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Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.16x (2026)

MCL 750.478a(2) to 750.512; felonies to which chapter applicable.

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THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE


Act 175 of 1927


777.16x MCL 750.478a(2) to 750.512; felonies to which chapter applicable.

Sec. 16x.

    This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapter 750 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

    

    M.C.L.

    Category

    Class

    Description

    Stat Max

    750.478a(2)

    Pub ord

    H

    Unauthorized process to obstruct a public officer or employee

    2

    750.478a(3)

    Pub ord

    G

    Unauthorized process to obstruct a public officer or employee — subsequent offense

    4

    750.479(2)

    Person

    G

    Assaulting or obstructing certain officials

    2

    750.479(3)

    Person

    G

    Assaulting or obstructing certain officials causing injury

    4

    750.479(4)

    Person

    D

    Assaulting or obstructing certain officials causing serious impairment

    10

    750.479(5)

    Person

    B

    Assaulting or obstructing certain officials causing death

    20

    750.479a(2)

    Pub saf

    G

    Fleeing and eluding — fourth degree

    2

    750.479a(3)

    Pub saf

    E

    Fleeing and eluding — third degree

    5

    750.479a(4)

    Person

    C

    Fleeing and eluding — second degree

    10

    750.479a(5)

    Person

    B

    Fleeing and eluding — first degree

    15

    750.479b(1)

    Person

    F

    Disarming peace officer — nonfirearm

    4

    750.479b(2)

    Person

    D

    Disarming peace officer — firearm

    10

    750.479c(2)(c)

    Pub ord

    G

    Providing false information to peace officer conducting criminal investigation

    2

    750.479c(2)(d)

    Pub ord

    F

    Providing false or misleading information to peace officer conducting criminal investigation regarding certain felonies

    4

    750.480

    Pub trst

    F

    Public officers — refusing to turn over books/money to successor

    4

    750.483a(2)(b)

    Person

    D

    Withholding evidence, preventing report of crime, or retaliating for reporting crime punishable by more than 10 years

    10

    750.483a(4)(b)

    Person

    D

    Interfering with police investigation by committing crime or threatening to kill or injure

    10

    750.483a(6)(a)

    Pub ord

    F

    Tampering with evidence or offering false evidence

    4

    750.483a(6)(b)

    Pub ord

    D

    Tampering with evidence or offering false evidence in case punishable by more than 10 years

    10

    750.488

    Pub trst

    H

    Public officers — state official — retaining fees

    2

    750.490

    Pub trst

    H

    Public money — safekeeping

    2

    750.491

    Pub trst

    H

    Public records — removal/mutilation/ destruction

    2

    750.492a(1)(a)

    Pub trst

    G

    Medical record — intentional place false information — health care provider

    4

    750.492a(2)

    Pub trst

    G

    Medical record — health care provider — altering to conceal injury/death

    4

    750.495a(2)

    Person

    F

    Concealing objects in trees or wood products — causing injury

    4

    750.495a(3)

    Person

    C

    Concealing objects in trees or wood products — causing death

    15

    750.498b(2)(a)

    Person

    E

    Tampering with, taking, or removing marine safety device without authority causing serious impairment

    5

    750.498b(2)(b)

    Person

    C

    Tampering with, taking, or removing marine safety device without authority causing death

    15

    750.502d

    Pub saf

    F

    Unlawfully possessing or transporting anhydrous ammonia or tampering with containers

    4

    750.505

    Pub ord

    E

    Common law offenses

    5

    750.508(2)(b)

    Pub ord

    G

    Carrying or possessing a scanner in the commission of a crime

    2

    750.511

    Person

    A

    Blocking or wrecking railroad track

    Life

    750.512

    Property

    E

    Uncoupling railroad cars

    10

    

History: Add. 1998, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 15, 1998 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 279, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 473, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 271, Eff. July 15, 2002 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 320, Eff. July 15, 2002 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 313, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 2006 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 234, Eff. July 1, 2006 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 105, Eff. July 20, 2012 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 323, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 2015–2019 · leading case: People of Michigan v. Chad Eric Bryant (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
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People of Michigan v. Chad Eric Bryant (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “On June 24, 2011, defendant was arrested for assaulting or obstructing, MCL 777.16x, a crime against person, which was not charged under a plea agreement.”
People of Michigan v. Elijah Ekwaun Beauford (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “MCL 777.16x. Carrying a concealed weapon is a crime against public safety.”
People of Michigan v. Cortez Dajuan Brooks (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “16d; MCL 777.16x. Thus, these adjudications were properly counted toward the sentencing court’s assessment of PRV 5.”
People of Michigan v. Antjuan Pierre Jackson (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “Similarly, under MCL 777.16x, resisting and obstructing a police officer in violation of MCL 750.”
People of Michigan v. Antjuan Pierre Jackson (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “Similarly, under MCL 777.16x, resisting and obstructing a police officer in violation of MCL 750.”
People of Michigan v. Joshua Jamalle Mitchell (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “81d; MCL 777.16x; MCL 750.479. Defendant does not dispute that he engaged in resisting and obstructing, and this conduct was properly scored under OV 12.”
People of Michigan v. Joshua Jamalle Mitchell (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “81d; MCL 777.16x; MCL 750.479. Defendant does not dispute that he engaged in resisting and obstructing, and this conduct was properly scored under OV 12.”
People of Michigan v. John Coryell Kelsey II (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “The trial court scored the guidelines for defendant’s conviction of first-degree fleeing or eluding a police officer, which is a class B offense under the sentencing guidelines, MCL 777.16x. Defendant received a total offense variable score of 105 points.”
People of Michigan v. John Coryell Kelsey II (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “The trial court scored the guidelines for defendant’s conviction of first-degree fleeing or eluding a police officer, which is a class B offense under the sentencing guidelines, MCL 777.16x. Defendant received a total offense variable score of 105 points.”
People of Michigan v. Robert John Gathrite (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “479, is a felony crime against a person, MCL 777.16x. Michigan, however, does not have a charge of battery, and Michigan’s crime of assault and battery, MCL 750.”
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