Foster Township
Ogemaw County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Foster Township is a jurisdiction in Ogemaw County, Michigan, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Contact
- Phone
- (989) 345-2701
- supervisor@fostertownship.com
- Department Site
- Ogemaw County Building Department (opens in a new tab)
Source: ocmi.us (opens in a new tab)
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Ogemaw County Building Department205 S. 8th St.
West Branch, MI 48661
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
IMPORTANT DOMAIN COLLISION CAUGHT: fostertownship.org is actually a Foster Township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (Freeland, PA) -- NOT this Foster Township in Ogemaw County, Michigan. The correct official site for the Michigan township is fostertownship.com (confirmed: Foster Township Hall, 1968 Clear Lake Road, West Branch, MI 48661; Supervisor Dean Coleman, supervisor@fostertownship.com, (989) 345-2701 / cell (989) 450-1663; Clerk LeAnna Goodrich, clerk@fostertownship.com). The .com township site does not show a dedicated building/permit department page, so building permits are presumed routed through Ogemaw County's Building Department (ocmi.us/building/, 989-345-3370, 205 S. 8th St., West Branch, MI 48661) -- this is a hedge based on typical county-fallback pattern for small Michigan townships and a Zoning Administrator phone (989-345-3375) found via search, not an explicit page-level confirmation that Foster Township specifically is covered (one source noted county coverage explicitly named Branch and Edwards Townships, not Foster).
What You Need Before Applying for a Permit
Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Foster Township's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.
Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.
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