Prisoner taking person as hostage.
MCL 750.349a
in effect750.349a. Prisoner taking person as hostage.
Sec. 349a.
A person imprisoned in any penal or correctional institution located in this state who takes, holds, carries away, decoys, entices away or secretes another person as a hostage by means of threats, coercion, intimidation or physical force is guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for life, or any term of years, which shall be served as a consecutive sentence.
Add. 1972, Act 316, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1973
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-349aFetched: 10/20/2026
