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      "id": "learn_r215_michigan_prostitution_statute_every_section_michigan_215_c1",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: anchor: official code chapter holding prostitution offences",
      "summary": "ANCHOR: Michigan's prostitution offences are in the Michigan Penal Code, Act 328 of 1931, Chapter LXVII 'PROSTITUTION' (MCL 750.448 to 750.462), published by the Michigan Legislature at legislature.mi.gov.",
      "body": "ANCHOR: Michigan's prostitution offences are in the Michigan Penal Code, Act 328 of 1931, Chapter LXVII 'PROSTITUTION' (MCL 750.448 to 750.462), published by the Michigan Legislature at legislature.mi.gov.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT) Act 328 of 1931 Chapter LXVII PROSTITUTION”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-328-1931-LXVII",
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      "evidence_quote": "THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT) Act 328 of 1931 Chapter LXVII PROSTITUTION",
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      "id": "learn_r215_michigan_prostitution_statute_every_section_michigan_215_c2",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: MCL 750.448 soliciting",
      "summary": "MCL 750.448 makes it a crime (penalty under section 451) for a person 16 or older to accost, solicit or invite another in a public place or in or from a building or vehicle, by word, gesture or any other means, to commit prostitution or any other lewd or immoral act; the text does not mention a fee.",
      "body": "MCL 750.448 makes it a crime (penalty under section 451) for a person 16 or older to accost, solicit or invite another in a public place or in or from a building or vehicle, by word, gesture or any other means, to commit prostitution or any other lewd or immoral act; the text does not mention a fee.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“A person 16 years of age or older who accosts, solicits, or invites another person in a public place or in or from a building or vehicle, by word, gesture, or any other means, to commit prostitution or to do any other lewd or immoral act, is guilty of a crime punishable as provided in section 451.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-448",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
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      "evidence_quote": "A person 16 years of age or older who accosts, solicits, or invites another person in a public place or in or from a building or vehicle, by word, gesture, or any other means, to commit prostitution or to do any other lewd or immoral act, is guilty of a crime punishable as provided in section 451.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: MCL 750.449 admitting to place ('assignation')",
      "summary": "MCL 750.449 makes it a crime to receive or admit a person into a place, building or vehicle for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness or assignation, or knowingly permit them to remain there for that purpose; Michigan uses the term 'assignation'.",
      "body": "MCL 750.449 makes it a crime to receive or admit a person into a place, building or vehicle for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness or assignation, or knowingly permit them to remain there for that purpose; Michigan uses the term 'assignation'.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“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.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-449",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
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      "evidence_quote": "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.",
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      "id": "learn_r215_michigan_prostitution_statute_every_section_michigan_215_c4",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: MCL 750.449a engaging services for payment",
      "summary": "MCL 750.449a(1) makes it a misdemeanor to engage or offer to engage the services of another person (not a spouse) for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness or assignation by payment in money or other consideration; this is the payment-based provision most relevant to paying a co-performer.",
      "body": "MCL 750.449a(1) makes it a misdemeanor to engage or offer to engage the services of another person (not a spouse) for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness or assignation by payment in money or other consideration; this is the payment-based provision most relevant to paying a co-performer.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who engages or offers to engage the services of another person, not his or her spouse, for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, by the payment in money or other forms of consideration, is guilty of a misdemeanor.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-449a",
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      "evidence_quote": "(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who engages or offers to engage the services of another person, not his or her spouse, for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, by the payment in money or other forms of consideration, is guilty of a misdemeanor.",
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      "id": "learn_r215_michigan_prostitution_statute_every_section_michigan_215_c5",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: MCL 750.450 aiding and abetting",
      "summary": "MCL 750.450 makes it a crime for a person 16 or older to aid, assist or abet another to commit or offer to commit an act prohibited under sections 448, 449 or 449a.",
      "body": "MCL 750.450 makes it a crime for a person 16 or older to aid, assist or abet another to commit or offer to commit an act prohibited under sections 448, 449 or 449a.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“A person 16 years of age or older who aids, assists, or abets another person to commit or offer to commit an act prohibited under section 448, 449, or 449a is guilty of a crime punishable as provided in section 451.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-450",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
