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Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.308 (2026)

Stealing or holding dog in possession; penalty.

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REGISTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF DOGS


Act 309 of 1939


287.308 Stealing or holding dog in possession; penalty.

Sec. 8.

    Any person who shall steal or take without the consent of the owner and without lawful authority, any dog registered under the provisions of this act, or any person excepting dog wardens who shall harbor or hold in his possession any stray dog of which he is not the owner and does not report such possession to the sheriff of the county or the police department of the city in which he is holding such dog within 48 hours after such person came in possession of said dog, where the value of such dog shall not be in excess of $100.00, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and where the value of such dog shall be in excess of $100.00, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 1 year, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

History: Add. 1943, Act 146, Eff. July 30, 1943 ;-- Am. 1945, Act 11, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 287.308

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: People of Michigan v. Robert Arthur Johnson Jr, No. 343882 (Mich. Ct. App. Jan. 28, 2020).
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People of Michigan v. Robert Arthur Johnson Jr, No. 343882 (Mich. Ct. App. Jan. 28, 2020). “Pursuant to MCL 287.308, it is illegal for a person to take a registered dog without lawful authority, and it is illegal for a person to harbor “any stray dog of which he is not the owner” for more than 48 hours without reporting the dog to the sheriff or police department.”
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