Michigan Statutes300-1949-VI - CHAPTER VI OBEDIENCE TO AND EFFECT OF TRAFFIC LAWS (257.601...257.750)
- Section 257.601 - Applicability of chapter to operations on highways; exceptions.
- Section 257.601a - Private road open to general public; contract.
- Section 257.601b - Moving violation in work zone, emergency scene, or school zone; penalties; exceptions; definitions.
- Section 257.601c - Moving violation causing injury or death to person operating implement of husbandry on highway.
- Section 257.601d.added - Person who commits moving violation causing death of another person or serious impairment of body function; other violations; "moving violation" defined.
- Section 257.602 - Compliance with order or direction of police officer.
- Section 257.602a - Failure to stop at signal of police or conservation officer; penalty; subsection (1) inapplicable unless officer in uniform and vehicle identified; violation of subsection (1) as fe
- Section 257.602b - Reading, typing, or sending text message on wireless 2-way communication device prohibited; exceptions; violation as civil infraction; fine; local ordinances superseded.
- Section 257.603 - Applicability of chapter to government vehicles; exemption of authorized emergency vehicles; conditions; exemption of police vehicles not sounding audible signal; exemption of person
- Section 257.604 - Riding animal or driving animal-drawn vehicle on roadway; rights and duties.
- Section 257.605 - Applicability and uniformity of provisions; local laws and regulations; payment and allocation of civil fines; issuance of more than 1 citation; equipment violations; definitions.
- Section 257.606 - Regulation of streets or highways under jurisdiction of local authority and within reasonable exercise of police power; stop sign or traffic control device requiring state trunk line
- Section 257.606a - Maintenance of highway by state or local government; duty; immunity from tort liability; exception.
- Section 257.607 - Realty owners' regulation of traffic on private property.
- 300-1949-VI-ACCIDENTS - ACCIDENTS (257.617...257.624b)
- 300-1949-VI-DRIVING-ON-RIGHT-SIDE-OF-ROADWAY—OVERTAKING-AND-PASSING-ETC. - DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY—OVERTAKING AND PASSING, ETC. (257.634...257.646)
- 300-1949-VI-DRIVING-WHILE-INTOXICATED-AND-RECKLESS-DRIVING - DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, AND RECKLESS DRIVING (257.625...257.626c)
- Section 257.625 - Operating motor vehicle while intoxicated; operating motor vehicle when visibly impaired; penalties for causing death or serious impairment of a body function; operation of motor veh
- Section 257.625.amended - Operating motor vehicle while intoxicated; operating motor vehicle when visibly impaired; penalties for causing death or serious impairment of a body function; operation of m
- Section 257.625a - Arrest without warrant; circumstances; preliminary chemical breath analysis; operator ordered out-of-service; refusal of commercial motor vehicle operator to submit to breath analys
- Section 257.625b - Arraignment of person arrested for misdemeanor violation; pretrial conference; advising accused of maximum penalty before acceptance of plea; screening, assessment, and rehabilitati
- Section 257.625b.amended - Arraignment of person arrested for misdemeanor violation; pretrial conference; advising accused of maximum penalty before acceptance of plea; screening, assessment, and reha
- Section 257.625c - Consent to chemical tests; persons not considered to have given consent to withdrawal of blood; administration of tests.
- Section 257.625c.amended - Consent to chemical tests; persons not considered to have given consent to withdrawal of blood; administration of tests.
- Section 257.625d - Refusal to submit to chemical test; court order; report to secretary of state; form.
- Section 257.625e - Refusal to submit to chemical test pursuant to MCL 257.625d; request for hearing; notice.
- Section 257.625f - Effect of failure to request hearing; hearing procedure; notice; authority of hearing officer; scope of hearing; finding; record; licensing sanctions; judicial review; notice to mot
- Section 257.625g - Duties of peace officer if person refuses chemical test or if test reveals unlawful alcohol content; test results; duration of temporary license or permit; “unlawful alcohol content
- Section 257.625h - Drunk driving prevention equipment and training fund; drunk driving caseflow assistance fund.
- Section 257.625i - Michigan annual drunk driving audit; preparation; contents; report; evaluation of 1998 legislation.
