Bingham Township
Huron County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Bingham Township is a jurisdiction in Huron 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
- 989-269-9269
- smithj@co.huron.mi.us
- Department Site
- Huron County Building & Zoning Department (opens in a new tab)
Permit Search
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Huron County Building & Zoning Department250 E. Huron Avenue, Room 102
Bad Axe, MI 48413
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
This Bingham Township (Huron County) is a distinct, unrelated government from the Bingham Townships in Clinton and Leelanau Counties. The township's own official site (binghamtownship.com) lists only general contact info — 2241 Pierce St., PO Box 371, Ubly, MI 48475, phone 989.658.8651 — with no dedicated building department page found. Huron County's Building & Zoning Department (Jeff Smith, Director) administers countywide construction-code permitting for unincorporated areas and most townships per general county sourcing, but the county's own page does not explicitly name Bingham Township as covered. Treat the county delegation as a likely-but-unconfirmed lead; verify directly with the township or county before publishing as fact.
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 — Bingham 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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