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2011 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 257 — MOTOR VEHICLES
Act 300 of 1949 — MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE (257.1 - 257.923)***** 257.248c SUBSECTION (1) APPLIES UNTIL JULY 1, 1994; SUBSECTION (3) APPLIES BEGINNING JULY 1, 1994 ***** ***** 257.227.amended THIS AMENDED SECTION IS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 30, 2011 ***** ***** 257.227 THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 30, 2011: See 257.227.amended *****
300-1949-I — CHAPTER I WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED (257.1...257.82)
- Section 257.1 — Michigan vehicle code; words and phrases defined.
- Section 257.1a — Accessory defined.
- Section 257.1b — Ambulance defined.
- Section 257.1c — Articulated bus defined.
- Section 257.1d — Alcoholic liquor defined.
- Section 257.2 — Authorized emergency vehicle defined; additional definitions.
- Section 257.2a — Automotive recycler defined.
- Section 257.3 — Axle defined.
- Section 257.3a — "Basic driver improvement course" defined.
- Section 257.4 — Bicycle defined.
- Section 257.4a — Birthday defined.
- Section 257.4b — Bus defined.
- Section 257.4c — Buy back vehicle defined.
- Section 257.5 — "Business district" and "commercial business" defined.
- Section 257.5a — Cancellation defined.
- Section 257.6 — Chauffeur defined.
- Section 257.6a — Civil infraction defined.
- Section 257.6b — Civil infraction determination defined.
- Section 257.6c — Civic event defined.
- Section 257.6d — Collector plate defined.
- Section 257.7 — Commercial vehicle defined.
- Section 257.7a — Commercial motor vehicle defined.
- Section 257.8 — Commissioner defined.
- Section 257.8a — "Conviction" defined.
- Section 257.8b — Controlled substance defined.
- Section 257.9 — County jail defined.
- Section 257.10 — Cross-walk defined.
- Section 257.11 — Dealer defined.
- Section 257.11a — Demonstrator defined.
- Section 257.11b — Dealer license defined.
- Section 257.12 — Department defined.
- Section 257.12a — Distressed vehicle defined.
- Section 257.12b — Distressed vehicle transporter defined.
- Section 257.13 — Driver defined.
- Section 257.13a — Elected gross weight defined.
- Section 257.13b — Empty weight defined.
- Section 257.13c — Electric personal assistive mobility device defined.
- Section 257.14 — "Established place of business" defined.
- Section 257.14a — Executive or manufacturer's vehicle defined.
- Section 257.15 — Explosives defined.
- Section 257.16 — Farm tractor defined.
- Section 257.17 — Flammable liquid defined.
- Section 257.17a — Foreign salvage vehicle dealer defined.
- Section 257.17b — Fund-raising registration plate and state-sponsored goal defined.
- Section 257.17c — Flood vehicle defined.
- Section 257.18 — Definitions, F.
- Section 257.18a — Freeway defined.
- Section 257.18b — Gross combination weight rating or GCWR and gross vehicle weight rating or GVWR defined.
- Section 257.19 — Gross weight defined.
- Section 257.19a — Disabled person and person with disabilities defined.
- Section 257.19b — Hazardous material defined.
- Section 257.20 — Highway or street defined.
- Section 257.20a — Historic vehicle defined.
- Section 257.20d — "Ignition interlock device" defined.
- Section 257.21 — Implement of husbandry defined.
- Section 257.22 — Intersection defined.
- Section 257.23 — Judgment defined.
- Section 257.23a — Juvenile adjudication defined.
- Section 257.23b — Juvenile disposition defined.
- Section 257.24 — Laned roadway defined.
- Section 257.24a — Leased vehicle defined.
- Section 257.24b — Late model vehicle defined.
- Section 257.24c — Law of another state defined.
- Section 257.25 — License defined.
- Section 257.25a — Autocycle defined.
- Section 257.25b — Low-speed vehicle defined.
- Section 257.26 — Limited access highway defined.
- Section 257.27 — Local authorities defined.
- Section 257.27a — Major component part defined.
- Section 257.28 — Manufacturer defined.
- Section 257.29 — Maximum axle load defined.
- Section 257.30 — Metal tire defined.
- Section 257.30a — Repealed. 1978, Act 568, Eff. Jan. 6, 1979.
- Section 257.30b — Michigan university defined.
- Section 257.31 — Motorcycle defined.
- Section 257.32 — Repealed. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977.
- Section 257.32a — Motor home defined.
- Section 257.32b — Moped defined.
