Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.707b (2026)

Exhaust system; requirements.

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MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE


Act 300 of 1949


257.707b Exhaust system; requirements.

Sec. 707b.

    (1) A motor vehicle, while being operated on a highway or street, shall be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order to prevent excessive or unusual noise and shall be equipped to prevent noise in excess of the limits established in this act.

    (2) For purposes of sections 707a to 707f, a motor vehicle does not include a special mobile equipment.

History: Add. 1978, Act 73, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1978

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1997–2018 · leading case: People v. Pitts, 564 N.W.2d 93 (Mich. Ct. App. 1997).
People v. Pitts, 564 N.W.2d 93 (Mich. Ct. App. 1997). “2406 (defective horn), MCL 257.707b; MSA 9.2407(2) (defective exhaust system).”
People of Michigan v. Keith Edward Nadeau (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “2 MCL 257.707b(1) provides that a “motor vehicle, while being operated on a highway or street, shall be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order to prevent excessive or unusual noise and shall be equipped to prevent noise in excess of the limits established in this…”
People of Michigan v. Keith Edward Nadeau (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “2 MCL 257.707b(1) provides that a “motor vehicle, while being operated on a highway or street, shall be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order to prevent excessive or unusual noise and shall be equipped to prevent noise in excess of the limits established in this…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.707b(1) — 2 cases
People of Michigan v. Keith Edward Nadeau (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “2 MCL 257.707b(1) provides that a “motor vehicle, while being operated on a highway or street, shall be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order to prevent excessive or unusual noise and shall be equipped to prevent noise in excess of the limits established in this…”
People of Michigan v. Keith Edward Nadeau (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “2 MCL 257.707b(1) provides that a “motor vehicle, while being operated on a highway or street, shall be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order to prevent excessive or unusual noise and shall be equipped to prevent noise in excess of the limits established in this…”
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