Michigan Compiled Laws 300-1949-i Chapter I Words And Phrases Defined (257.1...257.82)

• Section 257.1 Michigan Vehicle Code; Words And Phrases Defined.
  The following words and phrases as defined in this chapter and as herein enumerated when used in this act shall, for the purpose of...
• Section 257.1a “accessory” Defined.
  “Accessory” means any accessory, equipment, additional part or replacement part for a vehicle for which a certificate of title is required to be issued...
• Section 257.1b “ambulance” Defined.
  “Ambulance” means a privately or publicly owned motor vehicle for highway use that is specially designed or constructed and equipped, and is intended to...
• Section 257.1c “articulated Bus” Defined.
  “Articulated bus” means a vehicle designed for carrying passengers and comprised of 2 sections permanently joined by a hinge mechanism or articulated joint allowing...
• Section 257.1d “alcoholic Liquor” Defined.
  “Alcoholic liquor” means any liquid or compound, whether or not medicated, proprietary, patented, and by whatever name called, containing any amount of alcohol including...
• Section 257.2 “authorized Emergency Vehicle” Defined; Additional Definitions.
  (1) "Authorized emergency vehicle" means any 1 of the following: (a) Vehicles of the fire department, police vehicles, ambulances, privately owned motor vehicles of...
• Section 257.2a “automotive Recycler” Defined.
  “Automotive recycler” means a person who engages in business primarily for the purpose of selling at retail salvage vehicle parts and secondarily for the...
• Section 257.2b Additional Definitions.
  (1) "Automated motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle on which automated technology has been installed, either by a manufacturer of automated technology or an...
• Section 257.3 “axle” Defined.
  “Axle” means the common axis of rotation of 1 or more wheels whether power driven or freely rotating, and whether in 1 or more...
• Section 257.3a "Basic Driver Improvement Course" Defined.
  "Basic driver improvement course" means a course of study that satisfies all of the following conditions: (a) It meets or exceeds the curriculum standards...
• Section 257.4 “bicycle” Defined.
  “Bicycle” means a device propelled by human power upon which a person may ride, having either 2 or 3 wheels in a tandem or...
• Section 257.4a “birthday” Defined.
  “Birthday” shall mean any anniversary of the original date of birth, and all persons born on February 29 shall be deemed, for the purposes...
• Section 257.4b “bus” Defined.
  “Bus” means a motor vehicle designed for carrying 16 or more passengers, including the driver. Bus does not include a school bus. History: Add....
• Section 257.4c “buy Back Vehicle” Defined.
  “Buy back vehicle” means a motor vehicle reacquired by a manufacturer as the result of an arbitration proceeding, pursuant to a customer satisfaction policy...
• Section 257.5 "Business District" And "Commercial Business" Defined.
  (1) "Business district" means an area contiguous to a highway where the total widths of the adjacent buildings in use for commercial business open...
• Section 257.5a “cancellation” Defined.
  “Cancellation” means that a license or registration is annulled and terminated because of some error or defect or because the licensee or registrant is...
• Section 257.6 “chauffeur” Defined.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), “chauffeur” means any of the following: (a) A person who operates a motor vehicle as a...
• Section 257.6a “civil Infraction” Defined.
  “Civil infraction” means an act or omission prohibited by law which is not a crime as defined in section 5 of Act No. 328...
• Section 257.6b “civil Infraction Determination” Defined.
  “Civil infraction determination” means a determination that a person is responsible for a civil infraction by 1 of the following: (a) An admission of...
• Section 257.6c “civic Event” Defined.
  “Civic event” means a convention, conference, pageant, parade, special athletic contest, commemoration, gathering, assemblage, or similar function. History: Add. 1987, Act 151, Imd. Eff....
• Section 257.6d “collector Plate” Defined.
  “Collector plate” means a plate that contains a reproduction of every characteristic of a specific registration plate except for the number and letter characters,...
• Section 257.7 “commercial Vehicle” Defined.
