and separately bans amplifying sound or making unnecessary commotion in a…

Troy bars anyone from landing, launching, or hovering aircraft over private property unless the site is a licensed airport or heliport. Chapter 88, Section 22 defines "aircraft"…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance caps noise from any use at sixty-five decibels measured at the boundary property line, rising to seventy decibels in the IB industrial district. Section 12.06.H…

Troy requires anyone who wants to keep a wild or dangerous animal, other than a dog, cat, or small house pet, to first obtain an animal permit from the City Clerk. Chapter 90 defines…

Troy classifies chickens, geese, ducks, and other fowl or livestock as "domestic animals" and requires an animal permit from the City Clerk to keep them. Chapter 90 also demands the…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance defines a veterinary hospital under Section 2.02 as any facility a licensed veterinarian maintains to diagnose, treat or prevent animal disease, and the…

Troy zones commercial dog grooming under its Section 2.02 definition of a Commercial Kennel, which folds grooming, training, breeding and boarding into one regulated use. The Use Table…

Under the Michigan Dog Law (MCL 287.262), enforced county-wide by Oakland County Animal Control, no dog may stray from the owner's premises unless held properly in a leash. Most…

Oakland County does not ban any dog breed. Dangerous-dog determinations are made under MCL 287.321 et seq. based on individual behavior, biting a person or attacking another dog, not…

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's animal cruelty law universally applies to hoarding situations involving inadequate care. Penalties escalate with the number of animals, and the state's anti-cruelty…

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…

Troy treats a licensed family day care home as an ordinary residential use. Section 6.09.A of the Zoning Ordinance allows it by right in every residential district as long as the…

Troy bars a home occupation from generating any vehicular traffic beyond what a single-family home normally produces, in both volume and vehicle type. A business drawing client visits…

Troy zoning treats a home occupation as an accessory use permitted by right in residential districts, but only inside the dwelling or an accessory building, with no employees outside…

Troy bans any sign advertising a home occupation. Section 7.10.H allows no exceptions: a home-based business cannot post a yard sign, window sign, or any other signage identifying it…

Oakland County home bakers, jam makers, and other cottage food operators are governed by Michigan's Cottage Food Law (MCL 289.4102), administered by MDARD. Sales are capped at…

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…

Troy caps detached sheds and accessory buildings at 450 square feet plus 2% of lot area, or the dwelling's ground-floor footprint (up to 600 square feet), whichever is greater. A…

Every STR booking of less than 30 days in Oakland County is subject to Michigan's 6% Use Tax under the Use Tax Act (MCL 205.93a). Oakland County does not impose a separate…

Troy collects yard recyclables for 35 weeks a year, mid-April through the first week of December, in stickered 35-gallon cans or 30-gallon paper bags. Plastic bags are never accepted…

Troy collects up to two cubic yards of residential refuse per week at the curb; anything beyond that is the owner's own responsibility to haul privately. Commercial buildings top out…

Troy caps bulky curbside items at 250 pounds and requires refrigerator doors removed before pickup. Smaller large items must be broken down or bundled at 60 pounds, 3 feet long and 3…

Troy defines what counts as a recyclable each year through the Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority, covering paper, cardboard, glass, #1 and #2 plastics, metal…

Troy residents put recyclables in a city-approved bin, or an approved container carrying a recyclables sticker, placed on the opposite side of the driveway from regular refuse by 7:00…

Troy bars residents from setting refuse at the curb before 5:00 p.m. the night before collection, and requires empty containers pulled back within 24 hours after pickup under Chapter…

When New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas falls on a weekday, Troy pushes that day's collection to the next day, and a Friday route slides to…

Troy's collection contractor hauls all refuse to the Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority on routes the City designates, in watertight, covered vehicles, while…

Troy's litter ordinance bars throwing or dumping garbage, refuse or rubbish on anyone's private land, not just public streets. The rule covers land you own as well as land you don't…

