{"id":"SEC-14-023","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Michigan","state":"MI","metro":"","industry":"14","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Gretchen Whitmer","authority":"MCL 10.31 (Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945); MCL 30.403 (Emergency Management Act)","instrument":"Executive Order 2020-70","title":"Temporary requirement to suspend activities that are not necessary to sustain or protect life (Stay Home, Stay Safe; construction and real estate resumption)","dateIssued":"2020-05-01","effective":"2020-05-01; real estate provisions 2020-05-07 12:01 a.m.","end":"superseded by EO 2020-77 (May 7), EO 2020-92 (May 18) and EO 2020-96 (May 21), which carried the same real estate clause; the clause ended with EO 2020-110 (June 1, 2020)","startDate":"2020-05-01","endDate":"2020-06-01","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","CAP","EMP","GATH"],"addressees":["all persons and businesses in Michigan; workers in the real-estate industry"],"clause":"s. 10(h): Effective at 12:01 am on May 7, 2020, workers in the real-estate industry, including agents, appraisers, brokers, inspectors, surveyors, and registers of deeds, provided that: (1) Any showings, inspections, appraisals, photography or videography, or final walk-throughs must be performed by appointment and must be limited to no more than four people on the premises at any one time. No in-person open houses are permitted. (2) Private showings may only be arranged for owner-occupied homes, vacant homes, vacant land, commercial property, and industrial property. s. 11: Businesses... that remain open for in-person work must, at a minimum: (a) Develop a COVID-19 preparedness and response plan... (b) Restrict the number of workers present on premises to no more than is strictly necessary... (c) Promote remote work to the fullest extent possible. (d) Keep workers and patrons who are on premises at least six feet from one another","enforcement":"MCL 10.33; MCL 30.405(3): misdemeanor; licensing sanctions (s. 20-21)","functions":["SH showings by appointment, four persons, no open houses; tenant-occupied homes not showable","LS photography and videography by appointment","AP appraisals and inspections by appointment","CL registers of deeds reopen May 7","OP offices: remote work promoted, workers restricted","WF"],"notes":"Before May 7, 2020 in-person real estate work was not permitted under EO 2020-21, -42 and -59 (Mar. 24-May 6, 2020)","sourceUrl":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/executiveorder/pdf/2020-EO-70.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":776549,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-14","url":"/library/SEC-14-023","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-14-023","citation":"Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-70 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-023)","stateName":"Michigan","related":["SEC-14-074","SEC-14-026","SEC-14-024","SEC-14-025"]}