Michigan Disorderly Conduct and Trespass Laws (2026)

Michigan has no general "disorderly conduct" statute covering fighting, noise or abusive language. The closest offense is being a "disorderly person" under MCL 750.167, a list of twelve kinds of conduct and status, such as being intoxicated in public while endangering others or causing a public disturbance, indecent conduct in public, and jostling people in a public place. Most forms are misdemeanors punishable by up to 90 days in jail, a fine of up to $500, or both (MCL 750.168(1)); disturbing a funeral under MCL 750.167d is a felony.

Criminal trespass has no degrees. The basic offense, MCL 750.552, covers entering land or premises after being forbidden, staying after being told to leave, and entering fenced or posted farm property without consent, and it carries up to 30 days in jail, a fine of up to $250, or both. Trespass is a felony only at state correctional facilities (MCL 750.552b), at enclosed and posted "key facilities" such as refineries, water treatment plants and, since July 23, 2026, the non-public portions of the Mackinac Bridge (MCL 750.552c), and for a second or later conviction for occupying a house without the owner's consent (MCL 750.553). For other states, see our guide to disorderly conduct and trespass laws by state.

Information last verified on 2026-10-18. This article has not been reviewed by a licensed lawyer.

Jurisdiction scope: This article covers Michigan's state criminal statutes on disorderly persons and disturbances (MCL 750.167 to 750.170), riots and unlawful assembly (MCL 752.541 to 752.544), related public-order offenses, and criminal trespass (MCL 750.552 to 750.553, the Recreational Trespass Act in MCL 324.73101 to 324.73111, and related sections). It does not cover local noise ordinances and quiet hours (see Michigan noise laws), the civil process for removing squatters (see Michigan squatters' rights), use of force against intruders (see Michigan self-defense laws), civil trespass lawsuits, city and township ordinances, or federal property.

Is there a disorderly conduct law in Michigan?

Not under that name. Michigan's Penal Code uses the term "disorderly person," and MCL 750.167(1) defines it by a list. Under that subsection, a person is a disorderly person if the person is any of the following:

• (a) "A person of sufficient ability who refuses or neglects to support his or her family."
• (b) "A common prostitute."
• (c) "A window peeper."
• (d) "A person who engages in an illegal occupation or business."
• (e) "A person who is intoxicated in a public place and who is either endangering directly the safety of another person or of property or is acting in a manner that causes a public disturbance."
• (f) "A person who is engaged in indecent or obscene conduct in a public place."
• (g) "A vagrant."
• (h) "A person found begging in a public place."
• (i) A person found loitering in "a house of ill fame or prostitution or place where prostitution or lewdness is practiced, encouraged, or allowed."
• (j) "A person who knowingly loiters in or about a place where an illegal occupation or business is being conducted."
• (k) A person who loiters in or about a police station, police headquarters building, county jail, hospital, court building or other public building "for the purpose of soliciting employment of legal services or the services of sureties upon criminal recognizances."
• (l) "A person who is found jostling or roughly crowding people unnecessarily in a public place."

Section 750.167 does not define "vagrant" or "public place." Subsection (3) provides that a mother's breastfeeding of a child or expressing breast milk "does not constitute indecent or obscene conduct" under subsection (1), whether or not her areola or nipple is visible.

The list has no general clause for fighting, threats, unreasonable noise or abusive language, and none of sections 750.167 to 750.170 is titled breach of the peace or disturbing the peace. The closest general provision is the disturbance-of-meetings statute, MCL 750.170, covered below.

Noise

Sections 750.167 to 750.170 contain no noise clause. For noise limits, quiet hours and loud neighbors, see our Michigan noise ordinance laws page.

Penalties for being a disorderly person

MCL 750.168(1) provides that, except for the funeral offense, "a person convicted of being a disorderly person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both."