Troy requires every dealer in precious metal, gems and jewelry to register with the City before opening, keep detailed transaction records, hold purchased items nine days, and report…

Troy requires an annual license from the City Clerk before operating any adult arcade, bookstore, cabaret, motel, theater, escort agency, or similar adult use business. The Zoning…

Troy Code Chapter 98-A requires every massage facility, from independent studios to spas offering massage incidentally, to hold an annual Massage Facility License running January 1 to…

Troy's zoning code lists vehicle repair stations as NP, not permitted, in every residential district: R-1A through R-1E, RT, MF and UR. Running a repair business from a house instead…

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

Troy requires a floodplain development permit before any grading, filling, building or other development inside an area of special flood hazard. The City Engineer reviews every…

Any new residential structure or substantial improvement inside a Troy flood hazard area must have its lowest floor, including the basement, at least one foot above the base flood…

Troy requires a Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control (SESC) permit for any earth change disturbing more than one acre, or coming within 500 feet of a lake or stream regardless of…

Troy requires every development project subject to site plan review to use best management practices meeting the city's Engineering Design Standards, as set by the City Engineer…

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

Troy adopts the Michigan Electrical Code by reference to govern all wiring, service equipment, alarm systems and electrical alterations citywide. Electrical permit and inspection fees…

Troy adopts the Michigan Plumbing Code by reference to govern the design and installation of all plumbing systems, including sanitary and storm drainage, water supply, and sewer…

Troy's code official must personally make every required inspection under the Property Maintenance Code or accept a certified written report from an approved agency. Structures with…

Troy requires elevators, escalators and dumbwaiters to be maintained to ASME A17.1 with the current inspection certificate posted or on file, and buildings with passenger elevators…

Troy's Property Maintenance Code requires every door into a rented dwelling, rooming or housekeeping unit to carry a deadbolt with a throw of at least 1 inch, openable from inside…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance regulates child care centers as a distinct land use under Section 6.09.B. A center must front a major or minor arterial street, provide a separate drop-off lane…

Troy bars anyone from placing an obstruction, excavation or fill in the public right-of-way without a permit from the City Engineer. Chapter 33 sets the application, fee-by-resolution…

Troy Code Section 34.09 makes it illegal for an owner to let a sidewalk or driveway approach adjoining their property fall into disrepair, become unsafe, or be blocked with bushes…

Troy Code Section 34.10 puts the duty to keep an abutting sidewalk or driveway approach in safe condition on the property owner, and lets the Director of Building and Zoning order…

Troy requires a film production permit from the City Clerk before anyone films anywhere in the city, with an exception only for filming inside a motion picture or television studio…

Troy exempts student films from its Chapter 61A film permit requirement when the production is by a school or college student, made for course credit, and generates no profit. The…

Troy bars anyone from closing or obstructing a public right-of-way for filming without advance permission from the City Manager or a designee. Section 61A.11(E) folds street and…

Troy can restrict film-shoot noise such as gunfire, sirens, PA systems or bull horns to limit the impact on neighbors, and Section 61A.11(B) hands enforcement to City Administration…

Troy requires the occupant or owner of every lot adjoining a street to clear sidewalks of ice and of snow two inches deep or more within 24 hours after the snow or ice event ends, with…

Troy's code official can declare a structure dangerous or unsafe on ten listed conditions, from fire damage to vacancy that invites trespassers, and must issue a written notice with a…

Troy requires every vacant structure and every vacant lot to be kept clean, safe, secure and sanitary so it does not become blighted or threaten public health or safety. The rule sits…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance requires one street tree for every 50 lineal feet of frontage along internal public or private streets in new subdivisions and site condominiums. Each tree must…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance protects "Landmark Trees": healthy trees of listed species meeting a minimum trunk size, or any healthy tree 24 inches DBH or larger regardless of species…

Troy Code Chapter 13 blocks any exterior construction, alteration, repair, moving or demolition of a designated Historic Resource or Landmark, including Old City Hall, Caswell House…

