Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.191 (2026)

Refusing, omitting, and delaying to serve process.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE

Act 328 of 1931

750.191 Refusing, omitting, and delaying to serve process.

Sec. 191.

Any officer authorized to serve process, who willfully and corruptly refuses to execute any lawful process to him or her directed, and requiring him or her to apprehend or confine any person convicted or charged with an offense, or who willfully and corruptly omits or delays to execute such process, whereby such person shall escape and go at large, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.191 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003

FormerLaw Notes:

See section 15 of Ch. 156 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5834; CL 1871, § 7667; How., § 9249; CL 1897, § 11319; CL 1915, § 14986; and CL 1929, § 16577.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1980–1995 · leading case: People v. Bell, 399 N.W.2d 542 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986).

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People v. Bell, 399 N.W.2d 542 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “2319, and one count of felonious driving, MCL 750.191; MSA 28.661. Defendant appeals as of right, asserting four bases for reversal of his convictions.”

People v. Ortman, 530 N.W.2d 161 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995). “People v Rowe, 95 Mich App 204, 209 ; 289 NW2d 915 (1980); MCL 750.191; MSA 28.388, MCL 750.123; MSA 28.”

People v. Rowe, 289 N.W.2d 915 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). “2114, which provides: "When any person has committed or is suspected of having committed any crime or misdemeanor within a city, or has escaped from any city prison, the police officers of the city shall have the same right to pursue, arrest and detain such person without the…”

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