Before evicting, a Michigan landlord must serve the correct written demand: 7 days for nonpayment of rent, 7 days for serious health hazards, extensive damage, or physical violence, and 24 hours for unlawful drug activity. After notice expires the landlord files a summary proceedings action; there is no statutory 30-day for-cause eviction notice.
MCL 600.5714 governs when a landlord may recover possession. For nonpayment, the tenant must hold over "within 7 days from the service of a written demand for possession for nonpayment of the rent due" (subsection (a)). A 7-day demand also applies where the occupant "willfully or negligently causes a serious and continuing health hazard" or extensive damage and fails to repair (subsection (d)), and where a household member causes or threatens physical injury (subsection (e)). Unlawful drug activity allows a 24-hour notice with a police report (subsection (b)). After notice expires, the landlord files a summary proceedings complaint in district court; the tenant is summoned within roughly 10 days, and a possession judgment is typically followed by a 10-day period before an eviction order issues.
No statutory fine on the landlord, but self-help eviction is prohibited; an eviction filed without the proper demand is subject to dismissal, and a tenant unlawfully ousted may recover under MCL 600.2918.
Other ordinances people look up for this city. Green dot = verified primary-source excerpt.
Westland, MI
Westland enforces quiet hours from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM under the city noise ordinance, prohibiting loud sounds that disturb neighbors. Michigan MCL 750.474 a...
Westland, MI
Outdoor music at private residences in Westland must end by 10:00 PM and stay at volumes that do not disturb neighbors. Commercial outdoor music venues requi...
Westland, MI
Westland uses a plainly-audible and disturbance standard for most noise enforcement rather than strict decibel readings, though industrial and commercial zon...
Westland, MI
Westland prohibits dogs from barking continuously or repeatedly in a manner that disturbs neighbors under the city animal noise ordinance. Complaints are han...
Westland, MI
Westland follows MCL 257.252 for abandoned vehicles. Vehicles left on public property 48 hours or on private property without permission may be tagged and to...
Westland, MI
Westland permits residential Level 2 EV chargers with an electrical permit. Commercial installations follow Michigan Electrical Code and may require site pla...
See how Westland's eviction notice & process rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.