Two related sections add to the list:

• Hunting while intoxicated, MCL 750.167a. A person who is "drunk or intoxicated while hunting with a firearm or other weapon under a valid hunting license" is deemed a disorderly person. In addition to the section 168 punishment, the person is forbidden to apply for or possess a hunting license for 3 years after the conviction.
• Funeral disturbance, MCL 750.167d. This form is a felony, explained in its own section below.

The begging clause and Speet v. Schuette

Clause (h), "a person found begging in a public place," is still printed in MCL 750.167. In Speet v. Schuette, 726 F.3d 867 (6th Cir. 2013), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held "that begging, or the soliciting of alms, is a form of solicitation that the First Amendment protects." Because the begging provision "violates the First Amendment in banning a substantial amount of activity that the First Amendment protects," the court affirmed the district court's judgment against it, and it expressly declined to consider whether the provision also violates the Fourteenth Amendment.

The decision addressed clause (h) only. It did not address public intoxication, indecent conduct, vagrancy, loitering or any other clause of section 750.167.

Public intoxication

Being intoxicated in public is a disorderly person offense only with one more element. Under MCL 750.167(1)(e), the intoxicated person in a public place must be "either endangering directly the safety of another person or of property or is acting in a manner that causes a public disturbance." That is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days, a fine of up to $500, or both (MCL 750.168(1)).

Disturbing meetings, funerals and religious services

Disturbance of lawful meetings: MCL 750.170

This is the closest Michigan comes to a general disturbing-the-peace offense. In full:

"Any person who shall make or excite any disturbance or contention in any tavern, store or grocery, manufacturing establishment or any other business place or in any street, lane, alley, highway, public building, grounds or park, or at any election or other public meeting where citizens are peaceably and lawfully assembled, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." (MCL 750.170)

Section 750.170 names no mental state and prescribes no punishment. Where a misdemeanor has no specially prescribed punishment, MCL 750.504 makes it punishable "by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both."

Funerals, memorial services and burials: MCL 750.167d

Section 750.167d(1) prohibits three things "within 500 feet of a building or other location where a funeral, memorial service, or viewing of a deceased person is being conducted or within 500 feet of a funeral procession or burial":

1. Making "any statement or gesture" or engaging in "any conduct that would make a reasonable person attending" under the circumstances "feel intimidated, threatened, or harassed."
2. Making any statement or gesture or engaging in any conduct "intended to incite or produce a breach of the peace among those attending" that causes a breach of the peace among those attending.
3. Making any statement or gesture or engaging in any conduct "intended to disrupt" the funeral, memorial service, viewing, procession or burial "and that disrupts" it.

The section sets a 500-foot zone but no time window before or after the service. A violator "is a disorderly person and is guilty of a felony punishable as provided under section 168" (MCL 750.167d(2)). Under MCL 750.168(2), that felony carries up to 2 years in prison, a fine of up to $5,000, or both, and up to 4 years, a fine of up to $10,000, or both, if the person was previously convicted under section 167d.

Religious meetings on private property: MCL 750.169

Section 750.169(1) applies to "private property where the person knows people are meeting or are intending to meet in the pursuit of their free exercise of religion." It prohibits entering or attempting to enter that property with intent to disrupt the meeting; remaining or attempting to remain "after being instructed to leave," with that intent; and intentionally obstructing or attempting to obstruct the entrance or exit "with the intent to disrupt or prevent that meeting."

A violation is a misdemeanor punishable by one or more of: up to 93 days in jail, a fine of up to $1,000, and up to 100 hours of community service. If the person has a previous conviction under the section, the fine cap rises to $5,000 and the community service cap to 200 hours; the jail maximum stays at 93 days (MCL 750.169(2)).

School district meetings: MCL 380.1808

A person "who refuses to withdraw from the meeting on being so ordered," or who "wilfully disturbs a school district meeting by rude and indecent behavior, by profane or indecent discourse, or in other ways makes a disturbance," is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $2 to $50, up to 30 days in jail, or both (MCL 380.1808(2)).

