{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-287.381","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.381","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Sec. 1.\n\nAs used in this act:\n\n(a) \"Animal protection shelter\" means a facility that is registered under section 6 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287.336, and is operated by any of the following:\n\n( i ) A person.\n\n( ii ) A humane society.\n\n( iii ) A society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.\n\n( iv ) Any other nonprofit organization for the care of homeless animals.\n\n(b) \"Cat\" means a domestic cat of any age of the species Felis catus .\n\n(c) \"Dealer\" means a person that for compensation or profit delivers for transportation, transports, boards, buys, or sells dogs or cats for research purposes. Dealer does not include a person that breeds or raises dogs or cats for sale to a research facility.\n\n(d) \"Department\" means the department of agriculture and rural development.\n\n(e) \"Director\" means the director of the department.\n\n(f) \"Dog\" means a domestic dog of any age of the species Canis lupus familiaris .\n\n(g) \"Laboratory animal\" means a dog or cat that is used or intended to be used for laboratory research at a research facility.\n\n(h) \"Laboratory research\" means research, tests, or experiments conducted for education, scientific, medical, or experimental purposes.\n\n(i) \"Municipality\" means a county, city, village, or township.\n\n(j) \"Person\" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.\n\n(k) \"Research facility\" means a school, hospital, laboratory, institution, organization, or person that is licensed or otherwise registered with the United States Department of Agriculture, that uses or intends to use a laboratory animal in laboratory research, and that does 1 or both of the following:\n\n( i ) Purchases or transports laboratory animals.\n\n( ii ) Receives funds from this state, a local government, or an agency or instrumentality of this state or a local government to finance its operations through grants, loans, or other funds.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 287","Act Act-224-of-1969"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-287-381","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"46a7d2b2344b13733e5af036feab67f93435ce140d17265149cf15a47ab897e4","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-287.291","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-287.382"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}