You were hurt on the job in Michigan, and now you’re dealing with pain, missed shifts and forms you’ve never seen. If you’re not sure whether your employer has even reported the injury, that’s normal.
Here’s how Michigan workers’ compensation works. It pays for your medical care from the day you’re hurt and, if you’re off work more than a week, weekly checks of 80% of your after-tax average weekly wage, up to $1,201 a week for 2026 injuries. You don’t have to prove anyone was at fault. Tell your employer within 90 days and make sure a claim is made within two years. If the insurer says no, you file Form WC-104A to ask the state for mediation or a hearing.
The hard part is usually the claims process: the insurer handles claims every day, and the deadlines fall on you.
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How does workers’ comp work in Michigan?
It’s a trade set up by the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act of 1969 (MCL 418.101 to 418.941). You get medical care and wage benefits without proving fault, and in return, comp is usually your “exclusive remedy,” meaning your only claim, against your employer (MCL 418.131(1)).
The state’s Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency oversees the system and decides disputes, but your employer’s insurer pays the benefits, or your employer does if it’s approved to insure itself (MCL 418.611(1), 418.841(1); Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency). For other states, see our complete workers’ compensation guide.
The process at a glance:
| Step | When | Form |
|---|---|---|
| You tell your employer | Right away; the limit is 90 days | None required |
| Your employer reports it to the state | Immediately, once you’re disabled more than 7 days | WC-100 |
| The insurer starts paying | 14 days after your employer learns of the disability | WC-701 |
| Or the insurer disputes the claim | By the 14th day after your employer learns of the injury | WC-107 |
| You file your own claim, if your employer won’t | Within 2 years | WC-117 |
| You challenge a denial or cutoff | As soon as you can | WC-104A |
| Either side appeals a magistrate’s decision | Within 30 days | Claim for review |
Sources: MCL 418.381, 418.801(1), 418.847(1), 418.859a(1); Mich Admin Code R 408.31a, 408.33.
Who is covered by workers’ comp in Michigan?
Most workers, from their first day on the job (Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency). The Act covers every public employer. It also covers private employers that regularly have three or more employees at one time, or fewer if at least one has worked for them 35 or more hours a week for 13 weeks or longer in the past 52 weeks. Farms and households that hire domestic workers have separate rules (MCL 418.115, 418.118).
To check whether an employer has coverage, use the agency’s online Insurance Coverage Lookup or call 517-284-8922.
Are you an employee or an independent contractor?
Your paperwork doesn’t settle it. You count as an employee if, in your work for the business, you don’t maintain a separate business, don’t hold yourself out to and serve the public, and aren’t an employer covered by the Act yourself. If your employer must withhold federal income tax from your pay, you’re presumed to be an employee (MCL 418.161(1)(n)). If you worked for a contractor with no comp coverage, the company that hired it can owe your benefits (MCL 418.171(1)).
Who isn’t covered?
Independent contractors who run their own business aren’t, and some business owners can opt out (MCL 418.161(2) to (4)). Federal employees have a federal program, and railroad workers and seamen can sue their employer for injuries caused by its negligence (U.S. Department of Labor; 45 U.S.C. § 51; 46 U.S.C. § 30104).
What counts as a work injury in Michigan?
An injury “arising out of and in the course of employment.” It’s covered if work “causes, contributes to, or aggravates pathology,” leaving you with a condition medically different from what you had before (MCL 418.301(1)). In plain terms, work has to cause or worsen the problem. It doesn’t have to be one sudden accident:
- Injuries that build up, such as a back worn down by years of lifting (MCL 418.301(1)).
- Diseases caused by work, from conditions “characteristic of and peculiar to the business of the employer,” but not an “ordinary disease of life”: the agency says simply catching the flu at work probably isn’t covered (MCL 418.401(2)(b); Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency).
- Old conditions made worse, if work leaves them medically different. Heart conditions, mental disabilities and conditions of aging, such as degenerative arthritis, must be contributed to or worsened by work “in a significant manner” (MCL 418.301(1), (2); Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency).
Your own ordinary carelessness doesn’t bar a claim: benefits are paid “without regard to who may be at fault” (Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency). What usually isn’t covered:
- Your commute, though you’re covered on your employer’s premises and while traveling if your job requires it (Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency; MCL 418.301(3)).
- Activities that are mainly social or recreational, which the agency says probably includes a company picnic or an office Christmas party (MCL 418.301(3)).
- Your “intentional and wilful misconduct” (MCL 418.305). The agency says courts have also denied benefits when an injury came from breaking a work rule that was clearly announced and regularly enforced.
