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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - CHAPTER II ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND ANTI-THEFT (257.201...257.259)
| Act 300 of 1949 ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND ANTI-THEFT |
| Document | Description |
| Section 257.201 | Reference to "division". |
| Section 257.202 | Secretary of state as exclusive state agent. |
| Section 257.203 | Appointment of employees. |
| Section 257.203a | Meaning of "commissioner" in §§ 257.301 to 257.327; effect of §§ 257.201 to 257.203a. |
| Section 257.204 | Administration and enforcement of act; establishment of highway patrol prohibited; rules; official seal. |
| 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. |
| Section 257.204b | Conviction of attempted violation; effect. |
| 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. |
| Section 257.206 | Forms. |
| Section 257.207 | Administering oaths and acknowledging signatures without fee; certified copy of record; fee; evidence; electronic certification; use of computer-generated certified information. |
| Section 257.207a | Electronic driver license status check; request by approved agency; maintenance of written permission by organization; compliance with safeguards; fee. |
| Section 257.208 | Destruction of certain records; maintaining of records involving operation of commercial motor vehicles. |
| Section 257.208a | Availability of records to the public. |
| Section 257.208b | Commercial look-up service; records and information maintained by driver training school operator or limo carrier of passengers; disposition of fees; providing file to nongovernmental person or entity; failure to provide information; fines; definitions. |
| Section 257.208c | Disclosure of personal information; uses. |
| Section 257.208d | Resale or redisclosure of personal information; duties of recipient. |
| Section 257.209 | Application for registration; certificate of title; operator's or other license, investigation. |
| Section 257.210 | Title, registration certificate, permit, license or plate; seizure; possession and custody of plate; security interest. |
| Section 257.211 | Synopsis, summary, or compilation of laws relating to vehicles; selling price of compilation; disposition and use of money collected. |
| Section 257.212 | Methods of giving notice; proof. |
| Section 257.213 | Officers and investigators; powers. |
| Section 257.214 | Badge of authority. |
| Section 257.215 | Vehicle unregistered or without certificate of title; operation; misdemeanor, exception. |
| Section 257.216 | Vehicles subject to registration and certificate of title provisions; exceptions. |
| 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; copy of security agreement; service fee; imprint on back side of check or bank draft; liability for damages; perfection of security interest. |
| Section 257.217a | Special registration plate inscribed with official amateur radio call letters; application; proof; fees; issuance of plate for vehicle bearing registration issued pursuant to § 257.801(1)(a) and (q); use on other vehicle as misdemeanor; surrender of plate; submission of application for plate; expiration date. |
| Section 257.217b | Moped; manufacturer's identification number. |
| 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. |
| Section 257.217d | Special congressional medal of honor registration plate; Michigan veterans memorial registration plate. |
| Section 257.217e | Certificate of title for school bus; condition to issuance. |
| Section 257.217f | Sale, assignment, or other disposition of vehicle for which salvage certificate of title required. |
| Section 257.217g | Pickup camper; manufacturer's identification number. |
| Section 257.217h | Liability of motor vehicle manufacturer. |
| Section 257.217m | "Proud to be American" registration and collector plate. |
| Section 257.217n | Proud to be American fund. |
| Section 257.217o | Organ and tissue education fund; creation; deposit; money remaining in fund; disbursement of money to chronic disease division; administrative expenses; "fund" defined. |
| Section 257.218 | Specially constructed, reconstructed, or foreign vehicle; application for registration; fees. |
| Section 257.219 | Refusal of registration, transfer of registration, certificate of title, or salvage certificate of title; grounds; temporary registration plate. |
| Section 257.220 | Application for original registration or certificate of title; examination of indexes and stolen car records. |
| Section 257.221 | Application for registration; creation and maintenance of computerized central file; records; preservation; availability. |
| Section 257.222 | Registration certificate and certificate of title; issuance; rebuilt, salvage, or scrap certificate of title issued by another state; 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. |
| Section 257.223 | Registration certificate; signature of owner; carrying; display; violation as civil infraction. |
| Section 257.224 | Registration plate generally. |
| Section 257.225 | Registration plate; attachment to vehicle; legibility; color; distinctive registration plates; name plate, insignia, or advertising device prohibited; violation as civil infraction. |
| 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. |
| Section 257.226a | Temporary registration plates or markers. |
| Section 257.226b | Temporary registration; duration; form; fee; use of vehicle. |
| Section 257.226c | Reflectorized reflector plates, tabs, and stickers. |
| Section 257.227 | Application for renewal of vehicle registration; fee; presentation of certificate of title; waiver; proof of vehicle insurance; transmission of vehicle identification number as proof of insurance. |
| 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. |
| Section 257.227b | Private insurance verification board. |
| Section 257.228 | Notification of old and new addresses; violation as civil infraction. |
| Section 257.229 | Duplicate registration certificate, registration plate, certificate of title, or duplicate certificate of title. |
| Section 257.230 | Special identifying number after alteration or defacement of serial number; record. |
| Section 257.230a | Motorcycle without visible vehicle identification number; seizure; procedure; "person" defined. |
| Section 257.231 | Registration of replacement engines. |
| 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, and solicitations; insertion of safeguard in agreement or contract; duties of recipient of personal information; disclosure of list based on driving behavior or sanctions. |
| Section 257.232a | Furnishing name and address of lessee of vehicle to secretary of state or police officer. |
| 300-1949-II-TRANSFERS-OF-TITLE-OR-INTEREST | TRANSFERS OF TITLE OR INTEREST (257.233...257.242a) |
| 300-1949-II-PERMITS-TO-NONRESIDENT-OWNERS | PERMITS TO NONRESIDENT OWNERS (257.243...257.243) |
| 300-1949-II-SPECIAL-PLATES-TO-MANUFACTURERS-TRANSPORTERS-DEALERS | SPECIAL PLATES TO MANUFACTURERS, TRANSPORTERS, DEALERS (257.244... 257.247b) |
| 300-1949-II-DEALERS-AND-WRECKERS-MUST-BE-LICENSED | DEALERS AND WRECKERS MUST BE LICENSED (257.248...257.251e) |
| 300-1949-II-SPECIAL-ANTI-THEFT-LAWS | SPECIAL ANTI-THEFT LAWS (257.252...257.254) |
| 300-1949-II-OFFENSES-AGAINST-REGISTRATION-LAWS-AND-CANCELLATION-OF-REGISTRATION | OFFENSES AGAINST REGISTRATION LAWS AND CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION (257.255...257.259) |
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