The unincorporated county runs no rental registry, but its cities do. The City of Saginaw — with its older housing stock — requires every non-owner-occupied rental to register and pass a housing-code inspection before it can be rented. Saginaw Charter Township licenses rentals too.
Rental registration in Michigan is a local tool built on the Housing Law of 1917 and city ordinance; Saginaw County itself does not register rentals in unincorporated areas. The City of Saginaw requires the owner of any non-owner-occupied residence to file a registration with the City Clerk and to pass a Building and Code Enforcement inspection — covering heat, water, smoke alarms, infestation, and overcrowding — before the unit may be occupied. Renewal fees are due each year by the fourth Friday in February, and a late payment carries a 100% penalty. Saginaw Charter Township requires a rental business license under Ordinance No. 710. Frankenmuth and smaller communities lean on complaint-based code enforcement.
Renting an unregistered or uninspected unit in the City of Saginaw violates the housing code and blocks lawful occupancy until it passes inspection. A late registration renewal draws a 100% penalty. Township rentals operating without a license face code-enforcement action.
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