Sec. 7453.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not sell or offer for sale drug paraphernalia, knowing that the drug paraphernalia will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance.
(2) Before a person is arrested for a violation of subsection (1), the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney shall notify the person in writing, not less than 2 business days before the person is to be arrested, that the person is in possession of specific, defined material that has been determined by the attorney general or prosecuting attorney to be drug paraphernalia. The notice also shall request that the person refrain from selling or offering for sale the material and shall state that if the person complies with the notice, no arrest will be made for a violation of subsection (1).
(3) If a person complies with a notice sent under subsection (2), the compliance is a complete defense for the person against a prosecution under section 7453, as long as the compliance continues.
History: Add. 1988, Act 139, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1988 Popular Name: Act 368
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 368 of 1978 - Public Health Code (333.1101 - 333.25211)
Article 7 - Controlled Substances (333.7101...333.7545)
368-1978-7-74 - Part 74 Offenses and Penalties (333.7401...333.7461)
Section 333.7405 - Prohibited Conduct; Violation; Penalties.
Section 333.7406 - Violation of MCL 333.7405; Penalty.
Section 333.7407 - Prohibited Conduct; Violation as Felony; Penalty.
Section 333.7408 - Penalty Cumulative.
Section 333.7408a - Licensing Sanctions.
Section 333.7413 - Conviction of Second or Subsequent Violation; Penalty.
Section 333.7421 - Opioid-Related Overdose Fatalities; Report.
Section 333.7423 - Compliance With MCL 333.21418 Not a Violation of Article.
Section 333.7451 - “Drug Paraphernalia” Defined.
Section 333.7453 - Sale of Drug Paraphernalia Prohibited; Notice; Compliance.
Section 333.7455 - Violation of MCL 333.7453 as Misdemeanor; Penalty.
Section 333.7457 - Applicability of MCL 333.7451 to 333.7455.
Section 333.7459 - Action for Declaratory Judgment; Defendant.
Section 333.7461 - Declaratory Judgment as Complete Defense.