Michigan Laws 211.116 – Assessment or review willfully erroneous; penalty
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 211.116
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- true cash value: means the usual selling price at the place where the property to which the term is applied is at the time of assessment, being the price that could be obtained for the property at private sale, and not at auction sale except as otherwise provided in this section, or at forced sale. See Michigan Laws 211.27
If any supervisor or other assessing officer of any township or city shall willfully assess any property at more or less than what he believes to be its true cash value, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof he shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 1 year, or by fine not exceeding 300 dollars, at the discretion of the court. If any board whose duty it is to review the assessment of an assessing officer shall willfully assess property at more or less than its cash value, the members voting in favor of such action shall severally be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by fine not exceeding 300 dollars, at the discretion of the court.