Any bike possessed or operated on campus must have a valid permit affixed and must be parked at a bike rack, locked, and in operable condition. Otherwise, it may be impounded and fees assessed to retrieve and register it. MSU, East Lansing, Lansing and Meridian Township registrations are acceptable. Bike permits can be obtained at no cost online by clicking here. A current and valid permit must be affixed to the bike.

Bikes may be impounded upon complaint throughout the year for lack of registration, no current permit affixed, or improper storage. Bicycles must be parked and locked at bike racks. Bicycles attached to meters, signs, trees, posts or any area other than a bike rack will be impounded and fees assessed. Bicycles left on University property in an inoperable condition for a period longer than 48 hours may be impounded. Locks cut or damaged during impoundment will not be replaced.

At the end of Spring Semester a University wide bicycle “cleanup” is done. Bicycles that are illegally parked, unregistered, or inoperable are impounded. Bicycle racks need to be cleared to do routine maintenance to the bicycle racks and surrounding areas. In order to accommodate the maintenance of the bike rack areas, bicycles may not be stored on the campus during the summer. If you are not going to be on campus using your bicycle during the summer, please remove it. Additional information about the “cleanup” will be posted on the Web during Spring Semester.

BICYCLES NOT PICKED UP FROM THE IMPOUND LOT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF IMPOUNDMENT WILL BE FORWARDED TO MSU SURPLUS AND SOLD. JUNK BIKES WILL BE DESTROYED.

Due to the large number of bicycles used by members of the MSU community, local ordinances have been enacted to control their safe use and convenient storage.  A complete text of the bicycle ordinances may be found on the Web at: www.msu.edu.  Bicycle ordinances are under Ordinance 33

IMPOUND POSTING

The list of bikes impounded is available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

Please click here for impound posting list. (130 Kb)