Michigan Compiled Laws
300-1949-VI-STOPPING-STANDING-AND-PARKING - Stopping, Standing and Parking (257.672...257.675d)
Section 257.673 - Removal of Illegally Stopped Bicycles or Vehicles; Costs.

Sec. 673.
(a) If a police officer finds a bicycle or vehicle standing on a highway in violation of the provisions of this chapter or standing on a highway in a manner that would block, delay, or otherwise interfere with the movement of a streetcar on a streetcar track, the police officer may remove the bicycle or vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the bicycle or vehicle to move the bicycle or vehicle, to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of the highway, including any portion that includes streetcar tracks.
(b) If a police officer finds a bicycle or vehicle unattended on any highway where the bicycle or vehicle is an obstruction to traffic or unattended on a highway in a manner that would block, delay, or otherwise interfere with the movement of a streetcar on a streetcar track, the police officer may provide for the removal of that bicycle or vehicle to the nearest garage, storage facility, or other place of safety.
(c) The necessary costs for removal under this section are a lien on the bicycle or vehicle and the person into whose custody the bicycle or vehicle is given may retain the bicycle or vehicle until the expenses involved are paid.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 2021, Act 43, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2021

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-STOPPING-STANDING-AND-PARKING - Stopping, Standing and Parking (257.672...257.675d)

Section 257.672 - Stopping, Parking or Leaving Vehicle Upon Paved or Main Traveled Part of Highway or Upon Paved or Unpaved Part of Limited Access Highway; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.673 - Removal of Illegally Stopped Bicycles or Vehicles; Costs.

Section 257.674 - Prohibited Parking; Exceptions; Bus Loading Zone; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.674a - Clear Vision Areas; Parking and Commercial Enterprises Prohibited; Violation as Civil Infraction.

Section 257.675 - Stopping, Standing, or Parking of Vehicle; Requirements; Signs; Traffic Control Orders as Rules; Hearing; Use of Windshield Placard by Disabled Person; Courtesy Required; Free Parking Sticker; Display; Confiscation; False Statement,...

Section 257.675a - Unlawful Standing or Parked Vehicle; Proof; Presumption.

Section 257.675b - Unlawful Standing or Parked Leased or Rented Motor Vehicle; Liability Proof; Information to Be Provided by Owner; Definitions.

Section 257.675c - Stopping, Standing, or Parking Violations; Registered Owner as Person Prima Facie Responsible for Violation; Affirmative Defense; Civil Action; Written Indemnification Agreement; Applicability of Subsection (3) to Leased Vehicle; I...

Section 257.675d - Authorizing and Utilizing Persons Other Than Police Officers to Issue Citations; Violations; Training Program; Definitions.