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Michigan Security Deposit Calculator (2026)
Enter your rent and move-out date to see the most a Michigan landlord can charge and the exact date your deposit is due back: up to 1.5 months of rent, returned 30 days after the tenancy ends (give a forwarding address within 4 days).
Michigan security deposit calculator
These are the Michigan figures applied to what you entered: a plain summary of the rule and the dates, not a determination that anyone did or did not comply.
If the landlord will not return the deposit, disputes this size are what small claims court exists for: see whether the amount fits under the Michigan small claims limit →
A dated written request is usually the first step: generate a Michigan demand letter with the citation and deadline filled in →
- Maximum deposit
- $3,000 · 1.5 months’ rent
- Monthly rent
- $2,000
- Move-out date
- Not entered
- Return deadline
- 30 days after the tenancy ends (give a forwarding address within 4 days)
Plain-language summary, not legal advice.
Informational only, not legal advice. Security-deposit rules carry exceptions (lease type, small landlords, city ordinances) this summary cannot weigh. See the full statute and exceptions on the Michigan security deposit reference, cited to MCL §§554.601–554.616.
How Michigan security deposits work
Michigan caps deposits at one and a half months' rent and pairs a 30-day itemization deadline with a strict tenant duty: you must give a forwarding address in writing within four days of moving out, or the landlord is off the hook for itemizing. Watch out for a common myth: some sites claimed a 2024 law raised the limit or cut the deadline to 30 from 45. It didn't. The 30-day and 45-day figures are two separate, long-standing provisions, and the 2024 amendment only added source-of-income protections.
This calculator shows the Michigan figures applied to your own rent and dates. It is informational only and not legal advice. Exceptions this summary cannot weigh may apply. For the full rules, penalties, and citations, see the Michigan security deposit reference.
Security deposit calculators for other states
Same tool, each with its own cap and return deadline.