Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.279 (2026)

Personal property; fraudulent disposition.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE


Act 328 of 1931


750.279 Personal property; fraudulent disposition.

Sec. 279.

    Fraudulent disposition of personal property—Whenever money, or any goods, wares or merchandise or other personal property, shall be delivered, committed or entrusted to, or put in charge of any person as agent with written instructions, or upon any written agreement signed by the party so instructed as agent, or such written instructions shall be delivered or such written agreement shall be made, at any time after delivery to such agent, of any money or goods, wares, merchandise, or other personal property, which instructions or agreements shall express the appropriation, purpose, or use to which such money shall be applied, or the terms, mode or manner of the application or employment of such money, or which shall express or direct the disposition or use to be made by such agent, of any goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property, so delivered or entrusted to such agent; if the person to whom any such money or goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property shall be so delivered, committed or entrusted, shall purposely and intentionally apply, appropriate, dispose of, or use any such money or goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property in any other way or manner, or for any other purpose, use or intent, than such as shall be expressed in such written instrument or agreement touching the same, the person or persons so doing, shall be guilty of felony.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.279

FormerLaw Notes:

    See section 36 of Ch. 154 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5780; CL 1871, § 7587; How., § 9158; CL 1897, § 11572; CL 1915, § 15317; and CL 1929, § 16913.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1981–2018 · leading case: People v. Loper, 830 N.W.2d 836 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013).
People v. Loper, 830 N.W.2d 836 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “174 (the Michigan embezzlement statute)], [MCL 750.279 (fraudulent disposition of personal property)], [MCL 750.”
Edwards v. ALDI, Inc., 310 F. Supp. 3d 803 (E.D. Mich. 2018). · cites it 7× “MCL 750.279 prohibits individuals who have been put in charge of goods or other personal property from fraudulently using those goods or property for purposes other than those intended.”
People v. Madsen, 313 N.W.2d 296 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). “On September 17, 1979, defendant pled guilty to the offense of misappropriation of funds, MCL 750.279; MSA 28.490. At the plea *387 taking, the defendant, an insurance agent by profession, admitted he did not turn over the money he received to the insuring company he represented.”
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