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Code · Michigan · Chapter 257 — Motor Vehicles

257.733 Release of accident information to nongovernmental agency; exception.

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257.733 Release of accident information to nongovernmental agency; exception.
Sec. 733.
(1)The department shall not release information relating to an accident on the record of a driver to a nongovernmental agency unless the driver was subsequently convicted of or determined responsible for a violation of this act in connection with the accident.
(2)Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), the department shall not release information relating to an accident on the record of any of the following to a nongovernmental agency if the accident occurred while the person was operating the vehicle during the course of his or her employment:
(a)A police officer.
(b)A firefighter.
(c)An employee of the state transportation department, a county road commission, or a local authority having jurisdiction over a highway who is authorized to operate a motor vehicle or equipment while working within the highway right-of-way.
(d)A person authorized to operate an ambulance or other emergency vehicle.
(3)The department shall not release information received under section 732(5) concerning a plea to and the discharge and dismissal of a violation of section 703 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703, or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to section 703 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703, except as provided in section 703(3) of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1703.
(4)Subsection
(2)does not apply to a person described in subsection
(2)who was convicted of a crime under this act in connection with the accident.
History: Add. 1974, Act 208, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1974 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 545, Eff. Oct. 1, 1979 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 50, Imd. Eff. Mar. 25, 1994 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 62 , Eff. Sept. 1, 2004 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 650 , Eff. Oct. 1, 2010
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