Michigan Month-to-month Rental Agreement Template

A rental agreement with no fixed end date. It renews each month until the landlord or tenant gives proper written notice. This edition fills in the Michigan rules we could confirm and marks the rest as blanks to check.

Michigan rules for this form

Month-to-month notice. Either side can end a month to month tenancy with one month of written notice. (MCL 554.134)

Notice before a rent increase. No statute sets a separate notice period for rent increases; during a fixed term the lease controls, and a month to month tenancy generally needs notice of at least one rental period before new terms apply. (MCL 554.134 and lease terms)

Deposit limit. A security deposit cannot exceed one and a half months of rent. (MCL 554.602)

Deadline to return the deposit. Within 30 days after occupancy ends, the landlord must mail an itemized list of damages with a check or electronic payment for any balance. (MCL 554.609)

Required disclosures. Within 14 days after the tenant moves in, the landlord gives written notice of the landlord's address, where the deposit is held and the tenant's duty to give a forwarding address within 4 days of moving out, in the bold wording the statute requires. (MCL 554.603)

Required disclosures. The landlord provides move in and move out inventory checklists so the condition of the unit is recorded. (MCL 554.608)

Required disclosures. Leases must tell tenants about the right to end the lease early because of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, or the landlord must post or hand over that notice. (MCL 554.601b)

Required disclosures. Leases also carry a Truth in Renting Act notice explaining that state law generally sets rights and duties for both sides. (Truth in Renting Act)

Required disclosures. Homes built before 1978 need the federal lead-based paint disclosure and the EPA pamphlet. (Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act (42 U.S.C. 4852d))

Cities and counties in Michigan can add their own rules on top of these. Check local ordinances before you sign.

What is in the template

1. Parties
2. Property
3. Monthly term
4. Ending the tenancy
5. Rent
6. Changes to rent or terms
7. Security deposit
8. Utilities
9. Use, guests and pets
10. Care, repairs and alterations
11. Entry
12. Subletting
13. Default
14. Moving out
15. Disclosures
16. General terms
17. Signatures

Before you use it

• A month-to-month agreement renews automatically each rental period until someone gives written notice.
• Notice periods to end the tenancy or change the rent are set by state law, and some cities require longer notice or a valid reason.
• The flexibility cuts both ways: the tenant can leave on short notice, so turnover can come sooner.
• Everything else, from deposit limits to entry notice, follows the same rules as a fixed-term lease.

For the full explanation of this form, read our guide to the month-to-month rental agreement.