Bill > HB4674

This bill amends Michigan's vehicle code to provide new procedures for handling vehicle registration after the death of a vehicle owner. The bill allows the deceased owner's next of kin to renew the vehicle's registration once under specific conditions: they cannot renew if the registration was expired for more than 6 months before the owner's death, and they cannot renew after one year from the secretary of state being notified of the owner's death or when the vehicle's ownership is transferred by a personal representative or secured party. The vehicle's license plate remains valid until the end of the registration year, ownership transfer, or lessee change. The bill also updates provisions for transferring vehicle titles for deceased owners with limited estate assets, increasing the value threshold for simplified title transfer from $60,000 to $100,000 for the years 2024 and 2025, and establishing an annual cost-of-living adjustment for future years. Additionally, the bill makes a minor technical change by explicitly naming the Bureau of Labor Statistics when referring to the Consumer Price Index.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4674