Bill Text: MI SB0915 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration; fraudulently indicating that there is no security interest in a vehicle; prohibit. Amends sec. 257 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.257).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-10-02 - Assigned Pa 0289'14 [SB0915 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0915-Chaptered.html
Act No. 289
Public Acts of 2014
Approved by the Governor
September 30, 2014
Filed with the Secretary of State
September 30, 2014
EFFECTIVE DATE: 91st day after final adjournment of 2014 Regular Session
STATE OF MICHIGAN
97TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
Introduced by Senators Casperson, Robertson, Jones, Nofs, Marleau, Ananich and Meekhof
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 915
AN ACT to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “An act to provide for the registration, titling, sale, transfer, and regulation of certain vehicles operated upon the public highways of this state or any other place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor vehicles and distressed vehicles; to provide for the licensing of dealers; to provide for the examination, licensing, and control of operators and chauffeurs; to provide for the giving of proof of financial responsibility and security by owners and operators of vehicles; to provide for the imposition, levy, and collection of specific taxes on vehicles, and the levy and collection of sales and use taxes, license fees, and permit fees; to provide for the regulation and use of streets and highways; to create certain funds; to provide penalties and sanctions for a violation of this act; to provide for civil liability of manufacturers, the manufacturers of automated technology, upfitters, owners, and operators of vehicles and service of process on residents and nonresidents; to regulate the introduction and use of certain evidence; to provide for the levy of certain assessments; to provide for the enforcement of this act; to provide for the creation of and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to impose liability upon the state or local agencies; to provide appropriations for certain purposes; to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act or contrary to this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date,” by amending section 257 (MCL 257.257), as amended by 1992 PA 309.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 257. (1) A person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of a felony:
(a) Alters with fraudulent intent a certificate of title, registration certificate, or registration plate issued by the department.
(b) Forges or counterfeits a certificate of title, registration certificate, or registration plate purporting to have been issued by the department.
(c) Alters or falsifies with fraudulent intent or forges an assignment upon a certificate of title.
(d) Holds or uses a certificate of title, registration certificate, or registration plate knowing that it has been altered, forged, or falsified.
(e) Knowingly possesses, sells, or offers for sale a stolen, false, or counterfeit certificate of title, registration certificate, registration plate, registration decal, or registration tab.
(f) Fraudulently indicates on a certificate of title that there is no security interest on record for the vehicle.
(g) Forges or counterfeits a letter from the holder of a security interest in a vehicle stating that the security interest has been released.
(2) A person who is convicted of a second violation of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 2 years or more than 7 years, or by a fine of not less than $1,500.00 or more than $7,000.00, or both.
(3) A person who is convicted of a third or subsequent violation of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 5 years or more than 15 years, or by a fine of not less than $5,000.00 or more than $15,000.00, or both.
(4) A person who is convicted of a violation of subsection (1)(f) or (g), in addition to any other penalty, shall pay restitution to the holder of a security interest in the vehicle in the amount of the outstanding lien on the vehicle.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