  “Commercial vehicle” includes all motor vehicles used for the transportation of passengers for hire, or constructed or used for transportation of goods, wares or...
• Section 257.7a “commercial Motor Vehicle” Defined.
  (1) "Commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property if 1 or...
• Section 257.7b "Commercial Quadricycle" Defined.
  "Commercial quadricycle" means a vehicle that satisfies all of the following: (a) The vehicle has fully operative pedals for propulsion entirely by human power....
• Section 257.8 “commissioner” Defined.
  “Commissioner” means the commissioner of Michigan state police of this state, acting directly or through his duly authorized officers, agents and employees. History: 1949,...
• Section 257.8a "Conviction" Defined.
  "Conviction" means any of the following: (a) A final conviction, the payment of a fine, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere if accepted...
• Section 257.8b “controlled Substance” Defined.
  “Controlled substance” means a controlled substance or controlled substance analogue as defined in section 7104 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of...
• Section 257.9 “county Jail” Defined.
  “County jail” as referred to in this act shall be construed to mean the county jail of any county where the violation of any...
• Section 257.10 “cross-walk” Defined.
  “Cross-walk” means: (a) That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite...
• Section 257.11 “dealer” Defined.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, "dealer" means a person who is 1 or more of the following: (a) A person who...
• Section 257.11a “demonstrator” Defined.
  “Demonstrator” means a motor vehicle used by a prospective customer or a motor vehicle dealer or his agent for testing and demonstration purposes. History:...
• Section 257.11b “dealer License” Defined.
  “Dealer license” means an authorization from the secretary of state for a person to engage in business as a dealer. History: Add. 1978, Act...
• Section 257.12 “department” Defined.
  “Department” means the department of state. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1953, Act 215, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 ;--...
• Section 257.12a “distressed Vehicle” Defined.
  “Distressed vehicle” means a vehicle that has a major component part that has been wrecked, destroyed, damaged, stolen, or missing to the extent that...
• Section 257.12b “distressed Vehicle Transporter” Defined.
  “Distressed vehicle transporter” means a person engaged in the business of buying vehicles for sale only to a used vehicle parts dealer or a...
• Section 257.13 “driver” Defined.
  “Driver” means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
• Section 257.13a “elected Gross Weight” Defined.
  Elected gross weight means the empty weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles, fully equipped for service, plus the weight of the maximum...
• Section 257.13b “empty Weight” Defined.
  Empty weight means the shipping weight of a vehicle as furnished by the manufacturer or in lieu thereof, the scale weight taken from a...
• Section 257.13c “electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device” Defined.
  “Electric personal assistive mobility device” means a self-balancing nontandem 2-wheeled device, designed to transport only 1 person at a time, having an electrical propulsion...
• Section 257.13d "Electric Carriage" Defined.
  "Electric carriage" means a horse-drawn carriage that has been retrofitted to be propelled by an electric motor instead of by a horse and that...
• Section 257.14 "Established Place Of Business" Defined.
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), "established place of business" means the place actually occupied either continuously or at regular periods...
• Section 257.14a “executive” Or “manufacturer's Vehicle” Defined.
  “Executive” or “manufacturer's vehicle” means a motor vehicle provided by a manufacturer for the use and possession of an employee of the manufacturer, which...
• Section 257.15 “explosives” Defined.
  “Explosives” means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion and which contains...
• Section 257.16 “farm Tractor” Defined.
  “Farm tractor” means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry....
• Section 257.17 “flammable Liquid” Defined.
  “Flammable liquid” means any liquid which has a flash point of 70° F., or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test...
• Section 257.17a “foreign Salvage Vehicle Dealer” Defined.
  “Foreign salvage vehicle dealer” means a person who is a licensed dealer in another state and is engaged in this state in the business...
• Section 257.17b “fund-raising Registration Plate” And “state-sponsored Goal” Defined.
  “Fund-raising registration plate” means a registration plate that contains a design or logo representing a symbol for a Michigan university or state-sponsored goal and...
