Main Content
Show update info:
none
In Last Week
In Last Month
In Last Year
NOTE: Dates reflect any modification to item, not necessarily a change in law.
Chapter 287
- ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Act 244 of 1907 ‑ Repealed- VETERINARY MEDICINE, DENTISTRY, AND SURGERY (287.51 - 287.65)
Act 181 of 1974 ‑ Repealed- DISPOSAL OF LIVESTOCK OR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS (287.71 - 287.77)
Act 93 of 1974 ‑ HORSE RIDING STABLES AND SALES BARNS (287.111 - 287.119)
Section 287.112 ‑ License required to own or operate riding stable or sales barn; enforcement; rules; agents; exemption of certain horse auction sales.
Section 287.113 ‑ Application for license; qualifications of applicant; investigation and information; fee; display of license; separate license for each business location; license nontransferable; expiration and renewal of license; renewal fee; deposit.
Section 287.117 ‑ Removal and disposition of abused or neglected horses or ponies; notice; no liability for removal; prerequisite to return of horses or ponies.
Section 287.122 ‑ Dealer, broker, agent, or livestock trucker; license required.
Section 287.123 ‑ Licensing of dealer, broker, agent, or livestock trucker; operator of livestock auction, buying station, or collection point; application; contents; fees; deposit of fines; weighmasters; receipt of completed application; issuance of license within certain time period; bond; license to transport required; "completed application" defined; waiver of fee.
Section 287.123a ‑ Livestock auction or buying station; bond, producers' proceeds account, deposits; record of charges.
Section 287.124 ‑ Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license; hearing; notice, decision; appeal; causes for refusal, suspension, or revocation.
Section 287.125 ‑ Dealer, broker, livestock trucker, or agent; license; place of keeping license.
Section 287.126 ‑ Yards, pens, premises, or vehicles; requirements as to cleanliness and repair; application for vehicle permit; compliance with state and federal requirements for transport vehicles or livestock conveyances; official health certificates, movement permits or testing forms.
Section 287.127 ‑ Inspection of animals; tests or treatment, fee; false statements as to identity or physical condition; movement from 1 premises to another; market zone; protection of livestock from injury and inclement weather; pens and buildings; trucks or vehicles and transportation cages; animals under quarantine; sale or removal of swine; "immediate slaughter" defined.
Section 287.127a ‑ Transportation or movement of nonambulatory livestock; prohibited conduct by licensee; methods of euthanasia; disposal of dead animals.
Section 287.128 ‑ Records of licensee; inspection; sale of certain animals for slaughter.
Section 287.129 ‑ Rules and regulations; adoption, promulgation, enforcement.
Section 287.131 ‑ Violation of certain sections or act; penalty; action by attorney general.
Act 134 of 1929 ‑ Repealed- LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY REMEDIES (287.141 - 287.150)
Section 287.221 ‑ Adoption of brand; application; earmark, tattoo, or vaccination mark; identification number; assignment and recordation; approval of brand.
Section 287.223 ‑ Duration of original brand; renewal and transfer; application forms and fees; disposition of fees.
Act 308 of 1976 ‑ DISPOSAL OF LIVESTOCK (287.251 - 287.258)***** 287.251 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL EXPIRATION: See 287.258 *****
Section 287.252 ‑ Selection and preparation of site for disposal of livestock.
Section 287.266 ‑ Dog licenses; application; resolution; provisions; proof of vaccination.
Section 287.268 ‑ Dog license; unlicensed and young dogs; application; fee after certain date.
Section 287.270 ‑ “Kennel” defined; kennel license; fee; tags; certificate; rules; inspection; exception.
Section 287.274 ‑ Application for license blanks and tags; issuance of dog licenses and tags; fee; return of unused tags, books, and receipts; contents of receipt; paying over money; resolution providing that clerk perform duties of treasurer.
Section 287.274a ‑ Issuance of dog license; information about microchip implantation availability to be provided to dog owner; definitions.
Section 287.276 ‑ Listing of dogs; compensation of supervisor; appointment, duties, and compensation of animal control officer.
Section 287.277 ‑ Identification and location of unlicensed dogs; public nuisance; list; commencement of proceedings.
Section 287.279 ‑ Killing of dog pursuing, worrying, or wounding livestock or poultry, or attacking person; damages for trespass; effect of license tag.
