Michigan security deposit law: the 30-day deadline and your rights
Within 30 days after termination of occupancy the landlord must mail an itemized list of claimed damages together with a check for the balance (§ 554.609); no list in 30 days concedes no damages and the full deposit is due.
What Michigan law says
- Return deadline
- 30 days
- Statute
- Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 554.609, 554.613
Double the amount of the deposit retained (§ 554.613(2)). Conditions: the tenant must have given a written forwarding address within 4 days of moving out (§ 554.611) and responded to the damage notice within 7 days; the landlord must have failed to sue within 45 days (exceptions: no forwarding address, no tenant response, written agreement, or rent/utilities-only claims).
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