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Michigan Constitutional Archive
Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article I § 11

Proposal No. 1

November 3, 1936; Joint Resolution No. 2 of 1935; Approved 815,221 to 574,324 (59%)

Article II

Sec. 10: The person, houses, papers and possessions of every person shall be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures. No warrant to search any place or to seize any person or things shall issue without describing them, nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not be construed to bar from evidence in any court of criminal jurisdiction, or in any criminal proceeding held before any magistrate or justice of the peace, any firearm, rifle, pistol, revolver, automatic pistol, machine gun, bomb, bomb shell, explosive, blackjack, slungshot, billy, metallic knuckles, gas-ejecting device, or any other dangerous weapon or thing, seized by any peace officer outside the curtilage of any dwelling house in this state.

Sources

  • Joint Resolution No. 2 of 1935 (PDF)
  • General Election, November 3, 1936, Proposals (Library of Michigan)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1937-1938, p. 317 (HathiTrust)
  • Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1935, pp. 468–469 (HathiTrust)
  • Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular and Extra Sessions of 1937, p. 876 (HathiTrust)

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