# Michigan — Security deposit return deadlines by US state — the statutory clock a landlord has to return a tenant's deposit, quoted from the state statute

For Michigan, return deadline is 30 days; deadline in days is 30; what starts the clock is after the termination of occupancy; statute is Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.609, recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Michigan _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** 30 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 30 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** after the termination of occupancy _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.609 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 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, 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 intends to assess the tenant.

## Source

- https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-554-609

Last verified: 2026-08-26. Review by: 2027-08-26.
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