Troy requires anyone soliciting donations or peddling goods door to door to obtain a permit or license from the City Clerk before starting. Applications must be sworn and filed at…

Troy bars solicitors and peddlers from knocking at any address on the City Clerk's Do-Not-Knock Registry, or posted with a "No Solicitation" sign or window cling. Residents add their…

Troy food trucks cannot park on a public roadway or highway to sell; they may vend on private property with owner permission or on public property other than streets, with an exception…

Troy requires every mobile food vending unit to carry an annual City Clerk license, non-transferable and renewed each calendar year. Operators must show $1,000,000 liability coverage…

Mobile food vendors must stay 300 feet from any Troy fair, festival, farmers market, concert or other city event unless the City has expressly authorized them to work that event. The…

Troy requires a written park shelter reservation permit before anyone may possess or consume beer or wine in a city park, and a separate Non-Profit Organizational Permit before a…

Troy requires every structure and exterior property to stay free of rodent harborage and infestation, with prompt extermination by approved, health-safe methods when rodents appear…

Troy inspects every registered multiple family dwelling and rooming house on a cycle capped at two years, stretched to three years if the last inspection found no violations…

A Troy landlord must let inspectors into a rented unit once a tenant complains to the City, under Chapter 82-A. Complaints get inspected within a reasonable time, and any complaint…

Troy closes its public parks and playgrounds to loitering between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Chapter 26 of the City Code. City employees on duty and Parks and Recreation Department…

Troy bars minors under 12 from unsupervised public places between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., and minors under 16 between midnight and 6 a.m., unless with a parent or guardian. Chapter 91…

Troy landlords who supply heat under a lease must keep habitable rooms at 68 degrees from September 1 through June 1, and every dwelling unit must have its own bathtub or shower…

Owners of a multiple family dwelling or rooming house in Troy that is rented for more than six months a year must register with the Director of Building and Zoning within 60 days of…

Oakland County has no rent control or rent stabilization. Michigan law (MCL 123.411) explicitly bars every county, city, township, and village in the state from enacting or enforcing…

Oakland County has no county-wide just-cause eviction ordinance. Landlord-tenant disputes in Royal Oak, Troy, Farmington Hills, Southfield, Pontiac, and every other Oakland County…

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 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'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…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance names Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) on its Table 13.02-D prohibited species list, banning new plantings anywhere landscaping is required under the…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance bars anyone from newly planting more than 40 invasive species listed in Table 13.02-D, including Norway maple, tree of heaven, autumn olive, Japanese barberry…

Troy's fire code lets residents burn a small fire to cook food outdoors, but only within strict limits. Chapter 93 Section 307.4.4 caps a "ground fire" (which the code defines to…

Troy's Criminal Code flatly bars urinating anywhere in public other than a designated lavatory. Chapter 98 Section 98.03.04 makes it a straight misdemeanor, exposing a violator to up…

Troy makes it a misdemeanor to drink alcoholic liquor anywhere in public unless the location holds a Michigan Liquor Control Commission license. Section 98.10.02 pairs with a separate…

Troy Code Section 98.11.01(c) forbids consuming or smoking marihuana in any public place, and extends to private property where the owner, occupant or manager has posted a no-smoking…

Troy Code Section 98.11.03 makes it a criminal offense to loiter, frequent or live in any place with intent to use, sell, give away or store illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia. Unlike…

Troy Code Chapter 88 bans sounding a vehicle horn or alarm signal except as a genuine danger warning, and separately makes it unlawful to create an "unreasonably loud or harsh sound"…

Troy Code Chapter 88 makes it unlawful to create "loud and excessive noise" while loading or unloading a vehicle, or while opening or destroying bales, boxes, crates and containers…

Troy allows a discretionary density bonus for One-Family Cluster Option developments under Zoning Ordinance Section 10.04.H. City Council, acting on a Planning Commission…

