--- title: "Michigan Landlord Compliance Kit | MCC Solutions" description: "Michigan landlord kit: deposit capped at 1.5 months of rent, deposit returned within 30 days. Checklists, notice calendar and Excel tracker." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/toolkits/michigan-landlord-compliance-kit" --- Document pack # Michigan Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker The Michigan landlord-tenant rules in one package: deposit capped at 1.5 months of rent; deposit returned within 30 days; one-month notice to end month-to-month; 7-day notice for unpaid rent; $45 eviction filing fee; $7,000 small claims limit. **Coming soon** not on sale yet Why it is not on sale yet [Read the free guide](/state-rules?state=mi) 🌙 The desk is asleep. The store never is. Every kit and ebook downloads the moment you pay, day or night. Questions get answered after we open in the morning. [Browse the store](/toolkits) Who it is for Landlords and property managers with rentals in Michigan, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case. Not the right fit if Your rental is outside Michigan: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered. Why it is different - Built only from our Michigan data files, checked November 2026 against 14 official pages, among them Michigan Legislature: MCL 554.602, Security deposit; amount; Michigan Legislature: MCL 554.604, Disposition; bond; Michigan Legislature: MCL 554.609, Itemized list of damages; Michigan Legislature: MCL 554.613, Action for damages; Michigan Legislature: MCL Act 348 of 1972 (Landlord and Tenant Relationships), full act; Michigan Legislature: MCL 554.134, plus Nolo and National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read. - 3 items the official pages didn't state are left out of the rules and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed. - The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Michigan notice and deposit dates for you. What is inside - **Start here.** How to use the kit, the 20 confirmed Michigan rules at a glance and a short look-up list of 3 points to check: late fee limits, writ to lockout, diversion or mediation (statewide), each with the official page. - **Michigan landlord rules checklist.** Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: No more than one and one-half months' rent (554.602); return deadline: Within 30 days after occupancy ends: mail a notice of damages with an itemized list and a check or money order for the difference (554.609); itemized list of deductions: An itemized list of damages with the estimated cost of repair of each item, mailed with any balance (554.609); interest on the deposit: None stated in Act 348 of 1972 (MCL 554.601 to 554.616), read in full; where the deposit is held: In a regulated financial institution, unless the landlord files a cash or surety bond with the Secretary of State (554.604); penalty the law states: A landlord who claims damages must sue within 45 days after occupancy ends; failing to comply waives the claimed damages and makes the landlord liable for double the amount retained (554.613); ending month-to-month (landlord): One month's notice by either side; where rent is paid at intervals under 3 months, notice equal to the interval between payments is enough, and the tenancy ends at the end of such a period; ending month-to-month (tenant): One month's notice by either side; where rent is paid at intervals under 3 months, notice equal to the interval between payments is enough, and the tenancy ends at the end of such a period; rent increase notice: No rent increase notice period in MCL 554.134 as read; Nolo's 50-state chart (updated 4/25/2024) says there is no Michigan statute on the notice required to change rent or other terms; unpaid rent notice: A written 7-day notice to quit; entry notice: No entry notice statute: Nolo's 50-state chart (updated 7/18/2025) lists Michigan as 'No statute'; court: Summary eviction proceedings are brought in district court; filing fee: $45 for a claim for possession, plus a supplemental fee when money is also claimed; time to answer or appear: The tenant needs to appear in court on the date and time on the summons; hearing after filing: The tenant must appear within 10 days of the summons date, and the summons is served at least 3 days before trial (the earliest date here assumes the summons issues and is served on the filing day); judgment to writ: The landlord can apply for the order of eviction once the time in the judgment runs out, at least ten days after the possession judgment. - **Move-in and move-out deposit checklist.** A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Michigan's return deadline (within 30 days). - **Notice calendar.** When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules. - **Eviction timeline sheet.** The Michigan case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates. - **Michigan landlord workbook (Excel).** A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Michigan rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance. A look inside ## The first pages, as you will get them [![Page 1 of the Start Here (Michigan Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/michigan-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/michigan-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here [![Page 1 of the Michigan Landlord Rules Checklist (Michigan Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/michigan-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/michigan-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp) First page of Michigan Landlord Rules Checklist Get it ## Michigan Landlord Compliance Kit Coming soon This kit is being finished: every state rule in it is checked against official sources before it goes on sale. Free now: [State rules directory](/state-rules?state=mi) Delivered as a zip of editable Word files and printable PDFs. For one business, your own use. General information and templates, not legal, tax or accounting advice. General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. The kit describes the rules for both sides of a lease and takes neither side. Cities, counties and the lease can add rules; the official pages linked in the kit have the final word. Payment is handled by Stripe. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. Questions ## Common questions **What do I get and how is it delivered?** The Michigan Landlord Kit comes as a zip with five documents, each as an editable Word file and a printable PDF: Start Here, Michigan Landlord Rules Checklist, Move-In Move-Out Deposit Checklist, Notice Calendar 2027, and Eviction Timeline Sheet, plus an Excel workbook (Michigan Landlord Workbook). The download link arrives by email after payment. **Will it open on a Mac, Google Sheets or my phone?** The PDFs open in any PDF reader, and the Word files edit in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. The workbook is built for Excel and tested in LibreOffice; it should open in Google Sheets, but not every feature is tested there. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. If it is not right for you, email us within 14 days of buying for a full refund. **Is this legal or tax advice?** General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. **Is it the right fit for me?** It is made for landlords and property managers with rentals in Michigan, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case. Skip it if your rental is outside Michigan: get that state's kit. Also from MCC Solutions [### Month-End Close Workbook A real month-end close in one Excel file. 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