Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.6a (2026)
“Civil infraction” defined.
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MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE
Act 300 of 1949
257.6a “Civil infraction” defined.
Sec. 6a.
"Civil infraction" means an act or omission prohibited by law which is not a crime as defined in section 5 of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being section 750.5 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and for which civil sanctions may be ordered.
History: Add. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1982–2011 · leading case: People v. Barbarich, 807 N.W.2d 56 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011).
People v. Barbarich, 807 N.W.2d 56 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011). “Even if the woman’s declaration could be construed as conveying that Barbarich had driven carelessly or recklessly, Bommarito nevertheless lacked the authority to stop Barbarich’s truck.”
Huron Twp. v. City Disposal Sys., Inc., 531 N.W.2d 153 (Mich. 1995). “2424, which is incorporated in Ordinance 88-6, provides that the owner of an overweight *370 vehicle traveling on public roads "is responsible for a civil infraction and shall pay a civil fine.”
People v. Chapman, 387 N.W.2d 835 (Mich. 1986). “See MCL 257.6a; MSA 9.1806(1). 12 The Court noted that when Dixon was arrested he had $86.”
Bd. of Library Commissioners v. Judges of the 70th Dist. Court, 325 N.W.2d 777 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). “MCL 257.6a; MSA 9.1806(1). Civil infractions are not crimes and are not punishable by imprisonment or by "penal fines”.”
United States v. Campbell, 609 F. Supp. 2d 674 (E.D. Mich. 2009). “§ 257.6a: "Civil infraction” means an act or omission prohibited by law which is not a crime .”
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