Village of Powers
Menominee County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Powers is a jurisdiction in Menominee 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
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Menominee County Building DepartmentMenominee County Courthouse, 839 10th Avenue
Menominee, MI 49858
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Menominee County's official site (menomineecountymi.gov) lists Village of Powers among jurisdictions with zoning ordinances and links a 'Village of Powers Zoning Application,' with building permits themselves issued by the Menominee County Building Department (906-863-7779, not independently phone-confirmed here). Village Hall phone 906-497-5646 is confirmed via the joint official site powers-spalding.org (serving both Spalding Township and the Village of Powers). An unconfirmed third-party (Yelp) lead lists the Village Hall street address as W3990 3rd St, Powers, MI 49874 — this is NOT from an official source and is only mentioned here as a hedge, not populated into certHolder fields.
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 — Village of Powers'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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