Unlawful manufacture of badge or shield; unlawful display of badge, shield, card, or license; distribution of card or license; buying or receiving spurious identification; violation; penalty; confiscation of card or license; separate offenses.
MCL 338.1066
in effect338.1066. Unlawful manufacture of badge or shield; unlawful display of badge, shield, card, or license; distribution of card or license; buying or receiving spurious identification; violation; penalty; confiscation of card or license; separate offenses.
Sec. 16.
A person shall not manufacture a badge or shield which purports to indicate that the holder is a licensed alarm system contractor, alarm system agent, private security guard or agency, or any of those persons as listed, in section 2. A person shall not display for sale a badge, shield, identification card, or certificate of license, by which the holder might mislead the public into thinking that the holder is a licensed alarm system contractor, alarm system agent, or private security guard, or agency. A person, firm, company, partnership, or corporation shall not distribute an identification card or certificate of license in this state except as provided by this act. A person shall not knowingly buy or receive from a source a form of spurious identification as an alarm system contractor, alarm system agent, or a private security guard or agency. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor, and an unauthorized identification card or certificate of license shall be confiscated by a law enforcement officer of the state. Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
1968, Act 330, Imd. Eff. July 12, 1968; Am. 1975, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1975
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-338-1066Fetched: 10/20/2026