7 Day Notice to Pay Rent or Lease Terminates - Nonresidential or Commercial
Michigan - Termination
of Leases
R.S. of 1846
CHAPTER 65
554.134
Termination of estate at will or by sufferance or tenancy from
year to year. [M.S.A. 26.1104 ]
Sec. 34.
(1) Except as provided otherwise in this section, an estate at will
or by sufferance may be terminated by either party by 1 month's notice
given to the other party. If the rent reserved in a lease is payable at
periods of less than 3 months, the time of notice is sufficient if it is
equal to the interval between the times of payment. Notice is not void
because it states a day for the termination of the tenancy that does not
correspond to the conclusion or commencement of a rental period.
The notice terminates the tenancy at the end of a period equal in time
to that in which the rent is made payable.
(2) If a tenant neglects or refuses to pay rent on a lease at will
or otherwise, the landlord may terminate the tenancy by giving the tenant
a written 7-day notice to quit.
(3) A tenancy from year to year may be terminated by either party
by a notice to quit, given at any time to the other party. The notice shall
terminate the lease at the expiration of 1 year from the time of the service
of the notice.
(4) If a tenant holds over after a lease is terminated pursuant
to a clause in the lease providing for termination because the tenant,
a member of the tenant's household, or other person under the tenant's
control has manufactured, delivered, possessed with intent to deliver,
or possessed a controlled substance on the leased premises, the landlord
may terminate the tenancy by giving the tenant a written 7-day notice to
quit. This subsection applies only if a formal police report has been filed
by the landlord alleging that the person has unlawfully manufactured, delivered,
possessed with intent to deliver, or possess a controlled substance on
the leased premises. For purposes of this subsection, "controlled substance"
means a substance or a counterfeit substance classified in schedule 1,
2, or 3 pursuant to sections 7211, 7212, 7213, 7214, 7215, and 7216 of
Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being sections 333.7211, 333.7212,
333.7213, 333.7214, 333.7215, and 333.7216 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.