This Demand for Possession, Non-Payment of Rent, Landlord - Tenant is an official document from the Michigan State Court Administration Office, and it complies with all applicable state and Federal codes and statutes. USLF updates all state and Federal forms as is required by state and Federal statutes and law.
Michigan Demand for Possession, Nonpayment of Rent, Landlord-Tenant
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A landlord starts an eviction case by filing a summons and complaint with your local district court. A copy of your lease, a copy of the demand for possession that the landlord served on you, and a certificate of service stating how the landlord served you must be attached to the summons and complaint.
If you have rent arrears, your landlord may try and evict you. This is called seeking possession. To do this, in most cases they will need to follow a procedure which involves getting a court order. They can't make you leave your home without going to court first.
Putting all this together, you can see that even if the tenant does not show up to contest the eviction hearing, it will take an absolute minimum of four weeks to get an eviction in Michigan. In reality, an official eviction is likely to take longer, in the region of six to eight weeks.
Michigan has an expedited legal process for eviction called summary proceedings. It enables eviction hearings to be scheduled very quickly after the landlord first makes the filing in court. Landlords cannot evict a tenant in Michigan without a court order.
In the state of Michigan, if tenants hold over, or stay in the rental unit after the rental term has expired, then the landlord may be required to give tenants notice before evicting them. This can include tenants without a written lease and week-to-week and month-to-month tenants.
Persons who have complaints against landlords/property owners can file a complaint with the Michigan Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division at 517-373-1140.
In Michigan, the landlord must give the tenant at least 7 days' notice before filing to evict for non-payment of rent, for causing damage to the home, or for creating a health hazard.