Clinton Township, MI Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Chapter 1498, the Rental Housing Registration, Licensing and Inspection Ordinance (Ord. 05 to let or rent any leasehold in Clinton Township unless a registration form is on file with the Building Department and a current license is in "good standing," meaning no uncorrected violation notices are outstanding. Registration must list the owner's and, if any, the local property manager's name, address, phone and email, the unit count and type, the maximum occupants allowed per unit, and who is authorized to make repairs. 06 sets the timing: owners of rental property that pre-existed the 2005 chapter had ninety days to register, while new construction registers when the Building Department issues a temporary or permanent certificate of occupancy.

A unit may keep operating while the application is pending, but the Building Official must act, and has sixty days to complete the inspection once registration and an inspection request are filed, absent circumstances beyond its control. 09(j) lists $120 per house for a single-family rental, covering both registration and inspection, and $240 per building for a duplex, with an owner-occupied half of a duplex registered as a single-family unit instead. 07 requires the new owner to furnish the same registration information within thirty days of the transfer; no new registration fee is due that year if the prior owner already paid and had no open violations. 04.