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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.157q (2026)

Delivery, circulation, or sale of financial transaction device obtained or held under proscribed circumstances.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE


Act 328 of 1931


750.157q Delivery, circulation, or sale of financial transaction device obtained or held under proscribed circumstances.

Sec. 157q.

    A person who delivers, circulates, or sells a financial transaction device which was obtained or held by that person under circumstances proscribed under section 157n, 157p, or 157v, or uses, permits, causes, or procures the financial transaction device to be used, delivered, circulated, or sold, knowing the device to have been obtained or held under circumstances proscribed under section 157n, 157p, or 157v is guilty of a felony.

History: Add. 1967, Act 255, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 30, 1988

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 25 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1971–2026 · leading case: People v. Ford, 331 N.W.2d 878 (Mich. 1987).
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People v. Ford, 331 N.W.2d 878 (Mich. 1987). · cites it 4× “Following an appeal of right to the Court of Appeals, that Court set aside defendant's conviction, holding that it was an abuse of prosecutorial discretion to charge defendant under the general uttering and publishing statute when, on the facts presented, there existed a more…”
People v. Hall, 880 N.W.2d 785 (Mich. 2016). “249 and MCL 750.157q. 22 Id. at 77 . 23 Id. at 77-78 .”
People v. Cage, 269 N.W.2d 213 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 6× “354(16), providing as follows: "Any person who delivers, circulates or sells a credit *539 card which was obtained or is held by such person under circumstances which would constitute an offense under sections 157n or 157p, or uses or permits or causes or procures the same to be…”
People v. Richard Ford, 291 N.W.2d 60 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “On appeal, defendant claims that it was an abuse of prosecutorial discretion and a violation of general rules of statutory construction to charge defendant under the general uttering and publishing statute when the facts of the case better fit and are more applicable to the…”
People v. Botzen, 391 N.W.2d 410 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “At the plea proceeding defendant admitted that he had prior convictions for: (1) circulating a credit card without the cardholder’s consent, MCL 750.157q; MSA 28.354(16), and (2) breaking and entering a motor vehicle with the intent to steal property over $5, MCL 750.”
People v. Joseph, 313 N.W.2d 340 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “The Court found that the credit card protection act, *470 MCL 750.157q; MSA 28.354(16), was intended by the Legislature to cover all credit card crimes: "The question then remains whether, under these circumstances, discretion should remain in the prosecutor as to which statute…”
People v. Collins, 405 N.W.2d 182 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “MCL 750.157q; MSA 28.354(16). Thereafter, she was tried and convicted by the court of being a third-felony offender.”
People of Michigan v. Keegan William Kangas (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “The instant charges were brought against defendant while he was awaiting trial on two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.”
People of Michigan v. Bianca Jalissa May (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 4× “RELEVANT FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS This case arises out of the use of an electronic benefit transfer card (also known as an EBT or bridge card), or card number, that was issued to Renard Dickerson.”
People v. Dockery, 237 N.W.2d 575 (Mich. Ct. App. 1975). “MCLA 750.157q; MSA 28.354(16), and MCLA 750.”
People v. Hilliard, 408 N.W.2d 482 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted as charged of two counts of unlawful use of a credit card, MCL 750.157q; MSA 28.354(16). After pleading guilty to a charge of being an habitual offender, MCL 769.”
People of Michigan v. Eric Lamont King-Price Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 3× “10, to concurrent sentences of 28 months’ to 7.5 years’ imprisonment on the larceny charge and 21 months’ to 6 years’ imprisonment on the financial-transaction-device charge.”
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