Michigan § 257.675e - Liability of shared vehicle driver; violations; proof.

(1) A shared vehicle driver and not the peer-to-peer car sharing program or the shared vehicle owner is liable for a violation of a local ordinance or state statute relating to a standing or parked vehicle involving the shared vehicle if the peer-to-peer car sharing program or the shared vehicle owner furnishes the proof required under subsection (2) to show that the vehicle described in the citation, complaint, warrant, or notice was in the possession of, was in the custody of, or was being operated or used by the shared vehicle driver at the time of the violation.

(2) A peer-to-peer car sharing program and shared vehicle owner may avoid liability for a violation described in subsection (1) if the peer-to-peer car sharing program or shared vehicle owner provides all of the following information to the clerk of the court or parking violations bureau issuing the violation not later than 30 days after the shared vehicle owner has received notice of the violation:

(a) The shared vehicle driver's name, address, and operator's license number.

(b) A copy of the car sharing program agreement, showing the car sharing start time and the car sharing termination time. The car sharing program agreement may be provided in electronic form.

(3) As used in this section, "car sharing program agreement", "car sharing start time", "car sharing termination time", "peer-to-peer car sharing program", "shared vehicle", "shared vehicle driver", and "shared vehicle owner" mean those terms as defined in section 3 of the peer-to-peer car sharing program act.