Pet Addendum in Michigan

Adds pet terms to a lease. Assistance animals for people with disabilities are not pets: no pet fee or pet rent may be charged for them under federal fair housing rules.

What Michigan law says

Pet deposits and fees	A refundable pet deposit counts toward the cap: a 'security deposit' includes any money returnable to the tenant if the unit is returned in the required condition, and total security deposits may not exceed 1½ months' rent. The statute does not address nonrefundable pet fees or monthly pet rent. Definition at https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-554-601. Source: MCL 554.601(d), 554.602
Service & support animals (state law)	Michigan's Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act bars landlords from refusing to rent to, or discriminating in rental terms against, a person because of a disability unrelated to their ability to rent or maintain the property. It also bars discrimination based on use of adaptive devices or aids. Federal Fair Housing Act reasonable-accommodation rules govern emotional support animals, including no pet fees or deposits. State law also makes it a misdemeanor to maliciously harass, injure or interfere with a service animal. No state statute setting housing-specific documentation rules or a misrepresentation penalty was found in the sections checked. MCL 750.502c (public accommodations must permit service animals): https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-502c. MCL 750.50a: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-50a. Source: MCL 37.1502(1); MCL 750.50a; MCL 750.502c

Pet deposits and fees

A refundable pet deposit counts toward the cap: a 'security deposit' includes any money returnable to the tenant if the unit is returned in the required condition, and total security deposits may not exceed 1½ months' rent. The statute does not address nonrefundable pet fees or monthly pet rent.

Definition at https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-554-601.

Source: MCL 554.601(d), 554.602

Service & support animals (state law)

Michigan's Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act bars landlords from refusing to rent to, or discriminating in rental terms against, a person because of a disability unrelated to their ability to rent or maintain the property. It also bars discrimination based on use of adaptive devices or aids. Federal Fair Housing Act reasonable-accommodation rules govern emotional support animals, including no pet fees or deposits. State law also makes it a misdemeanor to maliciously harass, injure or interfere with a service animal. No state statute setting housing-specific documentation rules or a misrepresentation penalty was found in the sections checked.

MCL 750.502c (public accommodations must permit service animals): https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-502c. MCL 750.50a: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-50a.

Source: MCL 37.1502(1); MCL 750.50a; MCL 750.502c

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PET ADDENDUM to the lease for [rental address] dated [lease date]

Tenant: [tenant name] Pet(s): [type, breed, name, weight]

Pet deposit: $[pet deposit] (counts toward any state deposit limit where the law says so). Monthly pet rent: $[pet rent]

The tenant keeps the pet under control, cleans up after it, and pays for damage it causes beyond normal wear and tear.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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