Beaugrand Township
Cheboygan County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Beaugrand Township is a jurisdiction in Cheboygan 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
- (231) 627-3621
- Department Site
- Cheboygan County Building Safety Department (opens in a new tab)
Permit Search
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Cheboygan County Building Safety Dept870 S. Main St, Room 102
Cheboygan, MI 49721
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Confirmed via Michigan LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List that Cheboygan County handles all building/electrical/mechanical/plumbing permitting for Beaugrand Township (effective 05/11/00). The township's own office (P.O. Box 5205 / 1999 Old Mackinaw Rd, Cheboygan, MI 49721; by-appointment-only hours) did not list permit information on its own site. A third-party search summary (unverified on an official page) reported the county Building Safety Dept phone as (231) 627-8813 and email as buildingsafety@cheboygancounty.net -- hedged, not independently confirmed.
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 — Beaugrand 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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