(2) The requirements of subsection (1) shall not apply to:

(a) A consumer item sold by weight or volume which is not in a package or container.
(b) A consumer item sold in a coin operated vending machine.
(c) Prepared food intended for immediate consumption, as defined in section 4g of Act No. 167 of the Public Acts of 1933, being section 205.54g of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(d) A consumer item purchased by mail or through catalog order, or which is not otherwise visible for inspection by the consumer at the time of the sale, and which is ordered or requested by the consumer, if the price of the item is on the consumer's written order or request or on a bill, invoice, or other notice which describes or names the item and which is enclosed with the item.
(e) An unpackaged food item.
(f) A consumer item which has a total weight of not more than 3 ounces, a total volume of not more than 3 cubic inches, and a total price of not more than 30 cents.
(g) Live plants.
(h) Live animals.
(i) Motor vehicles.
(j) Motor vehicle parts.
(k) Packages of 20 or fewer cigarettes.
(l) Greeting cards sold individually which have a readable coded price on the back of the card.
(m) Merchandise ordered as a gift by a consumer which is sent by mail or other delivery service to a person other than the consumer by the retailer at the request of the consumer. (3) In addition to the exemptions allowed in subsection (2), a retailer may choose to not individually price mark not more than 25 classes of items or individual items which classes or items shall be listed and posted in a conspicuous place in the retail store, and may choose to not individually price mark not more than 25 additional classes of items or individual items which are advertised or featured at a reduced price.
(4) The price and the name or description of a class of items or individual items not marked pursuant to subsection (3) shall be indicated by a clear, readable, and conspicuous sign in immediate conjunction with the area in which the unmarked item or class of items is displayed.
(5) As used in subsections (3) and (4), "item", except as otherwise provided in this subsection, means 1 or more identical articles, sold in identical quantities or measures. An item may include more than 1 product, brand, kind, size, or type of packaging, if they are packaged together and sold as a set and the sets are identical in all respects, including quantity or measure.

History: 1976, Act 449, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978;--Am. 1979, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1979.
Popular name: Scanner Law
Popular name: Item Pricing Act

Is it a crime for a retailer to sell an item below marked price?  No.

445.354 Charging more or less than price indicated; evidence of violation.
Sec. 4. (1) A person shall not knowingly charge or attempt to charge for a consumer item a retail sale price exceeding the price required to be indicated pursuant to section 3. It shall not be construed to be a violation of this act to charge for a consumer item a total price less than the price required to be indicated pursuant to section 3.
(2) It shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section if a price charged or attempted to be charged as a result of electronic identification or calculation by an automatic checkout system exceeds the price required to be indicated pursuant to section 3.

And then there's the whole protective measure from flimflamming retailers...

445.355 Advertising availability of consumer item at sale price, special price, or reduced price; dates and quantity available; requirements for advertising at specific price through media; written guarantee to deliver; providing similar item; holding item for delivery; exceptions...

445.356 Advertisement; untrue, deceptive, or misleading statement or representation; failure or refusal to sell in manner or at price advertised; determination of deceptive or misleading advertising; intent not to sell; defective, blemished, or rejected goods, merchandise, or commodities; seconds; identification...

445.357 Discrimination in advertising real property; evidence; legal or equitable remedies...

445.358 Publication of advertisement in good faith and without knowledge of falsity or deception...

Two things.  All the crap that the media is distributing in print about AG Mike Cox nailing Walmart for $1.5 million sure as hell hasn't slowed down the Walton family from opening 41 Walmart's and 25 Sam's Clubs in Michigan to peddle their imported products from China.  Matter of fact, it should also be noted that Walmart even threw in a $100 large to Michigan food banks for good measure and make nicey nice with the public.

I'd also charge that more business is lost in this state due to aging Boomer commies that are truly the pimple on the ass of progress than any price tag ever even dreamed of being.  Union loving commies despise capitalist giants like Walmart and the irony of this so-called "hidden tax" being tossed to the wayside sure puts the big box stores in the driver seat while still wiping out the little guy.

I guess it all means that the price tags I've enjoyed as verification will ultimately go away 'cause Guv Milliken 2.0 thinks that's a high priority in this Titanic of a state.