Section 287.279a ‑ Killing dog or other animal; use of high altitude decompression chamber or electrocution prohibited.
Section 287.280 ‑ Loss or damage to livestock or poultry caused by dogs; complaint; examination; summons; proceedings; killing of dog; liability of owner or keeper.
Section 287.282 ‑ Damage to livestock or poultry by dogs; fees of justice, inclusion in damages.
Section 287.283 ‑ Payment for amount of loss or damage; costs; investigation.
Section 287.285 ‑ Saving clause; disposition of dog fund; expense of dog department in cities, payment.
Section 287.286a ‑ Sworn complaint; contents; issuance of summons; hearing; order; penalty for disobedience; costs; audit and payment of claims.
Section 287.289a ‑ Animal control agency; establishment; employees; jurisdiction; contents of animal control ordinance.
Section 287.290 ‑ Municipal animal control ordinances; certificate of vaccination.
Section 287.291 ‑ Service animal not subject to licensing fee; definitions.
Act 309 of 1939 ‑ REGISTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF DOGS (287.301 - 287.308)
Section 287.312 ‑ Sale or distribution of turtle eggs or live turtles; health advisory sheet required.
Section 287.322 ‑ Sworn complaint; summons; surrender of animal; expense; rabies vaccination and license required; destruction of animal; notification of animal control authority; ordering owner of animals to take certain actions.
Section 287.323 ‑ Owner guilty of involuntary manslaughter, felony, or misdemeanor; penalty; costs.
Act 287 of 1969 ‑ PET SHOPS, DOG POUNDS, AND ANIMAL SHELTERS (287.331 - 287.340)
Section 287.334 ‑ Application for pet shop licenses; fee; deposit; filing of completed license application; "completed application" defined.
Section 287.336 ‑ Animal control shelter, animal protection shelter, or large-scale dog breeding kennel; registration.
Section 287.337 ‑ Animal control shelter, animal protection shelter, or large-scale dog breeding kennel; registration application; form.
Section 287.338 ‑ Animal control shelter or animal protection shelter; inspection; compliance.
Section 287.338a ‑ Animal control shelter or animal protection shelter; alteration of dog, cat, or ferret.
Section 287.338b ‑ Animal control shelter or animal protection shelter; use of ICHAT to determine prior criminal history for animal abuse offense; subsection (1) inapplicable to pet shop; section to be referred to as "Logan's law"; "animal" defined.
Section 287.338c ‑ Consideration of individual's criminal history; decision to not allow individual to adopt animal; section to be referred to as "animal adoption protection act."
Section 287.339 ‑ Person breeding his or her own animals or person subject to MCL 287.381 to 287.395; applicability of act.
Section 287.339a ‑ Animal control shelter or animal protection shelter; maintenance of records.
Act 282 of 1966 ‑ Repealed- USE OF DOGS AND CATS FOR RESEARCH (287.361 - 287.375)
Section 287.383 ‑ License; issuance; qualifications; “good moral character” defined.
Section 287.384 ‑ Unlawful sale or transportation of animals; dealers' licenses needed.
Section 287.387 ‑ Research facilities and dealers; records of purchases, sales, transportation, and handling of animals for research; maintenance of compliance report.
Section 287.388 ‑ Disposition of dogs or cats; time; notice; record; exceptions.
Section 287.388a ‑ Offering of laboratory animal for adoption; requirement; exception; animal protection shelter; written agreement; "Teddy's law".
Section 287.389 ‑ Sales by public auction or by weight; disposal of unclaimed dogs and cats, maximum price.
Section 287.390 ‑ License; suspension or revocation; grounds, notice, reinstatement.
Section 287.393 ‑ Dealers or facilities; responsible for acts of agents or employees.
Section 287.524 ‑ Persons required to be licensed; application; fee; late fee; issuance of initial or renewal license; notice of incomplete application; display and expiration of license; labels; powers of director; refusing, conditioning, revoking, or suspending license; hearing; revoking or refusing to issue or renew license after hearing; licensed distributor and guarantor operating from out-of-state location; effect of license issued before October 1, 2015.
Section 287.525 ‑ Commercial feed; label; document for customer-formula feed; information.
Section 287.526 ‑ Inspection fee per ton; payment; filing statement of tonnage and fees; failure to comply with section; disclosure of information.