- Section 257.625j - Repealed. 1991, Act 98, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
- Section 257.625k - Ignition interlock device; approval; certification; list of manufacturers; rules; cost; notice to department by certifying laboratory; unlawful conduct; penalties.
- Section 257.625k.amended - Ignition interlock device; approval; certification; list of manufacturers; rules; cost; notice to department by certifying laboratory; unlawful conduct; penalties.
- Section 257.625m - Operation of commercial motor vehicle by person with certain alcohol content; arrest without warrant; violation as misdemeanor; sentence; “prior conviction” defined.
- Section 257.625m.amended - Operation of commercial motor vehicle by person with certain alcohol content; arrest without warrant; violation as misdemeanor; sentence; “prior conviction” defined.
- Section 257.625n - Forfeiture of vehicle or return to lessor.
- Section 257.625n.amended - Forfeiture of vehicle or return to lessor.
- Section 257.625o - Ignition interlock device; sale, lease, or installation in vehicle; surety bond.
- Section 257.626 - Reckless driving on highway, frozen public lake, or parking place; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
- Section 257.626.amended - Reckless driving on highway, frozen public lake, or parking place; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; operation of motor vehicle causing impairment of body function to anothe
- Section 257.626.amended[1] - Reckless driving on highway, frozen public lake, or parking place; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
- Section 257.626a - Drag races; prohibition on public highways; definition; prima facie evidence.
- Section 257.626b - Careless or negligent operation of vehicle as civil infraction.
- Section 257.626c - Operation of vehicle on highway or public place; conduct as felony; penalty.
- 300-1949-VI-EQUIPMENT - EQUIPMENT (257.683... 257.714b)
- Section 257.683 - Driving or moving vehicle in unsafe condition; condition and adjustment of parts and equipment; stopping and inspecting vehicle; citation; training requirements as motor carrier enfo
- Section 257.684 - Head lamps; lighting, distance, height.
- Section 257.684a - Implement of husbandry; sale; requirements; posting standards.
- Section 257.685 - Head lamps; number; modulator; height; auxiliary, spot, or other lamp; exemption.
- Section 257.686 - Rear lamps; exemption; requirements for implement of husbandry; pickup camper.
- Section 257.687 - Special lamps for passenger buses, trucks and trailers.
- Section 257.688 - Additional lights or reflectors on buses, trucks, tractors, trailers, implement of husbandry, or special mobile equipment.
- Section 257.689 - Clearance and marker lamps and reflectors; color.
- Section 257.690 - Reflectors, clearance lamps, and side marker lamps; mounting.
- Section 257.691 - Clearance and marker lamps and reflectors; visibility.
- Section 257.692 - Combination vehicles; obstructed lights, lighting requirements.
- Section 257.693 - Lamp or flag on projecting load.
- Section 257.694 - Parked vehicles; lighting.
- Section 257.695 - Minimum lighting for all vehicles.
- Section 257.696 - Spot lamps; fog lamps.
- Section 257.697 - Signal lamps or devices; exemption.
- Section 257.697a - Sale or operation of certain vehicles unlawful; exception.
- Section 257.697b - Rear stop lamps.
- Section 257.698 - Side cowl or fender lamps; running board courtesy lamp; backing lights; lamp or reflector; flashing, oscillating, or rotating lights; private motor vehicle of security guard agency o
- Section 257.698a - Vehicular traffic hazard; front and rear warning lamps.
- Section 257.699 - Multiple beam road lighting equipment; requirements and limitations.
- Section 257.700 - Multiple-beam road lighting equipment; oncoming traffic; intensity.
- Section 257.701 - Single-beam road-lighting equipment; intensity.
- Section 257.702 - Head lamps on mopeds; single beam or multiple beam type; requirements and limitations.
- Section 257.703 - Slow-moving vehicles; reduced lighting power.
- Section 257.704 - Special restriction as to direction of certain lights.
- Section 257.705 - Brakes.
- Section 257.705a - Brake fluid specifications.
- Section 257.706 - Horn or other warning device; siren, whistle, air horn, or bell; theft alarm signal device.
- Section 257.707 - Muffler, engine, power mechanism, and exhaust system; requirements; prohibitions.
- Section 257.707a - Definitions used in MCL 257.707a to 257.707e.
