Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules

Agency Alert

  • An important alert
    Temporary Suspension of In-Person Hearings - Effective June 30, 2020 and consistent with Governor Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-132, it is necessary to extend the suspension of all in-person administrative hearings through July 31, 2020, subject to further extension if warranted by the circumstances. (MOAHR Policy and Procedure No. 15)
  • A second important alert

    As a result of the Federal Work-Share Program and temporary lay-offs, with the exception of limited telephone hearings being conducted by the Tax Tribunal, the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules will be closed every Friday, beginning May 22-July 24 (including Thursday July 2nd due to Holiday Observance).

    If you have a question regarding a scheduled Unemployment hearing, please email moahr-ua-detroit@michigan.gov. with your name, a detailed message, appeal number, and your phone number. For those who do not have a hearing, are filing for unemployment, or need to discuss any unemployment related matters, please call the Unemployment Insurance Agency at 866-500-0017. For all other MOAHR hearing matters, please use the email address moahr-ga@michigan.gov.

MOAHR Mission

  • Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules

    The Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules (MOAHR), created by EO 2019-06 and modified by EO 2019-13, is a Type I agency within the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.  

    MOAHR includes a centralized administrative hearing system with several divisions of administrative law judges, the Michigan Tax Tribunal, and the office that oversees administrative rulemaking for all state departments. 

    With offices located in Lansing, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, and Traverse City, MOAHR’s organizational mission is to conduct administrative hearings and aid in the promulgation of rules, providing a timely, professional, sound, impartial and respectful process consistent with all legal requirements.

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