Mendon Township
St. Joseph County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Mendon Township is a jurisdiction in St. Joseph 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
Mendon Township136 W Main St
Mendon, MI 49072
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Confirmed on the township's own official site (mendontwp.com): Zoning Administrator & Code Compliance Officer is Matt Jorgensen, email swmizoning@gmail.com (a shared regional zoning-services email address, suggesting Mendon Township may use a shared/contracted zoning administrator covering multiple southwest Michigan townships — unconfirmed detail, included as a hedge). This is a DIFFERENT, SEPARATE government from the Village of Mendon (entry above), which lies within the township but is separately incorporated.
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 — Mendon 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.
More in St. Joseph County
See St. Joseph County property and court records →
Other building permit jurisdictions in St. Joseph County:
- Village of Burr Oak
- Burr Oak Township
- Village of Centreville
- Village of Colon
- Colon Township
- Village of Constantine
- Constantine Township
- Fabius Township
- Fawn River Township
- Florence Township
- Flowerfield Township
- Leonidas Township
- Lockport Township
- Village of Mendon
- Mottville Township
- Nottawa Township
- Park Township
- Sherman Township
- City of Sturgis
- Sturgis Township
- City of Three Rivers