Your situation, stage by stage
Pick the situation that is yours and put in each date once, on the stage it belongs to. The page shows the stage you are at and the period the statutes set after it, with whose period it is and the section it comes from. It says what the law sets, never what to do about it.
All of it runs in this browser. The dates are the same ones Your clock and your case file hold, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. What this site records.
Stage 1 · What the statutes set next
Without it the landlord is relieved of sending the notice of damages, though the tenant's later claim to the deposit is not lost.
Stage 2 · Later in the statutes
The date of: The end of the occupancyThe same date as stage 1, so it is counted from there once that date is in.
A landlord who misses it is treated as agreeing that no damages are due, and has to return the full deposit immediately.
Stage 3 · Later in the statutes
The response goes by ordinary mail, saying in detail which charges are agreed and which are not, and the date of mailing counts as the date of the response.
Stage 4 · Later in the statutes
The date of: The end of the occupancyThe same date as stage 1, so it is counted from there once that date is in.
Within this period the landlord may sue for the damages claimed; otherwise the balance goes back.
What the law asks of each side between them, a step at a time: The Deposit That Did Not Come Back
Offices for these sections, where each one reaches, and what it handles:
Covers: Statewide
Asks for some basic information about the person, the legal issue and income, and returns legal information and lawyer referrals for that problem. Where the person might qualify for free legal services it gives the contact information for the local office, and where they do not, information about finding a private lawyer.
Legal aid is by county; each regional office and the counties it covers is in the directory.
A date put in here is the same date on Your clock and in your case file, and Add to calendar puts it in your own calendar with reminders. It stays in this browser.
Every stage here is a period on the clock. A situation that is not listed may still have its periods there, and Your clock counts any one of them from a date.
MyRightz is legal education, not legal advice. Nothing here creates an attorney client relationship. Applying the law to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Michigan attorney.
