{"id":"MI-034","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Michigan","state":"MI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Michigan Supreme Court","authority":"Mich. Const. 1963, art. 6, § 4; ADM File No. 2020-08","instrument":"Administrative Order No. 2020-17","title":"Continuation of Alternative Procedures for Landlord/Tenant Cases","dateIssued":"2020-06-09","effective":"2020-06-09","end":"In force through 2021 Q3 and beyond (amended June 24, 2020, October 22, 2020, December 29, 2020, January 30, 2021, March 22, 2021, April 9, 2021, July 2, 2021 and July 26, 2021; still in the Court\u0027s compilation of July 2022)","startDate":"2020-06-09","endDate":"2020-06-24","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["all district courts","landlords and tenants","property managers"],"clause":"[As amended July 2, 2021:] directing courts to process landlord/tenant cases following the procedures outlined in this order. (A) All local administrative orders requiring a written answer pursuant to MCL 600.5735(4) are temporarily suspended.... (B) At the initial hearing noticed by the summons, the court must conduct a pretrial hearing consistent with SCAO guidance... [the court] must stay further proceedings after the pretrial hearing is conducted and not [issue a judgment] where a party has applied for COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA) and notifies the court of the application... This order is effective immediately until further order of the Court.","enforcement":"Superintending control; binding procedure in every summary proceeding","functions":["PM property management (eviction process stayed and re-sequenced)","SV servicing and collections","CT courts"],"notes":"Michigan\u0027s judicial eviction-process order; the July 2, 2021 amendment (Ex. MI-079) kept the CERA stays in force in 2021 Q3 after the CDC moratorium\u0027s scheduled July 31, 2021 expiry.","sourceUrl":"https://courts.michigan.gov/Courts/MichiganSupremeCourt/rules/court-rules-admin-matters/Administrative%20Orders/2020-08_2020-06-09_FormattedOrder_AO2020-17.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200610201657/https://courts.michigan.gov/Courts/MichiganSupremeCourt/rules/court-rules-admin-matters/Administrative%20Orders/2020-08_2020-06-09_FormattedOrder_AO2020-17.pdf","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MI","url":"/library/MI-034","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Michigan Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-17 (June 9, 2020) (Ex. MI-034)","stateName":"Michigan","related":["AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-051","MI-079","MI-080","MI-035","MI-025","MI-019","MI-016","MI-008","MI-004"]}