Forest Township
Cheboygan County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Forest Township is a jurisdiction in Cheboygan 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
Cheboygan County Department of Building Safety870 South Main Street, Room 102 (PO Box 70)
Cheboygan, MI 49721
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
UNCONFIRMED/hedged: no independent official township website was found for Forest Township (Cheboygan County); township hall contact per third-party/aggregator listings only (not used as the cited source of truth): Clerk Melinda Hambleton, (989) 733-9929, Township Hall at 9511 M-68/M-33, PO Box 633, Onaway, MI 49765. The Cheboygan County Dept. of Building Safety (Building Official Matthew J. Cronk, 231-627-8813) issues most local building permits in the county, but its page does not explicitly list which townships it covers, so the delegation is a reasonable but unconfirmed lead. This Forest Township is unrelated to the Forest Township entries in Genesee County or Missaukee County.
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 — Forest 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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