Shiawassee Township

Shiawassee County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Shiawassee Township is a jurisdiction in Shiawassee 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

Phone: (989) 743-2222
Email: comdev@shiawassee.net
Department Site: Shiawassee County Community Development – Building & Trades (opens in a new tab)

Source: shiawassee.net (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

Shiawassee County BS&A Online (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Shiawassee County Community Development
208 N Shiawassee St
Corunna, MI 48817

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

Additional Notes

Shiawassee County's own official site (shiawassee.net) states the county holds planning/zoning jurisdiction over 14 general-law townships (the Charter Townships of Caledonia and Owosso are excluded). Shiawassee Township is a general-law township and is presumed included in that group, but was not explicitly named on the pages reviewed -- treat as a reasonably likely but not 100%-explicit inclusion, hedged rather than asserted as fact. Shiawassee Township's own official site (shiawasseetownship.org) has no building/zoning department page of its own, consistent with county administration. Township Hall: P.O. Box 86, Bancroft, MI 48414-0086; phone (989) 634-9700; fax (989) 634-8301; Supervisor Matt Harvey, supervisor@shiawasseetownship.org / (989) 634-8300. A secondary phone number, (989) 743-2396, also appears in some sources for the county Community Development Dept -- minor inconsistency, both are plausibly in-use lines.

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 — Shiawassee 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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