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Article I - General Provisions. (125.401...125.410a)
Section 125.401 - Short Title; Scope of Act. - Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may...
Section 125.402 - Housing Law of Michigan; Definitions. - Sec. 2. Definitions. Certain words in this act are defined...
Section 125.402a - Enforcing Agency; Definition. - Sec. 2a. As used in this act: "Enforcing agency" means...
Section 125.403-125.406 - Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to the conversion, alteration,...
Section 125.407 - Sewer Connections and Water Supply. - Sec. 7. Sewer connections and water supply. The provisions of...
Section 125.408 - Minimum Requirements; Law Not to Be Modified. - Sec. 8. Minimum requirements; law not to be modified. The...
Section 125.409 - State Board of Health; Authority. - Sec. 9. State board of health. The state board of...
Section 125.410 - Time for Compliance. - Sec. 10. Time for compliance. All improvements specifically required by...
Section 125.410a - Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the construction of...
Article II - Dwellings Hereafter Erected. (125.411...125.450a)
167-1917-II-I - Title I Light and Ventilation. (125.411...125.429) -
167-1917-II-II - Title II Sanitation. (125.430...125.437) -
167-1917-II-III - Title III Fire Protection. (125.438...125.450a) -
Article III - Alterations. (125.451...125.464) -
Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488)
Section 125.465 - Public Halls in Multiple Dwellings; Lighting; Exit Lights. - Sec. 65. Public halls, lighting at night. In every multiple...
Section 125.466 - Water Closets in Cellars. - Sec. 66. Water-closets in cellars. No water-closet shall be maintained...
Section 125.467 - Water Closet Accommodations. - Sec. 67. Water-closet accommodations. In every dwelling existing prior to...
Section 125.468 - Basement and Cellar Rooms. - Sec. 68. Basement and cellar rooms. No room in the...
Section 125.469 - Joint Use of Kitchen by More Than One Family Prohibited. - Sec. 69. Use of kitchens. No kitchen or cooking accommodations...
Section 125.470 - Water Closets and Sinks; Floors Under and Around. - Sec. 70. Water-closets and sinks. In all 2 family dwellings...
Section 125.471 - Repairs and Drainage. - Sec. 71. Repairs and drainage. Every dwelling and all the...
Section 125.472 - Water Supply. - Sec. 72. Water supply. Every dwelling not exempted in section...
Section 125.473 - Catch-Basins. - Sec. 73. Catch-basins. In the case of dwellings where, because...
Section 125.474 - Cleanliness of Dwellings. - Sec. 74. Cleanliness of dwellings. Every dwelling and every part...
Section 125.475 - Multiple Dwellings; Walls of Courts. - Sec. 75. Walls of courts. In multiple dwellings the walls...
Section 125.476 - Multiple Dwellings; Walls and Ceilings of Rooms. - Sec. 76. Walls and ceilings of rooms. In all multiple...
Section 125.477 - Multiple Dwellings; Wallpaper. - Sec. 77. Wall paper. No wall paper shall be placed...
Section 125.478 - Receptacles for Ashes, Garbage and Rubbish; Chutes Prohibited. - Sec. 78. Receptacles for ashes, garbage and rubbish. The owner...
Section 125.479 - Prohibited Uses. - Sec. 79. Prohibited uses. No horse, cow, calf, swine, sheep,...
Section 125.480 - Storage of Combustible Materials. - Sec. 80. Combustible materials and storage spaces. No dwelling, nor...
Section 125.481 - Storage of Combustible Materials; Openings Between Storage Room and Public Hall. - Sec. 81. Certain dangerous businesses. There shall be no transom,...
Section 125.482 - Fire Prevention and Safety Requirements. - Sec. 82. Supervision and safety provisions. In any multiple dwelling...
Section 125.482a - Class “A” Multiple Dwelling; Smoke Alarm; Requirements; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Definitions. - Sec. 82a. (1) Each dwelling unit contained within a class...
Section 125.483 - Overcrowding; Minimum Space Requirements. - Sec. 83. Overcrowding. No bedroom or room used as a...
Section 125.484 - Multiple Dwellings; Regulation; Application; Lodgers Prohibited. - Sec. 84. Lodgers prohibited. The health officer or such other...
Section 125.485 - Health Order; Infected and Uninhabitable Dwellings to Be Vacated. - Sec. 85. Infected and uninhabitable dwellings to be vacated. Whenever...
Section 125.485a - Site of Illegal Drug Manufacturing; Notification of Potential Contamination; Determination of Contamination; Rules; Order by Local Health Department. - Sec. 85a. (1) Within 48 hours of discovering an illegal...
Section 125.486 - Health Order; Repairs to Buildings, Other Structures. - Sec. 86. Repairs to buildings, etc. Whenever any dwelling or...
Section 125.487 - Fire Escape Maintenance. - Sec. 87. Maintenance of fire escapes. All fire escapes shall...
Section 125.488 - Scuttles, Bulkheads, Ladders and Stairs in Multiple Dwellings. - Sec. 88. Scuttles, bulkheads, ladders and stairs. In all multiple...
Article V - Improvements. (125.489...125.497)
Section 125.489 - Rooms; Lighting and Ventilation. - Sec. 89. Rooms, lighting and ventilation of. No room except...
