Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.502 (2026)

Operating record; certified abstract inadmissible as evidence.

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MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE


Act 300 of 1949


257.502 Operating record; certified abstract inadmissible as evidence.

Sec. 502.

    (a) The secretary of state shall upon request and upon payment of the required fee furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, which abstract shall also fully designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of such person, and, if there be no record in the office of the secretary of state of any conviction of such person of violating any law relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or any injury or damage caused by such person, the secretary of state shall so certify.

    (b) Such record shall not be admissible as evidence in any action, civil or criminal, arising out of a motor vehicle accident.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1996–2019 · leading case: Zurich-American Insurance v. Amerisure Insurance
Zurich-American Insurance v. Amerisure Insurance (1996) michctapp “1 Michigan’s financial responsibility act, MCL 257.502 et seq.; MSA 9.2202 et seq., requires the owner of a vehicle to provide insurance that covers permissive users of the vehicle.”
Niles Johnson v. USA Underwriters (2019) michctapp · cites it 5× “” Thus, MCL 257.502(j) expressly permits insureds to fulfill their insurance needs by way of multiple policies through more than one carrier.”
Niles Johnson v. USA Underwriters (2019) michctapp · cites it 2× “] The financial responsibility act, particularly MCL 257.502(i) and (j), does “provide a method by which an owner may allocate insurance costs among various policies” or by which “various owners may satisfy the insurance obligations created by the no-fault act.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.502(i) — 1 case
Niles Johnson v. USA Underwriters (2019) michctapp “] The financial responsibility act, particularly MCL 257.502(i) and (j), does “provide a method by which an owner may allocate insurance costs among various policies” or by which “various owners may satisfy the insurance obligations created by the no-fault act.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.502(j) — 2 cases
Niles Johnson v. USA Underwriters (2019) michctapp “” Thus, MCL 257.502(j) expressly permits insureds to fulfill their insurance needs by way of multiple policies through more than one carrier.”
Niles Johnson v. USA Underwriters (2019) michctapp “] The financial responsibility act, particularly MCL 257.502(i) and (j), does “provide a method by which an owner may allocate insurance costs among various policies” or by which “various owners may satisfy the insurance obligations created by the no-fault act.”
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