How do you report a work injury, and what are the deadlines?
Tell your supervisor right away, even if you think you can work through the pain. If the problem built up over time, tell them as soon as you realize work might be the cause (Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency). Put it in writing, with what happened and every body part that hurts, and keep a copy. Writing isn’t required if your employer knew about the injury (MCL 418.383), but it’s your proof.
The deadlines, as of September 2026 (MCL 418.381):
| Deadline | What the law says |
|---|---|
| Tell your employer | Within 90 days after the injury, or after you knew or should have known about it. A late notice is excused unless your employer proves the delay harmed it. |
| Make your claim | Within 2 years after the latest of the injury, the date the disability showed itself or your last day working for that employer (after a death, 2 years from the death). Make it to your employer, orally or in writing, or in writing to the agency. |
For every Michigan injury deadline in one place, see Michigan personal injury deadlines.
How do you file a workers’ comp claim in Michigan?
After you tell your employer, most of the paperwork falls on your employer and its insurer. Check that each step happens:
- Your employer reports the injury. If you’re disabled more than seven days in a row, not counting the day you were hurt, or the injury causes a death or specific loss, your employer must immediately file Form WC-100, the Employer’s Basic Report of Injury, with the agency and give you a copy, with a written notice of your rights (Mich Admin Code R 408.31a(1), (3)).
- The insurer pays or disputes. The first payment, covering everything owed so far, is due on the 14th day after your employer has notice or knowledge of the disability, then weekly (MCL 418.801(1)). The insurer files Form WC-701, Notice of Compensation Payments, the day after the first payment and must send you a copy (R 408.31a(6), (7)). If it disputes the claim, it must file Form WC-107, Notice of Dispute, by the 14th day after your employer learns of the injury, with a copy to you (R 408.33(1)).
- If your employer won’t report the claim, file it yourself. Send Form WC-117, Employee’s Report of Claim, to the agency, which notifies your employer and its insurer; the insurer must respond as it would to a WC-100 (Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency; R 408.31a(4)). Download the form, or call the agency at 888-396-5041 for a copy.
Don’t agree to skip the claim: generally, an agreement to give up your comp rights isn’t valid (MCL 418.815).
What does Michigan workers’ comp pay?
As of September 2026:
| Benefit | What it pays | The law |
|---|---|---|
| Medical care | Reasonable and necessary care from the day you’re hurt, with no copay, as long as the need is related to the injury | MCL 418.315(1); Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency |
| Mileage | Travel to treatment, exams and rehabilitation, once you report it in writing: 76 cents a mile from July 1, 2026 | Mich Admin Code R 408.45(2); Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency |
| Weekly wage-loss benefits | 80% of your after-tax average weekly wage, up to $1,201 a week for 2026 injuries; if you’re back at work for less because of your restrictions, 80% of the difference in after-tax weekly pay | MCL 418.301(9)(c), 418.351(1), 418.355(2); Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency |
| Specific losses | Set weeks for losing certain body parts, such as 215 weeks for a hand, even if you’re back at work, at a 2026 minimum of $333.47 a week | MCL 418.361(2), 418.356(3); Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency |
| Vocational rehabilitation | Retraining and job placement if you can’t do work you’re trained or experienced in, for up to 52 weeks, and up to 52 more if the agency extends it | MCL 418.319(1) |
| Death benefits | 80% of the worker’s after-tax average weekly wage, at a 2026 minimum of $666.94 a week, to dependents who relied entirely on the worker’s earnings (partial dependents get a proportional amount), generally for 500 weeks, plus up to $6,000 for funeral and burial | MCL 418.321, 418.335, 418.345, 418.356(2); Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency |
How are the weekly checks figured?
Your average weekly wage is generally your pay, including overtime, in your highest-paid 39 of the 52 weeks before the injury, divided by 39, from every job the Act covers (MCL 418.371(2); Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency). For a worked example, see how workers’ comp is calculated.
If you’re off more than seven days, counting weekends and holidays, benefits start on the eighth day. If you’re off 14 days or longer, the first week is paid too (MCL 418.311; Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency).
To get weekly checks, you must show a disability: the injury limits your ability to earn your top wages in work suited to your qualifications and training, and it cost you wages (MCL 418.301(4), (5)).
How long can you be on workers’ comp in Michigan?
As long as the disability and wage loss last, which the agency says could be for the rest of your life (MCL 418.351(1)). But half of any Social Security retirement benefits you receive, or a pension or other benefit your employer paid for, can reduce your checks (MCL 418.354(1)). If yours aren’t reduced that way and you’re eligible for Social Security, they shrink by 5% a year after you turn 65, to half at 75, but not below the state minimum (MCL 418.357).