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      "evidence_quote": "A person 16 years of age or older who aids, assists, or abets another person to commit or offer to commit an act prohibited under section 448, 449, or 449a is guilty of a crime punishable as provided in section 451.",
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      "id": "learn_r215_michigan_prostitution_statute_every_section_michigan_215_c6",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: MCL 750.451 penalties (first offence)",
      "summary": "MCL 750.451(1) makes a first violation of sections 448, 449, 449a(1), 450 or 462 a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days and/or a $500 fine.",
      "body": "MCL 750.451(1) makes a first violation of sections 448, 449, 449a(1), 450 or 462 a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days and/or a $500 fine.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person convicted of violating section 448, 449, 449a(1), 450, or 462 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "evidence_quote": "(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person convicted of violating section 448, 449, 449a(1), 450, or 462 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.",
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      "id": "learn_r215_michigan_prostitution_statute_every_section_michigan_215_c7",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: MCL 750.451 penalties (repeat offences)",
      "summary": "MCL 750.451(3) makes a violation with 2 or more prior convictions a felony punishable by up to 2 years and/or $2,000 (one prior: misdemeanor up to 1 year/$1,000 under subsection (2)).",
      "body": "MCL 750.451(3) makes a violation with 2 or more prior convictions a felony punishable by up to 2 years and/or $2,000 (one prior: misdemeanor up to 1 year/$1,000 under subsection (2)).\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“(3) A person convicted of violating section 448, 449, 449a(1), 450, or 462 and who has 2 or more prior convictions is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-451",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
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      "evidence_quote": "(3) A person convicted of violating section 448, 449, 449a(1), 450, or 462 and who has 2 or more prior convictions is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: MCL 750.452 house of prostitution",
      "summary": "MCL 750.452 makes keeping, maintaining or operating any house or place resorted to for prostitution or lewdness a felony punishable by up to 5 years and/or $5,000.",
      "body": "MCL 750.452 makes keeping, maintaining or operating any house or place resorted to for prostitution or lewdness a felony punishable by up to 5 years and/or $5,000.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“A person who keeps, maintains, or operates, or aids and abets in keeping, maintaining, or operating, a house of ill-fame, bawdy house, or any house or place resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-452",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
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      "evidence_quote": "A person who keeps, maintains, or operates, or aids and abets in keeping, maintaining, or operating, a house of ill-fame, bawdy house, or any house or place resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: MCL 750.455 pandering-type conduct",
      "summary": "MCL 750.455 makes listed procuring conduct a felony punishable by up to 20 years, including inducing, persuading or enticing a person to become a prostitute.",
      "body": "MCL 750.455 makes listed procuring conduct a felony punishable by up to 20 years, including inducing, persuading or enticing a person to become a prostitute.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“A person who does any of the following is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 20 years: (a) Procures an inmate for a house of prostitution. (b) Induces, persuades, encourages, inveigles, or entices a person to become a prostitute.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
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      "evidence_quote": "A person who does any of the following is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 20 years: (a) Procures an inmate for a house of prostitution. (b) Induces, persuades, encourages, inveigles, or entices a person to become a prostitute.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: MCL 750.457 earnings of prostitution",
      "summary": "MCL 750.457(1) makes knowingly accepting money without consideration from a prostitute's earnings, or living off such earnings, a felony punishable by up to 20 years.",
      "body": "MCL 750.457(1) makes knowingly accepting money without consideration from a prostitute's earnings, or living off such earnings, a felony punishable by up to 20 years.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“(1) Any person who knowingly accepts, receives, levies, or appropriates any money or valuable thing without consideration from the proceeds of the earnings of any person engaged in prostitution,”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-457",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
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      "evidence_quote": "(1) Any person who knowingly accepts, receives, levies, or appropriates any money or valuable thing without consideration from the proceeds of the earnings of any person engaged in prostitution,",
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      "id": "learn_r215_michigan_prostitution_statute_every_section_michigan_215_c11",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: MCL 750.459 transporting / travel services",
      "summary": "MCL 750.459(1) makes knowingly transporting any person into, through or across Michigan for the purpose of prostitution a felony punishable by up to 20 years and/or $20,000.",
