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MI Comp L § 554.544 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.544 - Resignation, Ineligibility, Death, or Incapacitation of Custodian; Possession and Control of Property and Records; Petition for Removal of Custodian.

554.544 Resignation, ineligibility, death, or incapacitation of custodian; possession and control of property and records; petition for removal of custodian. Sec. 24.  (1) A custodian may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the minor if the minor has attained the age of 14 years and to the successor custodian and by delivering the custodial property to the successor custodian.  (2) If a custodian is ineligible, dies, or becomes incapacitated without having effectively designated a successor and the minor is not less than 14 years of age, the minor may designate as successor custodian, in the manner prescribed in section 23(3), an adult member of the minor's family, a conservator of the minor, or a trust company. If the minor is less than 14 years of age or fails to act within 60 days after the ineligibility, death, or incapacity, the conservator of the minor becomes successor custodian. If the minor has no conservator or the conservator declines to act, the transferor, the legal representative of the transferor or of the custodian, an adult member of the minor's family, or another interested person may petition the court to designate a successor custodian.   (3) A custodian who declines to serve or resigns, or the legal representative of a deceased or incapacitated custodian, as soon as practicable, shall put the custodial property and records in the possession and control of the successor custodian. The successor custodian may bring an action to enforce the obligation to deliver custodial property and records and becomes responsible for each item as received.  (4) A transferor, the legal representative of a transferor, an adult member of the minor's family, the conservator of the minor, or the minor if the minor is not less than 14 years of age may petition the court to remove the custodian for cause and designate a successor custodian other than a transferor under section 8, or to require the custodian to give appropriate bond. History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
MI Comp L § 554.545 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.545 - Accounting.

554.545 Accounting. Sec. 25.  (1) A minor who is not less than 14 years of age, the minor's legal representative, an adult member of the minor's family, a transferor, or a transferor's legal representative may petition the court for either of the following:  (a) An accounting by the custodian or the custodian's legal representative.  (b) A determination of responsibility, as between the custodial property and the custodian personally, for claims against the custodial property, unless the responsibility has been adjudicated in an action under section 22 to which the minor or the minor's legal representative was a party.  (2) A successor custodian may petition the court for an accounting by the predecessor custodian.  (3) In a proceeding under this act or in any other proceeding, the court may require or permit a custodian or the custodian's legal representative to account.  (4) If a custodian is removed under section 24, the court shall require an accounting and order delivery of the custodial property and records to the successor custodian and the execution of all instruments required for transfer of the custodial property. History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
MI Comp L § 554.546 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.546 - Transfer of Property to Minor; Time.

554.546 Transfer of property to minor; time. Sec. 26.  Except as provided in section 27, the custodian shall transfer in an appropriate manner the custodial property to the minor or to the minor's estate upon the earlier of the following:  (a) The minor becoming 18 years of age with respect to custodial property transferred under section 8, 9, 10, or 11.  (b) The minor's death. History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
MI Comp L § 554.547 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.547 - Transfer of Property to Minor; Delay.

554.547 Transfer of property to minor; delay. Sec. 27.  (1) Transfer of custodial property to the minor that is transferred to the custodian under section 8 or 9 may be delayed as provided in this section until a specified time after the minor is 18 years of age. The time of transfer to the minor shall be specified in the transfer executed under section 13 by using the words "as custodian for (name of minor) until age _____ under the Michigan uniform transfers to minors act".  (2) Transfer to the minor of custodial property transferred to the custodian under section 8 shall not be delayed later than the minor's twenty-first birthday. Transfer to the minor of custodial property transferred to the custodian under section 9 shall not be delayed unless the governing will or trust provides in substance that the custodianship continues until the minor is a specified age, not later than the minor's twenty-first birthday and that the will or trust determines the time to be specified in the transfer. History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
MI Comp L § 554.548 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.548 - Applicability of Act to Transfer Described in MCL 554.526.

554.548 Applicability of act to transfer described in MCL 554.526. Sec. 28.  This act applies to a transfer described in section 6 made after the effective date of this act if either of the following is true:  (a) The transfer purports to have been made under former 1959 PA 172.  (b) The instrument by which the transfer purports to have been made uses in substance the designation "as custodian under the uniform gifts to minors act" or "as custodian under the uniform transfers to minors act" of any other state, and the application of this act is necessary to validate the transfer. History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
MI Comp L § 554.549 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.549 - Applicability of Act to Transfer Made Before Effective Date.

