Landlord/Tenant
Overview
The landlord tenant division is responsible for handling all real property disputes up to $25,000. Real property is considered land, and generally whatever is built on, growing on, or affixed to that land. Most commonly, the landlord tenant division handles cases involving non-payment of rent, termination of tenancy, land-contract forfeitures, and evictions after the redemption period on a mortgage foreclosure.
There are different reasons that a landlord may wish to evict a tenant. The grounds that a landlord may cite are:
A landlord must specify the grounds to evict. The grounds a landlord may cite to evict a tenant are the following:
- Nonpayment of rent;
- Extensive and continuing physical injury to property;
- Serious and continuing health hazard;
- Illegal drug activity and formal police report filed (lease provisions must allow for termination on these grounds);
- Violation of a lease provision and the lease allows for termination;
- Forceful entry or peaceful try, but forceful stay or trespass;
- Holding over after natural expiration of lease term;
- Assault of a landlord;
- Just cause for terminating tenant of mobile home park (MCL 600.5775); and
- Just cause for terminating tenant of government-subsidized housing (MCL 125.694a and 600.5714).
*Properties that are considered Corporations or Limited Liability Corporations must be represented by an attorney.
ADVICE OF RIGHTS and RENTAL/HOUSING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION
Individuals authorized to seize property and conduct evictions in Barry County:
Appointed Court Officer: Barry County Special Deputy Sheriff:
Kurt Orosz Mark Sheldon
P.O. Box 140822 1212 W. State Street
Grand Rapids, MI 49514 Hastings, MI 49058
(616) 890-8078 269-838-2119
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