MICHIGAN
THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPTS)
Act 328 of 1931
750.167 Disorderly person
750.167 “Disorderly person” defined; subsequent violations by person convicted of refusing or neglecting
to support family.
Sec. 167.
(1) A person is a disorderly person if the person is any of the following:
(a) A person of sufficient ability who refuses or neglects to support his or her family.
(b) A common prostitute.
(c) A window peeper.
(d) A person who engages in an illegal occupation or business.
(e) A person who is intoxicated in a public place and who is either endangering directly the safety of
another person or of property or is acting in a manner that causes a public disturbance.
(f) A person who is engaged in indecent or obscene conduct in a public place.
(g) A vagrant.
(h) A person found begging in a public place.
(i) A person found loitering in a house of ill fame or prostitution or place where prostitution or lewdness is practiced, encouraged, or allowed.
(j) A person who knowingly loiters in or about a place where an illegal occupation or business is being conducted.
(k) A person who loiters in or about a police station, police headquarters building, county jail,
hospital, court building, or other public building or place for the purpose of soliciting employment of legal services or the services of sureties upon criminal recognizances.
(l) A person who is found jostling or roughly crowding people unnecessarily in a public place.
(2) When a person, who has been convicted of refusing or neglecting to support his or her family under this section, is then charged with subsequent violations within a period of 2 years, that person shall be
prosecuted as a second offender, or third and subsequent offender, as provided in section 168, if the family of that person is then receiving public relief or support.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;–Am. 1939, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;–CL 1948, 750.167 ;–Am. 1956, Act
110, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;–Am. 1964, Act 144, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;–Am. 1969, Act 328, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970 ;–Am. 1974, Act 340, Eff. Jan. 1, 1977 ;–Am. 1977, Act 109, Eff. Jan. 15, 1978 .
Former Law:
See section 1 of Act 264 of 1889, being How., § 1997a; CL 1897, § 5923; CL 1915, § 7774; CL 1929, § 9090; and Act 35 of 1927.
Act 328 of 1931
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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 328 of 1931
750.335a Indecent exposure; violation; penalty.
Sec. 335a.
(1) A person shall not knowingly make any open or indecent exposure of his or her person or of the person of another.
(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a crime, as follows:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
(b) If the person was fondling his or her genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if the person is female, breasts, while violating subsection (1), the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.
(c) If the person was at the time of the violation a sexually delinquent person, the violation is
punishable by imprisonment for an indeterminate term, the minimum of which is 1 day and the maximum of which is life.
(3) A mother’s breastfeeding of a child or expressing breast milk does not constitute indecent or obscene
conduct under subsection (1) regardless of whether or not her areola or nipple is visible during or incidental to the breastfeeding or expressing of breast milk.
History:
Add. 1952, Act 73, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952 ;– Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003 ;– Am. 2005, Act 300, Eff. Feb. 1,
2006 ;– Am. 2014, Act 198, Imd. Eff. June 24, 2014
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TOWNSHIP ORDINANCES (EXCERPT)
Act 246 of 1945
41.181 Adoption of ordinances by township board.
Sec. 1.
(1) The township board of a township, at a regular or special meeting by a majority of the members elect of the township board, may adopt ordinances regulating the public health, safety, and general welfare of
persons and property, including, but not limited to ordinances concerning fire protection, licensing or use of bicycles, traffic, parking of vehicles, sidewalk maintenance and repairs, the licensing of business
establishments, the licensing and regulating of public amusements, and the regulation or prohibition of public nudity, and may provide sanctions for the violation of the ordinances. The township shall enforce the
ordinances and may employ and establish a police department with full power to enforce township ordinances and state laws. If state laws are to be enforced, a township shall have a law enforcement unit or
may by resolution appropriate funds and call upon the sheriff of the county in which the township is located, the department of state police, or another law enforcement agency to provide special police protection for
the township. The sheriff, department of state police, or other local law enforcement agency shall, if called upon, provide special police protection for the township and enforce local township ordinances to the
extent that township funds are appropriated for the enforcement. Special township deputies appointed by the sheriff shall be under the jurisdiction of and solely responsible to the sheriff. Ordinances regulating traffic
and parking of vehicles and bicycles shall not contravene the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.
(2) Ordinances enacted may apply to streets, roads, highways, or portions of the township determined by the township board or may be limited to specified platted lands within the township, and with respect to
these lands shall be valid and enforceable whether the roads and streets have been dedicated to public use or not. Township boards of townships enacting ordinances under this section may accept contributions from
duly constituted representatives of the platted lands benefited by the ordinances to defray administrative and enforcement costs incident to the enactment of ordinances.
(3) A township may adopt a provision of any state statute for which the maximum period of imprisonment is 93 days or the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, by reference in an adopting
ordinance, which statute shall be clearly identified in the adopting ordinance. A township shall not enforce any provision adopted by reference for which the maximum period of imprisonment is greater than 93 days.
(4) As used in this section, “public nudity” means knowingly or intentionally displaying in a public place, or for payment or promise of payment by any person including, but not limited to, payment or promise of
payment of an admission fee, any individual’s genitals or anus with less than a fully opaque covering, or a female individual’s breast with less than a fully opaque covering of the nipple and areola. Public nudity does
not include any of the following:
(a) A woman’s breastfeeding of a baby whether or not the nipple or areola is exposed during or incidental to the feeding.
