Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Michigan

Re: landlord/tenant

In Michigan, the tenant is responsible for the terms of the lease. If the tenant vacates early, the tenant may owe rent for the full term of the lease, if the landlord is not able to mitigate damages by re-renting the property. (The landlord is required to make a good faith effort to re-rent the property to mitigate the damages for the tenant.)

You can be held liable though for other damages as agreed to in your lease, and damages such as the advertising costs to find a new tenant and any physical damages to the property.

Furthermore, there are specific time limits applicable to security deposits, such as within 4 days of your vacancy you have to provide your forwarding address so that the landlord can within 30 days send you the itemized list of damages.

(Please do not rely on this communication which does not create an attorney-client relationship and which is intended merely as a discussion of legal principles and is not to be relied upon.)