• Section 257.17c “flood Vehicle” Defined.
  “Flood vehicle” means a vehicle that was submerged in water to the point that water entered the passenger compartment or trunk over the sill...
• Section 257.18 Definitions, F.
  (1) “Foreign vehicle” means a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this act and brought into this state from another state,...
• Section 257.18a “freeway” Defined.
  “Freeway” means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with full control of access and with all crossroads separated in grade from pavements for...
• Section 257.18b “gross Combination Weight Rating” Or “gcwr” And “gross Vehicle Weight Rating” Or “gvwr” Defined.
  (1) "Gross combination weight rating" or "GCWR" means a value specified by the manufacturer of the power unit if that value is displayed on...
• Section 257.19 “gross Weight” Defined.
  “Gross weight” means the weight of a vehicle without load plus the weight of any load thereon. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23,
• Section 257.19a “disabled Person” And “person With Disabilities” Defined.
  “Disabled person” or “person with disabilities” means a person who is determined by a physician, a physician assistant, or an optometrist as specifically provided...
• Section 257.19b “hazardous Material” Defined.
  “Hazardous material” means explosives, flammable gas, flammable compressed gas, nonflammable compressed gas, flammable liquid, oxidizing material, poisonous gas, poisonous liquid, irritating material, etiologic material,...
• Section 257.20 “highway Or Street” Defined.
  “Highway or street” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the...
• Section 257.20a “historic Vehicle” Defined.
  "Historic vehicle" means a vehicle that is over 25 years old, and that is owned solely as a collector's item and for participation in...
• Section 257.20d "Ignition Interlock Device" Defined.
  "Ignition interlock device" means an alcohol concentration measuring device that prevents a motor vehicle from being started at any time without first determining through...
• Section 257.21 “implement Of Husbandry” Defined.
  "Implement of husbandry" means a vehicle or trailer in use for the exclusive function of serving agricultural, horticultural, or livestock operations. Implement of husbandry...
• Section 257.22 “intersection” Defined.
  “Intersection” means: (a) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines...
• Section 257.23 “judgment” Defined.
  “Judgment” means any judgment which shall become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or...
• Section 257.23a “juvenile Adjudication” Defined.
  “Juvenile adjudication” means either of the following: (a) A finding of juvenile delinquency under chapter 403 of title 18 of the United States code,...
• Section 257.23b “juvenile Disposition” Defined.
  “Juvenile disposition” means the entry of an order of disposition for a juvenile found to be within the court's jurisdiction under chapter XIIA of...
• Section 257.24 “laned Roadway” Defined.
  “Laned roadway” means a roadway which is divided into 2 or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept....
• Section 257.24a “leased Vehicle” Defined.
  “Leased vehicle” means a motor vehicle for which a person is granted possession for a contracted period of time and in return for a...
• Section 257.24b “late Model Vehicle” Defined.
  “Late model vehicle” means a vehicle weighing 8,000 pounds or less, manufactured in the current model year or the 5 model years immediately preceding...
• Section 257.24c “law Of Another State” Defined.
  “Law of another state” means a law or ordinance enacted by another state or by a local unit of government in another state. History:...
• Section 257.25 “license” Defined.
  "License" means any driving privileges, license, temporary instruction permit, commercial learner's permit, or temporary license issued under the laws of this state pertaining to...
• Section 257.25a “autocycle” Defined.
  “Autocycle” means an enclosed motorcycle that is equipped with safety belts, rollbar, windshield, wipers, steering wheel, and equipment otherwise required on a motorcycle, and...
• Section 257.25b “low-speed Vehicle” Defined.
  "Low-speed vehicle" means a self-propelled motor vehicle to which both of the following apply: (a) The vehicle conforms to the definition of low-speed vehicle...
• Section 257.26 “limited Access Highway” Defined.
  “Limited access highway” means every highway, street, or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no...
• Section 257.27 “local Authorities” Defined.
