§ 750.217cLegal process; impersonation, false representation, or action as public officer or

employee; definitions.
 Sec. 217c.
    (1) A person shall not impersonate, falsely represent himself or herself as, or falsely act as a
 public officer or public employee and prepare, issue, serve, execute, or otherwise act to further
 the operation of any legal process or unauthorized process that affects or purports to affect
 persons or property.
    (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) or (4), a person who violates subsection (1) is
 guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not
 more than $1,000.00, or both.
    (3) A person who violates subsection (1) after a prior conviction for violating subsection (1)
 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of
 not more than $1,500.00, or both.
    (4) A person who violates subsection (1) after 2 or more prior convictions for violating
 subsection (1) is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a
 fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.
    (5) This section does not prohibit a person from being charged with, convicted of, or
 sentenced for any other violation of law that individual commits while violating this section.



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    (6) This section does not prohibit individuals from assembling lawfully or lawful free
 expression of opinions or designation of group affiliation or association.
    (7) As used in this section:
    (a) "Lawful tribunal" means a tribunal created, established, authorized, or sanctioned by law
 or a tribunal of a private organization, association, or entity to the extent that the organization,
 association, or entity seeks in a lawful manner to affect only the rights or property of persons
 who are members or associates of that organization, association, or entity.
    (b) "Legal process" means a summons, complaint, pleading, writ, warrant, injunction,
 notice, subpoena, lien, order, or other document issued or entered by or on behalf of a court or
 lawful tribunal or lawfully filed with or recorded by a governmental agency that is used as a
 means of exercising or acquiring jurisdiction over a person or property, to assert or give notice
 of a legal claim against a person or property, or to direct persons to take or refrain from an
 action.
    (c) "Public employee" means an employee of this state, an employee of a city, village,
 township, or county of this state, or an employee of a department, board, agency, institution,
 commission, authority, division, council, college, university, court, school district,
 intermediate school district, special district, or other public entity of this state or of a city,
 village, township, or county in this state, but does not include a person whose employment
 results from election or appointment.
    (d) "Public officer" means a person who is elected or appointed to any of the following:
    (i) An office established by the state constitution of 1963.
    (ii) A public office of a city, village, township, or county in this state.
    (iii) A department, board, agency, institution, commission, court, authority, division,
 council, college, university, school district, intermediate school district, special district, or
 other public entity of this state or a city, village, township, or county in this state.
    (e) "Unauthorized process" means either of the following:
    (i) A document simulating legal process that is prepared or issued by or on behalf of an
 entity that purports or represents itself to be a lawful tribunal or a court, public officer, or other
 agency created, established, authorized, or sanctioned by law but that is not a lawful tribunal
 or a court, public officer, or other agency created, established, authorized, or sanctioned by
 law.
    (ii) A document that would otherwise be legal process except that it was not issued or
 entered by or on behalf of a court or lawful tribunal or lawfully filed with or recorded by a
 governmental agency as required by law.