Warren, MI

Warren treats any vehicle left on private property without the owner's consent as abandoned. Sec. 22-72 lets property owners have such vehicles towed by the police department or a…

When the mayor declares a snow alert, every vehicle must be off the affected streets within six hours or face towing and a municipal civil infraction. Warren uses the ban to keep…

Warren bars parking or storing any recreational vehicle, boat, trailer, or snowmobile in a residential front or side yard except on a driveway for up to 72 hours, limits outdoor…

On streets posted with the required signage, Warren bans parking any vehicle between 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. every day of the week under Section 37-702(b). The restriction is not…

Every driveway in Warren must be hardsurfaced, connecting a required off-street parking space to a street or alley for vehicle ingress and egress, under Zoning Ordinance Section 2.62…

Manufacturing, warehouse, retail, hotel, hospital, and similar uses in Warren must provide on-site loading and unloading space under Zoning Ordinance Section 4.31: at least 10 by 25…

Warren lets a new development count electric vehicle charging spaces toward its required parking minimums under Zoning Ordinance Section 4E.05, and allows an existing space, except an…

Warren bars commercial vehicles from parking on any city street for more than 30 minutes between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m., and bans trucks and truck-tractors from residential streets…

Warren bans parking any truck, truck tractor, or truck trailer on a residential street entirely, not just overnight. Section 37-702(c) exempts only panel trucks or trucks rated at…

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…

Warren makes it unlawful to feed wild animals anywhere in the city, including raccoons, rodents, geese and pigeons, and bans all ground feeding outright. Bird or squirrel feeding is…

Warren has no general microchip requirement for pets, but a dog found potentially dangerous by the court must be implanted with a microchip carrying its classification and owner…

Warren caps most households at five total animals, with no more than three cats over six months old and no more than three dogs over six months old within that total. Licensed kennels…

Warren bans owning, possessing, breeding, buying, selling or harboring any dangerous or exotic animal. Only organizations accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums are…

Warren permits up to four hens per lot in one- or two-family homes, but bans roosters and all other fowl outright. Keepers need a building permit for a code-compliant henhouse and pen…

Warren classifies dogs as 'potentially dangerous' or 'dangerous' based on bite severity and aggression rather than breed. A dog found dangerous by the 37th District Court is banned…

Warren requires cats over four months old to be confined or under control at all times, caps households at three adult cats, and endorses trap-neuter-return as its official policy for…

In Warren's C-2 General Business District, Section 14.01(c) of the zoning ordinance lists veterinary clinics and dog kennels as a permitted use only when every part of the operation…

Warren dogs must stay confined on the owner's property unless under reasonable control, in a designated off-leash dog park area, in a closed vehicle or crate, or on private property…

Warren bans confining wild animals like raccoons, opossums, and deer anywhere in the city, but carves out an exception for anyone holding a valid state DNR possession permit to give an…

Warren does not require spay/neuter for pets generally, but a dog judicially found potentially dangerous must be spayed or neutered, if over 12 weeks old, before it can be returned to…

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…

Warren requires a city clerk permit before operating a sound truck with a radio or amplifier under Sec. 21-32, and separately bans mobile broadcasts audible 30 feet away in daytime, or…

Warren bans keeping a dog whose loud, frequent barking or howling seriously annoys neighbors. Barking or howling for 20 minutes total in any one hour is automatic proof of a violation…

Warren requires every motor vehicle exhaust to pass through a muffler that prevents loud explosive noises, and bars repairing, rebuilding or testing a vehicle in a residential area…

Warren bars excessive noise in residential areas and public streets between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. that disturbs the peace of people nearby. A companion rule targets loud TVs…

Warren's nuisance ordinance sets fixed construction hours citywide. Section 21-29(a) makes it unlawful to conduct construction, demolition or excavation work, including highway…

Warren's zoning ordinance fixes numeric noise ceilings for the city's four industrial districts. Section 17.02(j) caps noise, measured at the street or property line whichever reading…

Macomb County has no countywide leaf-blower ordinance. Yard-equipment noise is regulated locally. Macomb Township bans residential landscaping equipment between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

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.

