Hagar Township

Berrien County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Hagar Township is a jurisdiction in Berrien 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: 269.849.0455
Email: hagartwp@gmail.com
Department Site: Building Department (Building Official: Loyall Bennett) (opens in a new tab)

Source: hagartownship.gov (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

BS&A Online (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Hagar Township Hall
3900 Riverside Road / P.O. Box 87
Riverside, MI 49084

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

Additional Notes

Building Official Loyall Bennett's direct line is 269.934.5709; his email address is Cloudflare-obfuscated on the official site and could not be reliably extracted. Building permits required for new construction/renovation work of $500 or more; no-charge permit required for demolition. Office physical address is listed as 3900 Riverside Road, Benton Harbor, MI 49022, with P.O. Box 87, Riverside, MI 49084 as the mailing address -- both shown here as a hedge since the two differ.

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 — Hagar 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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