Michigan Eviction Notice

Michigan notice periods

Each period is the one LeaseCraft's record of the statute holds. Read it with the conditions under it: some periods are minimums and some apply unless the lease sets another. "Lease controls" means the record holds no statutory period for that situation, and "No pre-suit notice" means it holds no notice before filing. The source column shows the law and the date LeaseCraft read it on the official site (most recently 2026-09-27).

What the Michigan statute says

Unpaid rent: 7 days

• Written demand for possession for nonpayment served under MCL 600.5718; tenant holds over after failing to pay within 7 days from service.
• Demand must be in writing, addressed to the person in possession, describe the premises, state the reason, time to act and amount due, and be dated and signed (MCL 600.5716).

Lease violation: 7 days

• Applies only where the person in possession willfully or negligently causes a serious and continuing health hazard or extensive and continuing physical injury to the premises; tenant may cure by substantially restoring or repairing the premises within 7 days after service of the demand.

Exceptions

• For other lease violations Michigan has NO statutory comply-or-quit/cure notice: the landlord terminates under a lease power to terminate (MCL 600.5714(1)(c)(i)) or by the MCL 554.134(1) notice to quit (1 month / rental interval); SCAO form DC 100c is used in practice (30 days).

Ending the tenancy without a chance to cure: 1 day

• 24-hour written notice to quit / demand for possession where tenant, household member or person under tenant's control unlawfully manufactured, delivered, possessed with intent to deliver, or possessed a controlled substance on the premises; requires a lease clause providing for termination and a formal police report (MCL 554.134(4)); Schedule 1, 2 or 3 substances.
• 7-day written notice to quit where the tenant, household member or person under tenant's control caused or threatened physical injury to an individual on property owned or operated by the landlord (MCL 600.5714(1)(e)).

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 30 days

• Statute says '1 month's notice' for an estate at will or by sufferance; recorded as 30 days for registry purposes — generate the notice to run a full calendar month / rental period.

Delivery, form and other Michigan rules

How the notice may be delivered

Personal delivery to the person in possession; personal delivery on the premises to a family/household member or employee of suitable age and discretion with a request to deliver it; first-class mail addressed to the person in possession (service date = next regular mail-delivery day after mailing); or electronic service if the person in possession specifically consented in writing and the consent was confirmed by electronic reply (MCL 600.5718).

MCL 600.5718 · read 2026-09-27

Required form or contents

No statutory mandatory form; MCL 600.5716 prescribes mandatory contents (in writing, addressed to person in possession, address/description of premises, reason, time to act, amount due, date, signature). SCAO-approved forms exist: DC 100a (nonpayment), DC 100b (damage/health hazard), DC 100c (notice to quit), DC 100d (termination of tenancy). https://www.courts.michigan.gov/siteassets/forms/scao-approved/dc100a.pdf

MCL 600.5716; SCAO forms DC 100a–d · read 2026-09-27

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No statewide just-cause requirement; estates at will may be terminated by either party on the MCL 554.134(1) notice without stated cause.

MCL 554.134(1); MCL 600.5714(1)(c) · read 2026-09-27

City and county rules

Could not verify LeaseCraft has not verified this at the official source (Ann Arbor City Code — Right to Renew Ordinance (city guide dated 2024-04-10)), so this page states no rule. Check it before you serve the notice.

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the kind of notice and the dates, and the notice ends with a Certificate of Service to record how you delivered it. Beside the finished notice you get a Michigan checklist of the period, form and delivery rules LeaseCraft recorded. The period in the notice is the one you choose; where LeaseCraft has verified the Michigan period and your deadline is too soon, the document is not prepared until you move it.

Create a Michigan eviction notice

A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant. Cities and counties can add rules. LeaseCraft is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

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