Wyoming, MI Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Sec. 4 states that "no person shall rent, lease, or offer for rent or lease any residential unit or residential property without first registering that unit or property with the City," exempting only Wyoming Housing Commission units already inspected annually under a HUD-required program. The application under subsection (a)(1) must list every owner's and manager's contact information including after-hours emergency contacts, the addresses and tax parcel numbers involved, the number of buildings, units, and expected occupants, prior rental history, and a signed attestation consenting to inspection.

Under subsection (a)(2), applicants pay fees set by council resolution, which become a lien on the property if unpaid. A registration for properties with four or more units runs two years, dropping to one year if certain violations, such as smoke-detector failures or unpermitted work, appear in two or more buildings or 10% or more of the units; properties with fewer than four units get four years, dropping to two years under the same trigger. Subsection (f) lists denial grounds, including unpaid city debts, code violations, a bad-actor history within the past ten years, false application statements, and repeated substantiated police-reportable incidents within any 60-day span. Subsection (m) makes registrations nontransferable, requiring a new filing on any ownership change.