Michigan Compiled Laws — Tax Chapters 205-208, 211

MCL 207.19 — Certain acts as misdemeanor; penalty

If the state board of assessors willfully assesses any property at more or less than what the members taking part in making that assessment believe to be its true cash value or taxable value, each member voting in favor of that assessment is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 1 year or by a fine of not more than $5,000.00.

Last amended: History: 1905, Act 282, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 4231 ;-- CL 1929, 3570 ;-- CL 1948, 207.19 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 257, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1996 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act No. 257 of 1995 provides:“This amendatory act shall take effect December 30, 1995. This amendatory act is intended to clarify that the taxable basis of property subject to tax under this act, including intangible property, is also subject to the limitations on taxable value provided in section 3, article IX, of the Mi

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