  “Local authorities” means every municipal and other local board or body having authority to enact laws relating to traffic under the constitution and laws...
• Section 257.27a “major Component Part” Defined.
  “Major component part” means 1 of the following parts of a vehicle: (a) The engine. (b) The transmission. (c) The right or left front...
• Section 257.28 “manufacturer” Defined.
  “Manufacturer” means a person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the manufacture of new motor vehicles, trailers or trailer coaches or semi-trailers, as a...
• Section 257.29 “maximum Axle Load” Defined.
  “Maximum axle load” means the gross weight over the axle which includes vehicles and load. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
• Section 257.30 “metal Tire” Defined.
  “Metal tire” means every tire the surface of which in contact with the highway is wholly or partly of metal or other hard, non-resilient...
• Section 257.30a Repealed. 1978, Act 568, Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section defined “mobile home”.
• Section 257.30b “michigan University” Defined.
  “Michigan university” means any of the following institutions of higher education: (a) Central Michigan University. (b) Eastern Michigan University. (c) Ferris State University. (d)...
• Section 257.30c "Modified Agriculture Vehicle" Defined.
  "Modified agriculture vehicle" means a vehicle that satisfies both of the following conditions: (a) It has been modified from its original use so that...
• Section 257.31 “motorcycle” Defined.
  “Motorcycle” means every motor vehicle having a saddle or seat for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than...
• Section 257.32 Repealed. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section defined “motor driven cycle”.
• Section 257.32a “motor Home” Defined.
  “Motor home” means a motor vehicle constructed or altered to provide living quarters, including permanently installed cooking and sleeping facilities, and is used for...
• Section 257.32b “moped” Defined.
  "Moped" means a 2- or 3-wheeled vehicle to which both of the following apply: (a) It is equipped with a motor that does not...
• Section 257.33 “motor Vehicle” Defined.
  "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle that is self-propelled, but for purposes of chapter 4 of this act motor vehicle does not include industrial equipment...
• Section 257.33a “new Motor Vehicle” Defined.
  “New motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle which is not and has not been a demonstrator, executive or manufacturer's vehicle, leased vehicle, or a...
• Section 257.33b “nonprofit Recycling Center” Defined.
  “Nonprofit recycling center” means a nonprofit facility designed and operated solely for receiving, storing, processing, and transferring source-separated recyclable materials such as paper, metal,...
• Section 257.34 “nonresident” Defined.
  “Nonresident” means every person who is not a resident of this state. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
• Section 257.35 “nonresident Operating Privilege” Defined.
  “Nonresident operating privilege” means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining to the operation by him of a...
• Section 257.35a “operate” Or “operating” Defined.
  "Operate" or "operating" means 1 or more of the following: (a) Being in actual physical control of a vehicle. This subdivision applies regardless of...
• Section 257.35b “older Model Vehicle” Defined.
  “Older model vehicle” means a vehicle weighing 8,000 pounds or less, manufactured in the sixth model year immediately preceding the current model year, or...
• Section 257.35c “off Lease Vehicle” Defined.
  “Off lease vehicle” means a motor vehicle leased for a term of more than 30 days that the lessee elects to purchase. History: Add....
• Section 257.36 “operate” Or “operating” Defined.
  "Operator" means a person, other than a chauffeur, who does either of the following: (a) Operates a motor vehicle upon a highway or street....
• Section 257.36a “owner-operator” Defined.
  “Owner-operator” means an individual who holds the legal title of a commercial vehicle and who leases the commercial vehicle under a lease or arrangement...
• Section 257.36b "Out-of-service" Defined.
  "Out-of-service" means a declaration by an authorized enforcement officer of a state, a local unit of government of a state, the United States, Canada,...
• Section 257.37 “owner” Defined.
  “Owner” means any of the following: (a) Any person, firm, association, or corporation renting a motor vehicle or having the exclusive use thereof, under...
• Section 257.38 “parking” Defined.
  “Parking” means standing a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon a highway, when not loading or unloading except when making necessary repairs. History: 1949,...
