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:

  1. Nonpayment of rent;
  2. Extensive and continuing physical injury to property;
  3. Serious and continuing health hazard;
  4. Illegal drug activity and formal police report filed (lease provisions must allow for termination on these grounds);
  5. Violation of a lease provision and the lease allows for termination;
  6. Forceful entry or peaceful try, but forceful stay or trespass;
  7. Holding over after natural expiration of lease term;
  8. Assault of a landlord;
  9. Just cause for terminating tenant of mobile home park (MCL 600.5775); and
  10. 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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