- Section 257.707b - Exhaust system; requirements.
- Section 257.707c - Noise limitations; prohibitions.
- Section 257.707d - Violations; penalties; liability; prima facie evidence.
- Section 257.707e - Test instrumentation and procedures; rules; local vehicle noise rules.
- Section 257.707f - Appropriation.
- Section 257.708 - Mirrors.
- Section 257.708a - Windshields; goggles, eyeglasses, or face shields.
- Section 257.708b - Operating motor vehicle with television or similar electronic device viewable by operator prohibited; exceptions; location of permitted visual device; special permit for research ve
- Section 257.709 - Windshields and windows; prohibitions; rearview mirrors; exceptions; windshield wipers; exemption; hot air windshield defroster or electrically heated windshield or other device; win
- Section 257.710 - Tires; studs or other traction devices; rules; exceptions; use or sale of unsafe tires prohibited.
- Section 257.710a - Safety belts and restraining devices; standards, rules and regulations.
- Section 257.710b - Safety belts; bolts and brackets.
- Section 257.710c - Bumpers; height limitations; lift blocks; prohibited modifications; construction of section; applicability; definitions.
- Section 257.710d - Child restraint system required; position; exceptions; violation as civil infraction; points; abstract; exemption by rules; alternate means of protection.
- Section 257.710e - Safety belt required; driver or passenger to which section inapplicable; transporting child 4 years of age but less than 16 years of age; enforcement of section; violation as eviden
- Section 257.710f - Adoption of program to encourage compliance.
- Section 257.710g - Child car seat safety grant program; establishment.
- Section 257.711 - Safety glass required; safety plastic on buses; “safety glass” defined; penalties.
- Section 257.711a - Repealed. 1990, Act 188, Eff. Aug. 15, 1990.
- Section 257.712, 257.713 - Repealed. 2002, Act 282, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2002.
- Section 257.714 - Repealed. 1980, Act 487, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1981.
- Section 257.714a, 257.714b - Repealed. 2005, Act 179, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005.
- 300-1949-VI-INSPECTION-OF-VEHICLES - INSPECTION OF VEHICLES (257.715...257.715a)
- 300-1949-VI-MISCELLANEOUS-RULES - MISCELLANEOUS RULES (257.676...257.682b)
- 300-1949-VI-OPERATION-OF-BICYCLES-MOTORCYCLES-AND-TOY-VEHICLES - OPERATION OF BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES AND TOY VEHICLES (257.656...257.662)
- Section 257.656 - Violations of MCL 257.656 to 257.661a as civil infractions; duty of parent or guardian; regulations applicable to bicycles and motorcycles.
- Section 257.657 - Rights and duties of persons riding bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, or moped or operating low-speed vehicle.
- Section 257.658 - Riding on seat of bicycle, motorcycle, or moped; number of persons; crash helmets; rules; requirements for autocycle.
- Section 257.658a - Seats and foot rests; requirements; exception; violation as civil infraction.
- Section 257.658b - Crash helmet required; exception.
- Section 257.659 - Riding while attached to streetcar or vehicle.
- Section 257.660 - Electric personal assistive mobility device, low-speed vehicle, or moped; operation; limitations; applicability to police officer; regulation by local government; prohibitions; regul
- Section 257.660a - Operation of bicycle upon highway or street; riding close to right-hand curb or edge of roadway; exceptions.
- Section 257.660b - Operation of bicycle upon highway or street; riding more than 2 abreast.
- Section 257.660c - Operation of bicycle upon sidewalk or pedestrian crosswalk.
- Section 257.660d - Parking bicycle on sidewalk, highway, or street.
- Section 257.661 - Carrying package, bundle, or article on bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, moped, or motorcycle.
- Section 257.661a - Handlebars of motorcycle or moped.
- Section 257.662 - Bicycles or electric personal assistive mobility device; equipment; violation as civil infraction.
- 300-1949-VI-RIGHT-OF-WAY - RIGHT-OF-WAY (257.649...257.655)
- 300-1949-VI-SIZE-WEIGHT-AND-LOAD - SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD (257.716...257.750)
- Section 257.716 - Exceeding size and weight limitations as misdemeanor; exceptions; rules; operation of wrecker, disabled vehicle, and trailer; noncompliance; fine.
