Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.67 (2026)

Additional prohibited acts.

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IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION ACT

Act 452 of 2004

445.67 Additional prohibited acts.

Sec. 7.

A person shall not do any of the following:

(a) Make any electronic mail or other communication under false pretenses purporting to be by or on behalf of a business, without the authority or approval of the business, and use that electronic mail or other communication to induce, request, or solicit any individual to provide personal identifying information with the intent to use that information to commit identity theft or another crime.

(b) Create or operate a webpage that represents itself as belonging to or being associated with a business, without the authority or approval of that business, and induces, requests, or solicits any user of the internet to provide personal identifying information with the intent to use that information to commit identity theft or another crime.

(c) Alter a setting on a user's computer or similar device or software program through which the user may access the internet and cause any user of the internet to view a communication that represents itself as belonging to or being associated with a business, which message has been created or is operated without the authority or approval of that business, and induces, requests, or solicits any user of the internet to provide personal identifying information with the intent to use that information to commit identity theft or another crime.

(d) Obtain or possess, or attempt to obtain or possess, personal identifying information of another person with the intent to use that information to commit identity theft or another crime.

(e) Sell or transfer, or attempt to sell or transfer, personal identifying information of another person if the person knows or has reason to know that the specific intended recipient will use, attempt to use, or further transfer the information to another person for the purpose of committing identity theft or another crime.

(f) Falsify a police report of identity theft, or knowingly create, possess, or use a false police report of identity theft.

History: 2004, Act 452, Eff. Mar. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 318, Eff. Apr. 1, 2011

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2021 · leading case: People of Michigan v. Marsha Sharlene Rutherford (Mich. Ct. App. 2019).

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People of Michigan v. Marsha Sharlene Rutherford (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 3× “65, obtaining, possessing, or transferring personal identifying information with intent to commit identity theft, MCL 445.67, and attempt to obtain money of $1,000 or more but less than $20,000 by false pretenses, MCL 750.”

Shaw v. Rewerts (E.D. Mich. 2020). · cites it 2× “796 , three counts of identity theft, in violation of Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.67 , one count of receiving and concealing stolen property valued at more than $1,000, but less than $20,000, in violation of Mich.”

Richardson v. Stewart (E.D. Mich. 2020). · cites it 2× “§ 2254 , challenging his convictions for identity theft, Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.65 (1)(a)(i), and obtaining or possessing personal identifying information of another with the intent of committing identity theft, Mich.”

Rutherford v. Howard (E.D. Mich. 2021). · cites it 2× “157a; Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.65 ; obtaining, possessing, or transferring personal identifying information with intent to commit identity theft, Mich.”

People of Michigan v. Alvin Lewis Richardson (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “BASIC FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY On September 10, 2011 at approximately 8:30 p.”

People of Michigan v. Rahmanh Keith Shaw (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “On May 16, 2016, defendant pleaded guilty to using stolen credit cards and stolen identities to purchase various merchandise totaling approximately $7,000 from retail stores.”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.67(d) — 2 cases

People of Michigan v. Marsha Sharlene Rutherford (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “65, obtaining, possessing, or transferring personal identifying information with intent to commit identity theft, MCL 445.67, and attempt to obtain money of $1,000 or more but less than $20,000 by false pretenses, MCL 750.”

People of Michigan v. Alvin Lewis Richardson (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “BASIC FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY On September 10, 2011 at approximately 8:30 p.”

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