Sec. 904a. Any person, not exempt from license under this act, who operates a motor vehicle on the highways of this state and who is unable to show that he or she has been issued a license to operate a motor vehicle by any state or foreign country valid within the last 3 years before operating the vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of not less than $50.00 or more than $100.00, or both. Any person convicted of a second offense under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of $100.00, or both.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.904a
Operation of motor vehicle by unlicensed person as misdemeanor; penalty; second offense
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case People v. Traughber (1989)
Most recently applied in 201 F. Supp. 2d 760 - United States v. Fleming (April 2002)
Add. 1965, Act 264, Eff
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