Once the complaint is filed, it enters a Lis pendens, meaning a suit is pending. The lender becomes the plaintiff, and the debtor becomes the defendant in the court record. The case receives a docket number. The plaintiff must serve the defendant with the foreclosure complaint.
You are entitled to 30 days written notice and then you move or they evict you.
Redemption Period – starts day of Sheriff Sale -Six (6) months is most common. -If the amount claimed to be due on the mortgage at the date of foreclosure is less than 2/3 of the original indebtedness, the redemption period is 12 months. -Farming property can be up to twelve (12) months.
Background: The Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (PTFA) was the only federal protection for renters living in foreclosed properties. The law provided most renters with the right at least to 90 days' notice before being required to move after foreclosure.
Six (6) months: The Redemption Period starts day of Sheriff Sale – Six (6) months is most common.
After the foreclosure is completed, most tenants have protection from immediate eviction. Some have 90 days to find a new home after the redemption period ends. Others can stay in their home until the term of their lease ends.
Under Michigan's Foreclosure by Advertisement Law, a company must publish a Notice of Sale once a week for four weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the property is located. The notice must also be posted on the property at least 15 days after the first Notice of Sale is posted.
No notice of lis pendens shall be effective after five years from the date of its filing.
The Lis Pendens is a public notification that the property is being foreclosed upon. If the homeowner attempts to sell the property or get a second mortgage, the title search will reveal the Lis Pendens and notify any interested party that the property's title is in question due to the pending foreclosure.
File a request with the court to remove the lis pendens. Provide the legal reasons the lis pendens is improper, offering proof, for example, that the lis pendens affects real estate that is not connected to the litigation. If the lawsuit is frivolous and merely intended to harass the property owner, offer proof.