Village of Stevensville

Berrien County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Stevensville is a jurisdiction in Berrien 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: 269-287-3548
Email: Building@LCTBerrien.org
Department Site: Lincoln Charter Township Building Department (administers permits for the Village of Stevensville) (opens in a new tab)

Source: lctberrien.org (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

BS&A Online (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Lincoln Charter Township
2055 W. John Beers Rd
Stevensville, MI 49127

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

Additional Notes

Confirmed via Lincoln Charter Township's official site (lctberrien.org): 'Lincoln Charter Township administers all building and trade permits for the Village of Stevensville except sign and fence permits.' For sign/fence permits, or general village matters, contact the Village of Stevensville directly (per villageofstevensville.us listing: Village Building Dept./Village Hall, 5768 St. Joseph Ave., Stevensville, MI 49127, 269-429-1802, permits also accepted via clerk@villageofstevensville.us); the village's own site returned an access error (HTTP 403) on direct fetch, so this village-side contact is carried over from search-result snippets of that same official domain and is somewhat less directly verified.

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 Stevensville'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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