- Section 257.33 — Motor vehicle defined.
- Section 257.33a — New motor vehicle defined.
- Section 257.33b — Nonprofit recycling center defined.
- Section 257.34 — Nonresident defined.
- Section 257.35 — Nonresident operating privilege defined.
- Section 257.35a — Operate or operating defined.
- Section 257.35b — Older model vehicle defined.
- Section 257.35c — Off lease vehicle defined.
- Section 257.36 — Operator defined.
- Section 257.36a — Owner-operator defined.
- Section 257.36b — "Out-of-service" defined.
- Section 257.37 — Owner defined.
- Section 257.38 — Parking defined.
- Section 257.38a — "Park model trailer" defined.
- Section 257.39 — Pedestrian defined.
- Section 257.39a — Permanent disability defined.
- Section 257.40 — Person defined.
- Section 257.40a — Pickup camper defined.
- Section 257.40b — Personal information and highly restricted personal information defined.
- Section 257.41 — Pole-trailer defined.
- Section 257.41a — Police book defined.
- Section 257.42 — Police officer defined.
- Section 257.43 — Police station defined.
- Section 257.44 — Private driveway and private road defined.
- Section 257.44a — Probate court disposition defined.
- Section 257.45 — Proof of financial responsibility defined.
- Section 257.45a — Prosecuting attorney defined.
- Section 257.46 — Railroad defined.
- Section 257.47 — Railroad sign or signal defined.
- Section 257.48 — Railroad track defined.
- Section 257.49 — Railroad train defined.
- Section 257.49a — "Recreational vehicle" defined.
- Section 257.50 — Registration defined.
- Section 257.50a — Residence address defined.
- Section 257.51 — Repealed. 2006, Act 85, Eff. Nov. 9, 2006.
- Section 257.51a — Resident defined.
- Section 257.52 — Revocation defined.
- Section 257.53 — Right-of-way defined.
- Section 257.54 — Road tractor defined.
- Section 257.55 — Roadway defined.
- Section 257.56 — Safety zone defined.
- Section 257.56a — Salvage vehicle defined.
- Section 257.56b — Salvageable part defined.
- Section 257.56c — Salvage vehicle agent defined.
- Section 257.57 — School bus defined.
- Section 257.57a — School crossing defined.
- Section 257.57b — School crossing guard defined.
- Section 257.57c — Repealed. 2002, Act 534, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002.
- Section 257.57d — Scrap certificate of title defined.
- Section 257.57e — Scrap vehicle defined.
- Section 257.58 — Secretary of state defined.
- Section 257.58b — Security interest, security agreement, secured party, debtor, financing statement, and termination statement defined.
- Section 257.58c — Serious impairment of a body function defined.
- Section 257.59 — Semi-trailer defined.
- Section 257.59a — Shoulder and ditch slope defined.
- Section 257.60 — Sidewalk defined.
- Section 257.61 — Spacings between axles defined.
- Section 257.62 — Special mobile equipment defined.
- Section 257.63 — Street car defined.
- Section 257.64 — Street or highway defined.
- Section 257.65 — "State" defined.
- Section 257.66 — Suspension defined.
- Section 257.67 — Tandem axle defined.
- Section 257.67a — Tandem axle assembly and tank vehicle defined.
- Section 257.67b — Temporary disability defined.
- Section 257.68 — Through highway defined.
- Section 257.69 — Traffic defined.
- Section 257.70 — Traffic control devices defined.
- Section 257.71 — Traffic control order defined.
- Section 257.72 — Traffic control signal defined.
- Section 257.73 — Trailer defined.
- Section 257.74 — Trailer coach defined.
- Section 257.74a — "Travel trailer," "camping trailer," and "fifth wheel trailer" defined.
- Section 257.75 — Truck defined.
- Section 257.76 — Transporter defined.
- Section 257.77 — Truck tractor defined.
- Section 257.78 — Used or second-hand vehicle defined.
- Section 257.78a — Used vehicle parts dealer or used or secondhand vehicle parts dealer defined.
- Section 257.79 — Vehicle defined.
- Section 257.79a — Vehicle salvage pool defined.
- Section 257.79b — Vehicle scrap metal processor defined.
- Section 257.79c — Wrecker defined.
- Section 257.79d — Work zone defined.
- Section 257.79e — "Wholesaler" defined.
- Section 257.79f — "Boat lift" defined.
- Section 257.80 — Tenses; definition.
- Section 257.81 — Number and gender; definitions.
- Section 257.82 — Shall and may defined.
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