Summerfield Township
Clare County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Summerfield Township is a jurisdiction in Clare 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
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Clare County Community Development225 W. Main Street
Harrison, MI 48625
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
This is Summerfield Township in CLARE County (official site summerfieldtwpclaremi.gov), a distinct government from the unrelated Summerfield Township in Monroe County (summerfieldtwpmonroemi.gov), which is being researched separately -- do not merge these. The township's official page states it 'is serviced by Clare County Building Department' but lists an obviously invalid placeholder phone number (989-555-5555, evidently un-updated template text); the phone number given here (989-539-2761) instead comes from Clare County's own community-development site/search listings for the department at the same address, and should be treated as the more reliable of the two though not independently re-fetched with a clean certificate (a related domain, clareco-buildingdev.net, returned an SSL certificate error on direct fetch). Township's own general contact: 9971 N Finley Lake Ave, Harrison, MI 48625, phone (989) 539-2501.
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 — Summerfield 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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