Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 273 of 1917 - Pawnbrokers (446.201 - 446.219)
Section 446.210 - Title to Item; Sale of Pledged or Pawned Item; Time of Possession.

Sec. 10.
(1) Subject to section 12, title to an item that is pledged or pawned vests in the pawnbroker 90 days after the pledge or pawn, or after the expiration of any longer period agreed to by the parties, if the borrower has not paid the debt, interest, and charges on the item that was pledged or pawned.
(2) Subject to section 12, a pawnbroker shall not sell any item that was pledged or pawned until the item has remained in the pawnbroker's possession for at least 90 days.
History: 1917, Act 273, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1927, Act 347, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 9693 ;-- CL 1948, 446.210 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 233, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 345, Eff. Jan. 14, 2019

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 446 - Business Regulation

Act 273 of 1917 - Pawnbrokers (446.201 - 446.219)

Section 446.201 - Pawnbrokers; License Required; Exception; Internet Drop-Off Store Exempt From Licensure.

Section 446.202 - Licenses; Issuance; Contents; Term; Transferability; Fee; Bond; Limitations.

Section 446.203 - Definitions.

Section 446.204 - Licensed Pawnbroker; Action Upon Bond.

Section 446.205 - Record of Property Received; Contents; Inspection; Form of Permanent Record.

Section 446.206 - Statement to Police of Articles Received; Contents.

Section 446.207 - Repealed. 1980, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1980.

Section 446.208 - Purchaser's Memorandum of Pawn; Contents.

Section 446.209 - Interest on Loans; Rate; Storage Charge; Time of Payment; Computation; Fee or Excess Charge Prohibited.

Section 446.210 - Title to Item; Sale of Pledged or Pawned Item; Time of Possession.

Section 446.211 - Payment or Tender of Debt Before Sale; Effect as to Title and Right to Property; Agreement to Permit Pawner to Maintain Possession.

Section 446.212 - Misappropriated Property; Effect of Written Hold Order; Delivery of Property to Person Claiming Ownership; Return of Property to Pawnbroker; Liability; "Appropriate Law Enforcement Official" Defined.

Section 446.213 - Pawned Property; Destruction or Defacing Unlawful; Visibility of Serial Number or Insignia.

Section 446.214 - Pawned Property; Acceptance From Certain Persons Prohibited.

Section 446.216 - Bond of Complainant; Amount, Surety.

Section 446.217 - Transaction of Business on Sunday Unlawful.

Section 446.218 - Violation of Act; Penalty.

Section 446.219 - Violation of Act; Revocation of License; Duration.