Warren lets property owners maintain a planned natural landscaping area of native plants under City Code Sec. 38-24, exempting it from the six-inch weed and grass height ban if the…

Warren lets residents compost leaves and yard waste at home for mulch or gardening with no bin standard, but curbside compost pickup requires clear bags weighing no more than 40…

Warren bars anyone but the city from performing maintenance, including trimming, on a public tree unless an exception applies, and it requires any utility company to get an annual…

Warren defines unlawful overgrowth as grass exceeding six inches under Sec. 21-47 and bans it on any premises under Sec. 21-48; the city abates uncut lots after May 1 each year and…

Warren's zoning code requires the strip of land between a homeowner's lot line or sidewalk and the street curb to stay covered in grass, sod, or artificial turf rather than bare dirt…

Removing a public tree or shrub in Warren requires a permit from the department of public service under Section 38-11, whether the person doing the removal is a resident, contractor…

Warren allows backyard outdoor fireplaces and fire pits without a permit under Section 13-52(2), but only burning dry, seasoned firewood, only outside the hours of 1:00 a.m. to 11:00…

Warren bans kindling or maintaining any open burning unless it is conducted and approved under Section 13-51, and Section 13-54 separately prohibits burning that becomes offensive or…

Warren requires at least one smoke detector in every mobile home, positioned so it protects each separate bedroom area and isn't isolated by the home's layout. This mobile-home-park…

Warren prohibits igniting consumer fireworks citywide under Section 13-18, except during five narrow holiday windows, including New Year's, Memorial Day weekend, and June 29 through…

Warren restricts where residential LP-gas cooking equipment can sit near combustible surfaces. Under City Code Sec. 13-57, any LP-gas burner fed by a container holding more than 2.5…

Warren caps ordinary residential fences at four feet and privacy fences at six feet under Zoning Ordinance Sections 4D.32 and 4D.33. Corner-lot privacy fences must set back at least…

Before erecting any fence or wall in Warren, owners must obtain a permit from the Division of Buildings and Safety Engineering under Zoning Ordinance Section 4D.03. The application…

Warren bans razor wire, barbed wire and electrically charged fencing on any property in the city under Zoning Ordinance Section 4D.17. Fence tops also can't be sharp, pointed, or…

Macomb County has no shared-fence ordinance. Boundary fences fall under Michigan's statewide Fences and Fence Viewers Act (MCL 43.51 et seq.), and any location or nuisance rules are…

Warren bars converting a detached garage to living space outright, but allows an attached garage conversion under Section 4.29 if the owner shows a practical difficulty adding on…

Detached accessory buildings in Warren, including sheds, are capped at one story or 10 feet to the eaves, can't cover more than 30% of the rear yard, and need a Section 22.02 building…

Warren requires any reflector pool, fish pond, lily pond or other artificial body of water 25 inches deep or more to be enclosed by a fence at least four feet high with a self-closing…

Warren allows a home occupation only when it's run by a family member living on-site, with no employees outside the immediate family, no commodity sold on premises, no more than 25% of…

A home occupation in Warren may display only one sign: a single non-illuminated name plate at the building entrance, capped at one square foot, per Zoning Ordinance Section 2.29. Any…

Warren treats a state-licensed family child care home as a permitted use, no special approval needed, in One Family Residential Districts R-1-A, R-1-B, R-1-C, and R-1-P, plus Two…

Michigan's Cottage Food Law lets residents make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from their home kitchen without a license, up to $50,000 in annual gross sales. The rules are…

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…

Macomb County government does not issue or require a short-term rental permit. Under Michigan law, STR permitting and zoning are handled by each city or township, so the applicable…

Macomb County imposes no annual cap on the number of nights a property may be rented short-term. Any night limit is a city or township decision, and Michigan sets no statewide night…

Macomb County levies no local accommodations or hotel-motel excise tax; it is statutorily ineligible because its population exceeds 600,000. Short-term rentals of under one month are…

