Bill Text: MI HB6148 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Housing: landlord and tenants; return of security deposit by electronic transfer; allow. Amends sec. 9 of 1972 PA 348 (MCL 554.609).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-01 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/26/2022 [HB6148 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB6148-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 6148
A bill to amend 1972 PA 348, entitled
"An act to regulate relationships between landlords and tenants relative to rental agreements for rental units; to regulate the payment, repayment, use and investment of security deposits; to provide for commencement and termination inventories of rental units; to provide for termination arrangements relative to rental units; to provide for legal remedies; and to provide penalties,"
by amending section 9 (MCL 554.609).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 9. (1) In case of damage to the rental unit or other obligation against the security deposit, the landlord shall mail to the tenant, within 30 days after the termination of occupancy, a notice of damages that contains an itemized list of damages claimed for which the security deposit may be used as provided in section 7, including the estimated cost of repair of each property damaged item and the amounts and bases on which he the landlord intends to assess the tenant. The list shall
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the notice of damages must be accompanied by a check or money order for the difference between the damages claimed and the amount of the security deposit held by the landlord and shall must not include any damages that were claimed on a previous termination inventory checklist prior to the tenant's occupancy of the rental unit.
(3) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, a notice of damages may not be accompanied by a check or money order as described in subsection (2) if the landlord sends the difference between the damages claimed and the amount of the security deposit held by the landlord as described in subsection (2) to the tenant's account at a financial institution through direct deposit or electronic transfer. A landlord that complies with this subsection must deposit the amount determined in accordance with subsection (2) to the tenant's account in a financial institution within 10 days of mailing the notice of damages.
(4) The notice of damages shall must include the following statement in 12 point boldface type which shall be that is at least 4 points larger than the body of the notice: "You must respond to this notice of damages by mail within 7 days after receipt of same, the notice of damages otherwise you will forfeit the amount claimed for damages.".
