Michigan Laws 445.317 – Display of total price of consumer item offered for sale; exceptions
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 445.317
- Consumer item: means an article of tangible personal property used or consumed, or bought for use or consumption, primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. See Michigan Laws 445.312
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 445.312
- Sale at retail: means a transfer of an interest in a consumer item by a person that is regularly and principally engaged in the business of selling consumer items to a buyer for use or consumption and not for resale. See Michigan Laws 445.312
- Total price: means the full purchase price of a consumer item, excluding sales tax and container deposit. See Michigan Laws 445.312
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a person shall display the total price of a consumer item offered for sale at retail at the place of the retail sale.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:
(a) A consumer item that is sold by weight or volume and is not in a package or container.
(b) A consumer item sold in a coin-operated vending machine.
(c) Prepared food intended for immediate consumption, as defined in section 4g of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.54g.
(d) A consumer item purchased by mail or through catalog order, or that is not otherwise visible for inspection by the consumer at the time of the sale, and that is ordered or requested by the consumer, if the price of the consumer item is on the consumer’s written order or request or on a bill, invoice, or other notice that describes or names the consumer item and is enclosed with the consumer item.
(e) An unpackaged food item.
(f) A consumer item that has a total weight of not more than 3 ounces, a total volume of not more than 3 cubic inches, and a total price of not more than 30 cents.
(g) Live plants.
(h) Live animals.
(i) Motor vehicles.
(j) Motor vehicle parts.
(k) Packages of 20 or fewer cigarettes.
(l) Greeting cards that are sold individually and have a readable coded price on the back of the card.
(m) Merchandise that is ordered as a gift by a consumer and is sent by mail or other delivery service to a person other than the consumer by the retailer at the request of the consumer.