- Section 257.717 - Maximum permissible width of vehicle or load; operation or movement of implement of husbandry; extension beyond center line of highway; permit; designation of highway for operation o
- Section 257.718 - Width of load carried on passenger type vehicle; violation as civil infraction.
- Section 257.719 - Height of vehicle; liability for damage to bridge or viaduct; normal length maximum; prohibitions; connecting assemblies and lighting devices; gross weight; violation as civil infrac
- Section 257.719a - Operation of towing vehicle to which mobile home or park model trailer attached.
- Section 257.719b - Certain mobile homes transported in lower peninsula; additional requirements.
- Section 257.719c - Truck and semitrailers used for transporting passengers for sightseeing purposes.
- Section 257.720 - Construction or loading of vehicles to prevent contents from escaping; exception; closing tailgates, faucets, and taps; exemption; proof of violation; loading of vehicles not complet
- Section 257.721 - Passenger vehicle or pickup truck towing vehicle or trailer; drawbar or other connection; coupling devices and safety chains; pickup truck with fifth wheel assembly; conditions for t
- Section 257.722 - Maximum axle load; normal loading maximum; designating highways as adequate for heavier loading; restrictions as to tandem axle assemblies; exceptions; public utility vehicles; norma
- Section 257.722a - Transporting flammable liquid; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; enforcement; “in bulk” defined; vehicles transporting hazardous materials.
- Section 257.723 - Commercial vehicles with certain weight and towing or platform bed wrecker road service vehicles; identification requirements; compliance; exception; violation as civil infraction.
- Section 257.724 - Stopping vehicle for weighing; shifting or removing load; civil fine and costs; moving vehicle to place of safekeeping; impoundment; lien; foreclosure sale; powers of authorized agen
- Section 257.724a - Axle weight requirements; exception; weight after lift axles lowered; "lift axle" defined.
- Section 257.725 - Special permit for certain vehicles and loads required; fees; “jurisdictional authority” defined.
- Section 257.725a - Transportation of farm machinery or implements by dealer; annual permit; condition.
- Section 257.726 - Prohibitions, limitations, or truck route designations by local authorities and county road commissions; signs; written objection by adjoining township; violation as civil infraction
- Section 257.726a - Enforcement of act on boundary streets or highways.
- Section 257.726b - Violation as to load, weight, or height of vehicle or load; powers of police officer.
- Section 257.726c - Duly authorized agent of county road commission; shoulder patch required; firearm.
- Section 257.727 - Arrest without warrant; arraignment by magistrate or family division of circuit court.
- Section 257.727.amended - Arrest without warrant; arraignment by magistrate or family division of circuit court.
- Section 257.727a - Repealed. 1979, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979.
- Section 257.727b - Citation books; issuance; receipt.
- Section 257.727c - “Citation” defined; numbering, form, and parts of citation; modification and optional use of citation; complaint signed by police officer as made under oath; conditions.
- Section 257.728 - Arrest without warrant; preparation and contents of citation; informing offender of violation; arraignment before magistrate or probate court; appearance; guaranteed appearance certi
- Section 257.728a - Citation; delivery of copies to police chief or duly authorized person; deposit of original with court; mailing original to court; spoiled, mutilated, or voided citation; criminal c
- Section 257.728b - Establishment of procedures to insure accountability; maintenance of citation records.
- Section 257.728c - Audit of citation records.
- Section 257.728d - Falsification of citation or record of issuance; penalty.
- Section 257.728e - Accepting plea; signing of complaint; filing sworn complaint; warrant for arrest.
- Section 257.729 - Fine and costs.
- Section 257.730 - Provisions governing arrests without warrant and issuance of citations; execution of warrant.
- Section 257.731 - Evidence of conviction or civil infraction determination inadmissible in civil action.
