Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.16 (2026)

“Farm tractor” defined.

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MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE

Act 300 of 1949

257.16 “Farm tractor” defined.

Sec. 16.

"Farm tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1977–1992 · leading case: Mull v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y of the United States, 493 N.W.2d 447 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992).

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Mull v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y of the United States, 493 N.W.2d 447 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “" We are not convinced that the front-end loader fits the definition of "farm tractor" contained in MCL 257.16; MSA 9.1816. That statute states: "Farm tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other…”

PIONEER INS. CO. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 339 N.W.2d 470 (Mich. 1983). “We can reach no other conclusion than that a farm tractor falls within the exclusionary provision of § 3123(1)(a); any other result would require us to overlook unambiguous statutory language.”

Harder v. Harder, 440 N.W.2d 53 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). “” MCL 257.16; MSA 9.1816 (emphasis added). We believe the language of §§ 33, 79, and 16 is clear and unambiguous and that a tractor, including the type in question here, meets the definition of a motor vehicle under the owner’s liability statute.”

Wells v. Dep't of Corr., 261 N.W.2d 245 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977). “” MCLA 257.16; MSA 9.1816. "Sec. 33. "Motor vehicle” means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from over-head trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.”

Pioneer State Mut. Ins. v. Allstate Ins., 417 Mich. 590 (Mich. 1983). “We can reach no other conclusion than that a farm tractor falls within the exclusionary provision of § 3123(l)(a); any other result would require us to overlook unambiguous statutory language.”

Pioneer State Mut. Ins. v. Allstate Ins., 309 N.W.2d 598 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). “MCL 257.16; MSA 9.1816 defines a "farm tractor” as one type of "motor vehicle”, and MCL 257.”

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