§ 24-165. False pretenses with intent to defraud.

Any person who, with intent to defraud or cheat and by color of a false token or writing, by a false or bogus check or other written, printed or engraved instrument, by counterfeit coin or metal that is intended to simulate a coin, or by any other false pretense, causes any person to grant, convey, assign, demise, lease or mortgage land or an interest in land, or obtains a person's signature on a forged written instrument, or obtains from a person any money or personal property or the use of any instrument, facility, article, or other valuable thing or service, or by means of a false weight or measure obtains a larger amount or quantity of property than was bargained for, or by means of a false weight or measure sells or disposes of a smaller amount or quantity of property than was bargained for, if such land or interest in land, money, personal property, use of the instrument, facility, article, or valuable thing, service, larger amount obtained, or smaller amount sold or disposed of, has a value of $200.00 or less, shall be in violation of this Code.

(Code 1988, § 9.71; Ord. No. 428, § 2, 3-23-1999)

State law reference

False pretenses and misrepresentation, MCL 750.217a et seq.