If you can do some work, you must look for work reasonably available to you. Turning down a genuine offer of work you can safely do, within a reasonable distance of home, without good and reasonable cause stops wage-loss benefits while you refuse (MCL 418.301(4)(b), (9)(a), (11)).
Who chooses your doctor?
For the first 28 days after your medical care begins, your employer or its insurer has the right to choose the doctor. After that, you can switch by giving your employer the new doctor’s name and saying you intend to treat with that doctor, preferably in writing. Your employer can object, and a magistrate decides (MCL 418.315(1); Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency).
The insurer can also send you to a doctor it chooses and pays for, often called an independent medical examination (IME). If you refuse or obstruct the exam, your right to benefits is suspended, and benefits for that period may be forfeited. You can bring your own doctor at your own expense, and you’re entitled to a copy of the report within 15 days of asking (MCL 418.385).
What if your claim is denied or your checks stop?
If the insurer stops or changes your payments, it must send you a copy of its Form WC-701 (Mich Admin Code R 408.31a(6), (7)). Benefits paid under a magistrate’s order generally can’t be stopped or reduced without a new order (R 408.40(1)).
To challenge a denial or cutoff, file Form WC-104A, the Application for Mediation or Hearing, with the agency (MCL 418.847(1)). When you file, you must give the insurer the medical records you have about the claim (MCL 418.222(2)).
Your case goes to mediation if your employer has no insurance, you’re claiming only medical benefits or only vocational rehabilitation, you don’t have a lawyer, or the agency decides mediation could resolve it. Otherwise, or if mediation fails, a workers’ compensation magistrate, a state official who hears comp cases, decides it (Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency; MCL 418.847(3)). You must prove your claim by a preponderance of the evidence, meaning more likely than not (MCL 418.851).
If you disagree with the decision:
- Appeal to the commission. Either side can file a claim for review with the Workers’ Disability Compensation Appeals Commission within 30 days after the magistrate’s order is sent (MCL 418.859a(1)). It reviews the record without a new hearing (Workers’ Disability Compensation Appeals Commission).
- Checks during an appeal. If you won and the insurer appeals, it must still pay 70% of the weekly benefit awarded, from the date of the award, plus the medical care ordered (MCL 418.862).
- Then the courts. Within 30 days after the commission rules, a party can ask the Michigan Court of Appeals to review questions of law; the court doesn’t have to take the case (MCL 418.861a(14); Workers’ Disability Compensation Appeals Commission).
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Can you settle a Michigan workers’ comp claim?
Yes. A settlement that ends your claim is called a redemption, “a complete and final settlement of your claim” paid in one lump sum (Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency). It’s possible only 6 months or more after the injury, and a magistrate must approve it (MCL 418.835(1)) after finding, among other things, that it’s in your best interests and that you understand your rights (MCL 418.836(1)). It can close your right to future medical care too, so know what you’d give up. See our guide to workers’ comp settlements.
Do you need a workers’ comp lawyer in Michigan?
You don’t have to have one, and cases without a lawyer go to mediation (Workers’ Disability Compensation Agency). A lawyer can check your wage rate, a denial or a settlement offer, and whether someone else should also pay.
A magistrate must approve every lawyer’s fee in a comp case (MCL 418.858(1)), and the agency’s rules cap it (Mich Admin Code R 408.44):
- 30% of benefits recovered, after case expenses, in a case tried to completion or paid after an Application for Mediation or Hearing is filed
- 20% of the first $100,000 and 15% of the rest, after case expenses, for a redemption while an application is pending, for injuries after December 10, 2021
- 15% of a redemption when benefits were being paid voluntarily and no application is pending
A lawyer can charge less. Get the fee agreement in writing.
Can you be fired for filing a workers’ comp claim?
Michigan law says a person “shall not discharge an employee or in any manner discriminate against an employee” for filing a complaint or starting a proceeding under the comp law, or for using a right it gives (MCL 418.301(13)). See what to do if you’re fired or punished for claiming workers’ comp.
Can you sue your employer or anyone else?
Usually not your employer, even if it was careless. You can sue your employer over the injury only if it failed to carry the required comp coverage (MCL 418.641(2)) or committed an intentional tort: a deliberate act by which it specifically intended an injury. It’s treated as intending one if it had actual knowledge that an injury was certain to occur and willfully disregarded that knowledge (MCL 418.131(1)).
