Michigan · MI · Vehicles
Michigan: Is there an annual vehicle safety inspection?
No safety inspection
Michigan has no regular or at-sale safety inspection for private passenger cars.
No Michigan law found requires private cars to pass a periodic or at-sale safety inspection. Instead, the vehicle code lets a police officer with reasonable grounds stop a car, inspect it, and ticket the driver for defective equipment. This answer is inferred from the absence of an inspection requirement in the code.
What the law says
A police officer on reasonable grounds shown may stop a motor vehicle and inspect the motor vehicle
Sources
- MCL 257.683 Official · legislature.mi.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Michigan Department of State
- Website
- michigan.gov
How bordering states compare
- Indiana No safety inspectionNo. Indiana does not require safety inspections of private cars; out-of-state cars get an identity check before titling.
- Ohio No safety inspectionOhio does not require safety inspections of passenger cars.
- Wisconsin No safety inspectionWisconsin does not require safety inspections of private passenger cars; some counties require emissions tests instead.