Michigan Compiled Laws
300-1949-VI-SPEED-RESTRICTIONS - Speed Restrictions (257.627...257.633)
Section 257.633 - Violation of Speed Limit; Specifications in Complaint, Citation, Summons, or Notice; Burden of Proof.

Sec. 633.
(1) In every charge of a violation of a speed limit in this chapter, the complaint or citation and the summons or notice to appear shall specify the speed at which the respondent is alleged to have driven and the speed limit applicable at the location.
(2) The provisions of this chapter establishing speed limits shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in a civil action from the burden of proving negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of a traffic crash.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 446, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2017

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-SPEED-RESTRICTIONS - Speed Restrictions (257.627...257.633)

Section 257.627 - Speed Limits.

Section 257.627a - "Regularly Scheduled School Session," "School," and "School Zone" Defined; Speed Limit on Highway Segment in School Zone; Time Period; Exception; State Trunk Line Highway or County Highway; School in Session Year-Round; Signs; Viol...

Section 257.627b - Repealed. 2006, Act 85, Eff. Nov. 9, 2006.

Section 257.628 - Maximum or Minimum Speed Limit; Determination; Petition by Township Board; Modified Speed Limit; Public Record of Traffic Control Order; Speed Limit Signs, Signals, or Devices; Violation as Civil Infraction; Definitions.

Section 257.628a - Repealed. 1974, Act 28, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1974.

Section 257.629 - Repealed. 2016, Act 445, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2017.

Section 257.629a - County Traffic Safety Organization; Creation, Appropriation.

Section 257.629b - Reduction of Maximum Speed Limit; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.629c - Points and Minimum Fine; Schedule; Applicability of Subsection (1).

Section 257.629d - Repealed. 2006, Act 231, Eff. Sept. 24, 2006.

Section 257.629e - Levy, Transmittal, and Disposition of Assessments; Annual Report; Highway Safety Fund, Jail Reimbursement Program Fund, Secondary Road Patrol and Training Fund; Creation; Administration; Use of Money Collected; Annual Report.

Section 257.630 - Repealed. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977.

Section 257.631 - Public Bridge, Causeway, or Viaduct; Maximum Speed, Load, or Gross Weight; Violation as Civil Infraction; Assessment of Civil Fine; Exceptions; Determination of Civil Fine; Determination of Gross Weight; Investigation; Signs; Eviden...

Section 257.632 - Exemption From Speed Limitations; Police Vehicles, Fire Department or Fire Patrol Vehicles, and Ambulances; Conditions.

Section 257.633 - Violation of Speed Limit; Specifications in Complaint, Citation, Summons, or Notice; Burden of Proof.