554.549 Applicability of act to transfer made before effective date. Sec. 29.  (1) Transfer of custodial property made before the effective date of this act is validated notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in former 1959 PA 172 for the coverage of custodial property of that kind or for a transfer from that source at the time the transfer was made.  (2) This act applies to a transfer made before the effective date of this act in a manner and form prescribed in former 1959 PA 172, except insofar as the application impairs constitutionally vested rights or extends the duration of custodianships in existence on the effective date of this act.  (3) With respect to the age of a minor for whom custodial property is held under this act, sections 3, 4, and 26 do not apply to custodial property held in a custodianship that terminated because the minor becomes 18 years of age after December 31, 1971, and before the effective date of this act. History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
MI Comp L § 554.550 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.550 - Construction of Act.

554.550 Construction of act. Sec. 30.  This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it. History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
MI Comp L § 554.551 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.551 - Repeal of Former 1959 Pa 172; Effect.

554.551 Repeal of former 1959 PA 172; effect. Sec. 31.  To the extent that this act by virtue of section 29(2) does not apply to a transfer made in a manner prescribed in former 1959 PA 172, or to the powers, duties, and immunities conferred by a transfer in that manner upon a custodian or a person dealing with a custodian, the repeal of former 1959 PA 172 does not affect that transfer or those powers, duties, and immunities. History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
MI Comp L § 554.552 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 433 of 1998 - Michigan Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (554.521 - 554.552)|Section 554.552 - Repeal of MCL 554.451 to 554.461.

554.552 Repeal of MCL 554.451 to 554.461. Sec. 32.  The Michigan uniform gifts to minors act, 1959 PA 172, MCL 554.451 to 554.461, is repealed. History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
MI Comp L § 554.581 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 226 of 2014 - Trespass Liability Act (554.581 - 554.583)|Section 554.581 - Short Title.

554.581 Short title.Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "trespass liability act". History: 2014, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2014
MI Comp L § 554.583 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 226 of 2014 - Trespass Liability Act (554.581 - 554.583)|Section 554.583 - Duty of Care to Trespasser; Liability.

554.583 Duty of care to trespasser; liability.Sec. 3.  (1) A possessor of a fee, reversionary, or easement interest in land, including an owner, lessee, or other lawful occupant, owes no duty of care to a trespasser and is not liable to a trespasser for physical harm caused by the possessor's failure to exercise reasonable care to put the land in a condition reasonably safe for the trespasser or to carry on activities on the land so as not to endanger trespassers.  (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a possessor of land may be subject to liability for physical injury or death to a trespasser if any of the following apply:  (a) The possessor injured the trespasser by willful and wanton misconduct.  (b) The possessor was aware of the trespasser's presence on the land, or in the exercise of ordinary care should have known of the trespasser's presence on the land, and failed to use ordinary care to prevent injury to the trespasser arising from active negligence.  (c) The possessor knew, or from facts within the possessor's knowledge should have known, that trespassers constantly intrude on a limited area of the land and the trespasser was harmed as a result of the possessor's failure to carry on an activity in that limited area involving a risk of death or serious bodily harm with reasonable care for the trespasser's safety.  (d) The trespasser is a child injured by an artificial condition on the land and all of the following apply:  (i) The possessor knew or had reason to know that a child would be likely to trespass on the place where the condition existed.  (ii) The possessor knew or had reason to know of the condition and realized or should have realized that the condition would involve an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily harm to a child.  (iii) The injured child, because of his or her youth, did not discover the condition or realize the risk involved in intermeddling with it or in coming within the area made dangerous by it.  (iv) The utility to the possessor of maintaining the condition and the burden of eliminating the danger were slight as compared with the risk to the child.  (v) The possessor failed to exercise reasonable care to eliminate the danger or otherwise to protect the child.  (3) This section does not increase the liability of a possessor of land and does not affect any immunity from or defenses to civil liability established by or available under the statutes or common law of this state to which a possessor of land is entitled. History: 2014, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2014
MI Comp L § 554.601 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 348 of 1972 - Landlord and Tenant Relationships (554.601 - 554.616)|Section 554.601 - Definitions.

