Michigan Compiled Laws 328-1931-xliii Chapter XLIII Frauds And Cheats (750.271...750.300a)

• Section 750.271 Domestic Corporations; Securities, Fraudulent Issue And Sale.
  Fraudulent issue and sale of securities of domestic corporations—Any person or persons who shall fraudulently issue or cause to be issued, any stock, scrip,...
• Section 750.272 Foreign Corporations; Stock, Fraudulently Issued, Sale.
  Knowingly selling fraudulently issued stock of foreign corporations—Any person or persons who shall sell or offer for sale any stock fraudulently issued, and purporting...
• Section 750.273 Fraudulently Obtaining Signature; Penalty.
  A person who fraudulently obtains the signature of any person with the intent to cheat and defraud that person is guilty of a felony...
• Section 750.274 Note; Fraudulent Signature; Knowingly Purchasing, Collection.
  Purchasing and attempting to collect a note, knowing signature was fraudulently obtained—Any person who shall receive into his possession for collection or sale or...
• Section 750.275 Warranty Deed Or Similar Words; Use.
  Use of words “warranty deed” or similar words—Any person who shall print, sell or keep for sale any blank forms of deeds containing the...
• Section 750.276 Promise To Vendee Of Grain To Sell At Fictitious Price; Signature To Note.
  Procuring signature to note, etc., as consideration for promise to vendee of grain to sell same at fictitious price—Any person who, either for his...
• Section 750.277 Promise To Vendee Of Grain To Sell At Fictitious Price; Sale And Transfer.
  Sale and transfer of note, etc., signature to which was procured as consideration for promise to vendee of grain to sell at fictitious price—Any...
• Section 750.278 Fraudulent Warehouse Receipts; Executing And Delivering.
  Knowingly executing and delivering fraudulent warehouse receipts—Any warehouseman or forwarding merchant or any other person, or the agent or servant of any warehouseman or...
• Section 750.279 Personal Property; Fraudulent Disposition.
  Fraudulent disposition of personal property—Whenever money, or any goods, wares or merchandise or other personal property, shall be delivered, committed or entrusted to, or...
• Section 750.280 Gross Frauds And Cheats At Common Law.
  Gross frauds and cheats at common law—Any person who shall be convicted of any gross fraud or cheat at common law, shall be guilty...
• Section 750.281 Repealed. 1996, Act 212, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1996.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to defrauding livery stable keepers.
• Section 750.282 Offenses Against Water, Steam, Electric, Or Gas Companies, Or Propane Gas Dealers Or Distributors, And Boards Or Municipalities Owning Or Operating Plants; Misdemeanor; Felony; Civil Action Not Impaired By Criminal Prosecution; Presumption; Prima Facie Evidence Of Violation.
  (1) A person shall not do any of the following: (a) Willfully or fraudulently injure, or fraudulently allow to be injured, a meter, wire,...
• Section 750.282a Sale Or Transfer Of Electric Or Natural Gas Product Or Service Illegally Obtained; Violation As Felony; Penalty; Definitions.
  (1) A person who sells or transfers or attempts to sell or transfer the product or service of an electric provider or natural gas...
• Section 750.283 Fruits And Vegetables Sold In Closed Package; Fraud Prevention.
  Preventing fraud in sale of fruits and vegetables—In this section, unless the contents otherwise require, the term “closed package” shall be construed to mean...
• Section 750.284 Genuine Article; Selling Goods Other Than; Marking.
  Selling other than genuine goods, etc., under a genuine label, stamp, etc.—Any person who, from any box, phial, case, package or other form of...
• Section 750.285 Repealed. 2004, Act 452, Eff. Mar. 1, 2005.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to obtaining personal identity information with intent to unlawfully use information.Popular Name: Indentity Theft
• Section 750.286 Repealed. 1964, Act 256, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the sale or offer for sale as Michigan wheat any wheat not grown in the state as misdemeanor.
