LOCAL RULES

Michigan pest control service report requirements

Your Michigan pest control service report has 7 rules to meet. ReportDraft puts every one on your checklist and checks your draft before you sign.

  • Label precautions and reentry limits to the customer at the time of application
  • Keep general use records 1 year, restricted use 3 years
  • Every product used according to its label
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Michigan splits its pest control paperwork across two rule sets: Regulation 636 sets the commercial applicator's own records, and Regulation 637 sets the service agreement, the written information each customer receives at every application, and the signs for buildings and lawns. Here is each rule with a link to the official text, and what a Michigan pest control service record should hold.

Last reviewed October 14, 2026 against the official sources listed below.

Pest control service reportMICHIGAN / SAMPLE

Sample notes, 113 words

Customer: Harold Bennett
2207 Willow Creek Rd
Date: 10/06/2026, applied 10:20am
Tech: Renee Park
License: 0045812
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  • Fix soonMonitoring and bait devices

    3 exterior rodent bait stations checked, 1 had feeding, rebaited, all locked

  • Fix soonPest activity and conditions: inside

    Mouse droppings under the kitchen sink

  • Fix soonPest activity and conditions: outside

    Gap under the garage side door, door sweep missing

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  • Michigan lawTime of application
  • Michigan lawFirm name, address and telephone
  • RecommendedNotes for service performed

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Customer nameHarold Bennett
Service address2207 Willow Creek Rd
Service dateOct 6, 2026
Applicator's full nameRenee Park
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What Michigan requires

  • The customer receives in writing the name, address and telephone number of the firm, the applicator's full name, the target pests, the pesticides applied with the common name of each active ingredient, and the time and dateMich. Admin. Code R 285.637.12 (2)
  • The customer's written information gives the time and date of the applicationMich. Admin. Code R 285.637.12 (2) (e)
  • Commercial applicators keep verifiable records of each application with the pesticide's name and EPA registration number, its concentration, the amount of end-use dilution applied, the target pest, purpose or site, the date, the address or location, and the method and rateMich. Admin. Code R 285.636.15 (1), (2)
  • The customer's written information includes the precautionary warnings or reentry restrictions on the labels, given no later than the time of each application, or electronically within 48 hours if the customer approved that in writing beforehandMich. Admin. Code R 285.637.12 (2) (f), (3)
  • Records of restricted use applications are kept at least 3 years and general use applications at least 1 year, by the employer at the place of business, available to the director's representative during normal business hoursMich. Admin. Code R 285.636.15
  • Before applying, a licensed commercial applicator makes an oral or written service agreement giving the customer's consent, the firm's name, address and phone, and the approximate schedule, frequency and duration of services; at the first application the customer also gets written risk and benefit information about pesticidesMich. Admin. Code R 285.637.12 (1), (4)
  • After a broadcast, foliar or space insecticide application in a commercial building, public building or health care facility, the applicator gives the building manager a sign (at least 2 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches, a cloud-over-house symbol, the date) to post at the primary entry for at least 48 hoursMich. Admin. Code R 285.637.11 (4)
  • Broadcast, foliar or space applications to ornamentals or turf get a 4 by 5 inch white lawn marker with green lettering at the primary entry points immediately afterward, and the customer is told to leave it 24 hoursMich. Admin. Code R 285.637.11 (2)
  • A supervising certified applicator answers for noncertified applicators, gives verifiable oral or written instructions with contact details for restricted use applications made without them, and is physically present when the label, the act or the director requiresMich. Admin. Code R 285.636.16

The customer's copy at every application

No later than the time of each application, the customer gets in writing the firm's name, address and phone, the applicator's full name, the target pests, each pesticide with the common name of its active ingredient, the time and date, and the label's precautionary warnings or reentry restrictions. With the customer's written approval in advance, this may go electronically within 48 hours instead.

The applicator's own record

Keep a verifiable record of each application: the pesticide's name and EPA registration number, the concentration, the amount of end-use dilution applied, the target pest, purpose or site, the date, the location, and the method and rate. General use records stay at least 1 year and restricted use records at least 3 years, at the employer's place of business.

Agreements, signs and supervision

Before the first application, agree with the customer, orally or in writing, on consent, your firm's details and the expected schedule, and hand over written risk and benefit information. After a broadcast or space insecticide treatment in a commercial or public building or a health care facility, leave a small cloud-over-house sign for the manager to post at the main entry for 48 hours. Lawn work gets a green and white marker the customer leaves up 24 hours. Supervising certified applicators give verifiable instructions to noncertified staff.

From the truck to a finished Michigan record

Note the time, each product's active ingredient, concentration and how much finished mix went out, how you applied it, and the label's reentry warning. ReportDraft builds one document that serves as the customer's copy and your own record.

Common mistakes

  • Leaving the customer without the label's reentry restrictions.
  • No firm address or phone on the customer's copy.
  • Recording the concentrate used instead of the amount of end-use dilution.
  • Discarding restricted use records before 3 years.
  • No sign for the building manager after a space treatment in an office.

Sources

Last reviewed October 14, 2026. Next review due January 14, 2027. This page explains published rules to help you write your report. It is not legal advice; the official text linked above governs.