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Choose a company that inspects before recommending treatment and books a follow-up visit. Before work starts, ask for its MDARD pesticide business license and check it on MDARD's Find Businesses Licensed by MDARD page. Ask, too, which methods it relies on, how to prepare, and what goes into its cost.

Yes, provided the units around it are inspected as well. Bugs travel through shared walls and outlets, so treating one apartment alone can leave the source in place. Report the problem in writing. Michigan's MCL 554.139 says rental premises must be fit for the use intended, and Sterling Heights Code Enforcement (a city office) handles property maintenance complaints. This site gives no legal advice.

It depends on the method and how long the bugs have been there. Heat can reach eggs in one treatment, while chemical work usually needs a return visit because eggs may survive. Many providers combine both. Ask how many visits the plan includes and the reason for each.

For heat treatment, usually yes: the home is heated to a temperature lethal to bed bugs, so people and pets stay out until the provider says it is safe to return. For chemical treatment, the provider tells you when you can go back in. Whatever the case, stick to the provider's instructions and prep sheet.

They can, if a hiding place was missed or new bugs arrive in luggage, clothes or used furniture. Michigan's health department calls bed bugs hitchhikers. That is why providers often place interceptors and book a follow-up inspection, and encasements make new activity easier to spot. Ask what happens if bugs return.