[Adopted 9-16-1999]
A.
A person whose operator's or chauffeur's license or
registration certificate has been suspended or revoked and who has
been notified as provided in MCL 257.212 of that suspension or revocations
whose application for license has been denied, or who has never applied
for a license, shall not operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or
other place open to the general public or generally accessible to
motor vehicles, including an area designated for the parking of motor
vehicles, within this Northville Township.
B.
A person shall not knowingly permit a motor vehicle
owned by the person to be operated upon a highway or other place open
to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles, including
an area designated for the parking or vehicles, within this state
by a person whose license or registration certificate is suspended
or revoked, whose application for license has been denied, or who
has never applied for a license, except as permitted under this act.
C.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who violates Subsection A or B is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as follows: for a first violation, by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine or not more than $500, or both. Unless the vehicle was stolen or used with the permission of a person who did not knowingly permit an unlicensed driver to operate the vehicle, the registration plates of the vehicle shall be canceled by the Secretary of State upon notification by a peace officer.
D.
Before a person is arraigned before a District Court
Magistrate or Judge on a charge of violating this section, the arresting
officer shall obtain the person's driving record from the Secretary
of State and shall furnish the record to the court. The driving record
of the person may be obtained from the Secretary of State's computer
information network.
E.
This section does not apply to a person who operates
a vehicle solely for the purpose of protecting human life or property
if the life or property is endangered and summoning prompt aid is
essential.
F.
A person whose vehicle group designation is suspended
or revoked and who has been notified as provided in MCL 257.212 of
that suspension or revocation, or whose application for a vehicle
group designation has been denied as provided in this act, or who
has never applied for a vehicle group designation and who operates
a commercial motor vehicle within this state, except as permitted
under this act, while any of those conditions existing is guilty of
a misdemeanor punishable, except as otherwise provided in this section,
by imprisonment for not more than 3 days or more than 93 days or a
fine of not more than $100, or both.
G.
For purposes of this section, a person who never applied
for a license includes a person who applied for a license, was denied,
and never applied again.
A.
When a peace officer detains the driver of a motor
vehicle for a violation of a law of this state or local ordinance
for which vehicle immobilization is required, the peace officer shall
do all of the following:
(1)
Immediately confiscate the vehicle's registration
plate and destroy it.
(2)
Issue a temporary vehicle registration plate for the
vehicle in the same form prescribed by the Secretary of State for
temporary registration plates issued under MCL 257.226a or 257.226b.
(3)
Place the temporary vehicle registration plate on
the vehicle in the manner required by the Secretary of State.
(4)
Notify the Secretary of State through the law enforcement
information network in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State
that the registration plate was confiscated and destroyed, and a temporary
plate was issued.
B.
A temporary vehicle registration plate issued under
this section is valid until the charges against the person are dismissed,
the person pleads guilty or nolo contenders to those charges, or the
person is found guilty of or is acquitted of those charges.
A.
A court shall order a vehicle immobilized under section
(MCL 257.904d) by the use of any available technology approved by
the court that locks the ignition, wheels, or steering of the vehicle
or otherwise prevents any person from operating the vehicle or that
prevents the defendant from operating the vehicle. If a vehicle is
immobilized under this section, the court may order the vehicle stored
at a location and in a manner considered appropriate by the court.
The court may order the person convicted of violating section (MCL
257.625) or a suspension, revocation, or denial under section (MCL
257.904) to pay the cost of immobilizing and storing the vehicle.
B.
A vehicle subject to immobilization under this section
may be sold during the period of immobilization, but shall not be
sold to a person who is exempt from paying a use tax under section
3(3)(a) of the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.93 without a court
order.
C.
A defendant who is prohibited from operating a motor
vehicle by vehicle immobilization shall not purchase, lease, or otherwise
obtain a motor vehicle during this immobilization period.
D.
A person shall not remove, tamper with, or bypass
or attempt to remove, tamper with, or bypass a device that he or she
knows or has reason to know has been installed on a vehicle by court
order by vehicle immobilization or operate or attempt to operate a
vehicle that he or she knows or has reason to know has been ordered
immobilized.
E.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or
a fine of not more than $100, or both.
F.
To the extent that a local ordinance regarding the
storage or removal of vehicles conflicts with an order of immobilization
issued by the court, the local ordinance is preempted.
G.
If a peace officer stops a vehicle that is being operated
in violation of an immobilization order, the vehicle shall be impounded
pending an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
H.
The court shall require the defendant or a person
who provides immobilization services to the court under this section
to certify that a vehicle ordered immobilized by the court is immobilized
as required.
