Section 256.544 - Statements of vehicle condition; forms; refusal to sign, effect.
GARAGE KEEPER'S LIABILITY (EXCERPT)
Act 391 of 1919
256.544 Statements of vehicle condition; forms; refusal to sign, effect.
Sec. 4.
The owner or keeper of any such garage or other establishment may provide blank forms upon which a description of the condition of any motor vehicle when so left in his care, may be noted; and when so provided and properly filled out in duplicate, he may require the owner of such motor vehicle to sign the same before leaving such vehicle. And if such a signed description is made, the owner or keeper of the garage or other establishment shall deliver a copy thereof to the owner of the vehicle. Refusal by the owner of such vehicle to sign such form shall be a bar to recovery under this act.
History: 1919, Act 391, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4799 ;-- CL 1948, 256.544