A Michigan-compliant lease with every disclosure the state requires built in, not bolted on — 7 state-specific clauses plus 11 universal ones. Fill it in, e-sign it, and it lives with the tenant record.
Michigan’s Truth in Renting Act voids lease clauses that waive tenant rights, and its Security Deposits Act caps deposits at one and a half months’ rent (MCL 554.602). A tenant who moves out has only 4 days to give a forwarding address or loses the right to an...
These are the clauses and disclosures our Michigan template carries. Each cites the statute it comes from; the ones marked checkbox are filled from your property's answers.
MCL §554.602MCL §554.609MCL §554.139 (Covenant of Fitness and Repair...MCL §554.634 (Truth in Renting Act)MCL §554.608 (Inventory Checklist Requiremen...MCL §554.604 (Bank Disclosure Requirement)MCL §554.611 (Forwarding Address Requirement...Yes — the cap is 1.5 months’ rent, and it must be returned within 30 days (MCL 554.602, 554.609). The template states both in the deposit clause.
Must be reasonable See MCL 123.411, 554.134. The template carries the rule and the grace period you set.
For any building built before 1978, yes — it is federal (42 U.S.C. § 4852d). The template includes the EPA pamphlet acknowledgment automatically.
Yes. Electronic signatures are valid under the federal E-SIGN Act and Michigan's UETA; the signed PDF, audit trail and timestamps are stored with the tenant record.
Every paragraph is editable before signing. Clauses Michigan requires are marked and cannot be removed by accident.
Free, e-signature included, every Michigan disclosure already in it.
The clause list mirrors the Michigan disclosure set in the My Rental Spot lease builder and is reviewed against Michigan Compiled Laws, Security Deposits Act (Act 348 of 1972). General information for landlords, not legal advice; local ordinances can add requirements.