Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.271 (2026)

Request for impression of fingerprints; copies; exception.

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FINGERPRINTING RESIDENTS OF STATE

Act 120 of 1935

28.271 Request for impression of fingerprints; copies; exception.

Sec. 1.

Except as provided in section 4 of the child identification and protection act, 1985 PA 176, MCL 722.774, if a resident of this state appears before any sheriff or police agency for the county in which he or she resides and requests an impression of his or her fingerprints, the agency shall comply with the request and make at least 2 copies of the impression, 1 for the files of the local police and the other to be forwarded to the central records division of the department of state police.

History: 1935, Act 120, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 28.271 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 175, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 1985 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 25, Eff. Aug. 2, 2017

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1969–1999 · leading case: Thom v. New York Stock Exch., 306 F. Supp. 1002 (S.D.N.Y. 1969).

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Thom v. New York Stock Exch., 306 F. Supp. 1002 (S.D.N.Y. 1969). “Mich.Comp.Laws §§ 28.271, 28.272 (1948) (voluntary request for fingerprinting to be complied with; separate noncriminal filing system to be maintained); id.”

Kitchen v. Boyd (In Re Newpower), 229 B.R. 691 (W.D. Mich. 1999). “In fact, the definition of embezzlement under Michigan law, to which Newpower pleaded guilty, requires a conclusion that the offense is theft from a position of trust or agency: Embezzlement is defined in M.”

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