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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.449 (2026)
Admitting to place for purpose of prostitution; crime.
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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE
Act 328 of 1931
750.449 Admitting to place for purpose of prostitution; crime.
Sec. 449.
A person 16 years of age or older who receives or admits or offers to receive or admit a person into a place, structure, house, building, or vehicle for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, or who knowingly permits a person to remain in a place, structure, house, building, or vehicle for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, is guilty of a crime punishable as provided in section 451.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.449 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 243, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 46, Eff. June 1, 2002
FormerLaw Notes:
See section 2 of Act 231 of 1925, being CL 1929, § 16872.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1981–2017 · leading case: People v. Lino, 527 N.W.2d 434 (Mich. 1994).
People v. Lino, 527 N.W.2d 434 (Mich. 1994). “364(i), and the statute that proscribes admitting a person into a place for purposes of lewdness, MCL 750.449; MSA 28.704. [5] See MCL 750.”
City of Detroit v. Recorder's Court Judge, 304 N.W.2d 829 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). “MCL 750.449, 750.450; MSA 28.704, 28.705.”
People of Michigan v. Christian William Hess (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “1029; a bill that became 2002 PA 46 and that revised MCL 750.449, which also addresses prostitution.”
People of Michigan v. Christian William Hess (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “1029; a bill that became 2002 PA 46 and that revised MCL 750.449, which also addresses prostitution.”
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