Lamotte Township

Sanilac County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Lamotte Township is a jurisdiction in Sanilac 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

Phone: (989) 635-8048
Department Site: Lamotte Township Zoning Administrator (opens in a new tab)

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

Permit Search

No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Lamotte Township
6868 Moriarty Road
Decker, MI 48426

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

Additional Notes

Sourced from Sanilac County's own official government site (sanilaccounty.gov), which lists Lamotte Township's officials: Zoning Administrator Steve McKenney at the address/phone above; Supervisor John Gillig, 6436 Moriarty Road, Decker, MI 48426, (989) 635-0144; Clerk Mickey Strickler, (810) 837-0159. The Township Hall/polling place is listed separately at 6271 Snover Road. Actual building permits are issued by the Sanilac County Department of Construction, 60 W. Sanilac St., Sandusky, MI, (810) 648-4664 - a local Land Use Permit approval from the township is required before applying for the county building permit, per a Sanilac County building-permit application form found in searches (not independently re-fetched from an official page in this pass, so treated as a moderately confirmed lead).

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 — Lamotte 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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