DOG LAW OF 1919
Act 339 of 1919
287.262 Dogs; licensing, tags, leashes.
Sec. 2.
It shall be unlawful for any person to own any dog 6 months old or over, unless the dog is licensed as hereinafter provided, or to own any dog 6 months old or over that does not at all times wear a collar with a tag approved by the director of agriculture, attached as hereinafter provided, except when engaged in lawful hunting accompanied by its owner or custodian; or for any owner of any female dog to permit the female dog to go beyond the premises of such owner when she is in heat, unless the female dog is held properly in leash; or for any person except the owner or authorized agent, to remove any license tag from a dog; or for any owner to allow any dog, except working dogs such as leader dogs, guard dogs, farm dogs, hunting dogs, and other such dogs, when accompanied by their owner or his authorized agent, while actively engaged in activities for which such dogs are trained, to stray unless held properly in leash.
History: 1919, Act 339, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- Am. 1925, Act 322, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 5246 ;-- CL 1948, 287.262 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 173, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1951 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 195, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
15
cases (
7 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case:
Trager v. Thor, 516 N.W.2d 69 (Mich. 1994).
Trager v. Thor, 516 N.W.2d 69 (Mich. 1994).
“MCL 287.262; MSA 12.512. See also Rickrode, supra, p 247 (the violation of a city ordinance requiring cats to be kept confined or leashed is evidence of negligence).”
Cassibo v. Bodwin, 386 N.W.2d 559 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986).
· cites it 2× “Plaintiffs appeal as of right. Plaintiffs first contend that the trial court committed error in denying plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint to include allegations that Mr.”
Alvin v. Simpson, 491 N.W.2d 604 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992).
“544, and Michigan’s leash law, MCL 287.262; MSA 12.512. The latter claim was dismissed by stipulation of the parties.”
People of Michigan v. Robert Arthur Johnson Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
· cites it 5× “81d(1), and one count of allowing a dog to stray off-leash, MCL 287.262. Defendant was sentenced to 12 months in jail for the resisting or obstructing a police officer charge and three months in jail for the stray-dog charge.”
Laurie Radcliffe v. Allan Herdman (Mich. Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 3× “Radcliffe moved for reconsideration, contending that MCL 287.262, a dog leash statute, and a similarly worded Livingston County ordinance established the Herdmans’ liability.”
People of Michigan v. Justin Rian-Thompson Trobridge (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 2× “81d, and three counts of stray dog, MCL 287.262. Defendant moved to suppress evidence and quash his bindover, claiming that Sergeant Grahovac had improperly conducted a warrantless entry of his home and exigent circumstances did not exist to excuse the warrant requirement.”
People of Michigan v. Justin Rian-Thompson Trobridge (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 2× “81d, and three counts of stray dog, MCL 287.262. Defendant moved to suppress evidence and quash his bindover, claiming that Sergeant Grahovac had improperly conducted a warrantless entry of his home and exigent circumstances did not exist to excuse the warrant requirement.”
Johnson (E.D. Mich. 2022).
· cites it 2× “81d(1), and allowing a dog to stray off-leash, Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.262 . Id. at 1 . Because Petitioner completed his sentences for the convictions before he filed his habeas petition, he is not ‘in custody’ under the habeas statutes and the Court lacks jurisdiction to address…”
Hack v. Foster, 280 N.W.2d 503 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979).
“Plaintiffs rested their case in large part on the fact that defendants’ dog was unleashed, in violation of Detroit City Code, § 7-2-1, and MCL 287.262; MSA 12.512, and requested that the relevant portions of each be read to the jury as part of the court’s charge to the jury.”
Nikita Smith v. City of Detroit, Mich. (6th Cir. 2018).
“” Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.262 . Prior to 2014, the law authorized a county sheriff to “locate and kill, or caused to be killed, all such unlicensed dogs.”
People of Michigan v. Robert Arthur Johnson Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
“81d(1), and allowing a dog to stray off-leash, MCL 287.262. See People v Johnson, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued January 28, 2020 (Docket No.”
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