• Section 257.38a "Park Model Trailer" Defined.
  "Park model trailer" means a vehicle that meets all of the following: (a) Is built on a single chassis, mounted on wheels, and designed...
• Section 257.39 “pedestrian” Defined.
  “Pedestrian” means any person afoot. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
• Section 257.39a “permanent Disability” Defined.
  “Permanent disability” means a physical characteristic categorized as a disability that significantly limits ambulation or necessitates the use of a wheelchair for mobility, or...
• Section 257.40 “person” Defined.
  “Person” means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation and their legal successors. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
• Section 257.40a “pickup Camper” Defined.
  “Pickup camper” means a nonself-propelled recreational vehicle, without wheels for road use, that is designed to rest all of its weight upon, and be...
• Section 257.40b “personal Information” And “highly Restricted Personal Information” Defined.
  (1) "Personal information" means information that identifies an individual, including the individual's photograph or image, name, address (but not the zip code), driver license...
• Section 257.41 “pole-trailer” Defined.
  “Pole-trailer” means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a...
• Section 257.41a “police Book” Defined.
  “Police book” means a hardcover, bound volume or a record in a form prescribed by the secretary of state that provides a bought and...
• Section 257.42 "Police Officer" Defined.
  "Police officer" means any of the following: (a) A sheriff or sheriff's deputy. (b) A village or township marshal. (c) An officer of the...
• Section 257.43 “police Station” Defined.
  “Police station” means every county jail; every police station in any city, village, or township; and the headquarters and every regular subpost of the...
• Section 257.43a "Preliminary Chemical Breath Analysis" Defined.
  "Preliminary chemical breath analysis" means the on-site taking of a preliminary breath test from the breath of a person for the purpose of detecting...
• Section 257.44 “private Driveway” And “private Road” Defined.
  (1) “Private driveway” means any piece of privately owned and maintained property which is used for vehicular traffic, but is not open or normally...
• Section 257.44a “probate Court Disposition” Defined.
  “Probate court disposition” means the entry of an order of disposition for a juvenile found to be within the court's jurisdiction under chapter XIIA...
• Section 257.45 “proof Of Financial Responsibility” Defined.
  “Proof of financial responsibility” means proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date...
• Section 257.45a “prosecuting Attorney” Defined.
  “Prosecuting attorney”, except as the context otherwise requires, means the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of a county, or the attorney representing a local...
• Section 257.46 “railroad” Defined.
  “Railroad” means a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than street cars, operated upon stationary rails. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept....
• Section 257.47 “railroad Sign Or Signal” Defined.
  “Railroad sign or signal” means any sign, signal, or device erected by authority of a statute or public body or official and intended to...
• Section 257.48 “railroad Track” Defined.
  “Railroad track” means every pair or group of pairs, as the case may be, of any railroad or traction company, except municipal street car...
• Section 257.49 “railroad Train” Defined.
  “Railroad train” means a steam engine, electric or other motor with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails, except street cars. History: 1949,...
• Section 257.49a "Recreational Vehicle" Defined.
  "Recreational vehicle" means a new or used vehicle that has its own motive power or is towed by a motor vehicle; is primarily designed...
• Section 257.50 “registration” Defined.
  “Registration” means a registration certificate, plate, adhesive tab, or other indicator of registration issued under this act for display on a vehicle. History: 1949,...
• Section 257.50a “residence Address” Defined.
  "Residence address" means the place that is the settled home or domicile at which a person legally resides as defined in section 11 of...
• Section 257.51 Repealed. 2006, Act 85, Eff. Nov. 9, 2006.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to "residence district" defined.
• Section 257.51a “resident” Defined.
  "Resident" means every person who resides in this state and establishes that he or she is legally present in the United States. This definition...
• Section 257.52 “revocation” Defined.
  (1) “Revocation” means that the operator's or chauffeur's license and privilege to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways are terminated and shall...
• Section 257.53 “right-of-way” Defined.
