Haunted addresses on record in Michigan
What Michigan requires
Michigan has no law requiring a seller or agent to disclose a death, murder, suicide, or a property's reputation for being haunted — the state's Seller Disclosure Act covers physical condition, not psychological history. Reporting on Michigan real estate law consistently describes an 'ask rule' in practice: agents aren't required to bring it up, but are expected to answer honestly if a buyer asks directly.
Michigan has not enacted a stigmatized-property statute. The Michigan Seller Disclosure Act (Act 92 of 1993, MCL 565.951 et seq.) requires sellers to complete a standard disclosure form, but that form is limited to the physical condition of the property — it does not ask about deaths, crimes, or reputed hauntings. Secondary sources summarizing Michigan law, including a Michigan Bar Journal article on stigmatized property, describe sellers and agents as having no duty to disclose facts 'which had no material effect on the condition of the real property,' with murder, suicide, and nearby sex offenders cited as examples of that category.
There is no Michigan equivalent to California's three-year death-disclosure window. Michigan simply does not impose a duty to disclose a death on the property, whether by natural causes, suicide, homicide, or accident, regardless of how recently it occurred.
The 'ask rule' appears to hold in practice rather than in a codified stigma-specific statute: coverage quoting Michigan real estate attorneys/agents indicates that while nothing requires volunteering a death or haunting reputation, a licensed agent is expected to answer truthfully if a buyer asks directly, consistent with general honesty obligations on licensees. We could not verify this as a distinct, named Michigan statute the way some other states have codified it — treat it as a well-supported general expectation rather than a citable provision.
No Michigan court case comparable to New York's Stambovsky v. Ackley ('legally haunted house') decision turned up in this research. Michigan doesn't appear to have a well-known reported case addressing how a property's haunted reputation affects a sale.
General information, not legal advice. Laws change and turn on details — for a real decision, talk to a licensed professional in Michigan.
The Michigan record is waiting
No entries filed from Michigan yet. If something happened at an address you know, write it down — you may be the reason the next resident feels less alone at 3 AM.