Riot, inciting to riot and unlawful assembly

Michigan punishes group violence under Act 302 of 1968, and its penalties are felonies:

• Riot, MCL 752.541. It is a riot "for 5 or more persons, acting in concert, to wrongfully engage in violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly cause or create a serious risk of causing public terror or alarm."
• Inciting to riot, MCL 752.542. A person commits incitement when, "intending to cause or to aid or abet the institution or maintenance of a riot," the person does an act or engages in conduct "that urges other persons to commit acts of unlawful force or violence, or the unlawful burning or destroying of property, or the unlawful interference with a police officer, peace officer, fireman or a member of the Michigan national guard or any unit of the armed services officially assigned to riot duty in the lawful performance of his duty."
• Riot at a state correctional facility, MCL 752.542a. A person "shall not willfully instigate, cause, attempt to cause, assist in causing, or conspire to cause a riot at a state correctional facility," defined as 3 or more persons acting in concert who intentionally or recklessly engage in violent conduct that threatens the facility's security or the safety or authority of the people maintaining it.
• Unlawful assembly, MCL 752.543. It is unlawful "to assemble or act in concert with 4 or more persons for the purpose of engaging in conduct constituting the crime of riot, or to be present at an assembly that either has or develops such a purpose and to remain thereat with intent to advance such purpose."

Under MCL 752.544, riot, inciting to riot and riot at a state correctional facility are felonies punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both. Unlawful assembly is a felony punishable by up to 5 years, a fine of up to $5,000, or both.

An older provision, MCL 750.523, applies to a person present who is commanded by a magistrate or officer to help suppress a riot or unlawful assembly, or who is "required by any such magistrate or officer to depart from the place of such riotous or unlawful assembly," and refuses or neglects to do so. That person "shall be deemed to be 1 of the rioters or persons unlawfully assembled, and shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished accordingly."

When a court sentences a person for an offense it determines "was directly related to a riot, incitement to riot, unlawful assembly or civil disorder on or within 2,500 feet of" a public community college, college or university campus, MCL 769.1g(1)(a) lets it order the person not to enter any public college or university campus in Michigan, for 2 years if the offense is a felony or 1 year if it is a misdemeanor.

Under MCL 750.241(2), during a riot or other civil disturbance, knowingly and willfully hindering, obstructing, endangering or interfering with a person operating, installing, repairing or maintaining an essential public service facility, such as an electricity, gas, telephone or water facility, is a felony; the section sets no penalty, so the MCL 750.503 default applies.

False reports, threats and false alarms

• False report of a crime, MCL 750.411a(1). Knowingly making a false report of a crime to police, a 9-1-1 operator or another authorized government recipient is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days, $500, or both, if the reported crime is a misdemeanor, and a felony punishable by up to 4 years, $2,000, or both, if it is a felony. If the response to the false report leads to a person's physical injury, serious impairment of a body function or death, the maximum rises to 5, 10 or 15 years.
• False report or threat of an explosives offense, MCL 750.411a(2)-(3). Knowingly making a false report of, or threatening, a violation of the explosives chapter or certain other listed sections, and communicating it to another person, is a felony punishable by up to 4 years, $2,000, or both, for a first conviction and up to 10 years, $5,000, or both, for a second or later conviction, with the higher injury tiers above also applying.
• False report of an emergency, MCL 750.411a(4). Intentionally making a false report of a medical or other emergency to police, fire, 9-1-1 or other authorized responders is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days, $500, or both, rising to felony tiers of up to 5, 10 or 15 years if the response leads to injury, serious impairment or death.
• Terrorist threat or false report of terrorism, MCL 750.543m. Threatening an act of terrorism, or knowingly making a false report of one, and communicating it to another person is a felony punishable by up to 20 years, $20,000, or both. Subsection (2) provides that "it is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant did not have the intent or capability of committing the act of terrorism."
• False fire alarm, MCL 750.240. Knowingly and willfully raising a false alarm of fire at a gathering or in a public place, by telephone or in person, or operating an alarm apparatus to create one, is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year and a fine of up to $1,000.