  “Right-of-way” means the privilege of the immediate use of the highway. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
• Section 257.54 “road Tractor” Defined.
  “Road tractor” means every motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry any load thereon either...
• Section 257.55 “roadway” Defined.
  “Roadway” means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. In the event a highway includes 2 or more...
• Section 257.56 “safety Zone” Defined.
  “Safety zone” means the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected and...
• Section 257.56a “salvage Vehicle” Defined.
  “Salvage vehicle” means a vehicle for which a salvage certificate has been issued by the secretary of state. History: Add. 1978, Act 507, Eff....
• Section 257.56b “salvageable Part” Defined.
  “Salvageable part” means a major component part of a late model vehicle or a vehicle manufactured in the current model year, if the part...
• Section 257.56c “salvage Vehicle Agent” Defined.
  “Salvage vehicle agent” means a person employed by a licensed automotive recycler, used or secondhand vehicle parts dealer, or foreign salvage vehicle dealer and...
• Section 257.57 “school Bus” Defined.
  "School bus" means every motor vehicle, except station wagons, with a manufacturers' rated seating capacity of 16 or more passengers, including the driver, owned...
• Section 257.57a “school Crossing” Defined.
  “School crossing” means a crosswalk designated by the department of state highways and transportation, a county road commission, or a local authority as a...
• Section 257.57b “school Crossing Guard” Defined.
  “School crossing guard” means a person 17 years of age or older authorized to supervise children using a school crossing as provided in section...
• Section 257.57c Repealed. 2002, Act 534, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to definition of school transportation vehicle.
• Section 257.57d “scrap Certificate Of Title” Defined.
  “Scrap certificate of title” means a document issued by the secretary of state evidencing ownership of a scrap vehicle, which may be assigned only...
• Section 257.57e “scrap Vehicle” Defined.
  “Scrap vehicle” means a vehicle that is wrecked, destroyed, damaged, or that has a major component part stolen or missing to the extent that...
• Section 257.58 “secretary Of State” Defined.
  “Secretary of state” means the secretary of state of this state, acting directly or through his duly authorized deputy, investigators, agents and employees. History:...
• Section 257.58b “security Interest,”“security Agreement,”“secured Party,”“debtor,”“financing Statement,” And “termination Statement” Defined.
  “Security interest”, “security agreement”, “secured party”, “debtor”, “financing statement”, and “termination statement” as used in this act mean those terms as defined in the...
• Section 257.58c “serious Impairment Of A Body Function” Defined.
  “Serious impairment of a body function” includes, but is not limited to, 1 or more of the following: (a) Loss of a limb or...
• Section 257.59 “semi-trailer” Defined.
  "Semi-trailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole-trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by...
• Section 257.59a “shoulder” And “ditch Slope” Defined.
  “Shoulder” means that portion of the highway contiguous to the roadway generally extending the contour of the roadway, not designed for vehicular travel but...
• Section 257.60 “sidewalk” Defined.
  “Sidewalk” means that portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for...
• Section 257.61 “spacings Between Axles” Defined.
  “Spacings between axles” means the distance from axle center to axle center. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
• Section 257.62 “special Mobile Equipment” Defined.
  “Special mobile equipment” means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and incidentally operated or moved over...
• Section 257.63 “street Car” Defined.
  “Street car” means a car other than a railroad train for transporting persons or property and operated upon rails principally within a municipality. History:...
• Section 257.64 “street Or Highway” Defined.
  “Street or highway” means the entire width between boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use...
• Section 257.65 "State" Defined.
  "State" means any state, territory, or possession of the United States, Indian country as defined in 18 USC 1151, the District of Columbia, the...
• Section 257.66 “suspension” Defined.
  “Suspension” means that the driver's license and privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways are temporarily withdrawn but only during the...
• Section 257.67 “tandem Axle” Defined.
  “Tandem axle” means 2 axles spaced more than 3 feet 6 inches and less than 9 feet apart. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept....
