Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.241 (2026)

Law, ordinance, or regulation of local unit of government; limitations.

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CONDOMINIUM ACT


Act 59 of 1978


559.241 Law, ordinance, or regulation of local unit of government; limitations.

Sec. 141.

    (1)  A condominium project shall comply with applicable local law, ordinances, and regulations. Except as provided in subsection (2), a proposed or existing condominium project shall not be prohibited nor treated differently by any law, regulation, or ordinance of any local unit of government, which would apply to that project or development under a different form of ownership.

    (2) Except as to a city having a population of more than 1 million persons, a local unit of government is preempted by the provisions of this act from enacting a law, regulation, ordinance, or other provision, which imposes a moratorium on conversion condominiums, or which provides rights for tenants of conversion condominiums or apartment buildings proposed as conversion condominiums, other than those provided in this act.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 283, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1980 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 513, Imd. Eff. Jan. 26, 1981

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2004–2023 · leading case: Conlin v. SCIO TP., 686 N.W.2d 16 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004).
Conlin v. SCIO TP., 686 N.W.2d 16 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “§ 559.241, provides: (1) A condominium project shall comply with applicable local law, ordinances, and regulations.”
Conlin v. Scio Twp., 262 Mich. App. 379 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “Section 141 of the Condominium Act, MCL 559.241, provides: (1) A condominium, project shall comply with applicable local law, ordinances, and regulations.”
Jadwiga Hermanowska v. Trenton Vill. Condo Assoc (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 15× “139 and MCL 559.241, negligence, and breach of contract.”
Williams v. City of Troy, 713 N.W.2d 805 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). “35 MCL 559.241(1). 36 Paragon Properties Co v City of Novi, 452 Mich 568, 573 ; 550 NW2d 772 (1996).”
Rosalie Rockov v. Lilley Pointe Condo. Ass'n (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 4× “139, MCL 559.241, the Housing Law of Michigan, and the MCC, the entirety of the trial court’s ruling was as follows: Okay, the Plaintiff fell at 3:30 p.”
C Daoud Mousa Janini v. London Townhouses Condo. Ass'n (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 3× “To the contrary, MCL 559.241(1) makes clear that the ownership structure of a condominium is not grounds to avoid the legal duties solely on the basis of its form of ownership: A condominium project shall comply with applicable local law, ordinances, and regulations.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.241(1) — 4 cases
Williams v. City of Troy, 713 N.W.2d 805 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). “35 MCL 559.241(1). 36 Paragon Properties Co v City of Novi, 452 Mich 568, 573 ; 550 NW2d 772 (1996).”
C Daoud Mousa Janini v. London Townhouses Condo. Ass'n (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “To the contrary, MCL 559.241(1) makes clear that the ownership structure of a condominium is not grounds to avoid the legal duties solely on the basis of its form of ownership: A condominium project shall comply with applicable local law, ordinances, and regulations.”
Rosalie Rockov v. Lilley Pointe Condo. Ass'n (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “139, MCL 559.241, the Housing Law of Michigan, and the MCC, the entirety of the trial court’s ruling was as follows: Okay, the Plaintiff fell at 3:30 p.”
Jadwiga Hermanowska v. Trenton Vill. Condo Assoc (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “139 and MCL 559.241, negligence, and breach of contract.”
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