Maple Valley Township

Montcalm County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Maple Valley Township is a jurisdiction in Montcalm 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: 231-354-6774
Email: clerk@maplevalleytwpmi.gov
Department Site: Montcalm County Building Department (building permits); Township Zoning Administrator (zoning permits) (opens in a new tab)

Source: montcalm.us (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

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

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Montcalm County Building Department
211 W Main Street (PO Box 368)
Stanton, MI 48888

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

Additional Notes

This is Maple Valley Township in Montcalm County (unrelated to the separate Maple Valley Township in Sanilac County, also in this batch). Township's own official site is maplevalleytwpmi.gov (address 4662 N. Bailey Rd, Coral, MI 49322). Montcalm County Building Department issues building/electrical/plumbing/mechanical permits countywide for townships not self-enforcing; per a Montcalm County zoning-administrators document (montcalm.us), the township's own zoning administrator is reported as Randy Speese, 14800 W. Stanton Rd., Trufant, phone 616-984-5255 -- included here as a hedge since the source PDF could not be fully parsed for verification, only surfaced via search snippet quoting montcalm.us content. A separate domain 'maplevalleytownship.com' appeared in search results but does not resolve (DNS failure) -- not used.

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 — Maple Valley 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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