Sec. 8b.
(1) Before allowing an individual to adopt an animal, an animal control shelter or animal protection shelter may conduct a search using ICHAT to determine whether that individual has a prior criminal history for an animal abuse offense.
(2) An animal control shelter or animal protection shelter does not violate this act if the animal control shelter or animal protection shelter searches for an individual on ICHAT allowed under subsection (1) and the search fails to disclose that the individual has a prior criminal history for an animal abuse offense.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a pet shop that allows an animal protection shelter to use pet shop resources, including, but not limited to, the pet shop's premises, facilities, employees, equipment, and advertising for pet adoptions, or to a pet shop that works with an animal protection shelter but does not perform adoptions except as an agent of the animal protection shelter. A pet shop described in this subsection is not an animal protection shelter and is not liable for any pet adoptions performed by an animal protection shelter.
(4) This section may be referred to as "Logan's law".
(5) For purposes of this section and section 8c only, "animal" means a vertebrate other than a human being.
History: Add. 2016, Act 393, Eff. Mar. 29, 2017 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 84, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2017
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 287 of 1969 - Pet Shops, Dog Pounds, and Animal Shelters (287.331 - 287.340)
Section 287.331 - Definitions.
Section 287.332 - Rules; Promulgation.
Section 287.333 - License Required.
Section 287.335 - Inspection of Pet Shop Premises.
Section 287.335a - Prohibited Conduct.
Section 287.338 - Animal Control Shelter or Animal Protection Shelter; Inspection; Compliance.
Section 287.339a - Animal Control Shelter or Animal Protection Shelter; Maintenance of Records.
Section 287.339b - Violation of Act or Rule; Sanctions; Court Action or Order.
Section 287.339c - Large-Scale Dog Breeding Kennel; Records.