Marion Township

Sanilac County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Marion Township is a jurisdiction in Sanilac 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: 810-648-4664
Department Site: Sanilac County Construction and Land Use Department (handles building permits for the township) (opens in a new tab)

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

Permit Search

Sanilac County Online Permit Payments (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Sanilac County Construction and Land Use Dept.
60 West Sanilac, Room 210
Sandusky, MI 48471

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

Additional Notes

No dedicated official Marion Township (Sanilac County) website was found; township officer contact info below is sourced from the county's own sanilaccounty.gov township page: Supervisor Kurt Shubel (810) 923-1690, 4606 East Deckerville Road, Deckerville, MI 48427; Clerk Deborah G. Williamson (810) 366-0095, PO Box 298, Deckerville, MI 48427. Building permits for Sanilac County townships are generally issued through the county's Construction and Land Use Department (confirmed via sanilaccounty.gov, Chief Building Official Eric Bowerman); this department's applicability specifically to Marion Township is a reasonable inference from countywide service but not explicitly stated to name this township, so treat as a hedge. The online link is a fee-payment portal, not a full permit search/application system. Do not confuse with Marion Township in Saginaw, Charlevoix, Livingston, or Osceola Counties.

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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