Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1919 (2026)

Forging documents, labels, or stamps; prohibited conduct; penalty.

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MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL CODE OF 1998


Act 58 of 1998


436.1919 Forging documents, labels, or stamps; prohibited conduct; penalty.

Sec. 919.

    A person who falsely or fraudulently makes, simulates, forges, alters, or counterfeits a document, label, or stamp prescribed by the commission under this act or rules promulgated under this act, or who causes or procures to be falsely or fraudulently made, simulated, forged, altered, or counterfeited any such document, label, or stamp, who knowingly and willfully utters, publishes, passes, or tenders as true, any such false, altered, forged, or counterfeited document, label, or stamp, or who uses more than once any label or stamp prescribed by the commission pursuant to this act or the rules promulgated under this act is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2018–2018 · leading case: People v. Pinkney, 912 N.W.2d 535 (Mich. 2018).
People v. Pinkney, 912 N.W.2d 535 (Mich. 2018). “17766(c) (stating that a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he or she "[f]alsely makes, utters, publishes, passes, alters, or forges a prescription"); MCL 436.1919 ("A person who falsely or fraudulently makes, simulates, forges, alters, or counterfeits a document, label, or…”
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