“Snowmobile Owi In Michigan”

I have been charged with snowmobile operate under influence in the state of michigan, ontario resident, can not find much info on this crime, can I loose my canadian driver's license, and if so how long, all info found relates to motor vehicle not snowmobile, any help would be great thanks

It would appear yes, that you may lose you driving priviledges here in Ontario as a result of a conviction in the Michigan.

ONTARIO REGULATION 37/93

O. Reg. 37/93, s. 1; O. Reg. 558/96, s. 1; O. Reg. 111/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 404/08, s. 1.

How do they consolidate information from Michigan's files to Ontario's, out of curiosity? IE, when will they find out or when will this conviction be registered on the license of a driver, licensed in a different country?

ontario reg states criminal code (us) 625 but as far as I can see I am charge under snowmobile act criminal code 324 do not know if it affects or crosses over to 625, that is where i do not understand, any further help would be appreicated.

criminal code charge questions= ask your lawyer.

I am not sure any of us a versed in Michigan criminal/highway laws as to what is a vehicle and what is not.

OPS Copper

Michigan's laws are a bit different than Ontario, but basically OWI on a snowmobile is transferred to your driver licence and suspensions/points are applied. Any OWI offence is treated the same, whether it is in a motor vehicle or snowmobile or anything else. See this link from the Michigan Secretary of State:

Marquisse wrote:How do they consolidate information from Michigan's files to Ontario's, out of curiosity? IE, when will they find out or when will this conviction be registered on the license of a driver, licensed in a different country?

Ontario and Michigan signed a reciprocity agreement about 10 years ago. If an Ontario resident gets convicted of a "moving violation" in Michigan, MDOT employees know that they are supposed to take the information and send it to MTO. Ironically, Michigan does not have any reciprocity agreements with other US states for traffic tickets, only Ontario. So if you are an out-of-state driver and you get pulled over in Michigan, one of three things happens (unless you're from Ontario):

- Take your licence (and usually your car) until you post a "bond"

- Pay $100 to the officer as a bond to ensure payment of the ticket, receipt issued

- Sign an agreement to return to Michigan to answer the charge, failure to appear generates an arrest warrant

OPS Copper wrote:criminal code charge questions= ask your lawyer.

+1

FYI... if you're wondering why I know any of this, I used to live in Michigan.

Side note: Criminal Code topics are not appropriate for this board, but since this thread seems to be more about licence suspension, etc., based on an out-of-province offence, it is acceptable to talk about it here, IMO