{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-287.1111","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.1111","heading":"Conditions permitting law enforcement officer or other person to kill large carnivore; liability; actions constituting trespass.","body":"Sec. 11.\n\nA law enforcement officer or other person may kill a large carnivore if the person sees the large carnivore chasing, attacking, injuring, or killing either of the following:\n\nA human.\n\nLivestock, poultry, or a mammalian pet.\n\nA law enforcement officer may kill a large carnivore if the law enforcement officer sees the large carnivore chasing, attacking, injuring, or killing wildlife.\n\nA person is not liable in damages or otherwise for killing or attempting to kill a large carnivore under subsection (1) or (2).\n\nThis act does not prohibit the owner of a large carnivore, for which a permit has been issued if required under this act, from recovering by legal action against a law enforcement officer or other person the value of a large carnivore illegally killed by that law enforcement officer or other person.\n\nA large carnivore's entry onto a field or enclosure that is owned by or leased by a person producing livestock or poultry constitutes a trespass, and the owner of the large carnivore is liable in damages.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 287","Act Act-274-of-2000"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-287-1111","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"b200fa4279fb0cd2918e818d437b302252a78d8921b7ea820dcc4f80f083b482","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-287.1110","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-287.1112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}