Unsolicited commercial e-mail; prohibited conduct; policies and records.
MCL 445.2504
in effect445.2504. Unsolicited commercial e-mail; prohibited conduct; policies and records.
Sec. 4.
(1) A person who sends or causes to be sent an unsolicited commercial e-mail through an e-mail service provider located in this state or to an e-mail address held by a resident of this state shall not do any of the following:
(a) Use a third party's internet domain name or third party e-mail address in identifying the point of origin or in stating the transmission path of the commercial e-mail without the third party's consent.
(b) Misrepresent any information in identifying the point of origin or the transmission path of the commercial e-mail.
(c) Fail to include in the commercial e-mail the information necessary to identify the point of origin of the commercial e-mail.
(d) Provide directly or indirectly to another person the software described under section 5.
(2) If the recipient of an unsolicited commercial e-mail notifies the sender that the recipient does not want to receive future unsolicited commercial e-mail from the sender, the sender shall not send that recipient unsolicited commercial e-mail either directly or indirectly through a third party.
(3) A sender of unsolicited commercial e-mail shall establish and maintain the necessary policies and records to ensure that the recipient who has notified the sender under subsection (2) does not receive any e-mail from the date of the notice. The sender shall update its records under this subsection not less than every 14 business days.
2003, Act 42, Eff. Sept. 1, 2003
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-445-2504Fetched: 10/20/2026