Michigan Compiled Laws 300-1949-ii Chapter II Administration, Registration, Certificate Of Title And Anti-theft (257.201...257.259)

• Section 257.201 Reference To “division”.
  When a reference is made in this act to “division”, the reference is to the secretary of state or an authorized representative of the...
• Section 257.202 Secretary Of State As Exclusive State Agent.
  Except as provided in this act, the secretary of state is the exclusive state agent for the administration of the driver license provisions of...
• Section 257.203 Appointment Of Employees.
  Subject to the civil service laws of this state, the secretary of state shall appoint deputies, subordinate officers, clerks, investigators, and other employees as...
• Section 257.203a Meaning Of “commissioner” In Mcl 257.301 To 257.327; Effect Of Mcl 257.201 To 257.203a.
  (1) As used in sections 301 to 327, “commissioner” means the secretary of state or an authorized representative of the secretary of state. (2)...
• Section 257.204 Administration And Enforcement Of Act; Establishment Of Highway Patrol Prohibited; Rules; Official Seal.
  (1) Except as provided in this act, the secretary of state shall observe, enforce, and administer this act. The secretary of state shall not...
• Section 257.204a Central File Of Individual Driving Records; Certified Copies As Evidence; Electronic Certification; Use Of Computer-generated Certified Information; Persons Who May Receive Information Contained In Records Maintained By Secretary Of State.
  (1) The secretary of state shall create and maintain a computerized central file that provides an individual historical driving record for a person with...
• Section 257.204b Conviction Of Attempted Violation; Effect.
  (1) When assessing points, taking licensing or registration actions, or imposing other sanctions under this act for a conviction of an attempted violation of...
• Section 257.205 Secretary Of State; Office And Branch Offices; Establishment; Employees; Bond; Liability For Loss Of Money; Person Appointed To Conduct Branch Office; Compensation And Expenses.
  (1) The secretary of state shall maintain an office in the state capitol complex, and in other places in the state as the secretary...
• Section 257.206 Forms.
  The secretary of state may prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, registration certificates, operators' and chauffeurs' licenses, and all other...
• Section 257.207 Administering Oaths And Acknowledging Signatures Without Fee; Certified Copy Of Record; Fee; Evidence; Electronic Certification; Use Of Computer-generated Certified Information.
  (1) An officer or employee designated by the secretary of state for the purpose of administering the motor vehicle laws shall administer oaths and...
• Section 257.207a Electronic Driver License Status Check; Request By Approved Agency; Maintenance Of Written Permission By Organization; Compliance With Safeguards; Fee.
  (1) The secretary of state may provide an electronic driver license status check of a person who transports clients or provides medical or other...
• Section 257.208 Destruction Of Certain Records; Maintaining Of Records Involving Operation Of Commercial Motor Vehicles.
  (1) Except as otherwise specified in this section, the secretary of state may destroy any department records maintained on file for 7 years, including...
• Section 257.208a Availability Of Records To The Public.
  Records maintained under this act, other than those declared to be confidential by law or which are restricted by law from disclosure to the...
• Section 257.208b Commercial Look-up Service; Records And Information Maintained By Driver Education Provider Or Limo Carrier Of Passengers; Disposition Of Fees; Providing File To Nongovernmental Person Or Entity; Failure To Provide Information; Fines; Definitions.
  (1) The secretary of state may provide a commercial look-up service of records maintained under this act. For each individual record looked up, the...
• Section 257.208c Disclosure Of Personal Information; Uses.
  (1) Except as provided in this section and in section 232, personal information in a record maintained under this act shall not be disclosed,...
• Section 257.208d Resale Or Redisclosure Of Personal Information; Duties Of Recipient.
  (1) An authorized recipient of personal information disclosed under section 208c may resell or redisclose the information only for a use permitted under section...
• Section 257.209 Application For Registration; Certificate Of Title; Operator's Or Other License, Investigation.
  The department shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity, and legality of every application for registration of a vehicle, for a certificate of title...
• Section 257.210 Title, Registration Certificate, Permit, License Or Plate; Seizure; Possession And Custody Of Plate; Security Interest.
  The department is hereby authorized to take possession of any certificate of title, registration certificate, permit, license or registration plate issued by it upon...
• Section 257.211 Synopsis, Summary, Or Compilation Of Laws Relating To Vehicles; Selling Price Of Compilation; Disposition And Use Of Money Collected.
  (1) The secretary of state may publish a synopsis or summary of the laws of this state regulating the operation of vehicles and may...
• Section 257.212 Methods Of Giving Notice.
  If the secretary of state is authorized or required to give notice under this act or other law regulating the operation of a vehicle,...
• Section 257.213 Officers And Investigators; Powers.
  The secretary of state and the officers and investigators of the department whom he or she designates have the following powers: (a) To inspect...
• Section 257.214 Badge Of Authority.
  (a) The secretary of state shall issue to each person named under section 213 of this act a proper badge of authority designating the...
