§ 26-164. Failure to return.  


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  • (a)

    No person to whom a motor vehicle, trailer, or other tangible property is delivered on a rental or lease basis under a written agreement providing for its return to a particular place at a particular time shall, with intent to defraud the lessor, refuse or willfully neglect to return the vehicle, trailer, or other tangible property after expiration of the time stated in a written notice by registered or certified mail addressed to that person's last-known address.

    (b)

    A person who is found guilty of violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine in an amount not to exceed $500.00 or three times the value of the vehicle, trailer, or other tangible property, whichever is greater, or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 93 days, or both a fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 2006-16, § 1(6(14-511)), 10-9-2007)

State law reference

Similar provisions, MCL 750.362a.