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Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.620 (2026)

Accidents; attended or unattended vehicle; stopping; report.

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MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE


Act 300 of 1949


257.620 Accidents; attended or unattended vehicle; stopping; report.

Sec. 620.

    The driver of any vehicle which collides upon either public or private property with any vehicle which is attended or unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the vehicle or, if such owner cannot be located, shall forthwith report it to the nearest or most convenient police officer.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 71, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2012–2025 · leading case: People v. Mack, 825 N.W.2d 541 (Mich. 2012).
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People v. Mack, 825 N.W.2d 541 (Mich. 2012). “626; and failure to stop at the scene of an accident, MCL 257.620. The charges stemmed from a car chase in which defendant pursued and, at one point, hit another car containing his fiancée, her three children, and her parents.”
People of Michigan v. Todd Bennett Squires (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “904(1); and failure to stop after a collision, MCL 257.620. Because the evidence adequately supported Squires’s convictions and allowing them to stand would not be a miscarriage of justice, we affirm.”
Jackson v. Schiebner (E.D. Mich. 2023). · cites it 2× “227b, two counts of failure to stop after a collision, Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.620 , and being a fourth habitual offender, Mich.”
Larry Klein v. Rosemary King (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “MCL 257.620 provides: The driver of any vehicle which collides upon either public or private property with any vehicle which is attended or unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and…”
People of Michigan v. Jarvis Lester Nolan (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “Defendant was sentenced to 15 to 48 months’ imprisonment for possession of less than 25 grams of cocaine, 90 days in jail for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended or revoked license, 365 days in jail for attempting, resisting, or obstructing a police officer, and 90 days…”
People of Michigan v. Alvin Tryon Harris (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “10, to 4 to 7½ years’ imprisonment for the fleeing and eluding conviction, and 17 days, time served, in the Wayne County Jail for the failure to stop after a collision conviction.”
People of Michigan v. Alvin Tryon Harris (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “10, to 4 to 7½ years’ imprisonment for the fleeing and eluding conviction, and 17 days, time served, in the Wayne County Jail for the failure to stop after a collision conviction.”
People of Michigan v. Damontae Demetrious Calvin (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “12, to 30 months to 15 years’ imprisonment for the resisting or obstructing conviction, and concurrent jail terms of 90 days each for the DWSL, operating a motor vehicle without security, operating an unregistered vehicle, and failure to stop convictions.”
People of Michigan v. Patrick Wayne Koger (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). “904(1); and failure to stop after a collision, MCL 257.620. We affirm. I. BACKGROUND This case arises out of a hit-and-run incident on April 22, 2020, in Southfield, Michigan.”
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