REGISTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF DOGS

Act 309 of 1939

AN ACT to provide for the regulation, registration, identification and licensing of dogs; to prescribe the powers and duties of the commissioner of agriculture with respect thereto; to prescribe penalties for violation of the provisions of this act; and to declare the effect of this act.


History: 1939, Act 309, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


287.301 Repealed. 2016, Act 253, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to registration and tattooing of dogs.





287.302 Repealed. 2016, Act 253, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to assignment of title upon purchase of dog.





287.303 Repealed. 2016, Act 253, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to issuance of identification certificate.





287.304 Repealed. 2016, Act 253, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to record of certain information concerning ownership of dog.





287.305 Repealed. 2016, Act 253, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to entitlement of finder of lost dog to boarding fees.





287.306 Repealed. 2016, Act 253, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to fees credited to general fund.





287.307 Repealed. 2016, Act 253, Eff. Sept. 26, 2016.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to mutilation of tattooed serial number.





287.308 Stealing or holding dog in possession; penalty.

Sec. 8.

     Any person who shall steal or take without the consent of the owner and without lawful authority, any dog registered under the provisions of this act, or any person excepting dog wardens who shall harbor or hold in his possession any stray dog of which he is not the owner and does not report such possession to the sheriff of the county or the police department of the city in which he is holding such dog within 48 hours after such person came in possession of said dog, where the value of such dog shall not be in excess of $100.00, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and where the value of such dog shall be in excess of $100.00, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 1 year, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.


History: Add. 1943, Act 146, Eff. July 30, 1943 ;-- Am. 1945, Act 11, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 287.308



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