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MI HB5730

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/14/2024

Primary Sponsor

Gina Johnsen

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Origin

House of Representatives

102nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Creates a new procedure allowing property owners or authorized agents to submit a verified complaint to the county sheriff to immediately remove unlawful occupants from residential dwellings without going through court eviction proceedings.

  • Requires the complaint to be under penalty of perjury and include 13 specific declarations, including that the occupant entered unlawfully, the property owner directed them to leave, and they are not tenants, owners, or family members with legitimate claims.

  • Authorizes the sheriff to serve a notice to immediately vacate by hand delivery or posting, verify occupant identities, arrest persons for trespass or other crimes, and assist the owner in changing locks and removing personal property for a reasonable hourly fee set by the sheriff.

  • Provides remedies for wrongful removal, allowing persons harmed to recover actual damages, triple the fair market rent of the dwelling, court costs, and reasonable attorney fees through civil action.

  • Makes conforming amendments to section 5714 to reference the new section 5712 procedure alongside existing forcible entry remedies and clarifies language regarding lease termination.

Legislative Description

Property: other; alternate procedure to evict squatters; provide for. Amends sec. 5714 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.5714) by adding sec. 5712.

Housing: other

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/14/2024

5/15/2024

Committee Referrals

Economic Development And Small Business5/14/2024

Full Bill Text

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