Section 287.527 ‑ Entry and inspection of operations; powers of director; refusal to permit entry or inspection; warrant; maintenance of laboratory to analyze, test, and examine commercial feed; forwarding of results to licensee; official sample as guide in determination of deficient animal feed.
Section 287.528 ‑ Commercial feed or material considered to be adulterated.
Section 287.530 ‑ Recall of adulterated or misbranded commercial feed; notification.
Section 287.533 ‑ Manufacture or distribution of commercial feed; requirements.
Section 287.535 ‑ Administrative orders; correction of violation; costs; damages; finding of nuisance; storage of seized commercial feed as risk to animal or human health; "nuisance" defined.
Section 287.536 ‑ Violation of act or rules; administrative fine; warning; penalty; injunction; protection of information as trade secret; civil action; affirmative defense; liability; restitution.
Section 287.539 ‑ Access to markets for commercial feed and commercial feed ingredients; application; certificate of free sale; fees; "certificate of free sale" defined.
Act 280 of 1965 ‑ Repealed- SLAUGHTERHOUSES; EDIBLE RENDERING, WHOLESALE FABRICATING, PROCESSING, OR STORAGE ESTABLISHMENTS (287.571 - 287.582)
Section 287.603 ‑ Commission; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; lists.
Section 287.604 ‑ Commission; duties; compensation; personnel; contracts; appropriations; rules.
Section 287.606 ‑ Assessments; collection; records; report; duties of market agency; commission expenses.
Section 287.607 ‑ Failure to file report or pay assessment or falsification of information as misdemeanor; penalty; order to pay assessment; interest on unpaid assessment.
Section 287.609 ‑ Exemption of assessments prohibited; referendum; petition; ballots; costs; termination of programs; payment of debts; disposition of unexpended or unencumbered funds.
Section 287.610 ‑ Falsification of affidavits, records, receipts, or information.
Section 287.657 ‑ Establishment of business without license prohibited; exemptions; transportation of officially quarantined dead animals on public highway; permit; rules.
Section 287.661 ‑ Application for license; form; filing; fee; renewal; application of dead animal dealer license; specification of destination; annual license application fee; issuance or denial of license; inspection; standards; license fee not returnable.
Section 287.663 ‑ License denial; notice; hearing; request for second inspection.
Section 287.669 ‑ Inspection of facility, vehicle, and composting; suspension or revocation of license; hearings; alternative methods authorized by director; operation under common ownership or management; report of increase in mortality.
Section 287.671 ‑ Dead animals; transfer from 1 vehicle to another; disposal; exceptions.
Section 287.673 ‑ Dead animals transported to licensed facility for production into animal or pet food; decharacterizing or denaturing; container label; preventing diversion of dead animals for use as human food; advertising.
Section 287.678 ‑ Request for administrative hearing by aggrieved person; administrative fine or warning.
Section 287.679 ‑ Violation of act as misdemeanor or felony; penalties; civil actions.
Section 287.703a ‑ Determination of extraordinary emergency; notice to governor; recommendations; proclamation of state emergency; emergency order.
Section 287.703b ‑ Scientifically based orders; requirements; revision or rescission of orders; enforcement; authority to enter into agreements.
Section 287.707 ‑ State veterinarian as chief animal health official; appointment; qualifications; office facilities and laboratory services; powers and duties.
Section 287.709 ‑ Animal affected with reportable disease or contaminated with toxic substance; restrictions on information that identifies owner of an affected animal; notification of certain disease found in certain wild birds, animals, or game.
Section 287.711 ‑ Agreements to protect or enhance growth of livestock industry or human food chain.
Section 287.714 ‑ Seizure, slaughter, destruction, or other disposition of livestock or domestic animals; notice; disposal of animals, animal products, and animal feeds; cleaning and disinfecting premises; repopulation of premises; biosecurity and wildlife risk mitigation measures.
Section 287.714a ‑ Indemnification; application; eligibility; acceptance of compensation; applicability of right to indemnity.
Section 287.717b ‑ Surveillance testing program; status designation; movement restriction.
Section 287.717c ‑ Equid herd; change of ownership and location; equine infectious anemia test; requirements; quarantine and testing; records; destruction or removal prohibited; interstate movement permit.
Section 287.717d ‑ Tuberculosis testing of cervid operation; exception; chronic wasting disease herd certification program.
Section 287.720 ‑ Official interstate or intrastate health certificate or official certificate of veterinary inspection; forwarding of certificate to state veterinarian; slaughter of imported livestock.
