Terms Used In Michigan Laws 3.172

  • Board: means the department of state. See Michigan Laws 3.161
  • Jurisdiction: means , except as otherwise provided in section 3, other states of the United States, the District of Columbia, territories and possessions of the United States, foreign countries, or political subdivisions of foreign countries. See Michigan Laws 3.161
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
   The board may provide by regulation that the exemptions, benefits and privileges of this act shall be operative as to motor vehicles owned by a resident of this state and actually domiciled in another jurisdiction and properly registered and licensed in that jurisdiction.