Warren declares any dangerous building, structure or premise a nuisance that must be abated by repair, maintenance or demolition. The code lists specific defects, from fire damage to…

Warren occupants and owners must clear the sidewalk fronting their premises of snow and ice within 12 hours of it falling or accumulating, and clear a path where no sidewalk exists, or…

Warren requires owners of vacant commercial and industrial property to remove weeds and debris, mow the grass, keep lighting on at night and secure the property under Sec. 28-83, once…

Vendors selling at a Warren street fair or festival need a transient merchant license from the city clerk unless the event is run by a government or nonprofit sponsor that reports…

In Warren, every organized activity or game held in a public park or playground must take place at a location the director of parks and recreation has designated, and organized games…

Warren's Downtown Center sidewalk regulations let a business put sidewalk cafe seating or other street furniture on the public sidewalk, but only if it stays clear of the mandatory…

Warren requires a license before holding a parade or procession, filed at least ten days ahead with the city clerk under the Chapter 18 fee schedule. There is no license fee, but…

Warren can condemn and post any dwelling unit or rooming unit, rented or owner-occupied, as unfit for human habitation. The code official or health officer applies five specific defect…

Warren requires every landlord to obtain a rental license from the Rental Inspections Division before renting, leasing, or occupying any rental dwelling or unit. Licenses run two…

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…

Warren licenses sexually oriented businesses under Code Chapter 6, Article X and confines them by zoning distance rule: sites must sit more than 750 feet from residential districts…

Warren requires a city clerk-issued license before anyone operates as an automotive recycler, scrap processor, secondhand goods or junk dealer, junk peddler, or junk yard, layered on…

Warren requires anyone operating a tattoo establishment to hold a city clerk license under Chapter 36, pass inspection by the health officer, police commissioner and buildings…

Warren requires a city clerk-issued license to operate a massage or spa establishment, on top of the state massage therapist license every practitioner must hold under MCL 333.17951…

Warren bars anyone from operating a pawnshop without a city clerk license, backed by two $1,500 sureties, a criminal background check, and zoning that pushes pawnshops at least 1,000…

Warren requires every wrecker owner to hold a city clerk license under Chapter 37, Article III before towing vehicles for a fee. Licensed wreckers must post their name and address in…

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

Warren makes it unlawful to loiter, loaf, or hang around a public place in ways that block sidewalks, obstruct businesses, or make people fear for their safety. Sec. 22-106 defines…

Warren treats urinating or defecating in any public place that is not a bathroom as disorderly conduct. Sec. 22-110(a)(4) makes the act itself the offense, no separate nuisance or…

Warren bans registered medical marijuana patients from consuming marijuana anywhere the public can access, including common areas of hotels and apartment buildings. Sec. 21-85 lists…

Warren makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to $500 and 90 days in jail, to bring, possess or consume alcoholic liquor in any city park. Section 23-17 allows an exception only when…

Warren fines anyone who lets a noisy or riotous gathering disturb the neighborhood at a residence they own, rent, or control. Sec. 22-113 also makes an adult host liable for an open…

Warren prohibits smoking within twenty-five feet of any entrance to a city-owned or -managed public building, from city hall to libraries. Sec. 21-75 sets the buffer, the city posts…

Warren bans skateboards, roller skates, roller blades and scooters on ramps, staircases, landscape structures, benches and parking-structure areas on city or DDA-owned property within…

Warren's Code of Ordinances bans letting rats or mice take up residence on any building, structure, or vacant land. Sec. 21-67 makes rodent harborage unlawful for the owner or…

Every restaurant employee in Warren who handles food or food utensils must first get a food handlers permit from the health officer. City Code Sec. 14-23 requires a medical exam by a…

Warren's nuisance code bans loud and excessive noise from loading or unloading a vehicle or from opening and destroying bales, boxes, crates and containers under Sec. 21-30, enforced…

Warren requires every publicly audible alarm to auto-shut off within 15 minutes, and makes an owner whose alarm exceeds that limit, or who lacks a limiting device, personally in…

