[Notorial dissent]

Originally Posted by Livefire

Notorial dissent is right on this one. All that is necessary under most state's statutes is that a notice be posted at the door of the property, for there to be legally valid service. In michigan, that notice is a summons to district court. When it comes to a certified letter, you are better off by just refusing to accept the letter from the postman. It will just be returned to sender after awhile.

Which, by the by will have the same effect in the end. The point being that attempt was made to contact you at the rental address, which is generally all that is required by law, you either refused to accept, or ignored the notice and it was returned to the landlord, with which, again, he can walk in to court with and say “see I served the bozo and he disregarded them”, end result, you lose! So, unless you want to make nice and apologize and ask to be allowed to stay, and hope the landlord is feeling charitable, you had best get to packing and be gone long before the deadline, since you really don’t want to have to pack from the street. You can also pretty assuredly kiss any deposits goodbye on you way out.

Incidently, if it goes to court, the landlord can and almost certainly will also stick you with court and legal fees, as well as the cost of your eviction, and he will most likely report it to the credit bureau of he is in a really bad mood at the time.