Section 287.722 ‑ Animal imported without required official tests, vaccination, official identification, or documents.
Section 287.731 ‑ Species not to be imported; wild or exotic animals; feral swine; large carnivores; wolf-dog cross.
Section 287.740 ‑ Fair, exhibition, exposition, or show; veterinarian; duties of fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority; removal of diseased animals; responsibility of exhibitor; exhibition or exposition of poultry requirements.
Section 287.740a ‑ Imported poultry; operation of live bird market; requirements.
Section 287.742 ‑ Official test, vaccination, or diagnosis; identification of livestock; reporting results of official test, sample submission, or official vaccination; form; official brucellosis calfhood vaccination; tattoo; testing and surveillance for brucellosis and tuberculosis; participation in programs; collection of blood or tissue samples.
Section 287.743 ‑ Autogenous veterinary biologicals; requirements for revocation and permission to distribute veterinary biologicals; experiments and field trial requirements; liability; reporting of adverse reaction.
Section 287.744 ‑ Enforcement of act; criminal and civil actions; felonies; penalty; violation of act or rule as misdemeanor; costs and attorney fees; powers of director; failure to pay fine; civil action and penalties; remedies and sanctions as independent and cumulative powers of department.
Section 287.746 ‑ Definitions; tether or confinement of farm animal or egg-laying hen; exceptions; violation of section; injunction; construction of section; good faith defense; effective date.
Act 239 of 1992 ‑ PSEUDORABIES AND SWINE BRUCELLOSIS CONTROL AND ERADICATION ACT (287.801 - 287.859)
Section 287.817 ‑ Pseudorabies and brucellosis in porcine species; disease control and eradication; agreements with secretary of agriculture; market swine identification program.
Section 287.821 ‑ Transferring swine infected with or exposed to pseudorabies; transferring feeder pigs to approved pseudorabies quarantined feedlot; movement permit; requirements.
Section 287.825 ‑ Establishment of herd status; conducting official pseudorabies test; transfer of status; schedule; test requirements; herd number or designations; retesting.
Section 287.827 ‑ Pseudorabies and swine brucellosis control and eradication fund.
Section 287.829 ‑ Pseudorabies; diagnosis; availability of herd for testing.
Section 287.831 ‑ Status as pseudorabies quarantined infected herd; agreements; herd cleanup plan; slaughter or other disposition; introduction of animals into infected herd; compliance; movement of vaccinated breeding swine; information furnished to department.
Section 287.833 ‑ Identification of herd of origin; notification; availability of herd for official test.
Section 287.837 ‑ Importing swine into state with prior entry permit; delivery to slaughterhouse or collection facility; compliance; requirements for breeding swine imported into state.
Section 287.841 ‑ Importation of feeder pigs; requirements; entry of feral swine.
Section 287.843 ‑ Pseudorabies veterinary biological; use; conditions; distribution.
Section 287.845 ‑ Swine presented to livestock auction or collection point as entering interstate commerce.
Section 287.847 ‑ Livestock auction market, yards, and premises considered infected with organisms of infectious diseases of swine; moving or selling swine; identification; proof, test report, or permission required; copy of documents; feral swine entering facility for other than immediate slaughter.
Section 287.849 ‑ Sale as feeding and breeding swine; requirements; conveyance; facilities approved as swine assembly point; pseudorabies test requirements; identification of swine consignment; removal of swine from premises.
Section 287.859 ‑ Repeal of MCL 287.717, 287.725, 287.736, 287.737, and 287.738.
Section 287.892 ‑ Ferrets; vaccinations required; exception; bite, scratch, abrasions, or contamination; report to county health department; handling; production of rabies certificate upon request.
Section 287.893 ‑ Ferrets; breeding without license; criteria; review of veterinary care; compliance; violation as misdemeanor.
Section 287.894 ‑ Ferrets; identification; confinement; release or abandonment.
Section 287.898 ‑ Licensing requirements; ordinances established by local units of government.
Section 287.899 ‑ Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; actions by law enforcement agent, animal control officer, or director.
Act 190 of 2000 ‑ PRIVATELY OWNED CERVIDAE PRODUCERS MARKETING ACT (287.951 - 287.969)
Section 287.955 ‑ Cervidae livestock operation; registration; records; compliance with facility standards.
