Resources & Research

Panhandling

Resources

 

May charitable organizations solicit donations in a public roadway? The Review magazine, January/February 2017

Soliciting on public streets and highways, Michigan Attorney General Opinion #7291; July 29, 2016

Michigan Anti-Begging Statute Declared UnconstitutionalThe Review magazine, March/April 2014

Speet v Schuette (Ruling that struck down Michigan’s 1929 anti-begging statute for violating the First Amendment)

Sample Ordinances

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