554.601 Definitions. Sec. 1.  As used in this act:  (a) "Rental unit" means a structure or part of a structure used as a home, residence, or sleeping unit by a single person or household unit, or any grounds, or other facilities or area promised for the use of a residential tenant and includes, but without limitation, apartment units, boarding houses, rooming houses, mobile home spaces, and single and 2-family dwellings.  (b) "Rental agreement" means an agreement that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, regulations, or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of a rental unit.  (c) "Landlord" means the owner, lessor, or sublessor of the rental unit or the property of which it is a part and, in addition, means a person authorized to exercise any aspect of the management of the premises, including a person who, directly or indirectly, acts as a rental agent, receives rent, other than as a bona fide purchaser, and who has no obligation to deliver the receipts to another person.  (d) "Tenant" means a person who occupies a rental unit for residential purposes with the landlord's consent for an agreed upon consideration.  (e) "Security deposit" means a deposit, in any amount, paid by the tenant to the landlord or his or her agent to be held for the term of the rental agreement, or any part of the term, and includes any required prepayment of rent other than the first full rental period of the lease agreement; any sum required to be paid as rent in any rental period in excess of the average rent for the term; and any other amount of money or property returnable to the tenant on condition of return of the rental unit by the tenant in condition as required by the rental agreement. Security deposit does not include either of the following:  (i) An amount paid for an option to purchase, pursuant to a lease with option to purchase, unless it is shown the intent was to evade this act.  (ii) An amount paid as a subscription for or purchase of a membership in a cooperative housing association incorporated under the laws of this state. As used in this subparagraph, "cooperative housing association" means a consumer cooperative that provides dwelling units to its members.  (f) "Senior citizen housing" means housing for individuals 62 years of age or older that is subsidized in whole or in part under any local, state, or federal program. History: 1972, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 297, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1984 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 79, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1995 Popular Name: Landlord-Tenant Act
MI Comp L § 554.601a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 348 of 1972 - Landlord and Tenant Relationships (554.601 - 554.616)|Section 554.601a - Termination of Lease; Conditions; Applicability of Section to Leases Entered Into, Renewed, or Renegotiated After Effective Date.

554.601a Termination of lease; conditions; applicability of section to leases entered into, renewed, or renegotiated after effective date. Sec. 1a.  (1) A rental agreement shall provide that a tenant who has occupied a rental unit for more than 13 months may terminate a lease by a 60-day written notice to the landlord if 1 of the following occurs:  (a) The tenant becomes eligible during the lease term to take possession of a subsidized rental unit in senior citizen housing and provides the landlord with written proof of that eligibility.  (b) The tenant becomes incapable during the lease term of living independently, as certified by a physician in a notarized statement.  (2) This section applies only to leases entered into, renewed, or renegotiated after the effective date of this section, in accordance with the constitutional prohibition against impairment of contracts provided by section 10 of article I of the state constitution of 1963. History: Add. 1995, Act 79, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1995 Popular Name: Landlord-Tenant Act
MI Comp L § 554.602 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 348 of 1972 - Landlord and Tenant Relationships (554.601 - 554.616)|Section 554.602 - Security Deposit; Amount.

554.602 Security deposit; amount. Sec. 2.  A landlord may require a security deposit for each rental unit. A security deposit shall be required and maintained in accordance with the terms of this act and shall not exceed 1 1/2 months' rent. History: 1972, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973 Popular Name: Landlord-Tenant Act
MI Comp L § 554.603 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 348 of 1972 - Landlord and Tenant Relationships (554.601 - 554.616)|Section 554.603 - Security Deposit; Notice.

554.603 Security deposit; notice. Sec. 3.  A landlord shall not require a security deposit unless he notifies the tenant no later than 14 days from the date a tenant assumes possession in a written instrument of the landlord's name and address for receipt of communications under this act, the name and address of the financial institution or surety required by section 4 and the tenant's obligation to provide in writing a forwarding mailing address to the landlord within 4 days after termination of occupancy. The notice shall include the following statement in 12 point boldface type which is at least 4 points larger than the body of the notice or lease agreement: "You must notify your landlord in writing within 4 days after you move of a forwarding address where you can be reached and where you will receive mail; otherwise your landlord shall be relieved of sending you an itemized list of damages and the penalties adherent to that failure." Failure to provide the information relieves the tenant of his obligation relative to notification of the landlord of his forwarding mailing address. History: 1972, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973 Popular Name: Landlord-Tenant Act
MI Comp L § 554.604 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 348 of 1972 - Landlord and Tenant Relationships (554.601 - 554.616)|Section 554.604 - Security Deposit, Disposition; Bond.