Section 287.956 ‑ Application; fee; standards; business plan; forwarding copies of application; notice to local governmental units; issuance; renewal; determination of completed application; denial; review; "completed application" defined.
Section 287.957 ‑ Completion of facility construction; notice; inspection; issuance of registration; determination of noncompliance; notice of registration denial; request for second inspection; review upon second denial; hearing; return of registration fee.
Section 287.960 ‑ Memorandum of understanding with department of agriculture.
Section 287.964 ‑ Noncompliance with act, standards, or orders; denial, suspension, or revocation of registration; determination of unreasonable or adverse effect; hearing.
Section 287.968 ‑ Conviction; costs and attorney fees; findings of violations; remedies.
Section 287.981 ‑ Transfer of powers and duties of the department of agriculture under the Cervidae act to the department of natural resources by type II transfer.
Section 287.993 ‑ Animal welfare fund; creation; purpose; credit; fund consisting of money, interest and earnings, and other value; investment; money remaining in fund.
Section 287.994 ‑ Expenditures; money received as gift or donation; administrative costs.
Section 287.995 ‑ Grants proposals; solicitation; entities receiving grants; purposes; limitations.
Section 287.997 ‑ Noncompliance with act or grant provisions; ineligibility for future grants; repayment.
Section 287.1003 ‑ Prohibited conduct; exception; rebuttable presumption in civil forfeiture proceeding; method of representation.
Section 287.1004 ‑ Possession of wolf-dog crosses; conditions; permit requirements.
Section 287.1005 ‑ Placement of identification number via subcutaneous microchip.
Section 287.1006 ‑ Keeping wolf-dog cross in facility; requirements; exceptions.
Section 287.1011 ‑ Killing of wolf-dog cross by law enforcement officer or other person; conditions; liability.
Section 287.1013 ‑ Inspection of facility; violation; consultation with expert on wolf-dog cross identification.
Section 287.1014 ‑ Notice of violation; correction; transfer of ownership and possession; inspection; noncompliance; forfeiture.
Section 287.1015 ‑ Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; additional punishment; exception.
Section 287.1017 ‑ Seizure order; circumstances; methods; return of wolf-dog cross to victim.
Section 287.1018 ‑ Seizure of wolf-dog cross; return to owner; notice of seizure.
Section 287.1019 ‑ Motion to return wolf-dog cross; filing; grounds; hearing; failure to sustain burden of proof; order; admissibility of testimony in criminal prosecution.
Section 287.1020 ‑ Return of seized wolf-dog cross; conditions; notice; order of forfeiture; liability for costs.
Section 287.1022 ‑ Applicability of MCL 287.1004, 287.1005, 287.1006, 287.1008, and 287.1014.
Section 287.1104 ‑ Possession of large carnivores; conditions; permit application; conditions for issuance; permit contents; notification to department by local unit of government; permit fee.
Section 287.1105 ‑ Placement of identification number via subcutaneous microchip.
Section 287.1106 ‑ Confinement and control of large carnivore; requirements; duties of owner.
Section 287.1110 ‑ Euthanasia of large carnivore exposing human, livestock, or mammalian pet to rabies; examination.
Section 287.1111 ‑ Conditions permitting law enforcement officer or other person to kill large carnivore; liability; actions constituting trespass.
Section 287.1112 ‑ Liability of owner for death or injury of human or for property damage; escape or release of large carnivore.
Section 287.1114 ‑ Notice of violation; transfer of ownership and possession; second inspection; fee; finding of noncompliance; forfeiture.
Section 287.1117 ‑ Seizure order; circumstances; method; placement; return to crime victim.
Section 287.1118 ‑ Correction of conditions leading to seizure; return to owner; court approval; notice of seizure and intent to forfeit; delivery of notice; notice to prosecuting attorney or attorney general.
Section 287.1119 ‑ Motion by owner for return of large carnivore; hearing; establishment of probable cause; burden of proof; admissibility of testimony in criminal prosecution.
Section 287.1120 ‑ Return of seized large carnivore to owner; conditions; notice; order of forfeiture; liability for care and placement costs.
Section 287.1121 ‑ Local ordinance more restrictive than act; requirements as additional to other state and federal law.
Section 287.1122b ‑ Breeding license application; form; contents; documentation required; fee; large carnivore breeding advisory committee; disposition of application fees; amended license.
Section 287.1123 ‑ Information provided to pet shop, animal control shelter, and animal protection shelter.