Marion Township
Charlevoix County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Marion Township is a jurisdiction in Charlevoix 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.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Marion Township Zoning Administrator12759 Klooster Rd
Charlevoix, MI 49720
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
This is Marion Township in Charlevoix County -- unrelated to the other Marion Township governments in Livingston and Osceola counties in this same batch, and to two more (Saginaw, Sanilac counties) researched separately. Zoning Administrator Hayden Dvoracek handles zoning permits, property division, and blight/ordinance violations per the township's official site (mariontwpcvxmi.gov); email as published on that site is a personal Gmail address. Building/electrical/plumbing/mechanical permits for Charlevoix County townships are generally issued by the Charlevoix County Department of Building Safety (13513 Division St., Charlevoix, MI 49720, 231-547-7236, buildingsafety@charlevoixcounty.org) but the county page's township-zoning-administrator list did not explicitly confirm Marion Township in the excerpt retrieved -- treat the county building-safety delegation as a reasonable but not fully confirmed inference. Caution: unrelated search results for a Saginaw-based 'Marion Township' (mariontownship.org, Scott Crofoot, 1355 Wilson Ave, Saginaw) surfaced in searches for this jurisdiction -- that contact was NOT used here as it belongs to a different Marion Township.
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 — Marion 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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