      "body": "MCL 750.459(1) makes knowingly transporting any person into, through or across Michigan for the purpose of prostitution a felony punishable by up to 20 years and/or $20,000.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“(1) A person shall not knowingly transport or cause to be transported, or aid or assist in obtaining transportation for, by any means of conveyance, into, through, or across this state, any person for the purpose of prostitution or with the intent and purpose to induce, entice, or compel that person to become a prostitute.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "evidence_quote": "(1) A person shall not knowingly transport or cause to be transported, or aid or assist in obtaining transportation for, by any means of conveyance, into, through, or across this state, any person for the purpose of prostitution or with the intent and purpose to induce, entice, or compel that person to become a prostitute.",
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      "id": "learn_r215_michigan_prostitution_statute_every_section_michigan_215_c12",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: chapter index: other sections",
      "summary": "The Chapter LXVII index lists further sections including 750.456 (placing spouse in house of prostitution), 750.458 (detaining person for debt), 750.460 (acts outside state), 750.461 (spousal testimony) and 750.462 (person 16 or less in house of prostitution). The chapter contains no separate definitions section defining 'prostitution' or 'assignation'.",
      "body": "The Chapter LXVII index lists further sections including 750.456 (placing spouse in house of prostitution), 750.458 (detaining person for debt), 750.460 (acts outside state), 750.461 (spousal testimony) and 750.462 (person 16 or less in house of prostitution). The chapter contains no separate definitions section defining 'prostitution' or 'assignation'.\n\nWhat Michigan Legislature (Michigan Compiled Laws) actually says:\n\n“Section 750.458 Section Detaining person in house of prostitution for debt; felony.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-328-1931-LXVII",
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      "title": "Michigan: could_not_verify: whether filming paid sex for sale falls under these statutes",
      "summary": "Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake located fully in the United States.",
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      "source_publisher": "en.wikipedia.org",
      "evidence_quote": "Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake located fully in the United States; the other four are shared between the U.S. and Canada.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "215-michigan-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "Michigan",
      "topic": "could_not_verify: whether filming paid sex for sale falls under these statutes",
      "applies_to_country": "any",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "any"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r215_michigan_prostitution_statute_every_section_michigan_215_q2",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: could_not_verify: whether filming paid sex for sale falls under these statutes",
      "summary": "Lake Michigan is shared by the U.S. states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.",
      "body": "Lake Michigan is shared by the U.S. states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.\n\nWhat en.wikipedia.org actually says:\n\n“It is the world's largest lake , by area, located fully in one country, [ 9 ] and is shared, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin , Illinois , Indiana , and Michigan .”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program; tier/confidence conservative - the verify gate decides",
      "source_type": "research",
      "source_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Michigan",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "B",
      "source_publisher": "en.wikipedia.org",
      "evidence_quote": "It is the world's largest lake , by area, located fully in one country, [ 9 ] and is shared, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin , Illinois , Indiana , and Michigan .",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "215-michigan-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "Michigan",
      "topic": "could_not_verify: whether filming paid sex for sale falls under these statutes",
      "applies_to_country": "any",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "any"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
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        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r215_michigan_prostitution_statute_every_section_michigan_215_q3",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Michigan: could_not_verify: whether filming paid sex for sale falls under these statutes",
      "summary": "The word Michigan is believed to come from the Ojibwe michi-gami or mishigami, meaning great water.",
      "body": "The word Michigan is believed to come from the Ojibwe michi-gami or mishigami, meaning great water.\n\nWhat en.wikipedia.org actually says:\n\n“The word michigan is believed to come from the Ojibwe ᒥᓯᑲᒥ [ 10 ] ( michi-gami or mishigami ), meaning \"great water\". [ 11 ]”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program; tier/confidence conservative - the verify gate decides",
      "source_type": "research",
      "source_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Michigan",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "B",
      "source_publisher": "en.wikipedia.org",
      "evidence_quote": "The word michigan is believed to come from the Ojibwe ᒥᓯᑲᒥ [ 10 ] ( michi-gami or mishigami ), meaning \"great water\". [ 11 ]",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "215-michigan-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "Michigan",
      "topic": "could_not_verify: whether filming paid sex for sale falls under these statutes",
      "applies_to_country": "any",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "any"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
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        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    }
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}