Falsificación de documentos de propiedad inmobiliaria en Míchigan

Explicación Simple

Si alguien crea o cambia documentos de propiedad para engañar a otra persona, eso es un delito grave. Puede ir a la cárcel por hasta 14 años. Es como hacer trampa en un juego pero con cosas de verdad como casas.

Es como si alguien cambiara las reglas de un juego para ganar, pero en lugar de un juego, lo hace con documentos importantes de bienes raíces.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan falsifica la firma de su amigo Pedro en un contrato de venta de una casa, intentando venderla sin que Pedro lo sepa. Si lo atrapan, Juan podría enfrentar una pena de hasta 14 años en prisión por este delito.

Penalidades

Puede enfrentar hasta 14 años de prisión si es declarado culpable de falsificación.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 750.248b - Making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting document affecting interest in real property; intent; felony; penalty; exception; venue; court order Sec. 248b. (1) A person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits a deed, a discharge of mortgage, or a power or letter of attorney or other document that affects an interest in real property with intent to injure or defraud another person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 14 years. (2) This section does not apply to a scrivener's error. (3) The venue in a prosecution under this section may be in the county in which the forgery was performed; in a county in which the false, altered, forged, or counterfeit document is uttered and published with intent to injure or defraud; or in the county in which the rightful property owner resides. (4) In proceedings that result in a conviction under this section or for any lesser included offense, the circuit court shall enter an order stating that the false, altered, forged, or counterfeit document is invalid and require that a certified copy of the court order with the invalid document, if not previously recorded, be attached and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the subject property or part of the property is located, as provided in section 2935 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2935. If the invalid document has previously been recorded, the prosecutor shall provide the circuit court with the liber and page number or unique identifying reference number of the invalid document, which shall be included in the order. The register of deeds shall make reference to the liber and page number or unique identifying reference number of the invalid document in the index of the recor