Evictions & Court

Serving a Michigan landlord notice is step one—not the finish line. If the tenant does not pay (when payment is an option) or does not move by the deadline, the next stage is often a summary proceeding in the Michigan district court that covers the rental property. This post explains, at a practical high level,…

Most Michigan eviction cases do not fail because a landlord “forgot the law exists.” They stall because a notice was the wrong form, the wrong amount, the wrong service method, or filed a day too soon. A careful notice is not paperwork theater—it is the foundation of the case you may file later. Here are…