HOUSE BILL No. 5780

 

September 9, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Lori and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 248c.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 248c. (1) An individual who presents or offers to a

 

public office or a public employee a written instrument that

 

relates to or affects real or personal property or an interest in

 

real or personal property or that directly affects a contractual

 

relationship with the knowledge that the instrument will be

 

registered, filed, or recorded or become a part of the records of

 

the public office or public employee, with the knowledge that the

 

instrument contains a material false statement or material false

 

information, and with the intent to defraud is guilty of offering a

 

false instrument for recording.

 


     (2) An individual who offers a false instrument for recording

 

is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more

 

than 1 year or a fine of not more than $6,000.00, or both.