Sec. 455.
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.
(c) By promise, threat, or violence, or by any device or scheme, causes, induces, persuades,
encourages, takes, places, harbors, inveigles, or entices a person to become an inmate of a
house of prostitution or assignation place or any place where prostitution is practiced,
encouraged, or allowed.
(d) By any promise or threat, or by violence or any device or scheme, causes, induces,
persuades, encourages, inveigles, or entices an inmate of a house of prostitution or place of
assignation to remain there as an inmate.
(e) By any promise or threat, or by violence, any device or scheme, fraud or artifice, or by
duress of person or goods, or by abuse of any position of confidence or authority, or having
legal charge, takes, places, harbors, inveigles, entices, persuades, encourages, or procures any
person to engage in prostitution.
(f) Inveigles, entices, persuades, encourages, or procures any person to come into this state
or to leave this state for the purpose of prostitution.
(g) Upon the pretense of marriage, takes or detains a person for the purpose of sexual
intercourse.
(h) Receives or gives, or agrees to receive or give, any money or thing of value for
procuring or attempting to procure any person to become a prostitute or to come into this state
or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution.§ 750.455Certain conduct as felony
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