Juvenile curfew

Michigan has a statewide curfew for younger minors. Under MCL 722.751, a child under 12 may not loiter, idle or congregate in or on any public street, highway, alley or park between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent or guardian or an adult the parent or guardian delegates. Under MCL 722.752, a minor under 16 "shall not loiter, idle or congregate in or on any public street, highway, alley or park between the hours of 12 midnight and 6 a.m.," unless accompanied by a parent or guardian or an adult the parent or guardian delegates, or on an errand or other legitimate business directed by a parent. A person 16 or older who assists, aids, allows or encourages a minor under 16 to violate the curfew sections "is guilty of a misdemeanor" (MCL 722.753), punishable under the 750.504 default by up to 90 days, a fine of up to $500, or both.

Criminal trespass in Michigan

Michigan does not divide trespass into numbered degrees. The general misdemeanor is MCL 750.552; the felonies are separate sections tied to particular places or to repeat occupancy of a dwelling; and trespass for hunting, fishing, trapping and other recreation is governed by the Recreational Trespass Act in the natural resources code.

The basic offense: MCL 750.552

Section 750.552(1) prohibits three things:

1. Entering "the lands or premises of another without lawful authority after having been forbidden to do so by the owner or occupant or the agent of the owner or occupant."
2. Remaining "without lawful authority on the land or premises of another after being notified to depart by the owner or occupant or the agent of the owner or occupant."
3. Entering or remaining "without lawful authority on fenced or posted farm property of another person without the consent of the owner or his or her lessee or agent."

For farm property, "a request to leave the premises is not a necessary element," and the farm clause "does not apply to a person who is in the process of attempting, by the most direct route, to contact the owner or his or her lessee or agent to request consent." Subsection (2) exempts a process server on the land while attempting, by the most direct route, to serve process. The section does not define "fenced" or "posted."

A violation "is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days or by a fine of not more than $250.00, or both" (MCL 750.552(3)). The section has no repeat-offender step; the same maximum applies to every conviction.

A neighboring section, MCL 750.552a, makes it a misdemeanor to dump, deposit or place filth, garbage or refuse on another person's grounds or premises without the owner's specific permission; it sets no penalty, so the 750.504 default applies.

When an owner, store or occupant tells you to leave

Under MCL 750.552(1)(b), remaining on another person's land or premises "after being notified to depart by the owner or occupant or the agent of the owner or occupant" is trespass, and under (1)(a), so is entering after "having been forbidden to do so" by one of those people.

A separate misdemeanor, MCL 750.115, covers breaking and entering, or entering without breaking, a building or other structure "without first obtaining permission to enter from the person having immediate control thereof." Subsection (3) provides that the section "does not apply to entering without breaking, any place which at the time of the entry was open to the public, unless the entry was expressly denied." Section 750.115 prescribes no punishment, so the 750.504 default applies: up to 90 days, a fine of up to $500, or both. Subsection (2) names the same entry as a misdemeanor where the person in control is the individual's spouse or former spouse, dating partner, co-parent or a current or former household member.

At a religious meeting on private property, remaining "after being instructed to leave" with intent to disrupt the meeting is covered by MCL 750.169, and at a school district meeting, refusing "to withdraw from the meeting on being so ordered" is covered by MCL 380.1808.

Posting, signs, and is there a purple paint law?

Michigan's trespass statutes (MCL 750.552 to 750.553 and the Recreational Trespass Act) contain no purple paint provision, and section 750.552 sets no posting specifications. The sign rules in these statutes apply to particular offenses:

• Recreational trespass, MCL 324.73102(1)(b). Property is posted when it "is posted in a conspicuous manner against entry. The minimum letter height on the posting signs shall be 1 inch. Each posting sign shall be not less than 50 square inches, and the signs shall be spaced to enable a person to observe not less than 1 sign at any point of entry upon the property."
• Key facilities, MCL 750.552c(3). The same 1-inch letter, 50-square-inch and one-sign-visible-at-any-point-of-entry rule applies to key facilities.

