Michigan Landlord-Tenant Laws
Local rent regulation in Michigan
Michigan law bars every local governmental unit — counties, cities, villages, and townships — from adopting any ordinance that would control the amount of rent charged for private residential property, except for property the local government itself owns and voluntary affordable-housing incentive programs.
Cited to Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.411 · Verified August 12, 2026 · Full Michigan rent-increase rules →
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 undisputed balance within 30 days of move-out.
Michigan Rent increase notice
Michigan has no statute setting a specific 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 the lease controls — a late fee must actually appear in the lease to be collectable.
Michigan Entry notice
Michigan is one of the minority of states with no statute requiring advance notice before a landlord enters an occupied rental unit; entry rights are governed by the lease and the tenant's possessory right to quiet enjoyment.
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 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 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.
Lot-rent, closure, park-sale and home-sale rules with statute citations →
Michigan Fair Market Rents (FY 2026) — HUD's benchmark rents for every Michigan metro area and county.
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.