(b) Material as defined in section 2 of 1984 PA 343, MCL 752.362.
(c) Sexually explicit visual material as defined in section 3 of 1978 PA 33, MCL 722.673.
History: 1945, Act 246, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;– CL 1948, 41.181 ;– Am. 1952, Act 224, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952 ;– Am. 1953, Act 87,
Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 ;– Am. 1955, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 5, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 1955 ;– Am. 1959, Act 55, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1959 ;– Am.
1961, Act 18, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;– Am. 1963, Act 39, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;– Am. 1968, Act 300, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1968 ;– Am.
1969, Act 17, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1969 ;– Am. 1974, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1974 ;– Am. 1978, Act 590, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1979
;– Am. 1989, Act 78, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989 ;– Am. 1991, Act 177, Eff. Mar. 30, 1992 ;– Am. 1994, Act 14, Eff. May 1, 1994 ;
— Am. 1994, Act 315, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1994 ;– Am. 1999, Act 253, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999 ;– Am. 1999, Act 257, Eff. Dec. 29, 1999
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THE GENERAL LAW VILLAGE ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 3 of 1895
67.1 General powers of council.
Sec. 1.
A village subject to this act has, in addition to other powers that are conferred, the general power and authority granted
in this chapter. The council of a village subject to this act may enact ordinances relating to the powers described in this
section as it considers proper, including, but not limited to, ordinances relating to 1 or more of the following:
. . .
(aa) To regulate or prohibit public nudity within village boundaries. As used in this subdivision, “public nudity”
means knowingly or intentionally displaying in a public place, or for payment or promise of payment by any
person including, but not limited to, payment or promise of payment of an admission fee, any individual’s genitals
or anus with less than a fully opaque covering, or a female individual’s breast with less than a fully opaque covering of the nipple and areola. Public nudity does not include any of the following:
(i) A woman’s breastfeeding of a baby whether or not the nipple or areola is exposed during or incidental to the feeding.
(ii) Material as defined in section 2 of Act No. 343 of the Public Acts of 1984, being section 752.362 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(iii) Sexually explicit visual material as defined in section 3 of Act No. 33 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 722.673 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895 ;– CL 1897, 2769 ;– Am. 1915, Act 57, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;– CL 1915, 2640 ;–
Am. 1921, Act 21, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;– CL 1929, 1549 ;– CL 1948, 67.1 ;– Am. 1988, Act 118, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;– Am.
1991, Act 176, Eff. Mar. 30, 1992 ;– Am. 1994, Act 16, Eff. May 1, 1994 ;– Am. 1994, Act 314, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1994
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THE HOME RULE CITY ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 279 of 1909
117.4i Permissible charter provisions.
Sec. 4i.
Each city may provide in its charter for 1 or more of the following:
. . .
e) The regulation or prohibition of public nudity within city boundaries. As used in this subdivision, “public
nudity” means knowingly or intentionally displaying in a public place, or for payment or promise of payment by
any person including, but not limited to, payment or promise of payment of an admission fee, any individual’s
genitals or anus with less than a fully opaque covering or a female individual’s breast with less than a fully opaque covering of the nipple and areola. Public nudity does not include any of the following:
(i) A woman’s breastfeeding of a baby whether or not the nipple or areola is exposed during or incidental to the feeding.
(ii) Material as defined in section 2 of 1984 PA 343, MCL 752.362.
(iii) Sexually explicit visual material as defined in section 3 of 1978 PA 33, MCL 722.673.
. . .
(k) The punishment of persons who violate city ordinances other than ordinances described in section 4l. The
penalty for a violation of such a city ordinance shall not exceed a fine of $500.00 or imprisonment for 90 days, or
both. However, unless otherwise provided by law, the ordinance may provide that a violation of the ordinance is
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both, if the violation substantially corresponds to a violation of state law that is a misdemeanor for which the maximum period of
imprisonment is 93 days.
History: Add. 1929, Act 126, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;– CL 1929, 2239 ;– Am. 1937, Act 309, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;– Am. 1939, Act
175, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;– Am. 1941, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Mar. 5, 1941 ;– Am. 1941, Act 283, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1941 ;– CL 1948,
117.4i ;– Am. 1957, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1957 ;– Am. 1963, Act 166, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;– Am. 1991, Act 175, Eff. Mar.
30, 1992 ;– Am. 1994, Act 17, Eff. May 1, 1994 ;– Am. 1994, Act 313, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1994 ;– Am. 1996, Act 179, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1996 ;– Am. 1999, Act 55, Eff. Oct. 1, 1999
117.5h Regulation or prohibition of public nudity; “public nudity” defined.
Sec. 5h.
(1) Whether or not so provided in its charter, a city may, by ordinance, regulate or prohibit public nudity within city boundaries.
(2) As used in this section, “public nudity” means knowingly or intentionally displaying in a public place, or for
payment or promise of payment by any person including, but not limited to, payment or promise of payment of an
admission fee, any individual’s genitals or anus with less than a fully opaque covering, or a female individual’s
breast with less than a fully opaque covering of the nipple and areola. A mother’s breastfeeding of her baby does
not under any circumstances constitute nudity irrespective of whether or not the nipple is covered during or incidental to the feeding.
History: Add. 1991, Act 175, Eff. Mar. 30, 1992 ;– Am. 1994, Act 313, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1994