Under the Recreational Trespass Act, removing, defacing or destroying a posted sign is prohibited (MCL 324.73104), and so is posting signs on, or enclosing, another person's property to prohibit hunting, fishing, trapping or other recreation "without the written permission of the owner" (MCL 324.73105).

Hunting, fishing, trapping and recreation: the Recreational Trespass Act

The Recreational Trespass Act, Part 731 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, governs entry for "any recreational activity or trapping":

• Non-farm property, MCL 324.73102(1). A person may not enter or remain on another's property, other than farm property or a wooded area connected to farm property, for recreation or trapping without the consent of the owner or the owner's lessee or agent if the property "is fenced or enclosed and is maintained in such a manner as to exclude intruders," or is posted under the sign rule above.
• Farm property, MCL 324.73102(2). Consent is required for farm property or a wooded area connected to it "whether or not the farm property or wooded area connected to farm property is fenced, enclosed, or posted."
• Written consent, MCL 324.73102(5). If the owner, lessee or agent requires written consent from everyone entering, "the presence of the person on the property without written consent is prima facie evidence of unlawful entry."

Subsections (3) and (4) of section 324.73102 contain exceptions: a fisherman wading or floating a navigable public stream may enter within its clearly defined banks, and a person without a firearm may enter on foot solely to retrieve a hunting dog unless previously told not to. A violation of Part 731 is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days, a fine of $100 to $500, or both (MCL 324.73110(1)). Killing any protected animal, game or fish while violating the part is punishable by up to 90 days, a fine of $250 to $750, or both (MCL 324.73110(2)). A second or later violation within 3 years of a previous one is punishable by up to 90 days, a fine of $500 to $1,500, or both, and the court may revoke a hunting, fishing or trapping license and bar a new one for up to 3 succeeding calendar years (MCL 324.73110(4)). Separately, the owner or lessee may sue the violator for $750 or actual property damages, whichever is greater, plus actual and reasonable attorney fees (MCL 324.73109).

Separately, MCL 324.40112 makes it a misdemeanor to obstruct or interfere with another person's lawful hunting or fishing, including entering or remaining on private land without the owner's or agent's permission for that purpose: up to 93 days, a fine of $500 to $1,000, or both, and up to 1 year, $1,000 to $2,500, or both, for a second or later violation, with revocation of hunting or fishing licenses.

Felony trespass: correctional facilities and key facilities

• State correctional facilities, MCL 750.552b. A person "who willfully trespasses by entering or remaining upon the property of a state correctional facility without authority or permission" is guilty of a felony punishable by up to 4 years, a fine of up to $2,000, or both. The term means a facility or institution housing prisoners under the Department of Corrections and does not include a community corrections center or a community residential home.
• Key facilities, MCL 750.552c. An individual "shall not intentionally and without authority or permission enter or remain in or upon premises or a structure belonging to another person that is a key facility." A violation is a felony punishable by up to 4 years, a fine of up to $2,500, or both (MCL 750.552c(4)).

A place is a key facility only if it is on the statute's list and is both "enclosed by a physical barrier of any kind, including, but not limited to, a significant water barrier that prevents pedestrian access" and posted with the required signs. The list in MCL 750.552c(2) includes chemical manufacturing facilities, refineries, electric utility facilities, water intake structures and water treatment facilities, natural gas utility facilities, fuel terminals and storage facilities, transportation facilities "including, but not limited to, a port, railroad switching yard, or trucking terminal," pulp and paper and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, hazardous waste facilities, telecommunication facilities, substantially similar facilities, and "the portions of the Mackinac Bridge not open to or intended to be used by the public."

