Bronson
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The next sentence adds additional information, for people who live in another state, yet own a firearm which is stored in MI:
Additionally, MCL 28.422 exempts residents of other states from Michigan’s pistol registration requirements therefore, allowing them to possess a pistol in Michigan, if all of the following requirements are met:
1. The person is licensed by his or her state of residence to purchase, transport, or carry a pistol,
2. The person is in possession of the license while in Michigan,
3. The person owns the pistol possessed in Michigan,
4. The person possesses the pistol for a lawful purpose as defined in MCL 750.231a, and
5. The person is in Michigan less than 180 days and does not intend to establish residency here.
Not quite.
Those exemptions are not for non-MI residents to store pistols in MI. Those are for non-MI residents who will be visiting MI with their non-MI registered pistol.
In order to be in possession of a pistol in MI it must be registered in MI. In order to have it registered in MI the owner/possesser must be a MI resident. The above posted exemptions allow a non-resident to be in possession of their pistol in MI without having to get it registered here, and you must meet ALL of the above OR have a concealed permit from your home state (which will allow you to conceal while here) OR have a concealed permit from ANY state which will allow you to possess the pistol (but not conceal it), OR be a law enforcement officer carrying under the LEOSA. AFAIK the above exemptions do NOT allow a non-MI resident to leave a pistol in storage here.
Bronson