Michigan · statute · 248 of 1879, Mich. Comp. Laws · 11 active provisions
The owner of any cattle, horse, mule, sheep, swine, or goat shall not allow the animal to run at large in any public place in any city or village having a population of 7,000 or more inhabitants. A law enforcement officer of or animal control officer for such a city or village may seize, and keep until disposed of as p…
It is hereby made the duty of the common council or board of trustees of every such city or village to provide 1 or more suitable and convenient pound or pounds, and to appoint 1 or more pound-masters who shall have charge thereof, and such pound-master or other person having charge of such pound, shall receive and kee…
Whenever any such officer or person shall seize and take into his or her possession any animal under the preceding sections, such animal shall be received and kept in such pound, if there shall be one, and if not the same may be kept by any such officer or person in any other suitable place, and if such animal shall no…
The owner of any animal which shall have been seized or impounded under and pursuant to the foregoing provisions, may at any time before the making of the complaint hereinbefore provided for, demand and shall be entitled to the possession of such animal upon the payment to the pound-master or the person in charge of su…
In case the animal so seized under the foregoing provisions of this act shall have been so running at large by the willful act of any other person than the owner, such person shall be liable to the owner in a penalty not less than 25 dollars and not more than 100 dollars, which penalty may be recovered by such owner fo…
An appeal may be taken by either party who shall have appeared and contested in the proceeding to the circuit court for the county, and the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of circuit courts, to hear and determine such appeals, and the proceedings therein shall be applicable to appeals under this act, so far as the sam…
The pound-master or other person in charge of said pound shall purchase all necessary supplies for the sustenance of all animals impounded, and all animals impounded or seized under this act shall be supplied with suitable food and drink for their sustenance; and such pound-master or other person in charge of the pound…
The provisions of this act shall not be construed to deprive the party claiming the ownership of said property from bringing his action in replevin for the recovery of the same in case the same has been unlawfully seized.
The distraining and impounding of animals under this act shall be governed by chapter 214 of the Compiled Laws of 1871, for "distraining and replevying beasts," except as otherwise provided in this act.
In all criminal matters under this act, it shall be the duty of the city attorney to appear before the magistrate entering [entertaining] the complaint and act as counsel on behalf of the people of this state, and in case of his absence, neglect, or refusal to so act on request of the magistrate, any attorney at law, o…
This act does not limit authority provided under section 4a of 1976 PA 328, MCL 433.14a, to kill swine running at large. Swine running at large are a public nuisance.