Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.389 (2026)
Sales by public auction or by weight; disposal of unclaimed dogs and cats, maximum price.
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USE OF DOGS AND CATS FOR RESEARCH
Act 224 of 1969
287.389 Sales by public auction or by weight; disposal of unclaimed dogs and cats, maximum price.
Sec. 9.
Dogs and cats shall not be offered for sale or sold to a research facility at public auction or by weight; or purchased by a research facility at public auction or by weight. A research facility shall not purchase any dogs or cats except from a licensed dealer, public dog pound, humane society, or from a person who breeds or raises dogs or cats for sale. Any county, city, village or township operating a dog pound or animal shelter may sell for an amount not to exceed $10.00 per animal or otherwise dispose of unclaimed or unwanted dogs and cats to a Michigan research facility.
History: 1969, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2005–2005 · leading case: Phillips v. Ingham Cnty., 371 F. Supp. 2d 918 (W.D. Mich. 2005).
Phillips v. Ingham Cnty., 371 F. Supp. 2d 918 (W.D. Mich. 2005). “See Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.389 . Indeed, Plaintiff and her union representative took this position and viewed the sale to any class B dealer in Michigan as void under statute.”
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