554.604 Security deposit, disposition; bond. Sec. 4.  (1) The security deposit shall be deposited in a regulated financial institution. A landlord may use the moneys so deposited for any purposes he desires if he deposits with the secretary of state a cash bond or surety bond written by a surety company licensed to do business in this state and acceptable to the attorney general to secure the entire deposits up to $50,000.00 and 25% of any amount exceeding $50,000.00. The attorney general may find a bond unacceptable based only upon reasonable criteria relating to the sufficiency of the bond, and shall notify the landlord in writing of his reasons for the unacceptability of the bond.  (2) The bond shall be for the benefit of persons making security deposits with the landlord. A person for whose benefit the bond is written or his legal representative may bring an action in the district, common pleas or municipal court where the landlord resides or does business for collection on the bond. History: 1972, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973 Popular Name: Landlord-Tenant Act
MI Comp L § 554.605 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 348 of 1972 - Landlord and Tenant Relationships (554.601 - 554.616)|Section 554.605 - Security Deposit as Property of Tenant.

554.605 Security deposit as property of tenant. Sec. 5.  For the purposes of this act and any litigation arising thereunder, the security deposit is considered the lawful property of the tenant until the landlord establishes a right to the deposit or portions thereof as long as the bond provision is fulfilled, the landlord may use this fund for any purposes he desires. History: 1972, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973 Popular Name: Landlord-Tenant Act
MI Comp L § 554.606 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 348 of 1972 - Landlord and Tenant Relationships (554.601 - 554.616)|Section 554.606 - Waiving Requirements of Act.

554.606 Waiving requirements of act. Sec. 6.  The requirements of this act may not be waived by the parties to a rental agreement except as specifically provided herein. History: 1972, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973 Popular Name: Landlord-Tenant Act
MI Comp L § 554.607 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 348 of 1972 - Landlord and Tenant Relationships (554.601 - 554.616)|Section 554.607 - Security Deposit; Permissible Uses.

554.607 Security deposit; permissible uses. Sec. 7.  A security deposit may be used only for the following purposes:  (a) Reimburse the landlord for actual damages to the rental unit or any ancillary facility that are the direct result of conduct not reasonably expected in the normal course of habitation of a dwelling.  (b) Pay the landlord for all rent in arrearage under the rental agreement, rent due for premature termination of the rental agreement by the tenant and for utility bills not paid by the tenant. History: 1972, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973 Popular Name: Landlord-Tenant Act
MI Comp L § 554.608 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property|Act 348 of 1972 - Landlord and Tenant Relationships (554.601 - 554.616)|Section 554.608 - Inventory Checklists.

554.608 Inventory checklists. Sec. 8.  (1) The landlord shall make use of inventory checklists both at the commencement and termination of occupancy for each rental unit which detail the condition of the rental unit for which a security deposit is required.  (2) At the commencement of the lease, the landlord shall furnish the tenant 2 blank copies of a commencement inventory checklist, which form shall be identical to the form used for the termination inventory checklist. The checklist shall include all items in the rental unit owned by the landlord including, but not limited to, carpeting, draperies, appliances, windows, furniture, walls, closets, shelves, paint, doors, plumbing fixtures and electrical fixtures.  (3) Unless the landlord and tenant agree to complete their inventory checklist within a shorter period, the tenant shall review the checklist, note the condition of the property and return 1 copy of the checklist to the landlord within 7 days after receiving possession of the premises.  (4) The checklist shall contain the following notice in 12 point boldface type at the top of the first page: "You should complete this checklist, noting the condition of the rental property, and return it to the landlord within 7 days after obtaining possession of the rental unit. You are also entitled to request and receive a copy of the last termination inventory checklist which shows what claims were chargeable to the last prior tenants.".  (5) At the termination of the occupancy, the landlord shall complete a termination inventory checklist listing all the damages he claims were caused by the tenant. History: 1972, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973 Popular Name: Landlord-Tenant Act