Flag and Coat-of-Arms
Discuss your case with an Attorney at no cost
Ready to speak with an Attorney? Click now for an Attorney to call you at no cost to discuss your case and your options.
Flag and Coat-of-Arms in Michigan
This should be used for informational and general purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice or relied on aside for general information that may contain opinion.
Exhibition and display
THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT) Act 328 of 1931 750.245 Exhibition and display. Sec. 245. Exhibition and display of flag, etc. - Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who shall, in any manner, for exhibition or display: (a) Place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, color, ensign, coat-of-arms or shield of the United States or of this state, or… Continue Reading
Mutilation
THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT) Act 328 of 1931 750.246 Mutilation. Sec. 246. Mutilation of flag, etc. - Any person who shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample upon or by word or act cast contempt upon any such flag, standard, color, ensign, coat-of-arms or shield, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.246 Former Law: See sections 3 and 5 of Act 222 of 1923, being CL 192… Continue Reading
Flag and coat-of-arms; definitions
THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT) Act 328 of 1931 750.244 Flag and coat-of-arms; definitions. Sec. 244. Definitions - The words "flag", "standard", "color", "ensign", "coat-of-arms" or "shield", as used in this chapter, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign, coat-of-arms or shield, or copy, picture or representation thereof, made of any substance or represented or produced thereon, and of any size, evidently purporting to be such flag… Continue Reading