MCL - Section 324.52901
Act 451 of 1994
324.52901 Removal of certain plants; “plant” defined; bill of sale or other evidence of title required.
Sec. 52901.
(1) A person shall not cut, remove, or transport, without having in possession a bill of sale from the owner or other evidence of title on a form prescribed by and available from the department or the department of agriculture or the federal agency that has jurisdiction, any of the following:
(2) As used in this part, "plant" means a tree, bough, shrub, vine, or other native plant, or a part of a tree, bough, shrub, vine, or other native plant, listed in subsection (1).
(a) | Christmas trees. | |
(b) | Evergreen boughs. | |
(c) | Any other trees, shrubs, or vines. | |
(d) | Trailing arbutus | Epigaea. |
(e) | Bird's foot violet | Viola pedata. |
(f) | Climbing bittersweet | Celastrus scandens. |
(g) | Club mosses | Lycopodiaceae. |
(h) | Flowering dogwood | Cornus florida. |
(i) | All Michigan holly | Ilex sp. and nemopanthus sp. |
(j) | North American lotus | Nelumbo sp. |
(k) | Pipsissewa | Chimaphila umbellata. |
(l) | All native orchids | Orchidaceae. |
(m) | Trilliums | Trillium sp. |
(n) | Gentians | Eustoma sp. |
(o) | Parts of any plant listed in this subsection. |
(3) A person shall produce a bill of sale for a plant listed in subsection (1) or other evidence of title upon demand of a law enforcement officer.
History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA