Michigan Lease Renewal Agreement

Michigan lease renewal guide

Renew the agreement clearly

1. Keep the scope narrow

Use this agreement for the same home and parties, with an extension of up to one year and the rent stated in the form. Keep the existing lease and lawful addenda. This template does not add a tenant, renew a guaranty, create a new fee or collect another deposit. If the parties want other changes, use an appropriate separate amendment. Write matching dates and amounts on every copy; a signed renewal should not leave the old and new rent competing for the same period. This guide is general information, not a property-specific legal determination.

2. Preserve the Truth in Renting notice

MCL 554.634 requires the lessor's notice name and address and a prominent statutory notice in at least twelve-point type or the specified printed-letter size. Check the Michigan notice in the agreement before signing. Complete the landlord notice-address field and keep the notice legible when printing. Do not reduce the packet to fit multiple pages on one sheet if that shrinks the required notice below the statutory size. The notice directs parties to seek help with interpretation; it does not certify that every clause in an older lease is lawful. Official source

3. Written consent and limited adjustment clauses

MCL 554.633 restricts provisions allowing unilateral changes after commencement. Its exceptions concern specified law changes, health/safety or peaceful-enjoyment rules, and listed operating-cost adjustments, where the agreement authorizes them and at least thirty days' written notice is given. This is not blanket permission to change any term after sending a thirty-day letter. Use the renewal to document agreed rent and dates, and separately assess any required advance notice. Review the original lease for unlawful waivers of deposit or habitability remedies, jury/procedural rights, excessive contractual attorney-fee liability and other prohibited provisions. The current section also restricts charging an extra fee on every permitted rent-payment method. Confirm a compliant payment arrangement instead of carrying an obsolete portal-only fee clause forward. Official source

4. Distinguish termination from renewal

MCL 554.134 generally uses one month's notice for an estate at will or by sufferance, with a rule tied to payment intervals shorter than three months. The section also says a termination notice is not invalid merely because its date is not the first or last day of a rental period. Year-to-year tenancies have a separate rule; that is not automatically the rule for every fixed one-year lease. Read the fixed-term, holdover and automatic-renewal provisions before deciding what happens if no new agreement is signed. Breach and nonpayment cases require separate analysis; this renewal is not an eviction notice. Official source

Keep the deposit record complete

5. Check the balance against the legal limit

MCL 554.602 limits the security deposit to one and one-half months' rent. For example, at $1,200 monthly rent the stated cap is $1,800. Compare the amount already held with the governing rule and the actual agreement; a higher renewal rent is not a request for another deposit under this template. Do not collect a new amount simply because a new document is signed. Keep a ledger showing the existing balance, any lawful prior adjustments and the holder of the funds. If a different deposit arrangement is intended, obtain separately reviewed documentation rather than handwriting a conflicting charge into the recurring-fee field. Official source

6. Retain the separate deposit notice

MCL 554.603 requires specified written information within fourteen days after possession: the landlord's communication address, financial-institution or surety details and the tenant's forwarding-address duty. Its prescribed statement has special boldface and size requirements. Verify that the original notice was supplied and keep a copy; do not assume the generic renewal address field supplies all of it. Failure to give that information affects the tenant's forwarding-address obligation. This reading guide is not the statutory deposit notice and does not retroactively cure a missed delivery requirement. Official source

7. Do not erase the original condition history

MCL 554.608 requires commencement and termination inventory checklists where a deposit is required, including two blank copies at commencement and a tenant return period generally within seven days of possession unless a shorter period is agreed. A renewal inspection should supplement, not silently replace, the original record. Keep dated photographs, repaired-item notes and both parties' correspondence. Pre-existing damage should remain identifiable. The statute also prescribes notice on the checklist and a right to request the last termination inventory; the signature on this renewal is not a substitute for those records. Official source

8. Calendar the eventual move-out sequence

MCL 554.609 requires mailing an itemized damage notice within thirty days after occupancy ends, including repair estimates, assessment bases and the prescribed seven-day-response warning. The current statute permits an electronic refund alternative with its own ten-day deadline after mailing; otherwise the required refund accompanies the notice by check or money order. Keep proof of both the notice and payment. Do not turn a renewal into an occasion to bill ordinary occupancy as new damage or erase unresolved deductions. At actual move-out, use the current statutory procedure rather than an old unreviewed form. Official source

