Michigan Compiled Laws 300-1949-ii-special-anti-theft-l Special Anti-theft Laws (257.252...257.254)

• Section 257.252 Reports Of Stolen And Recovered Vehicles.
  A police agency, upon receiving reliable information that any vehicle registered under this act has been stolen, shall immediately report the theft through the...
• Section 257.252a Abandoned Vehicle; Presumption Of Responsibility; Violation; Penalty; "Abandoned Vehicle" Defined; Duties Of Police Agency; Contest By Owner; Hearing; Request; Fee; Towing And Storage Charges; Obtaining Release Of Vehicle; Public Sale; Inability To Determine Ownership Of Abandoned Vehicle; Entry Into Law Enforcement Information Network.
  (1) A person shall not abandon a vehicle in this state. It is presumed that the last titled owner of the vehicle is responsible...
• Section 257.252b Registered And Unregistered Abandoned Scrap Vehicles; Duties Of Police Agency; Release Of Vehicle; Certificate Of Title Or Certificate Of Scrapping; Release Form; Retention Of Records And Photographs; Taking Registered Abandoned Scrap Vehicle Into Custody; Contest By Registered Owner; Hearing; Request; Obtaining Release Of Vehicle; Fee.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Registered abandoned scrap vehicle" means a vehicle that meets all of the following requirements: (i) Is on...
• Section 257.252c Repealed. 2005, Act 142, Eff. Oct. 1, 2005.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to removal of vehicle from private property.
• Section 257.252d Removal Of Vehicle From Public Or Private Property To Place Of Safekeeping; Circumstances; Arrival Of Owner Or Legally Entitled Person; Duties Of Police Agency; Release Of Vehicle; Entry Of Vehicle As Abandoned.
  (1) A police agency or a governmental agency designated by the police agency may provide for the immediate removal of a vehicle from public...
• Section 257.252e Jurisdiction To Determine Propriety Of Police, Towing Agency Or Custodian, Or Private Owner Action; Venue In District Court; Use Of Bond To Pay Towing Or Storage Fees; Exclusive Remedies.
  (1) The following courts have jurisdiction to determine if a police agency, towing agency or custodian, or private property owner has acted properly in...
• Section 257.252f Filing Petition; Hearing; Notice; Burden; Decision.
  (1) Upon the filing of a petition prescribed in section 252a, 252b, or 252d, signed by the owner of the vehicle which has been...
• Section 257.252g Manner Of Conducting Public Sale; Application Of Money Received; Priority; Absence Of Bidders; Acquisition Of Distressed Vehicle; Application For Salvage Certificate Of Title; Canceling Entry In Law Enforcement Information Network; Obtaining Original Bill Of Sale.
  (1) Subject to section 252a(16), a public sale for a vehicle and its contents that has been determined to be abandoned under section 252a...
• Section 257.252h Abandoned Vehicle Fund; Creation; Sources Of Funding; Investment; Interest And Earnings; Money Remaining In Fund; Expenditures.
  (1) The abandoned vehicle fund is created within the state treasury. (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source...
• Section 257.252i Towing And Storage Fees.
  (1) A towing service, custodian of a vehicle, or both, shall not be precluded from the recovery of towing fees or, subject to subsection...
• Section 257.252j Abandoned Vehicles; Number And Placement Of Vehicles On Private Property.
  Sections 252a and 252b do not apply to a vehicle that is owned by the same person who owns the private real property on...
• Section 257.252k Towing Or Removing Vehicle Without Owner's Consent; Notice; Requirements.
  Except as otherwise provided in section 252l, an owner or lessor of private real property shall post a notice that meets all of the...
• Section 257.252l Applicability Of Mcl 257.252k.
  Section 252k does not apply to any of the following: (a) Real property that is appurtenant to and obviously part of a single- or...
• Section 257.252m Notification Of Civil Fines And Sanctions.
  For a period of 1 year beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the secretary of state shall...
• Section 257.253 Report Of Stolen Vehicle; Filing; Transferring Certificate Of Title; Record Of Stolen Or Abandoned Vehicles Not Reported Or Recovered; Availability; Reports By Other States Of Stolen And Recovered Vehicles; Abandoned Vehicle; Notification Of Owner And Lienholder.
  (1) The secretary of state, upon receiving a report of a stolen vehicle, shall file the report with the records of the secretary of...
• Section 257.254 False Statement In Application For Certificate Of Title Or In Assignment Of Title; Possession Of Stolen Vehicle; Penalties.
  Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement of a material fact, either in his or her application for the certificate of title...

Last modified: October 10, 2016