THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 328 of 1931
750.231 Sections 750.224, 750.224a, 750.224b, 750.226a, 750.227, 750.227c, and 750.227d inapplicable to
certain persons and organizations.
Sec. 231.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), sections 224, 224a, 224b, 226a, 227, 227c, and 227d do not apply to any of
the following:
(a) A peace officer of an authorized police agency of the United States, of this state, or of a political subdivision of
this state, who is regularly employed and paid by the United States, this state, or a political subdivision of this state.
(b) A person who is regularly employed by the state department of corrections and who is authorized in writing by
the director of the department of corrections to carry a concealed weapon while in the official performance of his or
her duties or while going to or returning from those duties.
(c) A person employed by a private vendor that operates a youth correctional facility authorized under section 20g of
1953 PA 232, MCL 791.220g, who meets the same criteria established by the director of the state department of
corrections for departmental employees described in subdivision (b) and who is authorized in writing by the director
of the department of corrections to carry a concealed weapon while in the official performance of his or her duties or
while going to or returning from those duties.
(d) A member of the United States army, air force, navy, or marine corps or the United States coast guard while
carrying weapons in the line of or incidental to duty.
(e) An organization authorized by law to purchase or receive weapons from the United States or from this state.
(f) A member of the national guard, armed forces reserve, the United States coast guard reserve, or any other
authorized military organization while on duty or drill, or in going to or returning from a place of assembly or
practice, while carrying weapons used for a purpose of the national guard, armed forces reserve, United States coast
guard reserve, or other duly authorized military organization.
(2) As applied to section 224a(1) only, subsection (1) is not applicable to an individual included under subsection
(1)(a), (b), or (c) unless he or she has been trained on the use, effects, and risks of using a portable device or weapon
described in section 224a(1).
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;--CL 1948, 750.231 ;--Am. 1958, Act 107, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958 ;--Am.
1964, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;--Am. 1981, Act 103, Eff. Mar. 31, 1982 ;--Am. 1998, Act 510, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8,
1999 ;--Am. 2002, Act 536, Imd. Eff. July 26, 2002 .
HOFFMAN sponsored bill. (SB 809)
OLD MICHIGAN LANGUAGE: Illegal for Law Enforcement. Illegal for civilians.
The Michigan Penal Code Act 328 of 1931. Chapter 750.224a Portable device or weapon directing electrical
current, impulse, wave, or beam; sale or possession prohibited; testing.
(1) A person shall not sell, offer for sale, or possess in this state a portable device or weapon from which an electric
current, impulse, wave or beam is designed to incapacitate temporarily, injure, or kill.
(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony.