Alabaster Township
Iosco County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Alabaster Township is a jurisdiction in Iosco 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
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Alabaster Township1716 South US-23
Tawas City, MI 48763
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Alabaster Township's own official site (alabastertownship.com) lists a Zoning Administrator (Dan Frank, 989-240-0662) and general office contact (Supervisor Michael Berent, Clerk Jasmine Tubbs), but the page does not itself state who issues building permits. Iosco County's own Building Department site (iosco.net) describes countywide construction/building-code jurisdiction but does not explicitly list Alabaster Township by name on the page fetched. Given the common Michigan pattern of county-run building departments serving all townships absent an exception, it is likely Iosco County Building Department (420 W. Lake Street, Tawas City, MI 48763, 989-362-6511, ioscobuilding@ioscocounty.org) handles Alabaster Township's actual building permits, but this delegation is not explicitly confirmed on either official site - flagged as a hedge per project policy.
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 — Alabaster 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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