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Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.16g (2026)

MCL 750.135 to 750.147c; felonies to which chapter applicable; violation of MCL 750.145d.

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THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE


Act 175 of 1927


777.16g MCL 750.135 to 750.147c; felonies to which chapter applicable; violation of MCL 750.145d.

Sec. 16g.

    (1) This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapter 750 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

    

     M.C.L.

    Category

    Class

    Description

    Stat Max

    750.135

    Person

    D

    Exposing children with intent to injure or abandon

    10

    750.135a(2)(c)

    Person

    D

    Leaving child unattended in vehicle resulting in serious physical harm

    10

    750.135a(2)(d)

    Person

    B

    Leaving child unattended in vehicle resulting in death

    15

    750.136

    Person

    B

    Female genital mutilation violation

    15

    750.136a

    Person

    B

    Transporting person for purpose of female genital mutilation

    15

    750.136b(2)

    Person

    A

    First degree child abuse

    Life

    750.136b(4)(a)

    Person

    C

    Second degree child abuse — first offense

    10

    750.136b(4)(b)

    Person

    B

    Second degree child abuse — with prior conviction

    20

    750.136b(6)(a)

    Person

    G

    Third degree child abuse – first offense

    2

    750.136b(6)(b)

    Person

    E

    Third degree child abuse – with prior conviction

    5

    750.136b(8)(b)

    Person

    G

    Fourth degree child abuse – with prior conviction

    2

    750.136c

    Person

    B

    Buying or selling an individual

    20

    750.136d(1)(a)

    Person

    A

    First degree child abuse in presence of another child

    Life

    750.136d(1)(b)

    Person

    D

    Second degree child abuse in presence of another child – first offense

    10

    750.136d(1)(c)

    Person

    B

    Second degree child abuse in presence of another child – second or subsequent offense

    20

    750.136d(1)(d)

    Person

    G

    Third degree child abuse in presence of another child

    2

    750.145a

    Person

    F

    Soliciting child to commit an immoral act

    4

    750.145b

    Person

    D

    Accosting children for immoral purposes with prior conviction

    10

    750.145c(2)(a)

    Person

    B

    Producing child sexually abusive activity or material

    20

    750.145c(2)(b)

    Person

    B

    Aggravated producing of child sexually abusive activity or material

    25

    750.145c(3)(a)

    Person

    D

    Distributing, promoting, or financing the distribution of child sexually abusive activity or material

    7

    750.145c(3)(b)

    Person

    C

    Aggravated distributing, promoting, or financing the distribution of child sexually abusive activity or material

    15

    750.145c(4)(a)

    Person

    F

    Possessing child sexually abusive material

    4

    750.145c(4)(b)

    Person

    B

    Aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material

    10

    750.145d(2)(b)

    Variable

    G

    Using internet or computer to commit crime punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 1 year but less than 2 years

    2

    750.145d(2)(c)

    Variable

    F

    Using internet or computer to commit crime punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 2 years but less than 4 years

    4

    750.145d(2)(d)

    Variable

    D

    Using internet or computer to commit crime punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 4 years but less than 10 years

    10

    750.145d(2)(e)

    Variable

    C

    Using internet or computer to commit crime punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years but less than 15 years

    15

    750.145d(2)(f)

    Variable

    B

    Using internet or computer to commit crime punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 15 years or for life

    20

    750.145h(3)

    Person

    G

    Causing vulnerable adult to provide sexually explicit visual material – second or subsequent offense

    2

    750.145n(1)

    Person

    C

    First degree vulnerable adult abuse

    15

    750.145n(2)

    Person

    F

    Second degree vulnerable adult abuse

    4

    750.145n(3)

    Person

    G

    Third degree vulnerable adult abuse

    2

    750.145o

    Person

    E

    Death of vulnerable adult caused by unlicensed caretaker

    5

    750.145p(1)

    Person

    G

    Commingling funds of, obstructing investigation regarding, or filing false information regarding, vulnerable adult

    2

    750.145p(2)

    Person

    G

    Retaliation or discrimination by caregiver against vulnerable adult

    2

    750.145p(5)

    Person

    E

    Caregiver or licensee violation against vulnerable adult — second or subsequent offense

    5

    750.147b(3)(a)

    Person

    G

    Certain hate-crime-related violations

    2

    750.147b(3)(b)

    Person

    E

    Certain hate-crime-related violations – second or subsequent offense or aggravating factors

    5

    750.147b(3)(c)

    Person

    D

    Certain hate-crime-related violations – second or subsequent offense or aggravating factors

    10

    750.147c(2)

    Property

    D

    Institutional desecration involving $20,000 or more or with prior convictions

    10

    750.147c(3)

    Property

    E

    Institutional desecration involving $1,000 to $20,000 or with prior convictions

    5

    (2) For a violation of section 145d of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.145d, determine the offense category, offense variable level, and prior record variable level based on the underlying offense.

