Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1501 (2026)

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PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

Act 220 of 1976

37.1501 Definitions.

Sec. 501.

As used in this article:

(a) "Housing accommodation" includes improved or unimproved real property, or a part thereof, which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home or residence of 1 or more persons.

(b) "Immediate family" means a spouse, parent, child, or sibling.

(c) "Real estate broker or salesman" means a person, whether licensed or not, who, for or with the expectation of receiving a consideration, lists, sells, purchases, exchanges, rents, or leases real property, or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate any of these activities, or who holds himself out as engaged in these activities, or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate a loan secured or to be secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance upon real property, or who is engaged in the business of listing real property in a publication; or a person employed by or acting on behalf of any of these persons.

(d) "Real estate transaction" means the sale, exchange, rental, or lease of real property, or an interest therein.

(e) "Real property" includes a building, structure, mobile home, real estate, land, mobile home park, trailer park, tenement, leasehold, or an interest in a real estate cooperative or condominium.

History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1982–2020 · leading case: Frazier v. City of Grand Ledge, MI, 135 F. Supp. 2d 845 (W.D. Mich. 2001).

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Frazier v. City of Grand Ledge, MI, 135 F. Supp. 2d 845 (W.D. Mich. 2001). · cites it 3× “§§ 3604 (f) and 3617; Count II alleges a violation Michigan’s Persons with Disabilities Act, Michigan Compiled Laws § 37.1501 et seq. and Michigan Compiled Laws § 37.”

Armstrong v. Senior Citizens Hous. of Ann Arbor, Inc, 317 N.W.2d 255 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “MCL 37.1501(d); MSA 3.550(501)(d). The Act's definition of a "person" includes an individual, agent, association or corporation.”

Est. of Robert J Romig v. Boulder Bluff Condos. (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 9× “MCL 37.1501 provides definitions relevant to Article 5 of the PWDCRA, and MCL 37.”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1501(c) — 1 case

Frazier v. City of Grand Ledge, MI, 135 F. Supp. 2d 845 (W.D. Mich. 2001). “§§ 3604 (f) and 3617; Count II alleges a violation Michigan’s Persons with Disabilities Act, Michigan Compiled Laws § 37.1501 et seq. and Michigan Compiled Laws § 37.”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1501(d) — 3 cases

Armstrong v. Senior Citizens Hous. of Ann Arbor, Inc, 317 N.W.2d 255 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). “MCL 37.1501(d); MSA 3.550(501)(d). The Act's definition of a "person" includes an individual, agent, association or corporation.”

Est. of Robert J Romig v. Boulder Bluff Condos. (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “MCL 37.1501 provides definitions relevant to Article 5 of the PWDCRA, and MCL 37.”

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