{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.82153","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.82153","heading":"Impoundment of snowmobile.","body":"Sec. 82153.\n\nWhen a person is convicted under section 82152(1), the snowmobile, if it is owned by that person, shall be ordered impounded for not less than 30 or more than 120 days from the date of judgment.\n\nAn order of impoundment issued pursuant to subsection (1) is valid throughout the state. Any peace officer may execute the impoundment order. The order shall include the implied consent of the owner of the snowmobile to the storage for insurance coverage purposes.\n\nThe owner of a snowmobile impounded pursuant to this section is liable for expenses incurred in the removal and storage of the snowmobile whether or not the snowmobile is returned to him or her. The snowmobile shall be returned to the owner only if the owner pays the expenses for removal and storage. If redemption is not made or the snowmobile is not returned as provided in this section within 30 days after the time set in the impoundment order for return of the snowmobile, the snowmobile shall be considered abandoned.\n\nNothing in this section affects the rights of a conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee, or lessor of a snowmobile registered in the name of another person as owner who becomes subject to this part.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 324","Act Act-451-of-1994"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-324-82153","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"ceba3a06cccb8df3d94185849d7169b6043037e77073b201109f561b47c8f54b","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.82152","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.82154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}