Subsection (5) provides that the section "does not prohibit and must be not construed to prevent lawful assembly or a peaceful and orderly petition for the redress of grievances, including, but not limited to, a labor dispute between an employer and its employees." Subsection (6) provides that "it is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that, during normal operating hours, the barrier that encloses a key facility is left open for official business at the key facility."

Occupying a house without the owner's consent: MCL 750.553

Michigan's squatting offense applies to "an individual who occupies a building that is a single-family dwelling or 1 or both units in a building that is a 2-family dwelling and has not, at any time during that period of occupancy, occupied the property with the owner's consent for an agreed-upon consideration." A first offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 per dwelling unit occupied, up to 180 days, or both. A second or later offense is a felony punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 per dwelling unit occupied, up to 2 years, or both. The section "does not apply to a guest or a family member of the owner of the dwelling or of a tenant" (MCL 750.553(2)). It was added by 2014 PA 224, effective September 24, 2014, and has not been amended since.

The Penal Code trespass sections (MCL 750.552 to 750.553) contain no separate forcible-entry, reentry-after-eviction or false-lease offense. For the civil process for removing an occupant, see Michigan squatters' rights.

Railroads and cemeteries

• Railroad property, MCL 462.273. A person "shall not walk, ride, drive, or be upon or along the right-of-way or yard of a railroad company operating its lines within this state," or cross it anywhere other than a public or private crossing, without first obtaining written permission from the railroad or its agent. The section also bars being on, entering or damaging railroad buildings, rolling stock or equipment, with listed exceptions. A violation is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 30 days, a fine of up to $100, or both (MCL 462.273(5)).
• Human remains, MCL 750.160. A person not lawfully authorized who willfully digs up, disinters, removes or conveys away a human body or remains from the place of burial is guilty of a felony punishable by up to 10 years or a fine of up to $5,000.

Defending property against a trespasser is a separate subject; see Michigan self-defense laws.

Trespass versus breaking and entering

Entering a building without permission and without intent to commit a crime inside is the MCL 750.115 misdemeanor described above. Breaking and entering a building, structure, boat, shipping container or railroad car "with intent to commit a felony or a larceny therein" is a felony punishable by up to 10 years (MCL 750.110(1)). Home invasion, which involves a dwelling, is a separate offense under MCL 750.110a.

Penalties at a glance

Michigan sets most of these penalties in the offense statute itself. Where a misdemeanor statute prescribes no punishment, MCL 750.504 sets up to 90 days, a fine of up to $500, or both; where a felony statute prescribes none, MCL 750.503 sets up to 4 years, a fine of up to $5,000, or both. For how Michigan grades offenses generally, see Michigan felony and misdemeanor classes.

Recent changes to these statutes

• 2026 PA 64 (Senate Bill 71), effective July 23, 2026. Amended MCL 750.552c to add "the portions of the Mackinac Bridge not open to or intended to be used by the public" to the list of key facilities, changed the enclosure condition from "completely enclosed by a physical barrier of any kind" to "enclosed by a physical barrier of any kind," and added subsection (6), under which it is not a defense that the barrier was left open during normal operating hours for official business. The signage rule, the felony penalty of up to 4 years and $2,500, and the lawful-assembly provision predate the act. The act was approved July 21, 2026, with immediate effect.
• 2023 PA 199, effective February 13, 2024. Amended MCL 750.115; the current section's subsection (2) names the same entry as a misdemeanor where the person in control of the building is the individual's spouse or former spouse, dating partner, co-parent or a current or former household member, and subsection (3) exempts a peace officer acting lawfully.
• 2014 PA 224, effective September 24, 2014. Added MCL 750.553, the offense of occupying a single- or two-family dwelling without the owner's consent.

Federal law separately governs conduct on federal property and at the U.S. Capitol; our state-by-state disorderly conduct and trespass guide covers that layer.

