Michigan golf cart laws explained — MCL 257.657a lets towns under 30,000 allow golf carts, requires a licensed driver 16+, and keeps carts off trunk line highways. Plus LSV rules.
Only where a local resolution permits them. Michigan Vehicle Code § 257.657a lets any village or city with fewer than 30,000 residents — or a similarly sized township, unless the county board disapproves — adopt a resolution allowing golf carts on its streets. The operator must be at least 16 and hold a valid driver's license, and golf carts are not subject to state registration. Related: Shop street-legal golf carts
No. Under § 257.657a a golf cart may not travel along a state trunk line highway — it may only cross one, using the most direct line of crossing, when operating on approved village, city, or township streets. Operators must follow the same signal rules as other vehicles (§ 257.648) and ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable. Related: Golf carts in Michigan
A low-speed vehicle — a four-wheeled vehicle meeting the federal FMVSS 500 standard under MCL § 257.25b — is titled and registered through the Michigan Secretary of State and may be driven on streets posted 35 mph or less (MCL § 257.660), with no local resolution needed. Factory-certified models like the DENAGO CITY qualify; TIGON delivers across Michigan, call 1-844-844-6638. Related: Shop Low Speed Vehicles