Village of Clayton
Lenawee County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Clayton is a jurisdiction in Lenawee 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
- 517-206-6947
- Department Site
- Village of Clayton Building Inspector (Bob Hackett) (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
Village of Clayton3457 State Street, P.O. Box 74
Clayton, MI 49235
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
This is one of three unrelated Michigan 'Clayton'-named jurisdictions in this batch (see also Clayton Township in Arenac County and Clayton Charter Township in Genesee County) -- confirmed this record is specifically the Village of Clayton, Lenawee County. Confirmed on villageofclaytonmi.gov: building permits are issued directly by the village's Building Inspector, Bob Hackett (517-206-6947); mechanical/plumbing/electrical permits are handled through the State of Michigan rather than the village. An email address for village contacts is published on the site but could not be reliably captured character-for-character, so it is left null. The village has no regular office hours; council/clerk contact is via Village Hall. A separate third-party search snippet (not independently confirmed) mentioned a village clerk phone of 517-902-9674 and a Lenawee County Code Enforcement contact at 517-264-4835, 208 South Main Street, Adrian, MI 49221 -- included here only as an unconfirmed lead, not used as the primary phone.
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 — Village of Clayton'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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