Tuscola Township

Tuscola County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Tuscola Township is a jurisdiction in Tuscola 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: 989-652-9901
Department Site: Construction Code Group (Frankenmuth) — multi-jurisdictional building authority serving Tuscola Township (opens in a new tab)

Source: tuscolatownship.org (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

Tuscola Township
8561 Van Cleve Rd, PO Box 1702
Vassar, MI 48768

Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Additional Notes

Per Tuscola Township's own official site, building permits are issued by the Construction Code Group in Frankenmuth — a joint building-code authority formed by the City of Frankenmuth, Frankenmuth Township, Blumfield Township, and Tuscola Township (per Frankenmuth-area sources); phone 989-652-9901 is the Construction Code Group's general number, sourced from third-party listings referencing Frankenmuth's own site, not independently re-confirmed on an official .gov/.us page. Tuscola County itself contracts with SAFEbuilt for most other townships but explicitly excludes Tuscola Township and Arbela Township from that arrangement. Separately, Tuscola Township's zoning permit contact is Tod Fackler, 989-871-4507 (per the township's own official site), for questions on the local $30/$70 zoning permit fee.

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 — Tuscola 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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