Warren's mobile sound amplification law explicitly counts detection of a rhythmic bass component as enough to prove a plainly audible violation under Sec. 21-35(c), even without…

Warren has no general food-truck article; the only mobile food vending it licenses by name is the 'ice cream vending vehicle.' Section 24-53 requires every such vehicle, one selling…

Warren's peddler ordinance, covering anyone who travels place to place selling goods including food from a cart or vehicle, bars claiming an exclusive or stationary sidewalk spot…

Warren confines its ice cream and mobile confectionery vending vehicle rules to residential streets and one-half mile roads: § 24-52 states the article applies only there. Within that…

Warren closes every public park and playground to loitering between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Section 23-2, a curfew that exempts parks-and-recreation department employees and any…

Warren bars children twelve and under from public streets and public places between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and bars anyone sixteen and under during the hours from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00…

Warren enforces building permits through the adopted Michigan Building Code and Michigan Residential Code under § 9-16, administered by the buildings and safety engineering division's…

Warren requires a state-licensed child care center to get a certificate of occupancy from the Division of Buildings and Safety Engineering before opening, confirming it meets all…

Warren enforces the Michigan Plumbing Code, which incorporates the International Plumbing Code, for every plumbing installation in the city. The division of buildings and safety…

Warren adopts the Michigan Electrical Code by reference under § 9-36, and § 9-61 bars anyone from installing, altering, servicing or repairing electrical equipment in any building or…

Every building permit holder in Warren must schedule and pass all inspections required by the Michigan Construction Code and the Warren Code of Ordinances before work is complete…

Warren bars charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices from operating on or under combustible balconies or within 10 feet of combustible construction under Section 13-56…

Warren prohibits using any open-flame cooking device, including charcoal and propane burners and grills, inside a residential garage or other enclosed or partially enclosed accessory…

Warren's curbside program requires every resident to source-separate recyclable material, glass, cans, plastics marked 1 or 2, newspaper, and mixed paper, from regular trash before it…

Warren runs a citywide curbside program for solid waste, compost, and recyclables, with the collection days set and published by the director of public service rather than fixed in the…

Warren requires every household in the serviced area to source-separate glass, cans, and paper from trash and set it out in the city-issued recyclable container. The city provides the…

Before Warren will collect it, trash has to be prepped a specific way: newspapers bundled under 35 pounds, brush cut to 4-foot lengths and bundled under 35 pounds, compost bagged in…

Warren bans dumping litter on public or private property without the owner's consent under City Code Sec. 16-5(d). The rule covers streets, waterways, parks and private lots, and…

Warren bars residents from putting trash, compost, or recyclable containers at the curb before 6:00 p.m. the calendar day ahead of their scheduled pickup. City Code Sec. 16-3 also…

Warren requires refuse and recycling containers, including commercial dumpsters, to be screened from view of any adjacent residential use or public right-of-way, excluding alleys…

Large items that don't fit in a regular bin, rugs, furniture, mattresses, appliances, go next to the waste receptacles rather than inside them under City Code Sec. 16-3(b). Appliances…

Warren's curbside program requires brush cut to four-foot lengths and bundled under 35 pounds, with no piece thicker than two inches. Residents cannot set yard waste, compost, or…

In Warren's R-1-A One Family Residential District, Section 5.02 of the Zoning Ordinance caps every building at thirty-five feet or two stories, whichever comes first, unless Article…

In Warren's R-1-A district, Section 5.05 sets a 30-foot minimum front yard, Section 5.06 requires two side yards totaling at least 25 feet combined (minimum 10 feet each), and Section…

Section 5.04 of Warren's Zoning Ordinance limits every one-family dwelling and its accessory buildings in an R-1-A district to no more than thirty percent lot coverage, a cap the…

Warren participates in FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program, and § 9-21 blocks the code official from issuing a building permit for construction inside a mapped floodplain until…

New development or redevelopment disturbing one acre or more in Warren must control post-construction stormwater runoff under Sec. 41-155, meeting Macomb County's channel protection…

Warren requires a city engineer permit before anyone disturbs soil in a way that changes drainage patterns, and once removal or regrading is approved, the work must be graded to…

