US-MI · MCL sections 570.521 to 570.527

Self-storage software for Michigan operators.

MCL sections 570.521 through 570.527 with D+5 access denial, late-fee safe harbor, website publication alternatives, and counsel review for online sale.

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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 — later statute updates never retroactively change a case already in flight.

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Michigan lien timeline

MCL sections 570.521 to 570.527

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.

Michigan lien timeline with statute citations
Day	Event	Operator action	Citation
D+0	Invoice due	Rent posts and the delinquency clock starts if unpaid.	MCL sections 570.521 to 570.527
D+5	Access denial	Deny access without notice when rent is at least 5 days past due.	MCL section 570.524
Agreement day	Late fee	Apply the disclosed greater-of $20 or 20% monthly-rent reasonableness harbor.	MCL section 570.523
D+30	Notice of claim	Send first-class mail or email notice; email is presumed delivered when transmitted.	MCL section 570.525
D+44	Lien pending	Advance after the default cure window on the conservative schedule.	MCL section 570.525
D+44-D+59	Publication	Use newspaper, electronic newspaper, rental-agreement website, or the three-conspicuous-places-for-10-days fallback.	MCL section 570.525
D+59	Auction eligible	Sale gate opens after advertising evidence is complete; online sale remains counsel-review.	MCL section 570.525
In lieu of sale	Vehicle tow	Tow may be used in lieu of sale; lien-survival treatment requires counsel review.	MCL section 570.525
Post-sale + 2 years	Surplus disposition	Hold surplus on the verified two-year Michigan Treasury path.	MI Treasury

What UnitOps does differently for Michigan operators

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

Section 570.524 allows access denial without notice once rent is at least five days past due.
Section 570.523 late fees use the greater of $20 or 20% of monthly rent as the reasonableness safe harbor.
Section 570.525 publication can run through newspaper, electronic newspaper, a website identified in the rental agreement, or the three-place/10-day posting fallback.
Online sale and tow lien survival remain counsel-review items; surplus stays on the verified two-year Michigan Treasury path.

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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