{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-482.47","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 482.47","heading":"Bills; negotiation without title, penalty.","body":"Sec. 47.\n\nAny person who ships goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a negotiable bill which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or by a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars, or by both.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 482","Act Act-165-of-1911"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-482-47","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"9bc11a09c5113811e93a0d1835f1944af665018fe2a4b5713e7e2ca69cb816fe","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-482.46","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-482.48"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}