Michigan § 445.2079 - Tagging and holding plastic bulk merchandise container.

(1) A dealer shall tag and hold a plastic bulk merchandise container purchased from a seller for at least 7 days if any of the following are met:

(a) The plastic bulk merchandise container has altered or obliterated serial numbers, and the person that delivers the plastic bulk merchandise container does not have a written receipt or documentation for the container.

(b) There is identifying information shown on the plastic bulk merchandise container; because of that information, the dealer knows or reasonably should know that the plastic bulk merchandise container is or was the property of a specific business; and the person delivering the plastic bulk merchandise container does not have a written receipt or documentation for the container.

(c) The plastic bulk merchandise container is subject to a notification or bulletin from any law enforcement agency that the dealer received before the purchase of the plastic bulk merchandise container.

(2) Section 7 applies to a purchase of a plastic bulk merchandise container that is subject to subsection (1).

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a dealer's purchase of a plastic bulk merchandise container from another dealer if that other dealer complied with subsection (1) concerning that container.

(4) If subsection (1) did not apply to the initial purchase of a plastic bulk merchandise container by a dealer, subsection (1) does not apply to the resale of that container by the dealer to another dealer.