• Section 257.215 Vehicle Unregistered Or Without Certificate Of Title; Operation; Misdemeanor, Exception.
  It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move or for an owner knowingly to permit to be driven or moved upon...
• Section 257.216 Vehicles Subject To Registration And Certificate Of Title Provisions; Exceptions.
  Every motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer, when driven or moved on a street or highway, is subject to the registration...
• Section 257.217 Application For Registration And Certificate Of Title; Out-of-state Vehicle; Form; Fee; Signature Of Owner; Contents; Leased Pickup Truck Or Vehicle; Duties Of Dealer And Person Selling Or Leasing Certain Vehicles; Off Lease Or Buy Back Vehicle; Temporary Registration; Service Fee; Imprint On Back Side Of Check Or Bank Draft; Liability For Damages; Perfection Of Security Interest.
  (1) An owner of a vehicle that is subject to registration under this act shall apply to the secretary of state, upon an appropriate...
• Section 257.217a Registration Plate Inscribed With Official Amateur Radio Call Letters; Application; Proof; Fees; Issuance Of Plate For Vehicle Bearing Registration Issued Pursuant To Mcl 257.801(1)(a) Or (P); Use On Other Vehicle As Misdemeanor; Surrender Of Registration Plate; Submission Of Application; Expiration Date.
  (1) A person who holds an unexpired technician, general, conditional, advanced, or extra class amateur radio license issued by the Federal Communications Commission may...
• Section 257.217b Moped; Manufacturer's Identification Number.
  A moped and a low-speed vehicle shall have permanently affixed to their frame a manufacturer's identification number. History: Add. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff....
• Section 257.217c Acquisition Of Salvage, Distressed, Or Older Model Vehicles; Issuance Of Salvage Or Scrap Certificates Of Title; Salvage Vehicle Inspections; Sale Of Vehicles; Notice Of Designation As Scrap Vehicle; Removal Of Scrap Vehicle From State; Determination Of Repair And Labor Costs; Vehicle Inspection Fee; “actual Cash Value” Defined.
  (1) The secretary of state may conduct periodic reviews of the records of a dealer to determine whether adequate notice is given to a...
• Section 257.217d Special Congressional Medal Of Honor Registration Plate.
  (1) The secretary of state shall design and may issue a special congressional medal of honor registration plate for residents of this state awarded...
• Section 257.217e Certificate Of Title For School Bus; Condition To Issuance.
  A certificate of title for a school bus shall be issued to a school board that has purchased the school bus by the secretary...
• Section 257.217f Sale, Assignment, Or Other Disposition Of Vehicle For Which Salvage Certificate Of Title Required.
  Except as provided in section 248c, a vehicle salvage pool operator or broker shall not sell, assign, or otherwise dispose of a vehicle for...
• Section 257.217g Pickup Camper; Manufacturer's Identification Number.
  A pickup camper manufactured for sale in this state after January 1, 1991 shall have a manufacturer's identification number permanently affixed to its door....
• Section 257.217h Liability Of Motor Vehicle Manufacturer.
  A motor vehicle manufacturer shall not be liable for any claims or causes of action arising with respect to a vehicle for which a...
• Section 257.217m, 257.217n Repealed. 2006, Act 562, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to "Proud to be an American" registration, collector plate, and fund.
• Section 257.217o Repealed. 2012, Act 55, Eff. June 30, 2012.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to organ and tissue donation education fund.
• Section 257.218 Specially Constructed, Reconstructed, Or Foreign Vehicle; Application For Registration; Fees.
  (1) If a vehicle to be registered is a specially constructed, reconstructed, or foreign vehicle, that fact shall be stated in the application. With...
• Section 257.219 Refusal Of Registration, Transfer Of Registration, Certificate Of Title, Or Salvage Certificate Of Title; Grounds; Temporary Registration Plate.
  (1) The secretary of state shall refuse issuance of a registration or a transfer of registration upon any of the following grounds: (a) The...
• Section 257.220 Application For Original Registration Or Certificate Of Title; Examination Of Indexes And Stolen Car Records.
  The department upon receiving application for original registration of a vehicle or any certificate of title shall first check the engine and serial number...
• Section 257.221 Application For Registration; Creation And Maintenance Of Computerized Central File; Records; Preservation; Availability.
  (1) The secretary of state shall create and maintain a computerized central file of all applications for registration of motor vehicles and is not...
• Section 257.222 Registration Certificate; Issuance; Flood, Rebuilt, Salvage, Or Scrap Certificate Of Title Issued By Another State Or Jurisdiction; Delivery; Manufacture; Contents; Coat Of Arms Of State; Conduct Constituting Misdemeanor; Penalties; Certificate Of Title For Certain Vehicles To Be Different In Color; Contents Of Legend.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the secretary of state shall issue a registration certificate when registering a vehicle upon receipt of...
• Section 257.223 Registration Certificate; Carrying; Display; Violation As Civil Infraction.
  (1) A registration certificate shall at all times be carried in the vehicle to which it refers or shall be carried by the person...
