{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.52901","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.52901","heading":"Removal of certain plants; “plant” defined; bill of sale or other evidence of title required.","body":"Sec. 52901.\n\n(1) A person shall not cut, remove, or transport, without having in possession a bill of sale from the owner or other evidence of title on a form prescribed by and available from the department or the department of agriculture or the federal agency that has jurisdiction, any of the following:\n\n(a) Christmas trees. (b) Evergreen boughs. (c) Any other trees, shrubs, or vines. (d) Trailing arbutus Epigaea. (e) Bird's foot violet Viola pedata. (f) Climbing bittersweet Celastrus scandens. (g) Club mosses Lycopodiaceae. (h) Flowering dogwood Cornus florida. (i) All Michigan holly Ilex sp. and nemopanthus sp. (j) North American lotus Nelumbo sp. (k) Pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata. ( l ) All native orchids Orchidaceae. (m) Trilliums Trillium sp. (n) Gentians Eustoma sp. (o) Parts of any plant listed in this subsection.\n\n(a)\n\nChristmas trees.\n\n(b)\n\nEvergreen boughs.\n\n(c)\n\nAny other trees, shrubs, or vines.\n\n(d)\n\nTrailing arbutus\n\nEpigaea.\n\n(e)\n\nBird's foot violet\n\nViola pedata.\n\n(f)\n\nClimbing bittersweet\n\nCelastrus scandens.\n\n(g)\n\nClub mosses\n\nLycopodiaceae.\n\n(h)\n\nFlowering dogwood\n\nCornus florida.\n\n(i)\n\nAll Michigan holly\n\nIlex sp. and nemopanthus sp.\n\n(j)\n\nNorth American lotus\n\nNelumbo sp.\n\n(k)\n\nPipsissewa\n\nChimaphila umbellata.\n\n( l )\n\nAll native orchids\n\nOrchidaceae.\n\n(m)\n\nTrilliums\n\nTrillium sp.\n\n(n)\n\nGentians\n\nEustoma sp.\n\n(o)\n\nParts of any plant listed in this subsection.\n\n(2) As used in this part, \"plant\" means a tree, bough, shrub, vine, or other native plant, or a part of a tree, bough, shrub, vine, or other native plant, listed in subsection (1).\n\n(3) A person shall produce a bill of sale for a plant listed in subsection (1) or other evidence of title upon demand of a law enforcement officer.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 324","Act Act-451-of-1994"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-324-52901","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"8477bea365f378dc3a903e7f23d6e1f4ba976b82a6b1f1f4c0c903903dcf2462","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.52710","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.52902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}