{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-750.160a","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.160a","heading":"Photograph of decedent located in human grave prohibited; exceptions; definitions.","body":"Sec. 160a.\n\nSubject to subsection (2), a person shall not knowingly photograph or publicly display a photograph of all or a portion of a decedent located in a human grave.\n\nSubsection (1) does not apply to a person acting pursuant to a court order, to a person who has obtained the written consent of the decedent's next of kin if the decedent's death occurred less than 100 years before the photographing or public displaying, or to a person who photographs or publicly displays a photograph described in subsection (1) for law enforcement, medical, archaeological, or scientific purposes.\n\nAs used in this section:\n\n\"Bottomlands of the Great Lakes\" means bottomlands as that term is defined in section 76101 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.76101.\n\n\"Decedent\" means a dead human being.\n\n\"Human grave\" means any of the following:\n\nA site in this state intended for the permanent interment of all or a portion of a decedent.\n\nA location in this state, including the bottomlands of the Great Lakes, that contains all or a portion of a decedent who died in an accident or disaster and from which it is impracticable or not intended to remove all or a portion of the decedent. A location under this subparagraph includes a shipwreck and a site in the immediate vicinity of a shipwreck in which all or a portion of a decedent is located, and a mine or other underground location within which all or a portion of a decedent is located.\n\n\"Photograph\" includes an image on videotape, motion picture or other film, or an image captured by digital means.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 750","Act Act-328-of-1931"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-160a","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"897b0a6d39814ba5ed402b1c161b9fdeade1b6f290c26bc7f5b3eb1d430d8a05","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-750.160","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-750.160b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}