Personal property · Michigan
the short answer
You have three years from the day it happened to sue for injury to your property. Michigan is one of the better states to be in if someone took your things outright: a separate statute gives you three times your actual damages together with your costs and your attorney's fees.
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governing statute
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805(2)
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penalty
Three times your actual damages, plus costs and reasonable attorney's fees, against a person who stole, embezzled or converted your property to their own use. (Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2919a(1))
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limit
3 years
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Across the country. 6 of the 10 states written up answer this the same way as Michigan. The shortest is 2 years, as in Arizona; the longest is 4 years, as in Florida. Compare every state →
small claims limit
$7,000
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your situation
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