Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.125 (2026)

Giving, offering, or promising commission, gift, or gratuity to agent, employee, or other person with intent to influence action of agent or employee; requesting or accepting commission, gift, or gratuity; using or giving document containing materially false, erroneous, or defective statement; evidence; use of truthful testimony, evidence, or other information against witness in criminal case; violation as misdemeanor.

✓ current as of July 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MI-LEGlegislature.mi.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE

Act 328 of 1931

750.125 Giving, offering, or promising commission, gift, or gratuity to agent, employee, or other person with intent to influence action of agent or employee; requesting or accepting commission, gift, or gratuity; using or giving document containing materially false, erroneous, or defective statement; evidence; use of truthful testimony, evidence, or other information against witness in criminal case; violation as misdemeanor.

Sec. 125.

(1) A person shall not give, offer, or promise a commission, gift, or gratuity to an agent, employee, or other person or do or offer to do an act beneficial to an agent, employee, or other person with intent to influence the action of the agent or employee in relation to his or her principal's or employer's business.

(2) An agent or employee shall not request or accept a commission, gift, or gratuity, or a promise of a commission, gift, or gratuity, for the agent, employee, or another person or the doing of an act or offer of an act beneficial to the agent, employee, or another person according to an agreement or understanding between the agent or employee and any other person that the agent or employee shall act in a particular manner in relation to his or her principal's or employer's business.

(3) A person shall not use or give to an agent, employee, or other person, and an agent or employee shall not use, approve, or certify, with intent to deceive the principal or employer, a receipt, account, invoice, or other document concerning which the principal or employer is interested that contains a statement that is materially false, erroneous, or defective or omits to state fully any commission, money, property, or other valuable thing given or agreed to be given to the agent or employee.

(4) Evidence is not admissible in any proceeding or prosecution under this section to show that a gift or acceptance of a commission, money, property, or other valuable thing described in this section is customary in a business, trade, or calling. The customary nature of a transaction is not a defense in a proceeding or prosecution under this section.

(5) In a proceeding or prosecution under this section, a person shall not be excused from attending and testifying or from producing documentary evidence pursuant to a subpoena on the ground that the testimony or evidence may tend to incriminate him or her or subject him or her to a penalty or forfeiture. Truthful testimony, evidence, or other truthful information compelled under this section and any information derived directly or indirectly from that truthful testimony, evidence, or other truthful information shall not be used against the witness in a criminal case, except for impeachment purposes or in a prosecution for perjury or otherwise failing to testify or produce evidence as required.

(6) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.125 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 251, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003

FormerLaw Notes:

See section 1 of Act 210 of 1905, being CL 1915, § 15590; CL 1929, § 17094; and sections 2 to 6 of Act 146 of 1923, being CL 1929, §§ 17095 to 17099.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 17 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1951–2025 · leading case: People of Michigan v. William Little, 499 Mich. 332 (Mich. 2016).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

People of Michigan v. William Little, 499 Mich. 332 (Mich. 2016). · cites it 6× “702a(6) (stating that “truthful information” compelled under an order granting immunity may not be used against a witness); MCL 750.125(5) (expressly protecting “truthful information” from being used against a witness); MCL 750.”

Charles Alongi v. Ford Motor Co. Environ, Inc., 386 F.3d 716 (6th Cir. 2004). · cites it 2× “This claim was founded upon Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.125 , a misdemeanor statute that criminalizes bribery of the agents or employees of another.”

Perrin v. United States, 444 U.S. 37 (1979). “271, § 39 (West 1970) (enacted 1904); Mich. Comp. Laws §750.125 (1968) (enacted 1905); Miss.”

United States v. Louis Parise, Jr., 159 F.3d 790 (3rd Cir. 1998). “§ 14:73; Michigan, see Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 750.125 ; Minnesota, see Minn.”

People v. Davis, 290 N.W.2d 366 (Mich. 1980). “See, also, the following cases upholding convictions of public employees for receiving bribes under another broadly worded statute, MCL 750.125; MSA 28.320, which punishes both the giving and receiving of bribes intended to affect an agent’s, employee’s or servant’s actions in…”

People v. Newsome, 143 N.W.2d 165 (Mich. Ct. App. 1966). · cites it 2× “” The second count in the information charged a conspiracy to give and receive bribes contrary to the provision of CL 1948, § 750.125 (Stat Ann § 28.320). This statutory section includes a paragraph which sets forth: *560 “Evidence shall not be admissible in any proceeding or…”

People v. Kirstein, 148 N.W.2d 539 (Mich. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 2× “On August 14, 1963, defendant Kirstein was convicted by a jury of violating CL *109 1948, § 750.125 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.320) which makes it illegal for an agent, employee or servant to accept or request a gratuity according to an agreement or understanding to act in some…”

In Re the Extradition of Chan Seong-I, 346 F. Supp. 2d 1149 (D.N.M. 2004). “271 § 39 (felony subject to five years imprisonment); Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.125 (misdemeanor); Minn.”

People v. Parsons, 371 N.W.2d 440 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). “46; bribery, MCL 750.125; MSA 28.320; trusts and monopolies, MCL 750.”

Thomas Baltrusaitis v. UAW, 133 F.4th 678 (6th Cir. 2025). · cites it 2× “at 32 (citing Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.125 ); see also Baltrusaitis II, 695 F.”

People v. Nankervis, 46 N.W.2d 592 (Mich. 1951). “The first charged that defendant, as an employee of the city of Detroit in the recorder’s court traffic and ordinance division, did, from October 1,1947, to April 1,1948, request and ac *20 cept payments of bribes to himself for his removal of records of traffic violations by…”

Hale v. Comerica Bank-Detroit, 473 N.W.2d 725 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991). “See 18 USC 215; MCL 750.125; MSA 28.320. The trial court erred in concluding that the bank had to follow the four-step procedure before terminating plaintiff.”

Show all 17 citing cases →

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.125(5) — 2 cases

People of Michigan v. William Little, 499 Mich. 332 (Mich. 2016). “702a(6) (stating that “truthful information” compelled under an order granting immunity may not be used against a witness); MCL 750.125(5) (expressly protecting “truthful information” from being used against a witness); MCL 750.”

People of Michigan v. Nevin Hughes (Mich. 2016).

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.