Troy bans off-premise signs, the billboard-style, freeway-facing signs advertising a business not located on the site, in every zoning district in the city. Sec. 85.01.05(H) of the…

In Troy's Big Beaver, Maple Road, and Neighborhood Node districts, window signs cannot swallow the glass area the Zoning Ordinance requires for ground-floor transparency. Sec…

Troy lets garage-sale and other short-term signs go up without a permit, but only under Sec. 85.03.02's limits: 14 square feet total per site, 6 square feet per sign, a 42-inch height…

Troy allows electronic message signs, digital billboards, only as a ground sign, capped at 50 square feet and limited to one per premise. Sec. 85.03.06 also bans scrolling or flashing…

Troy's outdoor lighting curfew, foot-candle caps and shielding rules do not apply to holiday decorations. Section 13.05.H.3 of the Zoning Ordinance lists holiday decorations among six…

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

Troy confines licensed Medical Marihuana Grow Operations to the IB Integrated Industrial and Business District and bars any grow within 1,000 feet of a school, college, library, or…

Troy has opted out entirely: Chapter 105 completely prohibits every recreational or adult-use marihuana establishment within city boundaries, using the local-control option in the…

Adults 21+ in Oakland County may cultivate up to 12 marihuana plants per household for personal use under Michigan MCL 333.27955, provided plants are not visible from public places and…

Troy caps buildings in the R-1A through R-1E one-family districts at 30 percent of lot area under Section 4.06.C, the same limit whether the parcel is a 30,000-square-foot R-1A lot or…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance Section 4.06 sets minimum yard setbacks for the R-1A through R-1E one-family districts: front yards range from 25 feet in R-1D/R-1E to 40 feet in R-1A/R-1B…

Troy's Section 4.06.C dimensional-requirements table caps one-family homes in the R-1A through R-1E districts at 2 1/2 stories and 30 feet, the same limit whether the lot sits on a…

Troy's Form-Based Districts classify data centers under Use Group 3, Office/Institution Uses, alongside general offices, hospitals and medical offices. Section 5.03 lets the regulating…

Agriculture in Troy is permitted only on a separately owned parcel of at least five acres that sits outside any recorded plat, and every farm use must follow the state's Generally…

Troy's environmental performance standards ban odors that are detrimental to public health or unreasonably interfere with public comfort, but Zoning Ordinance Section 12.06.B.4 carves…

Troy allows active and passive solar energy devices in every zoning district by right, needing only administrative approval under Zoning Ordinance Section 12.05. Roof-mounted panels…

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…

Troy requires every freestanding pole and building-mounted light fixture to be a full cut-off or fully shielded fixture, aimed downward with a flat lens to stop glare. Section 13.05.C…

Troy caps outdoor light spilling onto neighboring land: under Zoning Ordinance Section 13.05.C.2, light can't exceed one-tenth of a foot-candle at a residential property line and one…

HOA and condo assessments in Oakland County are levied under the association's bylaws and (for condos) the Michigan Condominium Act. Unpaid assessments, together with interest, late…

Architectural review in Oakland County HOAs (Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Northville, Novi, Rochester Hills, etc.) is driven by the association's recorded declaration of CC&Rs and any…

CC&Rs in Oakland County subdivisions and condominium projects (recorded at the Oakland County Register of Deeds, 1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac) run with the land and bind successive…

Oakland County HOA and condo disputes are resolved in the 6th Judicial Circuit Court (Oakland County Circuit Court, Pontiac) for amounts above the small-claims and district-court…

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'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…

Recreational drone use in Oakland County is governed by federal law (49 USC 44809 and FAA Part 107 where applicable). Michigan state law (MCL 259.305) preempts every Oakland County…

Commercial drone work in Oakland County, real estate photography in Bloomfield Hills, roof inspections in Troy, construction progress shoots in Auburn Hills, wedding video in…

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 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 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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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