Pentland Township
Luce County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Pentland Township is a jurisdiction in Luce 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
Pentland TownshipP.O. Box 412
Newberry, MI 49868
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
No dedicated Pentland Township website was located; contact info above (Clerk Gregory Rathje / Supervisor Janet Maki, jmakipenttwp@gmail.com, 906-293-3836) comes from lucecountymi.com's township contact list, which appears to be Luce County's own official government site (not a third-party aggregator) even though it uses a .com domain rather than .gov/.us — flagged as a lower-confidence source type per the sourcing rules. Luce County's building department page states new building permits go through the State of Michigan (Bureau of Construction Codes, UP inspector Daniel Grochowski, GrochowskiD@michigan.gov, 906-235-2592; applications via www.michigan.gov/bcc) for this Upper Peninsula county, but it does not explicitly name Pentland Township, so this is a hedged, unconfirmed lead rather than a certain 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 — Pentland 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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