2020 - The Michigan Real Estate Law Blog

What Is Slander of Title?

Many people are familiar with libel and slander, which are two causes of action meant to allow individuals to protect their reputation. All owners of real property should also know that there is a comparable type of claim that one can bring to protect a person’s interest in the ability

December 9, 2020

Hirzel Law (18 ARTICLES)

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Zoning

Appeals Court Affirms Lower Court Finding That City’s Zoning Ordinance Permitting a Home Business Does Not Include the Business of Providing Short-Term Rental Accommodations

In People of the City of St. Clair Shores v Dorr, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 29, 2020 (Docket No 349910), the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled—in a highly fractured opinion—that “a person of ordinary intelligence would reasonably understand from [a zoning ordinance that

November 19, 2020

Hirzel Law (18 ARTICLES)

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Miscellaneous

Are the CDC’s Restrictions on Halting Residential Evictions in Michigan Constitutional?

In Michigan, residential evictions are normally handled at the local District Court pursuant to Michigan's Summary Proceedings to Recover Possession of Premises, MCL 600.5701, et seq. However, on September 1, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the "CDC") issued an order (the

November 10, 2020

Hirzel Law (18 ARTICLES)

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Uncategorized

When Can a Municipality Impose a Tax Lien Against Property for Unpaid Water Charges?

Most people who own real estate obtain their water for the property from the local municipality. While the timing of billing and costs for water charges vary among municipalities, all municipalities are given the right under Michigan law to collect delinquent water charges through imposing a lien against the property.

October 12, 2020

Brandan Hallaq (17 ARTICLES)

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Michigan Supreme Court Rules That Surplus Proceeds From The Tax-Foreclosure Sale of a Property Must Be Returned To Former Property Owners

On July 17, 2020, the Michigan Supreme Court issued an unanimous[1] decision, finding that the retention of surplus proceeds from a tax-foreclosure sale under the General Property Tax Act (“GPTA”) is an unconstitutional taking without just compensation under Article 10, § 2 of Michigan’s Constitution of 1963. Before the decision

September 16, 2020

Hirzel Law (18 ARTICLES)

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Commercial Leasing

The Impact of COVID-19 on Commercial Real Estate

The Coronavirus and the State of Emergency On March 10, 2020, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services identified the first two presumptive cases of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, in the State of Michigan. On March 16, 2020 Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-9 which closed restaurants, bars,

May 20, 2020

Brandan Hallaq (17 ARTICLES)

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What Is Slander of Title?

Appeals Court Affirms Lower Court Finding That City’s Zoning Ordinance Permitting a Home Business Does Not Include the Business of Providing Short-Term Rental Accommodations

Are the CDC’s Restrictions on Halting Residential Evictions in Michigan Constitutional?

When Can a Municipality Impose a Tax Lien Against Property for Unpaid Water Charges?

Michigan Supreme Court Rules That Surplus Proceeds From The Tax-Foreclosure Sale of a Property Must Be Returned To Former Property Owners

The Impact of COVID-19 on Commercial Real Estate

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December 2020

What Is Slander of Title?

Appeals Court Affirms Lower Court Finding That City’s Zoning Ordinance Permitting a Home Business Does Not Include the Business of Providing Short-Term Rental Accommodations

Are the CDC’s Restrictions on Halting Residential Evictions in Michigan Constitutional?

When Can a Municipality Impose a Tax Lien Against Property for Unpaid Water Charges?

Michigan Supreme Court Rules That Surplus Proceeds From The Tax-Foreclosure Sale of a Property Must Be Returned To Former Property Owners

The Impact of COVID-19 on Commercial Real Estate

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