Sec. 215. It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move or for an owner knowingly to permit to be driven or moved upon any highway any vehicle of a type required to be registered hereunder which is not registered or for which a certificate of title has not been applied for or for which the appropriate fee has not been paid when and as required hereunder, except as provided in subsection (b) of section 217.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.215
Vehicle unregistered or without certificate of title; operation; misdemeanor, exception
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 183 Mich. App. 723 - Coffey v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance (1990)
Most recently applied in Gold v. Harper (In re Ambrose-Burbank) (January 2017)
1949, Act 300, Eff
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