You can often also sue someone other than your employer or a coworker whose carelessness caused the injury, such as a driver, another contractor on a construction site or an equipment maker. Taking comp “shall not act as an election of remedies,” so it doesn’t give up that claim (MCL 418.827(1)). From any recovery, the costs of getting it come off first. Your employer or its insurer is then repaid the benefits it has paid or owes to date, and the rest goes to you as an advance on future comp benefits (MCL 418.827(5)). After a car crash at work, though, the comp insurer generally can be repaid out of what you recover from the at-fault driver only for comp beyond what no-fault insurance would have paid, such as wage-loss benefits after no-fault’s three years of income benefits end (Great American Ins Co v Queen, Michigan Supreme Court, 1980; MCL 500.3107(1)(b)). The lawsuit generally must be filed within three years of the injury (MCL 600.5805(2)). See when you can sue after a workplace injury.
What to do next
- Get medical care, and tell every provider you were hurt at work.
- Report the injury to your employer in writing, and keep a copy. The limit is 90 days, but waiting invites a dispute.
- Make sure a claim is on file. Ask whether your employer filed Form WC-100, and watch for the insurer’s WC-701 or WC-107. If your employer won’t report it, file Form WC-117.
- Get a free case review before you give up on a denial or sign a settlement. Get a free case review, or compare Michigan workers’ compensation lawyers.
What waiting can cost
- Your claim. A claim made after the two-year limit isn’t valid (MCL 418.381(1)).
- Back benefits. Generally, none can be paid for any period more than two years before you apply for a hearing (MCL 418.381(2)). If you were already paid weekly benefits and apply to have them restarted, the limit is generally one year (MCL 418.833(1); Martin v Somberg-Berlin Metals Co, Michigan Supreme Court, 1980).
What a good outcome looks like
Your medical bills go to the insurer, not to you. Your first check arrives on time, figured from your real wages. If you can’t return to your old job, you get help finding new work, and if the insurer disputes your claim, you know which form to file. From wondering whether anyone even filed your claim to knowing your deadlines, your benefits and your next step.
For more on injuries at work, browse the workplace injury guides.
Frequently asked questions
How does workers' comp work in Michigan?
Your employer's insurer, or your employer if it's approved to insure itself, pays for reasonable and necessary medical care for a work injury and, if you're off work more than seven days, weekly benefits of 80% of your after-tax average weekly wage, up to $1,201 a week for 2026 injuries. You don't have to prove fault, but comp is usually your only claim against your employer. The state's Workers' Disability Compensation Agency oversees the system and resolves disputes (MCL 418.131, 418.315, 418.351, 418.355, 418.841; Workers' Disability Compensation Agency).
How do I file a workers' comp claim in Michigan?
Tell your employer about the injury, preferably in writing, within 90 days. If you're disabled more than seven days, your employer must report it to the Workers' Disability Compensation Agency on Form WC-100 and give you a copy. If your employer won't report your claim, file Form WC-117, Employee's Report of Claim, with the agency, which notifies your employer and its insurer. The claim must be made within two years (MCL 418.381(1); Mich Admin Code R 408.31a).
How long can you be on workers' comp in Michigan?
As long as the disability and wage loss last, which the state's agency says could be for the rest of your life (MCL 418.351(1)). Half of any Social Security retirement benefits you receive, or a pension or other benefit your employer paid for, can reduce the checks (MCL 418.354(1)). If yours aren't reduced that way and you're eligible for Social Security, they shrink by 5% a year after you turn 65, to half at 75, but not below the state minimum (MCL 418.357).
What happens if my Michigan workers' comp claim is denied?
The insurer must send you a copy of its Notice of Dispute, Form WC-107 (Mich Admin Code R 408.33(1)). To challenge it, file an Application for Mediation or Hearing, Form WC-104A, with the Workers' Disability Compensation Agency. Your case goes to mediation or to a workers' compensation magistrate, and either side can appeal the magistrate's decision to the Workers' Disability Compensation Appeals Commission within 30 days (MCL 418.847, 418.859a(1)).
Can I choose my own doctor for a Michigan workers' comp injury?
After the first 28 days, yes. For the first 28 days after your medical care begins, your employer or its insurer has the right to choose your doctor. After that, you can switch by giving your employer the doctor's name and saying you intend to treat with that doctor, preferably in writing. Your employer can object, and a magistrate decides (MCL 418.315(1); Workers' Disability Compensation Agency).
How much does a workers' comp lawyer cost in Michigan?
A magistrate must approve the fee (MCL 418.858(1)), and the agency's rules cap it. After case expenses are deducted, the cap is 30% of benefits recovered in a case tried to completion or paid after an application for mediation or hearing is filed. For a settlement reached while an application is pending, it's 20% of the first $100,000 and 15% of the rest, for injuries after December 10, 2021 (Mich Admin Code R 408.44). A lawyer can charge less.
