UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ACT
Act 436 of 2016
259.320 Criminal liability; offense committed with aid of an unmanned aircraft system; exception.
Sec. 20.
(1) A person is guilty of an offense committed with the aid of an unmanned aircraft system if the unmanned aircraft system is under the person's control and the activity performed with the aid of the unmanned aircraft system would have given rise to criminal liability under the penal law of this state if it was performed directly by the person without the aid of an unmanned aircraft system.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), and except as provided in sections 21 and 22 and section 45a(1) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.45a, solely flying an unmanned aircraft system through navigable airspace in accordance with federal law does not give rise to criminal liability under the penal law of this state.
History: Add. 2018, Act 444, Eff. Mar. 21, 2019
Notes of Decisions
20221117_C359831_36_359831.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 2× “Rather, defendants state on appeal that “Ottawa County limits its challenge to the injunction on the basis that the Drone Act, specifically MCL 259.320(1), recognizes that a property owner such as the County has the right to establish rules against drone usage on its property…”
Long Lake Twp. v. Todd Maxon (Mich. Ct. App. 2021).
“322(3), or to perform an act that would be illegal if performed by the operator in person, MCL 259.320(1). The Fourth Amendment requires persons both to establish a legitimate expectation of privacy and to establish that society is prepared to recognize that expectation as…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.320(1) — 2 cases
20221117_C359831_36_359831.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
“Rather, defendants state on appeal that “Ottawa County limits its challenge to the injunction on the basis that the Drone Act, specifically MCL 259.320(1), recognizes that a property owner such as the County has the right to establish rules against drone usage on its property…”
Long Lake Twp. v. Todd Maxon (Mich. Ct. App. 2021).
“322(3), or to perform an act that would be illegal if performed by the operator in person, MCL 259.320(1). The Fourth Amendment requires persons both to establish a legitimate expectation of privacy and to establish that society is prepared to recognize that expectation as…”
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