Michigan Landlord-Tenant Laws
Local rent regulation in Michigan
Michigan law bars every local governmental unit — counties, cities, villages, and townships — from enacting, maintaining, or enforcing an ordinance or resolution that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential property. The bar does not reach residential property in which the local government has a property interest, or a plan that uses voluntary incentives and agreements to increase the supply of moderate- or low-cost private residential property available for lease (MCL 123.411).
Cited to Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.411 · Verified October 1, 2026 · Full Michigan rent-increase rules →
Michigan landlord-tenant laws by topic
Michigan security deposits
Michigan caps security deposits at one and a half months' rent, and a landlord must return the deposit or mail an itemized damage list with payment of the balance not claimed for damages within 30 days of move-out.
Michigan rent increase notice
Michigan has no general statute setting a notice period for rent increases; for a month-to-month tenancy the effective requirement is the termination-notice rule — notice equal to one rental payment period (typically one month) — since a tenant who rejects the new rent is on notice the tenancy can end on the same timeline.
Michigan late fees
Michigan sets no statutory cap on residential late fees and mandates no grace period, so a late fee comes from the lease, not from a statute.
Michigan entry notice
Michigan has no statute requiring advance notice before a landlord enters an occupied rental unit; entry rights are governed by the lease.
Michigan eviction process
Michigan's eviction process — 'summary proceedings' in district court — runs from a written 7-day demand for possession for nonpayment to a writ of restitution that cannot issue until 10 days after judgment, a statutory best case of roughly three to four weeks from notice to writ.
Michigan application & screening fees
Michigan does not regulate what a landlord charges someone to apply for a rental home: no statute caps an application or screening fee, requires a receipt or a refund, sets what must be told an applicant before the money is taken, or governs a deposit to hold a unit.
Michigan deposit interest
Michigan does not require landlords to pay tenants interest on a security deposit — no section of its 1972 security-deposit act gives the tenant interest, earnings or any accretion.
Michigan habitability & repairs
Michigan puts the habitability duty in a statute rather than in a court-made warranty: MCL 554.139 makes every residential landlord covenant that the premises and all common areas are fit for the use the parties intended, and that the premises will be kept in reasonable repair and in compliance with state and local health and safety laws.
Michigan lease termination
Michigan ends a month-to-month tenancy on one month's notice from either side, and one month means a calendar month rather than 30 days.
Michigan lease disclosures
A Michigan lease must name the lessor and the address for notices, carry the prescribed notice about the Truth in Renting Act in type at least twelve point and in a prominent place, include the senior-housing and incapacity termination provision, and either contain the domestic violence release statement or have it posted in the management office or delivered when the lease is signed.
Michigan pets & assistance animals
Michigan has no pet-deposit statute and no pet-rent statute, so the general deposit rules do the work.
Michigan mobile home park laws
Michigan splits mobile home community law across four places, and the split is the point: the Mobile Home Commission Act, 1987 PA 96, licenses communities and bans entrance fees, exit fees and any charge on an in-park sale; the Revised Judicature Act lets a community end a lot tenancy only for one of eleven listed just causes; the Truth in Renting Act and the state security deposit act both reach a rented mobile home space by name; and the state's manufactured housing rules supply several protections the statutes never mention.
Michigan Fair Market Rents (FY 2027) — HUD's benchmark rents for every Michigan metro area and county.
Editable Michigan deposit kit · Editable Michigan disclosure packet — editable documents built on the verified Michigan rules on this page, in Word, fillable PDF and Excel.
How this record was verified: Web verification against legislature.mi.gov statute text (MCL 554.602, 554.604, 554.605, 554.607, 554.609, 554.613) and the Michigan Judicial Institute Landlord-Tenant Benchbook (courts.michigan.gov) for 554.611, 554.134, 554.633 context. October 1, 2026: every section of the Landlord and Tenant Relationships Act (MCL 554.601 to 554.616), MCL 554.134, 554.139, 554.633 and 123.411, the summary proceedings chapter (MCL 600.5701 to 600.5759), MCL 600.2918 and MCL 8.6 were read again on legislature.mi.gov, which stated the Michigan Compiled Laws complete through Public Act 103 of 2026. 2026 Public Acts 102 and 103 are the only acts of 2025 or 2026 that amended a section these answers rest on, and both are stated on these pages. MCR 4.201 was read in the Michigan Court Rules published on courts.michigan.gov (updated July 31, 2026; the rule was last amended effective May 1, 2024).