Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.458 (2026)

Detaining person in house of prostitution for debt; felony.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE

Act 328 of 1931

750.458 Detaining person in house of prostitution for debt; felony.

Sec. 458.

Any person who attempts to detain any person in a disorderly house or house of prostitution because of any debt or debts the person has contracted, or is said to have contracted while living in that house, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than 2 years or more than 20 years.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.458 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 331, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2014

FormerLaw Notes:

See section 4 of Act 63 of 1911, being CL 1915, § 15497; and CL 1929, § 16865.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2010–2010 · leading case: People v. Wilcox, 781 N.W.2d 784 (Mich. 2010).

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People v. Wilcox, 781 N.W.2d 784 (Mich. 2010). · cites it 2× “361 (providing a sentence of "not less than 1 year nor more than 2 years" for stealing "journal bearings" from a railroad car); MCL 750.458 (providing a sentence of "not less than 2 years nor more than 20 years" for detaining a woman in a house of prostitution to effectuate…”

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