Section 125.490 - Multiple Dwellings; Public Halls and Stairs, Lighting and Ventilation. - Sec. 90. Public halls and stairs, lighting and ventilation of....
Section 125.491 - Plumbing Fixtures. - Sec. 91. Plumbing fixtures. In all dwellings, plumbing fixtures shall...
Section 125.492 - Privy Vaults, School-Sinks and Water Closets. - Sec. 92. Privy vaults, school-sinks and water-closets. Whenever a connection...
Section 125.493 - Protection of Basements and Cellars. - Sec. 93. Protection of basement and cellars. Every multiple dwelling...
Section 125.494 - Shafts and Courts; Openings. - Sec. 94. Shafts and courts. In every dwelling where there...
Section 125.495 - Egress; Means Above First Floor. - Sec. 95. Egress. All parts of every multiple dwelling, above...
Section 125.496 - Egress; Other Means. - Sec. 96. Additional means of egress. Whenever any multiple dwelling...
Section 125.497 - Roof Egress in Multiple Dwellings. - Sec. 97. Roof egress; scuttles and bulkheads. Every flat roof...
Article VI - Requirements and Remedies. (125.498...125.519) -
Article VII - Enforcement. (125.521...125.543)
Section 125.521, 125.522 - Repealed. 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to plans and specifications...
Section 125.523 - Administration of Act; Joint Administration and Enforcement Agreement. - Sec. 123. The governing body of a municipality to which...
Section 125.525 - Registry of Owners and Premises; Transfer of Ownership. - Sec. 125. (1) The enforcing agency may maintain a registry...
Section 125.526 - Inspection; Inspection by Federal Government as Substitute; Basis; Inspectors; Consent to Enter Leasehold; Duties of Owner; Access During Reasonable Hours; Request by Owner to Enter Leasehold; Multiple Lessees; Discrimination Prohib... - Sec. 126. (1) A local governmental unit is not required...
Section 125.527 - Inspection; Warrants for Nonemergency Situation; No Warrant Required in Emergency. - Sec. 127. (1) In a nonemergency situation where the owner...
Section 125.528 - Inspections; Public Policy; Records; Checklist of Violations. - Sec. 128. (1) It is the policy of this state...
Section 125.529 - Certificate of Compliance; Issuance; Inspection. - Sec. 129. (1) Units in multiple dwellings or rooming houses...
Section 125.530 - Certificate Withheld; Premises Not to Be Occupied; Conditions of Issuance; Suspension of Rent Payments, Escrow; Account for Rent and Possession. - Sec. 130. (1) When a certificate is withheld pending compliance,...
Section 125.531 - Certificate; Application; Temporary Certificates; Fee. - Sec. 131. (1) An owner shall apply for a certificate...
Section 125.532 - Violations; Recording; Notice; Order to Correct, Reasonable Time; Reinspection; Notice to Family Independence Agency. - Sec. 132. (1) If, upon inspection, the premises or any...
Section 125.533 - Compliance by Owner and Occupant. - Sec. 133. (1) The owner of premises regulated by this...
Section 125.534 - Noncompliance With Notice of Violation; Actions; Parties; Motion for Temporary Relief; Service of Complaint and Summons; Filing Notice of Pendency of Action; Orders and Determinations; Repair or Removal of Structure; Exception; Cost... - Sec. 134. (1) If the owner or occupant fails to...
Section 125.535 - Receiver; Appointment, Termination; Purpose; Powers; Expenses. - Sec. 135. (1) When a suit has been brought to...
Section 125.536 - Additional Remedies; Occupant's Action; Concurrent Remedies. - Sec. 136. (1) When the owner of a dwelling regulated...
Section 125.537 - Common Law Rights Retained. - Sec. 137. The enumeration of rights of action under this...
Section 125.538 - Dangerous Building Prohibited. - Sec. 138. It is unlawful for any owner or agent...
Section 125.539 - “Dangerous Building” Defined. - Sec. 139. As used in sections 138 to 142, "dangerous...
Section 125.540 - Notice of Dangerous Building; Contents; Hearing Officer; Service. - Sec. 140. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act,...
Section 125.541 - Hearing; Testimony; Determination to Close Proceedings or Order Building or Structure Demolished, Made Safe, or Properly Maintained; Failure to Appear or Noncompliance With Order; Hearing; Enforcement; Reimbursement and Notice of Co... - Sec. 141. (1) At a hearing prescribed by section 140,...
Section 125.541a - Enforcement of Judgment Against Other Assets; Lien; Effectiveness; Priority. - Sec. 141a. (1) A judgment in an action brought pursuant...
Section 125.541b - Noncompliance With Order as Misdemeanor; Penalties; Designation of Blight Violation by Municipality. - Sec. 141b. (1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (2),...
Section 125.541c - Board of Appeals; Establishment; Appointment and Terms of Members; Vacancy; Election of Officers; Quorum; Compensation; Expenses; Meetings; Writings. - Sec. 141c. (1) The legislative body of a city, village,...
Section 125.542 - Appeal to Circuit Court. - Sec. 142. An owner aggrieved by a final decision or...
Section 125.543 - Adoption of Housing Law Not Required. - Sec. 143. Nothing herein contained shall require any city, village...