Moving out of Michigan: license, registration, deadlines
The duties below bind a person leaving Michigan. Each carries its source
and a visible verification date; expand any citation for the exact quoted
text. Verified Aug 2026.
PRE rescission
binds: homestead claimant · verified Aug 2026
exempted property no longer being used as the owner's principal residence
Who this covers, exactly
An owner claiming the principal residence exemption whose exempted property stops being their principal residence -- for a relocator, on moving out. A conditional three-year retention exists for an unoccupied, listed former residence (subsection (5) proviso), not encoded as a pathway because its conditions were not fully sourced. Machine-readable form in trigger_clause.
Where this applies
The local tax collecting unit (city or township treasurer) where the property lies; the rescission form is Treasury-prescribed (Form 2602) but filed locally.
Clocks | Kind | Clock | Runs from | Source |
| duty deadline | 90 days | the exempted property no longer being used as the owner's principal residence noteNinety days -- the fourth distinct homestead-notice clock in four states (MN 30 days, SC 6 months, NC April-15 timeliness). | MCL 211.7cc(5) |
File the Treasury-prescribed rescission form (Form 2602) with the local tax collecting unit.
- Required first
- completion of the Treasury-prescribed rescission form (Form 2602) (proof: filed rescission form, retained by the local tax collecting unit) MCL 211.7cc(5)
If missed
Failure to rescind within 90 days: $5.00 per day per separate failure from day 91, capped at $200.00, collectible under 1941 PA 122 and waivable by the department of treasury. Itemised in consequence, condition-gated.
monetary $5 per day, per separate failure, from day 91 , capped at $200 per per failure (statutory maximum) $5.00 per day for each separate failure beginning after the 90 days have elapsed, up to a maximum of $200.00, collected under 1941 PA 122 into the state school aid fund. MCL 211.7cc(5)
Does this apply to you? Conditions and carve-outs
Arises only after the 90-day rescission window has elapsed without a filed rescission form; waivable by the department of treasury.
MCL 211.7cc(5) -- rescission of the principal residence exemption verified Aug 2026
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-211-7cc
not more than 90 days after exempted property is no longer used as a principal residence by the owner claiming an exemption, that owner shall rescind the claim of exemption by filing with the local tax collecting unit a rescission form prescribed by the department of treasury.
MCL 211.7cc(5) -- the per-day penalty verified Aug 2026
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-211-7cc
An owner who fails to file a rescission as required by this subsection is subject to a penalty of $5.00 per day for each separate failure beginning after the 90 days have elapsed, up to a maximum of $200.00. ... This penalty may be waived by the department of treasury.
Driver license address
binds: licensed driver · verified Aug 2026
change of residence before expiration of a Michigan operator or chauffeur licence
Who this covers, exactly
An operator or chauffeur who changes residence before the licence expires. IMMEDIATE notice to the secretary of state, by any of the prescribed channels -- branch office, mail, telephone, electronic, or a voter-registration application. Machine-readable form in trigger_clause.
Clocks | Kind | Clock | Runs from | Source |
| duty deadline | immediate | the change of residence note"Immediately" -- while the registration/title duty in the same state gets 10 days. Second within-state interval split after South Carolina, inverted (SC gives the LICENCE duty the shorter clock via 10 days vs 30; Michigan gives it no clock at all). | MCL 257.315(1) |
Notification in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state.
If missed
Not stated in s. 257.315(1) itself.
MCL 257.315(1) -- operator/chauffeur change of residence verified Aug 2026
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-257-315
An operator or chauffeur who changes his or her residence before the expiration of a license granted under this chapter shall immediately notify the secretary of state of his or her new residence address.
Registration address
binds: vehicle owner · verified Aug 2026
moving from the address named in the vehicle registration or title application
Who this covers, exactly
A person who, after applying for or obtaining registration of a vehicle OR a certificate of title, moves from the address of record. One duty covering BOTH the registration and the title record -- Michigan merges what Virginia keeps as one section covering two records and other states split entirely. Ten days, in writing, old and new addresses. Machine-readable form in trigger_clause.
Clocks | Kind | Clock | Runs from | Source |
| duty deadline | 10 days | the move from the address of record noteTen days, in writing, covering both the registration and title records. | MCL 257.228(1) |
Written notice to the secretary of state of the old and new addresses.
If missed
A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
administrative suspension A civil infraction. Encoded under administrative_suspension for want of a better kind: it is neither monetary-quantified nor criminal, and the consequence.kind enum has no civil_infraction value -- noted for the next schema review. MCL 257.228(2)
MCL 257.228(1) -- registrant/title-holder change of address verified Aug 2026
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-257-228
If a person, after making application for or obtaining the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title, moves from the address named in the application as shown upon a registration certificate or certificate of title, the person within 10 days after moving shall notify the secretary of state in writing of the old and new addresses.
MCL 257.228(2) -- civil infraction verified Aug 2026
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-257-228
A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.
Part-year tax
binds: departing resident taxpayer · verified Aug 2026
moving the permanent home out of Michigan during the tax year
Who this covers, exactly
A person who moved their permanent home out of Michigan during the year, taxable on income earned, received, or accrued while living in Michigan. Treasury states the duty without a threshold qualifier ("Yes, you must file"); no minimum-income condition is asserted because none appears in the cited answer. Machine-readable form in trigger_clause.
Clocks | Kind | Clock | Runs from | Source |
| duty deadline | the Michigan individual income tax filing deadline for the tax year (annual; the specific statutory due-date rule was not sourced in this pass) | the close of the tax year in which the move occurred noteSame honest-gap treatment as NJ, NC, SC, and MN. | Michigan Treasury, residency FAQ |
File MI-1040 with Schedule 1, Schedule NR, and Schedule W.
If missed
Not encoded. Revenue Act penalty provisions were not sourced.