Michigan Compiled Laws § 257.633 Violation Of Speed Regulation; Specifications In Complaint, Citation, Summons, Or Notice; Burden Of Proof.


257.633 Violation of speed regulation; specifications in complaint, citation, summons, or notice; burden of proof.

Sec. 633.

(1) In every charge of a violation of a speed regulation in this chapter the complaint or citation and the summons or notice to appear, shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven and the speed applicable within the district or at the location.

(2) The provision of this chapter declaring speed limitations shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in a civil action from the burden of proving negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of an accident.


History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979


Section: Previous  257.627a  257.627b  257.628  257.628a  257.629  257.629a  257.629b  257.629c  257.629d  257.629e  257.630  257.631  257.632  257.633  

Last modified: October 10, 2016