Michigan Compiled Laws
300-1949-VI-ACCIDENTS - Accidents (257.617...257.624b)
Section 257.621 - Accidents; Fixtures on or Adjacent to Highway; Notification of Owner; Exhibition of Driver's License; Reports.

Sec. 621.
(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such accident and of his name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall upon request exhibit his operator's or chauffeur's license and, if such owner cannot be found, shall forthwith report such accident to the nearest or most convenient police officer.
(b) The officer receiving such report or his commanding officer shall forward each individual report to the director of state police on forms prescribed by him which shall be completed in full by the investigating officer. The director of state police shall analyze each report relative to the cause of the reported accident and shall prepare for public use the information compiled from the reports.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 171, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1967

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 257 - Motor Vehicles

Act 300 of 1949 - Michigan Vehicle Code (257.1 - 257.923)

300-1949-VI - Chapter VI Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws (257.601...257.750)

300-1949-VI-ACCIDENTS - Accidents (257.617...257.624b)

Section 257.617 - Accident Resulting in Serious Impairment of Body Function or Death; Stopping Required; Reporting to Police Agency or Officer; Violation as Felony; Penalty.

Section 257.617a - Accident; Personal Injury; Reporting to Police Agency or Officer; Stopping Required; Penalty; Suspension of License.

Section 257.618 - Accidents; Damage to Vehicles; Stopping Required; Reporting to Police Agency or Officer; Penalty.

Section 257.618a - Vehicle Accident; Removal From Main Traveled Portion of Roadway or Streetcar Track; Conditions; Violation of Subsection (1) as Civil Infraction; Removal by Law Enforcement Agency, Public Agency, or Department; Liability; "Gross Neg...

Section 257.619 - Accidents; Duties of Driver.

Section 257.620 - Accidents; Attended or Unattended Vehicle; Stopping; Report.

Section 257.621 - Accidents; Fixtures on or Adjacent to Highway; Notification of Owner; Exhibition of Driver's License; Reports.

Section 257.622 - Report of Accidents Resulting in Death, Personal Injury, or Property Damage; Forms; Analysis; Use; Retention.

Section 257.622a - Ignition Interlock Device; Installation Included in Crash Report.

Section 257.623 - Accidents; Reports by Garagekeepers or Repairmen.

Section 257.624 - Report Not Available for Use in Court Action; Purpose of Report; Authorization and Purpose of Scientific Studies and Research; Use of Data; Disclosures; Liability; Penalty.

Section 257.624a - Transportation or Possession of Alcoholic Liquor in Open or Uncapped Container Open or Upon Which Seal Broken; Violation as Misdemeanor; Exception; Subsections (1) and (2) Inapplicable to Passenger in Commercial Quadricycle; Defini...

Section 257.624b - Transport or Possession of Alcoholic Liquor by Person Less Than 21 Years of Age.