• Section 257.224 Registration Plate; Issuance; Design; Display; Limitation On Renewal; Replacement; Move To Digital Printing Of Registration Plates; Report.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act regarding tabs or stickers, upon registering a vehicle, the secretary of state shall issue to the...
• Section 257.225 Registration Plate; Attachment To Vehicle; Legibility; Color; Distinctive Registration Plates; Name Plate, Insignia, Or Advertising Device; Limitation; Historic Military Vehicle; Violation As Civil Infraction.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsection (6), a registration plate issued for a vehicle shall be attached to the rear...
• Section 257.226 Expiration Of Vehicle Registration; Duties Of Secretary Of State; Issuance Of Registration; Tax; Validity Of Certificate Of Title; Special Registration; Certification; Registration Of Trailer Or Semitrailer Used For Recreational Purposes; Assignment Or Reassignment Of Expiration Date Under International Registration Plan; Applicability Of Subsection (11) After October 1, 2003; Leased Vehicle Multiyear Registration.
  (1) A vehicle registration issued by the secretary of state expires on the owner's birthday, unless another expiration date is provided for under this...
• Section 257.226a Temporary Registration Plates Or Markers.
  (1) Temporary registration plates or markers may be issued to licensed dealers in vehicles and to persons engaged in the sale of vessels required...
• Section 257.226b Temporary Registration; Duration; Form; Fee; Use Of Vehicle.
  (1) A temporary registration may be issued to an owner of a vehicle. The registration shall be valid for either 30 days or 60...
• Section 257.226c Reflectorized Reflector Plates, Tabs, And Stickers.
  Beginning with the registration plates manufactured in the year 1970 and succeeding years they shall be treated with an effective and dependable reflective material...
• Section 257.227 Application For Renewal Of Vehicle Registration; Fee; Presentation Of Certificate Of Title; Waiver; Proof Of Vehicle Insurance; Transmission Of Vehicle Policy Information; Disclosure.
  (1) Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be made by the owner upon proper application and by payment of the registration fee...
• Section 257.227a Vehicle Involved In Violation; Renewal, Replacement, Or Transfer Of Registration Plate; Appearance Of Owner Or Representative At Branch Office Required; Cancellation Of Registration; Circumstances; Notice And Opportunity To Be Heard.
  (1) If a court has notified the secretary of state of a vehicle registration number as provided in section 328(4) and the owner has...
• Section 257.227b Repealed. 2011, Act 92, Eff. Dec. 30, 2011.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to private insurance verification board.
• Section 257.228 Notification Of Old And New Addresses; Violation As Civil Infraction.
  (1) If a person, after making application for or obtaining the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title, moves from the address...
• Section 257.229 Duplicate Registration Certificate, Registration Plate, Certificate Of Title, Or Duplicate Certificate Of Title.
  (1) If a registration certificate, registration plate, certificate of title, or duplicate certificate of title is lost, mutilated, or becomes illegible, the person entitled...
• Section 257.230 Special Identifying Number After Alteration Or Defacement Of Serial Number; Record.
  (a) The owner of a vehicle, the engine, serial or vehicle number of which has been altered, removed or defaced, may make application accompanied...
• Section 257.230a Motorcycle Without Visible Vehicle Identification Number; Seizure; Procedure; “person” Defined.
  (1) A police officer who finds a motorcycle that does not have a visible vehicle identification number may seize the motorcycle to determine if...
• Section 257.231 Registration Of Replacement Engines.
  The secretary of state is authorized to adopt and enforce such registration rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary and compatible with the...
• Section 257.232 Furnishing List Of Information To Federal, State, Or Local Governmental Agency; Contract For Sale Of Lists Of Driver And Motor Vehicle Records; Records Maintained In Bulk; Surveys, Marketing, Or Solicitations; Insertion Of Safeguard In Agreement Or Contract; Duties Of Recipient Of Personal Information; Disclosure Of List Based On Driving Behavior Or Sanctions.
  (1) Upon request, the secretary of state may furnish a list of information from the records of the department maintained under this act to...
• Section 257.232a Furnishing Name And Address Of Lessee Of Vehicle To Secretary Of State Or Police Officer.
  A person in the business of leasing or renting a vehicle registered under this act shall furnish, upon request, the name and address of...
• 300-1949-ii-transfers-of-title-o Transfers Of Title Or Interest (257.233...257.242a)
• 300-1949-ii-permits-to-nonreside Permits To Nonresident Owners (257.243...257.243)
• 300-1949-ii-special-plates-to-ma Special Plates To Manufacturers, Transporters, Dealers (257.244... 257.247b)
• 300-1949-ii-dealers-and-wreckers Dealers And Wreckers Must Be Licensed (257.248...257.251e)
• 300-1949-ii-special-anti-theft-l Special Anti-theft Laws (257.252...257.254)
• 300-1949-ii-offenses-against-reg Offenses Against Registration Laws And Cancellation Of Registration (257.255...257.259)

Last modified: October 10, 2016