Bowne Township
Kent County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Bowne Township is a jurisdiction in Kent 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
Professional Code Inspections of MI, Inc.110 West Center Street, Suite A
Hastings, MI 49058
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Bowne Township's own official site (bownetwp.org/forms-permits) confirms building, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing permits are handled by contracted inspector Eric Thompson of Professional Code Inspections of MI, Inc. (PCI), not a township building department. Township's own general contact number is 616-868-6846 (or 616-868-0110), mailing address 8240 Alden Nash, PO Box 35, Alto, MI 49302 -- listed here as the township itself, separate from the PCI building-permit contact above. PCI operates BS&A Online portals for some of its other client offices (Dorr, Hastings, Jenison, Rockford per pcimi.com) but no Bowne-Township-specific online portal was confirmed, so left null.
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 — Bowne 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.
More in Kent County
See Kent County property and court records →
Other building permit jurisdictions in Kent County:
- Ada Township
- Algoma Township
- Alpine Township
- Byron Township
- Village of Caledonia
- Caledonia Charter Township
- Cannon Township
- Cascade Charter Township
- Village of Casnovia
- City of Cedar Springs
- Courtland Township
- City of East Grand Rapids
- Gaines Charter Township
- City of Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids Charter Township
- City of Grandville
- Grattan Township