• Section 257.67a “tandem Axle Assembly” And “tank Vehicle” Defined.
  (1) "Tandem axle assembly" means 2 axles spaced more than 3 feet 6 inches and less than 9 feet apart, 1 axle in front...
• Section 257.67b “temporary Disability” Defined.
  “Temporary disability” means a physical characteristic categorized as a disability that significantly limits ambulation or necessitates the use of a wheelchair for mobility, or...
• Section 257.68 “through Highway” Defined.
  “Through highway” means every state trunk line highway, or, any other highway at the entrance to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required...
• Section 257.69 “traffic” Defined.
  “Traffic” means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, street cars and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of...
• Section 257.70 “traffic Control Devices” Defined.
  “Traffic control devices” means all signs, signals, markings, and devices not inconsistent with this act placed or erected by authority of a public body...
• Section 257.71 “traffic Control Order” Defined.
  “Traffic control order” means an order officially establishing the location of traffic control devices and traffic control signals on the highways of this state...
• Section 257.72 “traffic Control Signal” Defined.
  “Traffic control signal” means any device whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed. History:...
• Section 257.73 “trailer” Defined.
  "Trailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole-trailer, designed for carrying property or persons and for being drawn by...
• Section 257.74 “trailer Coach” Defined.
  “Trailer coach” means every vehicle primarily designed and used as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel purposes and drawn by another vehicle....
• Section 257.74a "Travel Trailer," "Camping Trailer," And "Fifth Wheel Trailer" Defined.
  (1) "Travel trailer" means a trailer coach, fifth wheel trailer, camping trailer, or other vehicle that is designed to be towed by a motor...
• Section 257.75 “truck” Defined.
  “Truck” means every motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
• Section 257.76 “transporter” Defined.
  “Transporter” means every person engaged in the business of delivering vehicles of a type required to be registered hereunder from a manufacturing, assembling or...
• Section 257.77 “truck Tractor” Defined.
  “Truck tractor” means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles, and not so constructed as to carry a load other...
• Section 257.78 “used Or Second-hand Vehicle” Defined.
  “Used or second-hand vehicle” means any motor vehicle to which a certificate of title and license plates have been issued and which motor vehicle...
• Section 257.78a “used Vehicle Parts Dealer” Or “used Or Secondhand Vehicle Parts Dealer” Defined.
  “Used vehicle parts dealer” or “used or secondhand vehicle parts dealer” means a person engaged in the business of buying or otherwise dealing in...
• Section 257.79 “vehicle” Defined.
  “Vehicle” means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except...
• Section 257.79a “vehicle Salvage Pool” Defined.
  “Vehicle salvage pool” means a person engaged in the business of storing and displaying damaged or distressed vehicles as an agent or escrow agent...
• Section 257.79b “vehicle Scrap Metal Processor” Defined.
  “Vehicle scrap metal processor” means a dealer engaged in the business of buying or otherwise acquiring vehicles for the purpose of processing and selling...
• Section 257.79c “wrecker” Defined.
  “Wrecker” means a truck with a hoist, towing apparatus, or self-loading flatbed, or any combination of these items, permanently affixed to the truck, used...
• Section 257.79d “work Zone” Defined.
  “Work zone” means a portion of a street or highway that meets any of the following: (a) Is between a “work zone begins” sign...
• Section 257.79e "Wholesaler" Defined.
  "Wholesaler" means a person who is engaged in the business of selling used vehicles to or purchasing used vehicles from a licensed motor vehicle...
• Section 257.79f "Boat Lift" Defined.
  "Boat lift" means a vehicle owned and operated by a marina or watercraft dealer in a commercial boat storage operation with a framework designed...
• Section 257.80 Tenses; Definition.
  The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
• Section 257.81 Number And Gender; Definitions.
  The singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular; the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter, as requisite. History:...
• Section 257.82 “shall” And “may” Defined.
  “Shall” and “may” means shall is mandatory and may is permissive. History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949

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