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Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.147

Improvements or alterations by co-owners.

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CONDOMINIUM ACT


Act 59 of 1978


559.147 Improvements or alterations by co-owners.

Sec. 47.

    (1)  Subject to the prohibitions and restrictions in the condominium documents, a co-owner may make improvements or alterations within a condominium unit that do not impair the structural integrity of a structure or otherwise lessen the support of a portion of the condominium project. Except as provided in section 47a, a co-owner shall not do anything which would change the exterior appearance of a condominium unit or of any other portion of the condominium project except to the extent and subject to the conditions as the condominium documents may specify.

    (2) If a co-owner acquires an adjoining condominium unit, or an adjoining part of a condominium unit, then the co-owner may remove all or part of an intervening partition or create doorways or other apertures therein, notwithstanding that the partition may in whole or in part be a common element, so long as a portion of any bearing wall or bearing column is not weakened or removed and a portion of any common element other than that partition is not damaged, destroyed, or endangered. The creation of doorways or other apertures shall not be deemed an alteration of condominium unit boundaries.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 31, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1987

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1983–2025 · leading case: Cohan v. Riverside Park Place Condo. Ass'n, Inc.
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Cohan v. Riverside Park Place Condo. Ass'n, Inc. (1983) michctapp · cites it 2× “” MCL 559.147(1); MSA 26.50(147X1). Under art VI, § 3, of the bylaws of Riverside Park Place Condominium (hereinafter bylaws), the board is given authority to approve alterations to common elements (Master Deed, art IVb[2] defines balconies as limited common elements), but only…”
Daoud Mousa Janini v. London Townhouses Condominium Association (2024) mich · cites it 2× “207 (“A co-owner may maintain an action against the association of co-owners and its officers and directors to compel these persons to enforce the terms and provisions of the condominium documents.”
Estate of Robert J Romig v. Boulder Bluff Condominiums (2020) michctapp “The letter also stated that their denial was contrary to federal and state housing law, including MCL 559.147 of the Michigan Condominium Act.”
Kooman v. Boulder Bluff Condominiums, Units 73-123, 125-146, Inc. (2020) miwd “Plaintiffs’ counsel stated that Terry Romig, for the benefit of Robert, “clearly qualifies to invoke the protections afforded to persons with disabilities” provided by the Michigan Condominium Act, § 559.147(a), and the Fair Housing Amendments Act.”
Farmington Square Condominium Association v. Keith Mitan (2025) michctapp “163, that interest does not necessarily amount to control over the common elements, see MCL 559.147(1) . . . .”). Regardless, the trial court correctly dismissed Count IV for two reasons.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.147(1) — 3 cases
Cohan v. Riverside Park Place Condo. Ass'n, Inc. (1983) michctapp “” MCL 559.147(1); MSA 26.50(147X1). Under art VI, § 3, of the bylaws of Riverside Park Place Condominium (hereinafter bylaws), the board is given authority to approve alterations to common elements (Master Deed, art IVb[2] defines balconies as limited common elements), but only…”
Daoud Mousa Janini v. London Townhouses Condominium Association (2024) mich “207 (“A co-owner may maintain an action against the association of co-owners and its officers and directors to compel these persons to enforce the terms and provisions of the condominium documents.”
Farmington Square Condominium Association v. Keith Mitan (2025) michctapp “163, that interest does not necessarily amount to control over the common elements, see MCL 559.147(1) . . . .”). Regardless, the trial court correctly dismissed Count IV for two reasons.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.147(a) — 1 case
Kooman v. Boulder Bluff Condominiums, Units 73-123, 125-146, Inc. (2020) miwd “Plaintiffs’ counsel stated that Terry Romig, for the benefit of Robert, “clearly qualifies to invoke the protections afforded to persons with disabilities” provided by the Michigan Condominium Act, § 559.147(a), and the Fair Housing Amendments Act.”
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