• Section 750.287 Sterling Or Sterling Silver Marked Articles; Fraud In Sale.
  Any person who knowingly makes or sells, or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his or her possession with intent to...
• Section 750.288 Coin Or Coin Silver; Fraud In Sale Of Articles Marked.
  Any person who knowingly makes or sells, or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his or her possession with intent to...
• Section 750.289 Common Carrier; False Billing Of Goods.
  False billing of goods to common carrier—Any person offering goods, property or effects to any common carrier within this state for the purpose of...
• Section 750.290 Imitation Leather; Boots And Shoes.
  Boots and shoes composed of imitation leather—The term “imitation leather” as used herein shall, for the purposes of this section, be defined to be...
• Section 750.291 Boarding House Keepers; Defrauding.
  Defrauding boarding house keepers—Any person who shall stop, put up, board or lodge at any boarding house as a guest or boarder by the...
• Section 750.292 Hotel, Motel, Inn, Restaurant, Cafe; Defrauding; Limitation On Proceedings.
  Any person who shall put up at any hotel, motel, inn, restaurant or cafe as a guest and shall procure any food, entertainment or...
• Section 750.293 Hotel, Motel, Inn, Restaurant, Cafe; Prima Facie Evidence.
  Prima facie evidence—Obtaining such food, lodging or accommodation by false pretense, or by false or fictitious show of baggage or other property, or refusal...
• Section 750.294 Animals; Fraudulent Registration As Pure-bred.
  Any person who by fraud or misrepresentation obtains or attempts to obtain the registration of animals as pure-bred upon the herd books of any...
• Section 750.295 Milk And Butter Fat Production; Fraudulent Practices.
  Any person who connives at, commits, or attempts to commit any fraudulent or dishonest practice in connection with the making of official or semiofficial...
• Section 750.296 Repealed. 1984, Act 262, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1984.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to sale and marking of condensed milk.
• Section 750.297-750.297d Repealed. 1966, Act 78, Imd. Eff. June 10, 1966.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to fraudulent sales and identification of kosher meat products.
• Section 750.297e Kosher Food Products; Definition; Sale; False Representation; Prohibited Acts; Evidence Of Fraud; Inspection And Supervision Of Sale Of Meat; Rules; Violation As Misdemeanor.
  (1) As used in this section, “kosher” means prepared or processed in accordance with orthodox Hebrew religious requirements sanctioned by a recognized orthodox rabbinical...
• Section 750.297f “halal” Defined; Prohibited Acts; Violation As Misdemeanor; Presumption; Additional Prohibited Acts; Investigation And Inspection By Department Of Agriculture; Rules.
  (1) As used in this section, “halal” means prepared or processed in accordance with Islamic religious requirements. (2) A person who, with intent to...
• Section 750.298 Medicine; Practicing Under False Or Assumed Name.
  Any person who practices medicine or advertises to practice medicine under a false or assumed name, or under a name other than his or...
• Section 750.298a Representation Of Service As Under Supervision Of Physician; Product Or Appliance Approved By Medical Profession.
  If any person, partnership, corporation or enterprise shall offer to furnish any service, product or appliance designed or represented to affect human health, well-being...
• Section 750.299 Agricultural Seeds; False Statement.
  False statements regarding agricultural seeds—Any person or his agent or employe, who, in writing or in a newspaper, circular or other publication published in...
• Section 750.300 Insurance Company; Killing Or Injuring Animals To Defraud.
  Killing or injuring animals with intent to defraud insurance company—Any person who shall injure or kill any horse, mule or other live stock which...
• Section 750.300a Food Stamps Or Coupons; Conduct As Crime; Course Of Conduct As One Offense; Determination Of Degree; Definitions.
  (1) A person who knowingly uses, transfers, acquires, alters, purchases, possesses, presents for redemption, or transports food stamps or coupons or access devices other...

Last modified: October 10, 2016