Minor In Possession Defense Attorney In East Lansing

Minor in Possession or MIP used to be the most common ticket we saw written on Michigan State University’s Campus and the surrounding town of East Lansing. This all changed with the law in 2018, which reduced a first offense to a civil infraction.

Consequently, East Lansing Police Department and Michigan State University Police department have shifted to writing more tickets for open intox or fake ID, under the Disorderly Conduct Statute as those tickets are usually misdemeanor offenses. However, we still see the MIP tickets written in some circumstances and a second offense does result in criminal charge.

Students should not take a MIP lightly because even a first offense “civil infraction” will abstract to your driving record and follow you for the rest of your life. Unlike some other offenses, an MIP conviction is generally a permanent part of your driving record in Michigan. This charge will be used by the insurance industry to charge higher premiums so we advise that you do not just pay the ticket.

257.732(3).Offenses Requiring Abstracts Upon Conviction

MCL 257.732(4) requires the clerk to forward an abstract of the court record upon a individual’s conviction of any of the following offenses: (d) minor purchasing or attempting to purchase, consuming or attempting to consume, or possessing or attempting to possess alcoholic liquor (“MIP”), and related offenses, MCL 436.1703, or a violation of a local ordinance substantially corresponding to MCL 436.1703;

https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=MCL-257-732

Learn more about minor in possession charges in East Lansing (City of East Lansing website)

Sec. 26-53. – Possession or consumption of alcoholic liquor by underage person (East Lansing municode website)