US-MI / MCL sections 570.521 to 570.527

Self-storage software for Michigan operators.

Michigan's self-storage lien statute encoded day-by-day: first notice at D+30, sale eligibility at D+59, with publication, delivery, surplus, and fee guardrails pulled from MCL Sec. 570.524.

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Michigan lien clock

The full day-by-day clock, with statute citations.

This is the actual policy seeded for Michigan. Every delinquent account locks in the rules that applied the day it opened.

US-MI / v2026.06.09

Michigan lien timeline

Late fee: Greater of $20 or 20% monthly rent reasonableness harbor
Notice path: First-class mail or email notice, with email presumed delivered when transmitted
Sale gate: Newspaper, electronic newspaper, agreement website, or 3-place posting path

Access denial opens at D+5; online sale and tow lien survival stay on counsel-review paths.

The full day-by-day timeline — every transition, delivery rule, and citation from first notice to auction — runs live in the product, and every case pins the version in force the day it opened.

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What UnitOps does differently for Michigan operators

Built around the Michigan statute, not retrofitted onto generic PMS.

01 The lien clock starts with Notice of Claim at D+30, holds 14 days before Notice of Sale at D+44 under MCL § 570.525, keeps the auction gate closed until D+59, with citations MCL § 570.524(1) and MCL § 570.525.
02 Vehicle and titled-property handling stays separate at D+60, with tow evidence kept out of the ordinary goods sale path under MCL §§ 570.521 to 570.527.
03 Publication is not required under MCL § 570.525; sale evidence still tracks publication in an electronic newspaper or publication in a newspaper. Delivery evidence tracks Notice of Claim by in person, verified mail, and email (with the occupant's consent) and Notice of Sale by newspaper publication and posting publication.
04 Surplus is held for 2 years (730 days); then routes to the MI Department of Treasury under MCL § 567.221 et seq. (verify with counsel). Run your own payment processor and your own QuickBooks — UnitOps never sits in the middle of either.

Lien evidence packet

Built for the day you get sued.

For Michigan cases, the packet presents the evidence trail beside the policy snapshot that was pinned when the case opened. It lists notices, delivery proof, ledger entries, photos, and state changes in chronological order. It presents records and citations only. The downloadable sample uses fictional seeded data with redacted names and a SAMPLE watermark.

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