MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE
Act 300 of 1949
257.903 False certification as felony; penalty.
Sec. 903.
(1) A person who makes a false certification to a matter or thing required by the terms of this act to be certified, including but not limited to an application for any type of driver license, dealer license, vehicle certificate of title, vehicle registration, vehicle inspection, self-insurance, personal information, or commercial driver training school, is guilty of a felony. A person who uses personal information for a purpose other than a permissible purpose identified in section 208c or 232 is guilty of a felony.
(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.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 398, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 309, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Aug. 7, 1997
Notes of Decisions
Warda v. City Council of City of Flushing, 696 N.W.2d 671 (Mich. 2005).
· cites it 2× “MCL 257.903. The city discharged plaintiff on May 25, 1994, for violating department rules and regulations, including misconduct and lying about the inspections to a Michigan State Police investigator.”
People v. Wilcox, 781 N.W.2d 784 (Mich. 2010).
· cites it 2× “08 grams per specified volume of blood, breath, or urine); MCL 257.903(2) and (3) (providing sentences of "not less than 2 years or more than 7 years" and "not less than 5 years or more than 15 years" respectively for subsequent offenses of making false certifications on an…”
Dawson v. Sec'y of State, 205 N.W.2d 299 (Mich. Ct. App. 1973).
“That Court reasoned that the statute was mandatory on the following basis: (1) If the licensee takes no action after the submission of the police officer’s report, the consequences to the licensee’s driving privileges could be serious; (2) false swearing in such matters is made…”
United States v. Rene Buentello, 423 F. App'x 528 (6th Cir. 2011).
“1 Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.903 (West 2010). Therefore, the United States introduced sufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict that Buentello violated section 1028(a)(7).”
People v. Thompson, 483 N.W.2d 428 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992).
· cites it 3× “Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of perjury for making a false certification in an attempt to obtain a driver’s license, MCL 257.903; MSA 9.2603, MCL 750.423; MSA 28.”
People of Michigan v. Michael Anthony Calabrese (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 2× “2 Defendant was acquitted of two counts of false certification (impermissible use of personal information), MCL 257.903, two counts of using a computer to commit a crime, MCL 752.”
Ruza v. The People of the State of Michigan (W.D. Mich. 2020).
· cites it 2× “10 , to respective prison terms of 2 years and 6 months to 6 years and two years and 6 months to 15 years, after Plaintiff pleaded guilty to false certification in relation to a motor vehicle, Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.903 , and intent to pass false title of a motor vehicle, Mich.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.903(2) — 1 case
People v. Wilcox, 781 N.W.2d 784 (Mich. 2010).
“08 grams per specified volume of blood, breath, or urine); MCL 257.903(2) and (3) (providing sentences of "not less than 2 years or more than 7 years" and "not less than 5 years or more than 15 years" respectively for subsequent offenses of making false certifications on an…”
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