Village of Webberville

Ingham County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Webberville is a jurisdiction in Ingham 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.

Contact

Phone: 517-546-3240
Department Site: Livingston County Building Department (opens in a new tab)

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

Permit Search

BS&A Online (Livingston County permits) (opens in a new tab)

BS&A Online (Village of Webberville tax/utility records) (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Livingston County Building Department
2300 E Grand River Ave, Suite 104
Howell, MI 48843

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

Additional Notes

Per the village's own official page (webbervillemi.com/building-zoning-department/), building, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing permits for the Village of Webberville are issued through the Livingston County Building Department, despite Webberville being administratively located in Ingham County - likely a cross-county service arrangement (unconfirmed reason). Zoning administration and code enforcement is separately contracted to McKenna Associates (contact 'Jacob'), confirmed via both the village site and McKenna's own case study (mcka.com/case-studies/building-department-services-webberville/). Village office: 115 S. Main St, Webberville, MI 48892, (517) 521-3984. The alternateDatabaseUrl (village's own BS&A, uid=723) is confirmed to handle tax/utility payments and inspection scheduling for linked contractor accounts, not general permit search.

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 Webberville'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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