# Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.210: Title to item; sale of pledged or pawned item; time of possession

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.210

## Section

- **Citation:** Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.210
- **Heading:** Title to item; sale of pledged or pawned item; time of possession
- **Jurisdiction:** Michigan
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MI Code / Chapter 446 / Act Act-273-of-1917 / Section 446.210

## Text

Sec. 10.

(1) Subject to section 12, title to an item that is pledged or pawned vests in the pawnbroker 90 days after the pledge or pawn, or after the expiration of any longer period agreed to by the parties, if the borrower has not paid the debt, interest, and charges on the item that was pledged or pawned.

(2) Subject to section 12, a pawnbroker shall not sell any item that was pledged or pawned until the item has remained in the pawnbroker's possession for at least 90 days.

History: 1917, Act 273, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; Am. 1927, Act 347, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1927; CL 1929, 9693; CL 1948, 446.210; Am. 1998, Act 233, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998; Am. 2018, Act 345, Eff. Jan. 14, 2019

## Nearby sections

- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.201 Pawnbrokers; license required; exception; internet drop-off store exempt from licensure.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.201.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.202 Licenses; issuance; contents; term; transferability; fee; bond; limitations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.202.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.203 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.203.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.204 Licensed pawnbroker; action upon bond.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.204.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.205 Record of property received; contents; inspection; form of permanent record.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.205.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.206 Statement to police of articles received; contents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.206.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.208 Purchaser's memorandum of pawn; contents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.208.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.209 Interest on loans; rate; storage charge; time of payment; computation; fee or excess charge prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.209.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.210 Title to item; sale of pledged or pawned item; time of possession.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.210.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.211 Payment or tender of debt before sale; effect as to title and right to property; agreement to permit pawner to maintain possession.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.211.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.212 Misappropriated property; effect of written hold order; delivery of property to person claiming ownership; return of property to pawnbroker; liability; "appropriate law enforcement official" defined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.212.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.213 Pawned property; destruction or defacing unlawful; visibility of serial number or insignia.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.213.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.214 Pawned property; acceptance from certain persons prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.214.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.216 Bond of complainant; amount, surety.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C446_AAct-273-of-1917_S446.216.md)

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