Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.40105 (2026)

Animals as property of state; taking of animals to be regulated.

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NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT

Act 451 of 1994

324.40105 Animals as property of state; taking of animals to be regulated.

Sec. 40105.

All animals found in this state, whether resident or migratory and whether native or introduced, are the property of the people of the state, and the taking of all animals shall be regulated by the department as provided by law.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2002–2014 · leading case: Cheboygan Sportsman Club v. Cheboygan Cnty. Prosecuting Attorney, 858 N.W.2d 751 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014).

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Cheboygan Sportsman Club v. Cheboygan Cnty. Prosecuting Attorney, 858 N.W.2d 751 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “4 MCL 324.40105. 5 MCL 324.40111(6). -2- II.”

Genesco, Inc. v. Michigan Dep't of Env't Quality, 645 N.W.2d 319 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “MCL 324.40105. Here Genesco does not claim that its riparian rights will be taken without due process, Dohany v Birmingham, 301 Mich 30, 41 ; 2 NW2d 907 (1942), only that removing sediments would “destroy the existing benthic and aquatic environment,” property that Genesco does…”

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