State guide
Michigan
Michigan has a meth-lab property program in statute: the Department of Community Health, now within MDHHS, must post methamphetamine laboratory locations online and keep the posting current with remediation status. If a site is likely contaminated, the enforcing agency must order it vacated until decontamination is established.
Checked against official sources on October 4, 2026. Rules and links change; confirm with the office listed before you act.
- Contaminated property list
- Michigan law requires the department to post methamphetamine laboratory locations online, identify the reporting agency, and keep the posting current with remediation status; a current live registry page URL was not found on the official pages reviewed.
- Seller and landlord disclosure
- Michigan's Seller Disclosure Act form requires sellers to report known conditions affecting the property, but no meth-lab-specific seller or landlord disclosure statute was found on the official pages reviewed.
- Cleanup standard
- 0.5 µg/100 cm2 for methamphetamine on a wipe sample, in MDHHS cleanup guidance.
- State program
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, with the local enforcing agency/local health department handling determinations and vacancy orders.
Official resources in Michigan
Michigan statute requiring the department to post methamphetamine laboratory locations and the reporting agency on its website.
MDHHS page linking residents to meth-lab cleanup guidance.
State guidance with cleanup criteria, sampling protocols, consultant certification language, and an old informational contractor appendix.
Provides the seller disclosure form and instructions to report known conditions affecting the property.
Key facts for Michigan
- Law enforcement must notify the enforcing agency, local health department, and MDHHS within 48 hours of discovering an illegal drug manufacturing site.
- If likely contamination is found, the enforcing agency must order the property or dwelling vacated until decontamination is established.
- Michigan law says the department must post the lab location and reporting agency on its internet website.
- The cleanup guidance sets a methamphetamine wipe criterion of 0.5 µg/100 cm2.
- Michigan's guidance says the state does not license, permit, recommend, qualify, or certify cleanup consultants or contractors.
- The seller disclosure form instructs sellers to report known conditions affecting the property.
What to do next
- Check both the statutory meth-lab posting requirements and the local health department or enforcing agency if you need current occupancy or cleanup status.
- Ask for the pre- and post-decontamination assessments and consultant certification referenced in MCL 125.485a before buying or reoccupying a property.
- Because Michigan does not certify meth cleanup contractors, review the state guidance and the consultant's qualifications carefully.
Looking for your city or county in Michigan?
No program-level official pages for Michigan yet. Try these, in order:
- General Start with the statewide information above.
- Closest verified Nearest places where we have verified local data (distance from Michigan's population center, for comparison only):
- Porter County Health Department - Meth/Drug Lab Cleanup, Indiana · about 173 miles
- Miami County Health Department - Illegal Drug Labs, Indiana · about 174 miles
- DEA National Clandestine Laboratory Register, Ohio · about 185 miles
- Call to confirm Ask the official office.MCL 333.26372
Website →Phone not shown: use the contact page on the official website above.Your city or county office: Local governments →Not sure who handles it locally? USAGov's free help line, 1-844-872-4681, or the Michigan page on USA.gov can point you to the right office. - Know the current info? Tell us with a link to the official page.