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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 777.12e

  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Vehicle: means that term as defined in section 79 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 777.1
  This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in section 601 to 624b of chapter VI of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, within chapter 257 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max
257.601b(3) Person C Moving violation causing death to another person in a work zone or a school bus zone 15
257.601c(2) Person C Moving violation causing death to operator of implement of husbandry 15
257.602a(2) Pub saf G Fourth degree fleeing and eluding 2
257.602a(3) Pub saf E Third degree fleeing and eluding 5
257.602a(4) Person D Second degree fleeing and eluding 10
257.602a(5) Person C First degree fleeing and eluding 15
257.616a(2)(b) Pub saf G Using a signal preemption device 2
257.616a(2)(c) Pub saf E Using a signal preemption device causing a traffic accident 5
257.616a(2)(d) Person D Using a signal preemption device causing serious impairment of a body function 10
257.616a(2)(e) Person C Using a signal preemption device causing death 15
257.616a(2)(f) Pub ord G Selling or purchasing a signal preemption device 2
257.617(2) Person E Failure to stop at scene of accident resulting in serious impairment or death 5
257.617(3) Person C Failure to stop at scene of accident resulting in death when at fault 15