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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.462b (2026)
Forced labor or services; prohibition.
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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE
Act 328 of 1931
750.462b Forced labor or services; prohibition.
Sec. 462b.
A person shall not knowingly recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, or obtain an individual for forced labor or services.
History: Add. 2006, Act 162, Eff. Aug. 24, 2006 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 329, Eff. Jan. 14, 2015
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2020–2026 · leading case: People of Michigan v. Christopher Jalen Lowery (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
People of Michigan v. Christopher Jalen Lowery (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “” MCL 750.462b. -1- to defendant. The SEMTEC task force arrived at defendant’s room and arrested him.”
People of Michigan v. Derrius Lamar Thurmond (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “The trial court sentenced defendant to concurrent prison terms of 72 months to 20 years for the pandering conviction, 57 months to 15 years for the CSC-III conviction, and 19 months to 10 years for the human-trafficking conviction.”
People of Michigan v. Derrius Lamar Thurmond (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). “2 Defendant is charged with three counts of human trafficking–forced labor resulting in injury/commercial sexual activity, MCL 750.462b(2); assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder or by strangulation, MCL 750.”
Machhal v. Machhal (W.D. Mich. 2023). “the Court to award damages for “physical pain and suffering” and “any other necessary and reasonable expense incurred as a result of [a] violation” of § 750.462b, Michigan’s forced labor statute.”
People of Michigan v. Thaddeus Cortrez Wilson (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). “However, in July 2018, the police learned that the victim was engaged in prostitution at the behest of the defendant. Thurmond, 238 Mich App at 720. The defendant had moved to sever the CSC-III charge, alleging that it was based on conduct that occurred in early June 2018, and…”
In Re P N Orr Minor (Mich. Ct. App. 2026). “BASIC FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Respondent was arrested on November 22, 2024, on charges of human trafficking, MCL 750.462b. PNO was in his care. Respondent was PNO’s putative father.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.462b(1) — 1 case
People of Michigan v. Christopher Jalen Lowery (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “” MCL 750.462b. -1- to defendant. The SEMTEC task force arrived at defendant’s room and arrested him.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.462b(2) — 1 case
People of Michigan v. Derrius Lamar Thurmond (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). “2 Defendant is charged with three counts of human trafficking–forced labor resulting in injury/commercial sexual activity, MCL 750.462b(2); assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder or by strangulation, MCL 750.”
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