    

    

History: Add. 1998, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 15, 1998 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 39, Eff. Aug. 1, 1999 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 183, Eff. Sept. 18, 2000 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 279, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 47, Eff. June 1, 2002 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 630, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 520, Eff. Apr. 1, 2009 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 521, Eff. Apr. 1, 2009 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 195, Eff. July 1, 2012 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 72, Eff. Oct. 9, 2017 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 73, Eff. Oct. 9, 2017 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 74, Eff. Oct. 9, 2017 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 374, Eff. Mar. 17, 2019 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 50, Eff. June 1, 2020 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 7, 2024 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 278, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024 ;-- Am. 2024, Act 260, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2013–2025 · leading case: People v. Nix, 836 N.W.2d 224 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013).
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People v. Nix, 836 N.W.2d 224 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “Felonious assault is also a crime against a person.”
People of Michigan v. Kelvin Willis, 914 N.W.2d 384 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “Defendant received a total offense variable (OV) score of 10 points, which, combined with his 80 prior record variable (PRV) points, placed him in the F-II cell of the applicable sentencing grid, for which the minimum sentence range is 78 to 130 months.”
People v. Loper, 830 N.W.2d 836 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “MCL 777.16g(1) designates possession of child sexually abusive material as a crime against a person.”
People of Michigan v. Andrew Thomas Cowhy (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “MCL 777.16g. However, MCL 777.16g, as amended by 2008 PA 521 , provided that such a violation was a Class B offense with a statutory maximum of 15 years.”
People of Michigan v. Andrew Thomas Cowhy (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “MCL 777.16g. However, MCL 777.16g, as amended by 2008 PA 521 , provided that such a violation was a Class B offense with a statutory maximum of 15 years.”
People of Michigan v. Nicholas Scott Reynolds (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “MCL 777.16g (child sexually abusive material or activity); MCL 777.”
People of Michigan v. Charles Joseph Prikopa II (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “Defendant’s five concurrent felony convictions of possessing child sexually abusive material all qualify as crimes against a person, MCL 777.16g, and, under the circumstances of this case, defendant’s conviction of using a computer to commit a crime, MCL 752.”
People of Michigan v. Kelvin Willis (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “MCL 777.16g. Defendant received a total offense variable (OV) score of 10 points, which combined with his 80 prior record variable (PRV) points, placed him in the F-II cell of the applicable sentencing grid, for which the minimum sentence range is 78 to 130 months.”
People of Michigan v. David Allan Roop (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “Because his three convictions involving child sexually abusive material could not be used to score OV 12, and were part of a pattern of felonious criminal activity involving crimes against a person, see MCL 777.16g, the trial court was required to assign 25 points under OV 13 on…”
People of Michigan v. Matthew Ryan Longenecker (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “4 The court explained that the OV levels increase every 20 points and that, as to Ballinger, 60 points were unaccounted for under the 4 First-degree child abuse is a Class A offense, MCL 777.16g, and with respect to Class A crimes the top OV level is OV level VI, which…”
People of Michigan v. Jeremy Lee Williams (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “See MCL 777.16g. Accordingly, the trial court was not required to apply the guidelines to his accosting a child for immoral purposes offense.”
People of Michigan v. Matthew Donald Gillies (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “145(c)(2) (a crime against a person, MCL 777.16g(1)), the prosecutor relied on one of three videos defendant made on the -3- same day.”
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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.16g(1) — 3 cases
People v. Loper, 830 N.W.2d 836 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “MCL 777.16g(1) designates possession of child sexually abusive material as a crime against a person.”
People of Michigan v. Nicholas Scott Reynolds (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “MCL 777.16g (child sexually abusive material or activity); MCL 777.”
People of Michigan v. Matthew Donald Gillies (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “145(c)(2) (a crime against a person, MCL 777.16g(1)), the prosecutor relied on one of three videos defendant made on the -3- same day.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.16g(l) — 1 case
People v. Nix, 836 N.W.2d 224 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “Felonious assault is also a crime against a person.”
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