Sources
- Worker's Disability Compensation Act of 1969, full text (MCL 418.101 to 418.941, complete through Public Act 91 of 2026) · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.115, Employers covered by the Act · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.118, Household domestic workers · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.131, Workers' compensation as the exclusive remedy; intentional tort exception · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.161, Definition of employee; elections to be excluded · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.171, Liability of a principal for an uninsured contractor's employees · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.222, Application for mediation or hearing; medical records; witnesses; the insurer's response · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.301, Compensable injuries; disability and wage loss; reasonable employment; retaliation · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.305, Intentional and wilful misconduct · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.311, Waiting period for weekly benefits · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.315, Medical care; choice of physician · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.319, Medical and vocational rehabilitation · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.321, Death benefits · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.335, Death benefits: remarriage and children's age limits · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.345, Last illness, funeral and burial expenses · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.351, Weekly benefits for total disability · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.354, Coordination of benefits (Social Security retirement, employer pensions and disability plans) · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.355, Maximum weekly rate · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.356, Minimum weekly benefits · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.357, Reduction of weekly benefits at age 65 · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.361, Specific losses; total and permanent disability · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.371, Average weekly wage · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.381, Notice and claim deadlines · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.383, Notice of injury; employer's knowledge · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.385, Examinations requested by the employer or insurer · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.401, Occupational disease; definitions · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.611, Securing payment of compensation (insurance or self-insurance) · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.641, Civil action against an employer that fails to secure compensation · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.801, When compensation is due; late-payment penalties · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.815, Agreements to waive compensation rights · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.827, Third-party liability · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.833, One-year limit on back benefits when compensation was already paid; recoupment · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.835, Redemption of liability · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.836, Approval of redemption agreements · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.841, Disputes decided by the agency or a magistrate · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.847, Mediation or hearing on an application · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.851, Hearings before a magistrate; burden of proof · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.858, Approval of attorney fees · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.859a, Claim for review (appeal) · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.861a, Review by the appeals commission; review of questions of law by the courts · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 418.862, Payments while an appeal is pending · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 500.3107, PIP benefits (work loss limited to the first three years) · Michigan Legislature
- MCL 600.5805, Injuries to persons or property; period of limitations · Michigan Legislature
- Great American Ins Co v Queen, 410 Mich 73 (1980) · Michigan Supreme Court (via the Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School Library)
- Martin v Somberg-Berlin Metals Co, 407 Mich 737 (1980) (resuming the same category of benefits is "further compensation" under the one-year-back rule) · Michigan Supreme Court (via the Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School Library)
- Workers' Disability Compensation Agency General Rules, R 408.31 to R 408.59 (R 408.31a, reports and copies to the employee; R 408.33, notice of dispute; R 408.40, stopping benefits; R 408.44, attorney fees; R 408.45, travel expenses) · Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules
- Employees' Information · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- Frequently Asked Questions: Filing a Claim · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- Frequently Asked Questions: Eligibility for Workers Compensation · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- Frequently Asked Questions: Medical Benefits · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- Frequently Asked Questions: Wage Benefits · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- Frequently Asked Questions: Miscellaneous (checking an employer's coverage) · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- State Average Weekly Wage Chart (maximum and minimum weekly rates, 1982 to 2026) · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- Travel Reimbursement Rates for Injured Employees · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- Forms (WC-100, WC-104A, WC-107, WC-108, WC-117, WC-701) · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- Form WC-104A, Application for Mediation or Hearing, Form A, with instructions · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- Form WC-117, Employee's Report of Claim · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- A Summary of Your Rights and Responsibilities Under Michigan Workers' Compensation (WC-PUB-001, April 2026) · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Rights and Responsibilities (WC-PUB-006, May 2026) · Michigan Workers' Disability Compensation Agency
- Workers' Disability Compensation Appeals Commission · Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
- Workers' Disability Compensation Appeals Commission: FAQ · Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
- Workers' Compensation (programs administered by the Department of Labor) · U.S. Department of Labor
- 45 U.S.C. § 51, Liability of railroads for injuries to employees (Federal Employers' Liability Act) · Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives
- 46 U.S.C. § 30104, Personal injury to or death of seamen (Jones Act) · Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives
Updated September 25, 2026
This guide is general information, not legal advice, and laws change. For advice about your situation, talk to a lawyer licensed in your state. Reading this page or contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship.