{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.40113","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.40113","heading":"Artificial light.","body":"Sec. 40113.\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in a department order authorized under section 40107 for a specified animal, a person shall not use an artificial light in taking game or in an area frequented by animals; throw or cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light in a field, woodland, or forest while having a bow or firearm or other weapon capable of shooting a projectile in the person's possession or under the person's control unless otherwise permitted by law. A licensed hunter may use an artificial light 1 hour before and 1 hour after shooting hours while in possession of any unloaded firearm or bow and traveling afoot to and from the licensed hunter's hunting location.\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in a department order authorized under section 40107, a person shall not throw, cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of an artificial light from December 1 to October 31 between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. for the purpose of locating animals. Except as otherwise permitted by law or an order of the department, from November 1 to November 30, a person shall not throw, cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light for the purpose of locating animals. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:\n\nA peace officer while in the performance of the officer's duties.\n\nA person operating an emergency vehicle in an emergency.\n\nAn employee of a public or private utility while working in the scope of his or her employment.\n\nA person operating a vehicle with headlights in a lawful manner upon a street, highway, or roadway.\n\nA person using an artificial light to identify a house or mailbox number.\n\nThe use of artificial lights used to conduct a census by the department.\n\nA person using an artificial light from November 1 to November 30 on property that is owned by that person or by a member of that person's immediate family.\n\nThe operator of a vehicle from which the rays of an artificial light have been cast in a clear attempt to locate game shall immediately stop the vehicle upon the request of a uniformed peace officer or when signaled by a peace officer with a flashing signal light or siren from a marked patrol vehicle.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 324","Act Act-451-of-1994"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-324-40113","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"9c47e509e722b98afa86bc9d29715aec69030dc34b92e50e669753b083c024ad","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.40112","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.40113a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}