SB 22

SENATE BILL NO. 22
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 property
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 transmits 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 through direct deposit or
electronic transfer to a bank account, or to an internet or mobile payment
account or application. A landlord that complies with
this subsection must deposit the amount determined in accordance with
subsection (2) into the tenant's account in a financial institution or internet
or mobile payment account or application within 10 days after 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 by mail within 7 days after receipt of same,
the notice of damages, otherwise you
will forfeit the amount claimed for damages.".