Resolve issues and finish signing

9. A disputed deposit needs follow-through

MCL 554.612 requires the tenant's detailed agreement or disagreement by ordinary mail within seven days after receiving a proper damage list; the mailing date counts. Under MCL 554.613, the landlord's forty-five-day court-action framework and specified exceptions govern retaining disputed damages. A timely itemized list alone is not always enough. Exceptions address missing forwarding addresses, no required response, written settlement and certain unpaid-rent claims. Failure to comply fully can waive damage claims and lead to liability for twice the retained deposit. Preserve dates, envelopes, address notices and any signed settlement; get advice promptly if a dispute arises. Official source

10. Renewal does not establish a defect-free home

MCL 554.139 addresses fitness for intended use, reasonable repair and applicable health-and-safety laws, with qualifications concerning tenant-caused conditions and modifications for current terms of at least one year. Do not read that modification provision as a universal permission to waive housing-code duties or remedies. This template preserves applicable protections and does not negotiate a transfer of repair duties. Review outstanding work orders, document planned repairs separately and give the tenant a clear contact. An inspection opportunity or a renewal signature does not itself defeat the statutory covenants. Official source

11. Handle possession through lawful procedures

MCL 600.2918 addresses unlawful interference such as lock changes without keys, taking possessions and interruption of essential services. It contains specific exceptions for court orders, necessary lawful temporary repairs and defined abandonment or other situations. A missed renewal response is not sufficient by itself to establish abandonment. If the lease ends without agreement, distinguish any required notice, continued possession and the court process. Do not use a utility interruption or pressure tactic to obtain a renewal signature. Official source

12. Assemble the complete signed packet

Each tenant uses a separate row for full legal name, signature and actual date; the owner or authorized agent signs the owner row. Keep unused rows clearly unused, and give all parties identical copies with the original lease and referenced documents. Verify local inspection/licensing and housing-program requirements for the property's actual address. A general state template does not determine every local or subsidized-housing obligation. Reopen the official sources before use, especially for a different effective date or unusual tenancy. Sources reviewed November 13, 2026.

Arizona lease renewal guide

Use this agreement when the landlord and the existing tenants agree to extend the same residential lease for a new fixed term. Read the lease and all signed addenda together before filling in the renewal.

Set the dates and rent

Check the existing lease for an expiration date, a renewal option, and any deadline for giving notice. If the current term ends December 31 and the parties want uninterrupted occupancy, the new term normally begins January 1. Write the exact end date, the renewed rent, and when the new rent starts. If a rent change falls mid-month, agree on how the partial month will be calculated. A.R.S. § 33-1314(A) and (C)

What happens after the old term expires?

Check whether the existing lease already provides for renewal or continuation. Arizona generally treats a rental agreement with no definite term as month to month, with an exception for a roomer paying weekly rent. The holdover statute points to that rule when the landlord consents in writing to continued occupancy after expiration. If there is a dispute about consent or possession, resolve that before using a mutual renewal form. A.R.S. § 33-1314(D) and § 33-1375(C)

Count notice time from the rental date

To end an existing month-to-month tenancy, give written notice at least 30 days before the periodic rental date named in the notice. For example, if rent is due on the first and the notice specifies June 1, notice must be received by May 2. For registered or certified mail, Arizona uses the earlier of actual receipt and five days after mailing. Keep the notice and delivery record together. A fixed-term renewal offer may follow a different deadline under the existing lease. A.R.S. § 33-1375(B) and § 33-1313(B)

Record the deposit already held

Compare the deposit in the renewal with the original receipt and payment records. State law generally caps security a landlord demands, including prepaid rent, at one and a half months’ rent. The statute allows a tenant to pay more rent voluntarily in advance. Record any agreed change separately so both parties can tell what is already held and what is newly due. A fee or deposit is refundable unless its nonrefundable purpose is stated in writing as required by the statute. A.R.S. § 33-1321(A) and (B)

Review changes to rules, services, and contact details

If parking, utilities, or another service will change, identify exactly what changes and when. A rule adopted during a tenancy generally requires 30 days’ notice and cannot substantially modify the rental agreement under the rulemaking provision. Review the original lease before treating a change in an agreed service as a house rule. Keep the management and notice contacts current and check the renewal for prohibited waivers of tenant rights. A.R.S. § 33-1342, § 33-1322, and § 33-1315

Sign and save the complete agreement

Have each named signer review the same terms before signing. Give each party the signed agreement and keep it with the original lease, amendments, and any related notices. Check the housing type before relying on this form. Arizona excludes certain arrangements from its residential landlord and tenant chapter, and subsidized housing may also have program-specific renewal requirements. A.R.S. § 33-1308