Michigan § 400.50 - County employee; unauthorized transfer of public relief recipient, misdemeanor.
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§ 400.50. County employee; unauthorized transfer of public relief recipient, misdemeanor.
Any county employee or officer who transports, brings or causes to be transported or brought, any other person receiving general relief, hospitalization or infirmary care, or in need of general relief, hospitalization or infirmary care from any county or from any city operating a separate department of social welfare under this act into any other county or city operating a separate department without legal authority and there leave the person receiving general relief or in need of general relief; or who induces such person by threat or other means to remove to another county or city operating a separate department, with the intent to make the county or city to which the removal is made chargeable with the support of the person receiving or in need of public assistance, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 400.50 ("County employee; unauthorized transfer of public relief recipient, misdemeanor.") is part of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the codified statutory law of Michigan. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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