- Section 257.732 - Record of cases; forwarding abstract of record or report to secretary of state; settlement; abstracts forwarded; statements; noncompliance as misconduct in office; location and publi
- Section 257.732a - Driver responsibility fee; assessment; notice; payment by installment; failure to pay fee; fire protection fund; creation; disposition of funds; transmission of fees to state treasu
- Section 257.732a.amended - Driver responsibility fee; assessment; notice; payment by installment; failure to pay fee; reinstatement; fire protection fund; creation; disposition of funds; transmission
- Section 257.732a.amended[1] - Driver responsibility fee; assessment; notice; payment by installment; failure to pay fee; fire protection fund; creation; disposition of funds; transmission of fees to s
- Section 257.733 - Release of accident information to nongovernmental agency.
- Section 257.733.amended - Release of accident information to nongovernmental agency; exception.
- Section 257.741 - Civil infraction action as civil action; commencement; plaintiff; jurisdiction; time and place for appearance; venue.
- Section 257.742 - Stopping, detaining, and issuing citation for civil infraction; pursuing, stopping, and detaining person outside village, city, township, or county; purpose; violation as to load, we
- Section 257.743 - Contents of citation issued pursuant to MCL 257.742; timely appearance.
- Section 257.744 - Admissions or denials; sworn complaint; warrant for arrest.
- Section 257.744a - Police officer knowingly making materially false statement in citation as perjury; felony; penalty; contempt of court.
- Section 257.745 - Responding to allegations in citation; appearance in person, by representation, or by mail; admission of responsibility; acceptance of admission; denial of responsibility; scheduling
- Section 257.746 - Informal hearing; procedure.
- Section 257.747 - Formal hearing; procedure.
- Section 257.748 - Default judgment; suspension of license.
- Section 257.749 - Stopping nonresident for civil infraction; taking operator's or chauffeur's license as security for appearance; delivery of license to court, police chief, or authorized pers
- Section 257.750 - Issuance of citations; number as factor in evaluation of police officer's performance; applicability of MCL 257.901; fees prohibited; violation of MCL 257.749 as misconduct in of
- 300-1949-VI-SPECIAL-STOPS-REQUIRED - SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED (257.667...257.671)
- 300-1949-VI-SPEED-RESTRICTIONS - SPEED RESTRICTIONS (257.627...257.633)
- Section 257.627 - Speed limitations.
- Section 257.627a - "Regularly scheduled school session," "school," and "school zone" defined; prima facie speed limit in school zone; signs; applicability of section to walkway; location of school; sc
- Section 257.627b - Repealed. 2006, Act 85, Eff. Nov. 9, 2006.
- Section 257.628 - Maximum or minimum speed limits; determination; petition by township board; speed control signs, signals, or devices; public record as evidence; violation as civil infraction; absolu
- Section 257.628a - Repealed. 1974, Act 28, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1974.
- Section 257.629 - Prima facie speed limits; establishment; limitations; signs; civil infraction; “local authority” defined.
- Section 257.629a - County traffic safety organization; creation, appropriation.
- Section 257.629b - Reduction of maximum speed limit; violation as civil infraction.
- Section 257.629c - Points and minimum fine; schedule; applicability of subsection (1).
- Section 257.629d - Repealed. 2006, Act 231, Eff. Sept. 24, 2006.
- Section 257.629e - Levy, transmittal, and disposition of assessments; annual report; highway safety fund, jail reimbursement program fund, secondary road patrol and training fund; creation; administra
- Section 257.630 - Repealed. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977.
- Section 257.631 - Public bridge, causeway, or viaduct; maximum speed, load, or gross weight; violation as civil infraction; assessment of civil fine; exceptions; determination of civil fine; determina
- Section 257.632 - Exemption from speed limitations; police vehicles, fire department or fire patrol vehicles, and ambulances; conditions.
- Section 257.633 - Violation of speed regulation; specifications in complaint, citation, summons, or notice; burden of proof.
- 300-1949-VI-STOPPING-STANDING-AND-PARKING - STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING (257.672...257.675d)
- 300-1949-VI-STREET-CARS-AND-SAFETY-ZONES - STREET CARS AND SAFETY ZONES (257.663...257.666)
- 300-1949-VI-TRAFFIC-SIGNS-SIGNALS-AND-MARKINGS - TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND MARKINGS (257.608...257.616a)
- 300-1949-VI-TURNING-AND-STARTING-AND-SIGNALS-ON-STOPPING-AND-TURNING - TURNING AND STARTING AND SIGNALS ON STOPPING AND TURNING (257.647...257.648)