Warren doesn't print its own freeboard figure; it enforces elevation standards through the adopted Michigan Building Code's Appendix G on flood-resistant construction, and § 9-23…

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

Warren's film code exempts student filming activities, defined as filming conducted to fulfill a course requirement at a public or private school, from the city's registration process…

When a production applies to use Warren city property, the film coordinator can attach conditions restricting firearms, explosions and other noise-creating or hazardous devices that…

Productions that want a Warren street closed for filming apply through the film coordinator under Section 12-23; the police commissioner or a designee grants the permit, and the…

Filming on city-owned property or requesting a street closure in Warren requires a separate application beyond the basic filming registration, filed under Section 12-12 with proof of…

Warren's Rental Inspections Division runs a biennial compliance inspection tied to every rental license renewal, with code officials entitled to enter during business hours and a…

Warren tenants can trigger a rental inspection outside the normal biennial cycle by filing a written complaint with the Rental Division; the complaint must allege facts giving…

Warren applies a formally adopted Urban Design Manual and Streetscape Design Guidelines to every project in the Downtown Center, covering exterior materials, building mass, height…

Warren's zoning ordinance sets a dark-sky style lighting standard for used car lots in the C-3 Wholesale and Intensive Business District. Section 15.01(e)(13)(g) requires every site…

Warren's zoning ordinance regulates auto wash lighting directly: Section 14.01(p)(A)(6) requires every fixture on an auto wash site, coin-operated, drive-through or conveyor, to be a…

Anyone building, altering, or repairing a sidewalk, crosswalk, driveway approach, or curb opening in Warren's right-of-way needs a permit from the buildings and safety engineering…

When Warren's city engineer finds a sidewalk, crosswalk, or driveway approach unsafe or in disrepair, the abutting owner gets a written notice to repair and 45 days to fix it, or the…

Warren property owners cannot let the sidewalk, crosswalk, or driveway approach next to their property fall into disrepair or get blocked by bushes, trees, fixtures, or anything else…

Warren allows two nonilluminated election signs per candidate or ballot issue on each lot frontage, sized up to sixteen square feet on major thoroughfares or six square feet on…

Warren limits every property to one electronic message center, a digital sign face that can change its message by computer control. The display area cannot exceed 25% of the allowed…

Warren permits one garage sale sign per residence without a permit, capped at four square feet and placed only in the front yard setback at the site of the sale. The sign is allowed…

Warren lets residents put up a temporary holiday sidewalk display for free, but they must first get a permit from the engineering division, which checks for trip hazards and exposed…

Warren caps total window signage at 50 percent of a window's area, with illuminated window signs, including interior rope lighting, limited to just 25 percent. A separate 50 percent…

Warren lets residents landscape the city-owned margin area between the lot line and the street through an Adopt-a-Right-of-Way permit under Section 38-19, but only if the plan uses…

Warren limits every residential parcel to two licensed garage sales per calendar year, each running no more than four consecutive days and only between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. A City Clerk…

Warren allows marihuana retail, provisioning center and consumption establishments only in C-3, M-1, M-2, M-3 and M-4 zones under Zoning Ordinance Section 4G.08, and each site must sit…

Warren restricts marihuana growing, processing, secure-transporter, and retail facilities to M-1 through M-4 industrial zones (retail can also use C-3), and each site must sit at least…

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

Warren's zoning code makes clear that a city permit, like a fence permit, does not override or enforce private deed restrictions or HOA bylaws. The city will not review covenants…

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'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…

Warren's Code of Ordinances Article III bans noxious weeds, defined as plants listed under state law, overgrowth over six inches, and any species on the prohibited species list the…

Anyone who goes door to door in Warren selling goods, wares or merchandise as a peddler or hawker must first obtain a license from the city clerk under Code § 24-31. Sales are limited…

Warren makes it unlawful to camp or set up camp gear such as tents, cots, sleeping bags or tarps on any street, park, sidewalk, alleyway, catwalk, public easement or public lot…

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 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…

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…

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…