Butler Township
Branch County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Butler Township is a jurisdiction in Branch 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
- 517-279-4303
- inspections@branchcounty.gov
- Department Site
- Branch County Building Department (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
Branch County Building Department23 E Pearl Street (Annex Building)
Coldwater, MI 49036
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Branch County's official site did not explicitly list which townships fall under its Building Department, but county building departments in Michigan typically serve all townships lacking their own certified department, and no evidence of an independent Butler Township building department was found -- treat coverage as a reasonable but not fully confirmed inference. Fax 517-279-6494. Butler Township's own website, formerly at butlertownshipmi.com, currently fails to resolve (DNS lookup error), suggesting the site may be down or the domain lapsed -- flagged here rather than silently dropped. Two other 'Butler Township' websites (butlertwp.org, butlertownship.com) were found but are unrelated townships in Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively -- a domain-collision risk to watch for. Branch County's own official clerk directory (branchcounty.gov) lists the Butler Township Clerk as Linda Hammontree, cell 517-462-1351, email lhammontree@live.com, mailing address 887 Herricksville Rd., Tekonsha, MI 49092 -- this is township clerk contact info, not the permit department, so not used as the primary phone/email above, but included here as a hedge in case the county building department is not the right 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 — Butler 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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