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Michigan law, in your pocket.
Michigan criminal and traffic statutes, the Michigan decisions that interpret them, and field guides that walk the call — built from published state sources, on your phone with no signal needed. Covers MCL Ch. 750+ and MCL Ch. 257.
STATUTE DETAIL IN THE APP
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The rules that are Michigan’s own.
Federal cases set the minimum. Michigan’s courts have their own answers — and those are the ones that control your stop, your search, your report.
People v. Williams
A lawful investigatory traffic stop is not so inherently coercive that consent to search given during it is automatically involuntary. Keep the detention reasonable in scope and duration, and consent obtained during it is valid.
696 N.W.2d 636READ THE OPINION →
People v. Champion
During a lawful weapons pat-down, if the contraband nature of an object is immediately apparent by touch and you have probable cause to believe it’s contraband, you can seize it. Michigan rejected any ‘near certainty’ standard — probable cause is the bar.
549 N.W.2d 849READ THE OPINION →
People v. Borchard-Ruhland
Michigan’s implied-consent statute — and its duty to read chemical-test rights — only kicks in once the driver is under arrest. Before arrest, a sample the driver gives is judged by ordinary Fourth Amendment consent/voluntariness, not the statute.
597 N.W.2d 1READ THE OPINION →
FIELD GUIDES — STEP-BY-STEP FLOWCHARTS
The call, one decision at a time.
DV, juveniles, hospital holds, use of force, traffic — each guide walks the fork in the road with the Michigan law and procedure built in, the way an FTO would talk you through it.
Michigan paper plates, decoded.
CANNOT run
Contact issuing dealership directly.
15/30 or 30/60?
15/30 from dealers. 30/60 from SOS offices (MI residents only).
Not laminated
Genuine MI tags are not laminated.
The temp-tag scanner is free for verified law enforcement — with or without a subscription. SEE HOW THE SCANNER WORKS →
Federal cases that reach every Michigan stop.
Pennsylvania v. Mimms (1977)
Ordering the driver out on a lawful stop — what it covers, and what it doesn’t.
Arizona v. Gant (2009)
Once the arrestee is secured, the automatic car search is gone. The two narrow windows that remain.
Riley v. California (2014)
Seizing the phone is one question. Searching its data is another.
Cross the line, keep the reference.
Task force, bi-state agency, or a beat near the border — every state gets the same breakdown, and the FEDERAL KIT travels with you.
The Michigan kit. Free trial available.
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