Richfield Township
Roscommon County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Richfield Township is a jurisdiction in Roscommon 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
Permit Search
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Richfield Township1410 N Saint Helen Rd (PO Box 128)
Saint Helen, MI 48656
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
HEDGE/CAUTION: search results for Richfield Township in Roscommon County repeatedly returned the domain richfieldtownship.org and email bldgdept@richfieldtownship.com, which also appeared for the separate Genesee County Richfield Township above - this looks like a likely domain/data overlap in search indexing rather than two townships sharing one office, but could not be fully disambiguated with certainty. The phone (989-389-7931), fax, address (1410 N Saint Helen Rd, PO Box 128, Saint Helen MI 48656 - Saint Helen is in Roscommon County) and BS&A Online portal (uid=539) are Roscommon-specific per search summaries and were not independently re-verified via direct WebFetch of richfieldtownship.org's Roscommon-specific pages. Treat phone/email as moderately-confirmed leads; recommend spot-checking richfieldtownship.org directly before publishing to confirm it is not conflating two separate town governments.
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 — Richfield 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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