CommonGround in Michigan
Michigan HOA compliance, enforced as code
Michigan's statutory enforcement procedure ships in CommonGround as a versioned rule set. Every requirement below is enforced as code: the legally correct path is the only path the software allows, and every blocked action comes back with the statute citation.
MI-HOA-SILENCE-2026.06 · Michigan (no planned community / HOA act)
MI-CONDO-559.206-2026.06 · Mich. Condominium Act (MCL 559.206)
Not legal advice. CommonGround provides compliance guidance, not legal advice. The summaries below are generated from CommonGround's versioned Michigan rule-set data and require attorney review before you rely on them — consult your association's attorney for legal questions.
What Michigan law requires — and how CommonGround enforces it
Planned communities (HOAs)
Michigan law leaves the enforcement process to your governing documents — no state statute prescribes the fine notice, cure period, hearing, or dollar caps. CommonGround runs your documents' process with the same statutes-as-code rigor, audit trail, and owner-facing notices: your declaration's notice windows, cure periods, and fine schedule become the workflow, every step is recorded, and every deadline is tracked.
Protected categories screened at intake
Michigan HOA energy protections. MCL 559.311: a complete written application the association fails to decide within 30 days (120 if no policy yet adopted) is DEEMED APPROVED — no violation may issue against a deemed-approved system. Enforcement requires recorded attestation. MCL 559.301–559.315 (Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, eff. April 2025)
- Energy saving improvement — Document provisions prohibiting (or requiring approval for) energy-saving improvements are invalid: clotheslines, air/ground source heat pumps, insulation, rain barrels, reflective roofing, energy-efficient appliances/windows/insulation materials, solar water heaters, EV supply equipment. MCL 559.305
- Solar energy system — A provision prohibiting (or effectively prohibiting) installation of a solar energy system is invalid and unenforceable as contrary to public policy. Association solar policies may not reduce production >10% or add >$1,000 cost (MCL 559.309). MCL 559.307
In CommonGround: Violation intake screens every new case against Michigan's protected categories and flags the citation before a notice ever goes out.
Condominiums
Who decides the fine
Decision body — the board
The board levies reasonable fines after notice and an opportunity to be heard. MCL 559.206(c)
In CommonGround: CommonGround routes the fine decision to the board and requires the recorded decision before any fine is assessed.
Notice, opportunity to be heard, and a recorded decision
Fines against co-owners are available only where the condominium documents provide them, and only after notice and hearing thereon. No statutory cap, cure period, or notice-content list. MCL 559.206(c)
In CommonGround: The workflow has no path around it: the notice must be sent, the opportunity to be heard must be offered, and the decision must be recorded — in that order — before a fine can exist.
Fine limits
Adopted fine schedule / policy required
The fine power must exist in the condominium documents ('other reasonable remedies the condominium documents may provide'). MCL 559.206(c)
In CommonGround: No fine can be generated without the adopted fine policy or schedule on file — CommonGround checks for the artifact before the workflow opens.
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