Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 123 > Act 327 of 2018 - Motor Vehicle Storage Facilities

• annual meeting: when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the first Monday in April. See Michigan Laws 8.3d
• Authorized vendor: means an individual or entity that a local government or law enforcement agency designates through contract, permit, practice, or license to have authority to remove or store motor vehicles at the request of the local government or law enforcement agency. See Michigan Laws 123.1401
• Community college: means an educational institution providing collegiate and noncollegiate level education primarily to individuals above the twelfth grade age level within commuting distance. See Michigan Laws 389.105
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
• 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.
• Law enforcement agency: means the department of state police, the department of natural resources, or a law enforcement agency of a county, township, city, village, or airport authority, that is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and enforcement of the criminal laws of this state. See Michigan Laws 123.1401
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Local government: means a county, city, village, township, or an authority established by law. See Michigan Laws 123.1401
• Motor vehicle: means that term as defined in section 33 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 123.1401
• Motor vehicle storage facility: means a facility operated to hold motor vehicles that have been taken into custody for safekeeping. See Michigan Laws 123.1401
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• 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
• Towing operation: means the moving or removing of motor vehicles by providing wrecker, towing, or other recovery services. See Michigan Laws 123.1401