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What you will find here is a
collection of links relating to scanner use. Michigan residents and
visitors will want to be aware of Michigan law, since Michigan is one of
seven states with laws currently in place.
Michigan Compiled Law
750.508 (See Below For Complete Text)
Mobile Scanner & RADAR
Detector Laws In The US
http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/scanlaws/
State Scanner Laws (Details
a Michigan incident)
http://motorsports.thepaddock.com/laws.html
Going Mobile In Michigan? A one way Trip To Jail. (Details a
Michigan incident and how to get a permit).
http://kb9fem.yourmindseye.com/michigan.htm
Anti 'Police Scanner'
Laws Restricting Freedom In Michigan
http://www.bigpig.org/cgi-bin/pig.cgi?op=read&sid=89
THE MICHIGAN PENAL
CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 328 of 1931
*****
750.508 THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE MARCH 31, 2003: See 750.508.amended
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750.508 Equipping vehicle
with radio able to receive signals on frequencies assigned for police purposes;
permit required; exceptions; misdemeanor; penalty; radar detectors not
restricted.
Sec. 508.
(1) Any person who shall
equip a vehicle with a radio receiving set that will receive signals sent
on frequencies assigned by the federal communications commission of the
United States of America for police purposes, or use the same in this state
unless such vehicle is used or owned by a peace officer, or a bona fide
amateur radio operator holding a technician class, general, advanced, or
extra class amateur license issued by the federal communications commission,
without first securing a permit so to do from the director of the department
of state police upon application as he or she may prescribe, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not
more than 1 year, or by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by both fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
(2) This section shall not
be construed as restricting the use of radar detectors.
History: 1931, Act
328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;--Am. 1939, Act 295, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;--CL
1948, 750.508 ;--Am. 1957, Act 242, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;--Am. 1990, Act
77, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1990 .
Constitutionality:
This section, which prohibits equipping or using a vehicle with a radio
receiving set capable of receiving frequencies assigned for police purposes,
was enacted to facilitate law enforcement activity. This section's restriction
of persons permitted to monitor those frequencies involves classifications
which are rationally related to the statute's objective, consistent with
equal protection and due process guarantees. People v. Gilbert, 414 Mich.
191, 324 N.W.2d 834 (1982).
Former Law: See section
5 of Act 152 of 1929, being CL 1929, § 578.
THE MICHIGAN PENAL
CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 328 of 1931
*****
750.508.amended THIS AMENDED SECTION IS EFFECTIVE MARCH 31, 2003 *****
750.508.amended Equipping
vehicle with radio able to receive signals on frequencies assigned for
police purposes; permit required; exceptions; misdemeanor; penalty; radar
detectors not applicable.
Sec. 508.
(1) Any person who shall
equip a vehicle with a radio receiving set that will receive signals sent
on frequencies assigned by the federal communications commission of the
United States of America for police purposes, or use the same in this state
unless the vehicle is used or owned by a peace officer, or a bona fide
amateur radio operator holding a technician class, general, advanced, or
extra class amateur license issued by the federal communications commission,
without first securing a permit so to do from the director of the department
of state police upon application as he or she may prescribe, is guilty
of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or
a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
(2) This section does not
apply to the use of radar detectors.
History: 1931, Act
328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;--Am. 1939, Act 295, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;--CL
1948, 750.508 ;--Am. 1957, Act 242, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;--Am. 1990, Act
77, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1990 ;--Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003 .
Constitutionality:
This section, which prohibits equipping or using a vehicle with a radio
receiving set capable of receiving frequencies assigned for police purposes,
was enacted to facilitate law enforcement activity. This section's restriction
of persons permitted to monitor those frequencies involves classifications
which are rationally related to the statute's objective, consistent with
equal protection and due process guarantees. People v. Gilbert, 414 Mich.
191, 324 N.W.2d 834 (1982).
Former Law: See section
5 of Act 152 of 1929, being CL 1929, § 578.
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