MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE
Act 300 of 1949
257.227 Application for renewal of vehicle registration; fee; presentation of certificate of title; waiver; proof of vehicle insurance; transmission of vehicle policy information; disclosure.
Sec. 227.
(1) Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be made by the owner upon proper application and by payment of the registration fee for the vehicle, as provided by law.
(2) Every application shall be accompanied by the certificate of title pertaining to the vehicle, showing ownership in the person applying for registration at the time of the application. The secretary of state may waive the presentation of the certificate of title.
(3) Every application for renewal of a motor vehicle registration shall be accompanied by proof of vehicle insurance in a form determined by the secretary of state.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the secretary of state shall accept as proof of vehicle insurance a transmission of the applicant's vehicle policy information for an insured vehicle for which vehicle registration is sought. The secretary of state may determine in what format and on what timeline the secretary of state will receive vehicle policy information, which shall not be required more frequently than every 14 days. In determining the format under this subsection, the secretary of state shall consult with insurers. The transmission to the secretary of state of the vehicle policy information is proof of insurance to the secretary of state for motor vehicle registration purposes only and is not evidence that a policy of insurance actually exists between an insurer and an individual. Vehicle policy information submitted by an insurer and received by the secretary of state under this subsection is confidential, is not subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, and shall not be disclosed to any person except the department of community health for purposes of 2006 PA 593, MCL 550.281 to 550.289, or under an order by a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with a claim or fraud investigation or prosecution.
(6) As used in this section, "policy information" means the information an automobile insurer is required to supply to the secretary of state under section 3101a of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101a.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 248, Eff. Jan. 1, 1965 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 459, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 1981 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 19, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1982 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 287, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1996 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 92, Eff. Dec. 30, 2011
Notes of Decisions
People of Michigan v. Patrick Mazzie, 926 N.W.2d 359 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 9× “Moreover, the trial court did not believe that the purpose of MCL 257.227 was to provide the information to law enforcement and so the statute was violated by its use within the LEIN system.”
Clevenger v. Allstate Ins., 505 N.W.2d 553 (Mich. 1993).
· cites it 2× “The code also encompasses provisions for situations in which the registered vehicle is sold: If the owner of a registered vehicle transfers or assigns the title or interest in the vehicle, the registration plates issued for the vehicle shall be removed [transferred to an…”
People of Michigan v. Michael Allen Grassnick (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
· cites it 2× “Indeed, defendant’s unsupported separation-of-powers claim seems to be merely an alternative argument seeking evidence suppression—an argument that we previously rejected when we held that suppression of evidence is not the correct remedy in response to an alleged violation of…”
People of Michigan v. John Albert Christianson Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2023).
“Furthermore, as pointed out by this Court in Mazzie, “[n]othing within MCL 257.227 or MCL 500.3101a indicates a legislative intent that the drastic remedy of the exclusion of evidence should be applied for violations of these statutes.”
20241206_C367694_31_367694.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2024).
“” MCL 257.227. Of course, the fact that the vehicle must have been insured in 2020 when the license was plate issued and must have been insured in January 2021 when the registration was renewed does not conclusively establish that the vehicle was insured on the day plaintiff…”
People of Michigan v. Emilio Rey Hernandez (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
“Accord People v Mazzie, 326 Mich App 279, 289 ; 926 NW2d 359 (2018) (declining to address the defendant’s argument that MCL 257.227(4) and MCL 500.3101a(3) were violated when the Secretary of State provided insurance information to officers who stopped the defendant’s vehicle…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.227(4) — 4 cases
People of Michigan v. Patrick Mazzie, 926 N.W.2d 359 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
“Moreover, the trial court did not believe that the purpose of MCL 257.227 was to provide the information to law enforcement and so the statute was violated by its use within the LEIN system.”
People of Michigan v. Michael Allen Grassnick (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
“Indeed, defendant’s unsupported separation-of-powers claim seems to be merely an alternative argument seeking evidence suppression—an argument that we previously rejected when we held that suppression of evidence is not the correct remedy in response to an alleged violation of…”
People of Michigan v. Emilio Rey Hernandez (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
“Accord People v Mazzie, 326 Mich App 279, 289 ; 926 NW2d 359 (2018) (declining to address the defendant’s argument that MCL 257.227(4) and MCL 500.3101a(3) were violated when the Secretary of State provided insurance information to officers who stopped the defendant’s vehicle…”
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