Michigan eviction research
State context for eviction filings, plus directories of Michigan counties and major cities. Cited volumes come from named public sources — never from a fabricated local count.
What a filing means in Michigan
An eviction filing is a court case asking a judge for possession of a rental unit. It is not a lockout. Self-help lockouts, utility shutoffs, and removing belongings without a court process are illegal. Local courts and executing offices set their own calendars — we do not publish guaranteed timelines.
Michigan summary proceedings to recover possession are typically filed in the district court for the district of the property.
EvictIQ operational timestamps (service attempts, writ applications, setout windows) are not claimed for this state. What follows is process education and public-source geography, not a field-coverage claim.
None of this is legal advice. Statutes, local rules, and court practice change.
Major cities
6 listed cities have a cited Eviction Lab 2016 judgment count or rate on the city page. State ranking extract.
Counties and county-equivalents
Every Michigan county-equivalent has a page. Templates are intentionally thin: a filing is a court case, not a lockout, and we do not invent a county filing total when we do not have one.
- Alcona County
- Alger County
- Allegan County
- Alpena County
- Antrim County
- Arenac County
- Baraga County
- Barry County
- Bay County
- Benzie County
- Berrien County
- Branch County
- Calhoun County
- Cass County
- Charlevoix County
- Cheboygan County
- Chippewa County
- Clare County
- Clinton County
- Crawford County
- Delta County
- Dickinson County
- Eaton County
- Emmet County
Showing the first 24 alphabetically. Use the full county index for the rest.
Using this as research, not a hire form
Eviction Labs publishes geography and method. Eviction services — if you need them — live on sister sites, not as the point of these pages.