Related Michigan and state-by-state guides

• Disorderly conduct and trespass laws by state
• Michigan noise ordinance laws
• Michigan felony and misdemeanor classes
• Michigan squatters' rights
• Michigan self-defense laws
• Michigan expungement laws
• Ohio disorderly conduct and trespass laws
• How to charge someone with trespassing

This article provides general legal information about Michigan's disorderly person, public-order and criminal trespass statutes as of 2026-10-18. It is not legal advice. For advice about a specific situation, contact a lawyer licensed in Michigan.

Last updated: 2026-10-18.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is disorderly conduct in Michigan?

Michigan has no offense by that name. MCL 750.167 defines a disorderly person by a list of twelve forms, including being intoxicated in public while endangering others or causing a public disturbance, indecent or obscene conduct in public, window peeping, loitering at listed places and jostling people in a public place. MCL 750.170 separately punishes making or exciting a disturbance in listed places or at a public meeting.

Is disorderly conduct a misdemeanor in Michigan?

Being a disorderly person is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days, a fine of up to $500, or both (MCL 750.168(1)), except funeral disturbance under MCL 750.167d, which is a felony punishable by up to 2 years and $5,000, or up to 4 years and $10,000 with a prior 167d conviction.

Can you be charged for swearing or yelling in Michigan?

The disorderly person list in MCL 750.167 has no abusive-language or noise clause. MCL 750.170 makes it a misdemeanor to make or excite any disturbance or contention in listed places or at a public meeting, and MCL 380.1808 punishes disturbing a school district meeting by profane or indecent discourse with a fine of $2 to $50, up to 30 days, or both.

Is public intoxication illegal in Michigan?

Under MCL 750.167(1)(e), a person intoxicated in a public place is a disorderly person only if the person is directly endangering the safety of another person or property or is acting in a manner that causes a public disturbance. That is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days, $500, or both.

Is begging illegal in Michigan?

MCL 750.167(1)(h) still lists a person found begging in a public place as a disorderly person, but in Speet v. Schuette, 726 F.3d 867 (6th Cir. 2013), the Sixth Circuit held that begging is solicitation the First Amendment protects and affirmed the judgment that the begging provision violates the First Amendment.

Is trespassing a felony in Michigan?

Basic trespass under MCL 750.552 is a misdemeanor (up to 30 days, $250, or both). It is a felony to trespass on state correctional facility property (MCL 750.552b, up to 4 years), to enter a listed key facility that is enclosed and posted (MCL 750.552c, up to 4 years and $2,500), or to commit a second or later offense of occupying a dwelling without the owner's consent (MCL 750.553, up to 2 years).

Does Michigan have a purple paint law?

No. Michigan's trespass statutes contain no purple paint provision. The Recreational Trespass Act and the key-facility statute use signs instead: letters at least 1 inch high, signs at least 50 square inches, spaced so at least one sign is visible at any point of entry (MCL 324.73102(1)(b); 750.552c(3)).

What happens if a store or owner tells you to leave in Michigan?

Remaining on the land or premises of another after being notified to depart by the owner, occupant or their agent is trespass under MCL 750.552(1)(b), a misdemeanor punishable by up to 30 days, $250, or both. Entering a place open to the public is not covered by the MCL 750.115 entering-without-permission offense unless the entry was expressly denied.

Is squatting a crime in Michigan?

Yes, for single- and two-family dwellings. Under MCL 750.553, occupying one that the person never occupied with the owner's consent for agreed consideration is a misdemeanor for a first offense (up to 180 days, a fine of up to $5,000 per unit, or both) and a felony after that (up to 2 years, up to $10,000 per unit, or both). It does not apply to guests or family members of the owner or a tenant.

Do you need permission to hunt on private land in Michigan?

Under the Recreational Trespass Act, entering farm property or a connected wooded area for recreation or trapping requires the owner's, lessee's or agent's consent whether or not it is fenced or posted; other land requires consent if it is fenced or enclosed to exclude intruders or posted (MCL 324.73102). A violation is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days, a fine of $100 to $500, or both, with higher fines for killing a protected animal or for a repeat violation within 3 years (MCL 324.73110).