{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.682","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.682","heading":"Effect of MCL 722.679 to 722.681 on prosecutions under other laws; declaratory judgment or denial of injunction as defense; withdrawing opinion and obtaining injunction as conditions for prosecution under MCL 722.675; applicability of declaratory judgment or injunction.","body":"Sec. 12.\n\nExcept as provided in this section, sections 9 to 11 shall not preclude or impair prosecution for violation of any law of this state.\n\nIf a declaratory judgment has been obtained pursuant to sections 10 and 11, or an application for an injunction pursuant to section 9 has been denied, on the ground that the knowing dissemination to a minor of specified matter does not violate section 5, that determination is a complete defense for a person against a prosecution under section 5 based upon the dissemination of that specified matter and against a prosecution for violation of a preliminary injunction or restraining order granted pursuant to section 11.\n\nIf a prosecuting attorney issues an advisory opinion stating in unequivocal terms that knowing dissemination of specified matter to a minor is not considered by the prosecuting attorney to violate section 5, then the recipient of the opinion may be prosecuted under section 5 for the dissemination of that specified matter only after the prosecutor has both withdrawn the opinion and obtained an injunction pursuant to section 9 against the dissemination of that specified material by that person.\n\nA declaratory judgment or injunction shall apply only to the county in which the prosecuting attorney serves.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 722","Act Act-33-of-1978"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-722-682","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"392b912ea08277b06d367deb98058c819e97d3aa71cf90e7c8f0e1fee4b4cc6c","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.681","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.682a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}