Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.80136

  • Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Peace officer: means any of the following:
    (i) A sheriff. See Michigan Laws 324.80104
  • Vessel: means every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Michigan Laws 324.80104
  •      A peace officer receiving a report or investigating the collision, accident, or other casualty involving a vessel shall prepare and submit within 15 days a complete report thereof to the department and the sheriff of the county where the collision, accident, or other casualty involving a vessel occurred, in a form and containing such information as the department may require.