Howell Township
Livingston County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Howell Township is a jurisdiction in Livingston County, Michigan, with an online portal for searching and pulling active or historical building permits. 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
Permit Search
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Howell Township3525 Byron Road
Howell, MI 48855
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Howell Township has its own dedicated BS&A Online tenant (uid=393) covering Assessing, Building Department, and Tax services, confirmed via the BS&A portal itself identifying the account as "Howell Township | Livingston | MI" -- indicating the township administers its own building permitting rather than routing through the Livingston County Building Department. A zoning-related staff contact (Jonathan Hohenstein) was found via search but not independently confirmed on the township's own site -- hedge. Separate, distinct government from the City of Howell, also in Livingston County.
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 — Howell 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.
More in Livingston County
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Other building permit jurisdictions in Livingston County:
- City of Brighton
- Brighton Charter Township
- Cohoctah Township
- Conway Township
- Deerfield Township
- Village of Fowlerville
- Genoa Charter Township
- Green Oak Charter Township
- Hamburg Township
- Handy Township
- Hartland Township
- City of Howell
- Iosco Township
- Marion Township
- Oceola Township
- Village of Pinckney
- Putnam Township